| 2018 Texas State Invitational |
| Dates |
Mon., Feb. 12 - Tues., Feb. 13 |
| Format |
36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday |
| Times |
8:30 a.m. shotgun (Monday)
8:00 a.m. shotgun (Tuesday) |
| Location |
Kyle, Texas |
| Course |
Plum Creek Golf Club |
| Teams |
Little Rock, Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, Georgia Southern, Houston Baptist, James Madison, Lamar, McNeese, North Dakota State, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M- Corpus Christi, Texas State, ULM, UT Arlington, UT Rio Grande Valley, UT San Antonio |
| Scoring |
Golfstat.com |
2018 Texas State Invitational
Monday, Feb. 12 – Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018
Plum Creek Golf Course | Kyle, Texas
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
Opening Tee
Little Rock returns to action for the first tournament of the spring season, making the trip to the Lone Star state to compete in the 2018 Texas State Invitational, being held Monday and Tuesday at Plum Creek Golf Course in Kyle, Texas.
Tournament Information
The 2018 Texas State Invitational is a 54-hole event, being played over the span of two days at Plum Creek Golf Course, a par-71 course measuring 6,059 yards. Rounds one and two will be held on Monday, February 12, getting underway with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The final 18 holes will be played on Tuesday, February 13, teeing off at 8 a.m. Live scoring of the tournament is available at
Golfstat.com.
Tournament Field
Little Rock will be one of 17 teams competing for the tournament title in Texas in a Sun Belt and Southland Conference-heavy field. The Trojans will be joined by Sun Belt foes Arkansas State (No. 141), Georgia Southern (No. 200), host Texas State (No. 112), ULM (No. 179) and UT Arlington (211) with the Southland represented by Central Arkansas (No. 116), Houston Baptist (No. 164), Lamar (No. 117), McNeese (No. 207), Stephen F. Austin (No. 206) and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (No. 204). UT San Antonio is the highest ranked team in the field at number 57 in the lastest GolfStat rankings with James Madison (No. 122), North Dakota State (No. 130), UT Rio Grande Valley (No. 210) and UTEP (No. 124) rounding out the field.
Trojan Lineup
With five players on the roster, it will be all hands on deck for Little Rock in Texas as the Trojans are led by senior
Sabrina Bonanno's 74.27 scoring average over the fall season, finishing among the individual top-20 in all five fall events. Junior
Emelie Blennow ranks second on the team with a 75.80 average, finishing among the top-20 twice.
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Tournament History
2018 marks the fourth-straight year Little Rock will compete in Texas State's host event, highlighted by tying for the tournament championship in 2015 with a 7-over 575.
Sabrina Bonanno tied for the individual title as well in that event, finishing with a 2-under 140 in the weather-shortened event. The Trojans placed fifth at the tournament in 2016, followed by an 11th-place showing last February.
Fall Season Recap
Playing in events in three different time zones during the fall, Little Rock registered a pair of top-10 team showings, finishing seventh at both the Hobble Creek Fall Classic and the Marilyn Smith Sunflower Invitational. As a team, the Trojans averaged a 306.47 per round with a combined two individual top-10 finishes and seven top-20 showings, carding six rounds of par or better.
Racking Up the Miles
The fall season took Little Rock all over the country, playing each of its five events in five different states in three different time zones. The season opened with four tournaments in four consecutive weeks as the Trojans traveled to Utah, Kansas, North Carolina and Missouri before closing out the fall schedule with their home event in Hot Springs Village. Little Rock racked up over 7,000 miles during that span and will add to that total in the spring, making trips to Texas, Arizona, Florida and returning to Missouri before heading back to Florida for the Sun Belt Championships.
Looking Ahead
After the trip to Texas, Little Rock will head to Arizona, completing the spectrum of playing in all four time zones. The Trojans will compete at the Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational in Rio Verde, Arizona, taking place Friday, February 23 through Sunday, February 25.
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