| 2017 Little Rock Golf Classic |
| Dates |
Sun., Oct. 29 - Tues., Oct. 31 |
| Format |
18 holes each day |
| Times |
8:30 a.m. tee time (Sunday)
9:00 a.m. tee time (Monday)
8:30 a.m. shotgun (Tuesday) |
| Location |
Hot Springs Village, Ark. |
| Course |
Diamante Golf Club |
| Teams |
Little Rock, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, Jacksonville State, Louisiana-Monroe, Missouri State, Northern Iowa, Oral Roberts, Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, UT Arlington, Utah Valley, UTEP, UT-Rio Grande Valley |
| Scoring |
Golfstat.com |
| Fact Sheet |
LRTrojans.com |
2017 Little Rock Golf Classic
Sunday, Oct. 29 – Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017
Diamante Golf Club | Hot Springs Village, Ark.
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Opening Tee
Little Rock closes out the fall portion of its schedule with the first of two home events for 2017-18, hosting the Little Rock Golf Classic at Diamante Golf Club in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, October 29-31.
Tournament Information
The 2017 Little Rock Golf Classic will be a 54-hole event played over three days at Diamante Golf Club in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, as the course will be a par-72 measuring 6,076 yards. The first two days of the event will feature tee times from holes one and 10, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, October 29, and at 9 a.m. Monday, October 30. Tuesday's final round will be a shotgun start, getting underway at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring of the event will be available at Golfstat.com.
Tournament Field
Little Rock will be one of 15 teams competing for the tournament title in what should prove to be a competitive field at Diamante. Little Rock will welcome three Sun Belt Conference schools in Arkansas State (No. 134), Louisiana-Monroe (No. 170) and UT Arlington (No. 210), with Central Arkansas (No. 120), UTEP (No. 125), Sam Houston State (No. 131), Oral Roberts (No. 133) and Utah Valley (No. 146) all ranking among the GolfStat top-150. Jacksonville State (No. 151), Northern Iowa (No. 155), Houston Baptist (No. 178), and Missouri State (No. 179) join Little Rock (No. 191) in the top-200 with Stephen F. Austin and UT-Rio Grande Valley rounding out the field.
Trojan Lineup
It will be the usual five for Little Rock this week in Hot Springs Village, led by senior
Sabrina Bonanno's 73.75 scoring average and four top-20 showings. Junior
Emelie Blennow has also posted a solid fall campaign, registering a 75.08 scoring average with a pair of top-20 finishes.
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Tournament History
This year's event marks the 10th anniversary of Little Rock's annual tournament at Diamante, an event the Trojans have won three times (2007, 2009 and 2010). Missouri State holds the tournament record for the team low score, shooting an 887 in 2015, with current LPGA member Gerina Mendoza-Piller holding the individual record, shooting a 207 en route to the first medalist honor in 2007. Last year's event saw Central Arkansas claim the team title with an 891 as three players tied for the individual low score of 218.
Last Time Out
Little Rock closed out a challenging start to the 2017-18 season with an 11th-place showing at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Missouri October 3. The Trojans shot a 908, jumping two spots over the final 18 holes to finish 11th, while senior
Sabrina Bonanno notched her fourth-straight top-20 finish, tying for 15th with a 4-over 220. The tournament capped four tournaments in as many weeks in four different states and three different time zones for Little Rock as the team traveled nearly 7,000 miles during that span.
Bonanno Leads the Charge
Senior
Sabrina Bonanno has been the undisputed leader for the Trojans during the first two months of 2017-18, boasting a scoring average of 73.75 through the first four events. Bonanno has tallied three rounds of par-or-better, carding a low round of 70 on two occasions, and has finished in the top-15 in all four tournaments, highlighted by her fifth-place tie at the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational.
Looking Ahead
The Little Rock Golf Classic marks the final event of the fall for the Trojans who will then set their sights on six tournaments in the spring. Little Rock returns to action on February 12-13 in Kyle, Texas, competing in the Texas State Invitational at Plum Creek Golf Club.
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