The first qualifier of the 2012-13 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) men's golf season is set for Thursday, September 13, in Orange City, Iowa, at the Landsmeer Golf Club.  Northwestern College will host the first 18 of 72 holes for the season.  Two qualifiers will be played in the fall and two in the spring to determine the 2012-13 GPAC Men's Golf Champion and Individual Medalist.

Northwestern, coached by Aaron Aberson, is the defending men's golf champion in the GPAC.

GPAC Qualifier #1 will tee off at 10am in Orange City.  Dordt and Northwestern will tee of in wave one.  The second wave starting at 10:45am will consist of Briar Cliff, Morningside, and Mount Marty.  Wave three starting at 11:30am at feature Midland, Dakota Wesleyan, and Nebraska Wesleyan.  The fourth and final wave will go off the number one tee at 12:15pm and will consist of Concordia, Doane, and Hastings.

Morningside College will host GPAC Qualifier #2 on October 10 in Sioux City, Iowa, at Green Valley. 

Doane and Dordt will be the hosts of GPAC Qualifier #3 and #4 in the spring of 2013.

The GPAC will qualify one team for the NAIA National Golf Championships.  The medalist, if not a member of the championship team, will also advance to the championships.