USA Intercollegiate Up Next For Little Rock

USA Intercollegiate
Dates	Saturday, Sept. 15 - Monday, Sept. 17
Format	18 holes each day
Times	8 a.m. tee times from holes 1 and 10
Location	Mobile, Ala.
Course	Magnolia Grove Golf Club
Teams (17)	Little Rock, Alabama State, Arkansas State, Cal Baptist, Georgia State, Houston Baptist, Lamar, McNeese, South Alabama, South Florida, Southern Miss, Stetson, Tulane, UAB, ULM, UT Arlington, Western Kentucky

OPENING TEE
Fresh off its first tournament of 2018-19, Little Rock heads back on the road for the USA Intercollegiate in Mobile, Alabama, being held at Magnolia Grove Golf Club September 15-17. Originally scheduled to compete in the East Carolina Pirate Collegiate Classic in Greenville, North Carolina, the Trojans were forced to adjust the schedule after the tournament was canceled due to Hurricane Florence hitting the Carolinas.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The 2018 USA Intercollegiate will be held at Magnolia Grove Golf Course in Mobile, Alabama, with the course measuring 6,002 yards with a par of 72. The 54-hole event will be played out over three days, beginning with 8 a.m. tee times from both holes 1 and 10 each day. Scoring will be available at GolfStat.com.
 
TOURNAMENT FIELD
With its late addition to the field this weekend, Little Rock has expanded the field in Mobile to 17 teams as the Trojans are one of six Sun Belt Conference teams competing, joined by Arkansas State, Georgia State, South Alabama, ULM and UT-San Antonio. Eight teams ended last season ranked among the GolfStat top-150, comprised of Western Kentucky (No. 110), the Jaguars (No. 111), Southern Miss (No. 112), Tulane (No. 113), Houston Baptist (No. 115), Lamar (No. 122), Stetson (No.127) and the Red Wolves (No. 149) with the Panthers just missing the cut at No. 151.
 
TROJAN LINEUP
Little Rock's scorecard at the USA Intercollegiate is based off the results of its season-opening tournament in Springfield, Missouri, led by senior Emelie Blennow in the number one spot. Junior Thea Wakeford-Wesmann and freshmen Tilde Bocker, Sydney Scraba and Malena Austerslaatt comprise the five that will compete for Little Rock.
 

Golfer	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Par-	10/20
Emelie Blennow	3	231	77.00	75	0	0/0
Tilde Bocker	3	234	78.00	76	0	0/0
Thea Wakeford-Wesmann	3	241	80.33	77	0	0/0
Sydney Scraba	3	235	78.33	76	0	0/0
Malena Austerslaatt	3	237	79.00	76	0	0/0

 
TROJANS AT THE USA INTERCOLLEGIATE
After a three-year hiatus, Little Rock returns to the USA Intercollegiate for the first time since placing third in 2015. The Trojans also finished seventh at the event in 2014 and fifth in 2013 as the trip to Mobile marks Little Rock's first tournament in the state of Alabama since the Sun Belt Championship in Muscle Shoals in 2017.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Little Rock opened the 2018-19 season with a 12th-place showing at the MSU Payne Stewart Memorial in Springfield, Missouri on Monday and Tuesday of this week. The Trojans finished with an 84-over 936, led by Emelie Blennow tying for 37th with an 18-over 231, including shooting a team-low 75 in the opening round.
 
INTERNATIONAL ROSTER
Little Rock's 2018-19 roster will truly be international as five different countries will be represented on this year's team, which doesn't feature a single golfer born in the United States. The Trojans represent Norway (Malena Austerslaatt and Thea Wakeford-Wesmann), Sweden (Emelie Blennow and Tilde Bocker), Kenya (Kellie Gachaga), New Zealand (Lucy Owen) and Canada (Sydney Scraba).
 
LOOKING AHEAD
Following this weekend's trip to Alabama, Little Rock will be off from competition for the rest of the month of September, returning to the course at the beginning of October. The Trojans will compete at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Missouri, October 1-3.
 
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