It's title season across the Northwest Conference, and Linfield golf is ready to take on the field at the NWC Championships, hosted by George Fox on April 22-23 at the OGA Golf Course in Woodburn, Oregon.
 
The men will start teeing off at 8 a.m. Saturday, with the women following shortly after at 10:30. There will be an 8 a.m. shotgun start for both the men and women on Sunday.
 
MEN
The Linfield men will send Trevor Price, Riley Lynch, Chris Cayford, Jacob Smissen and Ahron Abraham to the big tournament.
 
The Wildcats are coming off a decent fourth-place finish at the NWC Spring Classic on April 2 at the Links Golf Club in Post Falls, Idaho. They improved by 19 strokes between rounds to finish with a final team score of 601, six strokes back of third place.
 
Price and Lynch both placed in the top 10 to spearhead Linfield against a field of 43 competitors. Price carded 145 (+1) to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. Lynch was three strokes back at 148 (+4) to sneak into a three-way tie for 10^th place.
 
Linfield looks to improve on last year's finish at the NWC Championships, which saw the 'Cats place fifth on the team leaderboard. Cayford paced the team in a three-way tie for 12^th place at 152 (+8).
 
WOMEN
Tori Schuller, Josie Daywitt, Maddy Neufeld, Caitlin Hillman and Sasha Carey will represent Linfield on the women's side.
 
The Wildcats were seventh of seven teams at the NWC Spring Classic. Lewis & Clark and Willamette, however, didn't field complete teams and weren't included in the team standings. The 'Cats improved by 42 strokes on Day 2 to post a final score of 764.
 
The top finisher for the 'Cats was Schuller, who tied for 14^th place after turning in a 170. Daywitt was 10 strokes back at 180 to place 24^th.
 
Linfield caught fire in the second round of last year's NWC Championships to climb one spot on the leaderboard, finishing in third place, two strokes ahead of Pacific Lutheran. Raegan Barr, who's now an assistant coach for the 'Cats, held on to a 15^th-place finish at 176. Schuller is the top returning finisher at the event, placing 18^th at 184.