Little Rock Travels To Missouri For Johnie Imes

Johnie Imes Invitational
Dates	Monday, Oct. 1 - Wednesday, Oct. 3
Format	18 holes each day
Times	8 a.m. tee times Monday & Tuesday 8 a.m. shotgun start Wednesday
Location	Columbia, Mo.
Course	Old Hawthorne Golf Club
Teams (13)	Little Rock, Arkansas State, Bradley, Florida Gulf Coast, Florida International, Fresno State, Illinois State, Mercer, Missouri, Missouri State, Northern Illinois, UMKC, Wichita State
Scoring	BirdieFire.com

OPENING TEE
Little Rock opens the month of October in Columbia, Missouri, taking part in the 11th annual Johnie Imes Invitational, Monday, October 1 through Wednesday, October 3 at the Club at Old Hawthorne.
 
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
The 2018 Johnie Imes Invitational will be held Monday, October 1 through Wednesday, October 3, at the Club at Old Hawthorne Golf Club in Columbia, Missouri. The course will play a par-72, measuring 6,234 yards with 18 holes being played each day, getting underway with 8 a.m. tee times Monday and Tuesday and an 8 a.m. shotgun start Wednesday. Live scoring will be available at BirdieFire.com.
 
TOURNAMENT FIELD
Little Rock is one of 13 teams competing in this year's Johnie Imes Invitational, a field comprised 12 teams which finished last season ranked among the GolfStat Top-200. Three teams finished in the top-100, including host Missouri (No. 52), Mercer (No. 78) and Fresno State (No. 81) with six other teams among the top-150, including Sun Belt Conference rival Arkansas State at number 149.
 
TROJAN LINEUP
As the Trojans begin the second month of the season, Little Rock will send another youthful roster to Missouri, consisting of a senior, a junior and three true freshmen. Emelie Blennow continues to pace the Trojans with a 74.17 scoring average and a pair of sub-par rounds with freshman Tilde Bocker ranking second with a 76.00 scoring average through the first two tournaments of the year.
 

Golfer	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Par-	10/20
Emelie Blennow	6	445	74.17	69	2	1/0
Tilde Bocker	6	456	76.00	71	1	0/0
Thea Wakeford-Wesmann	6	475	79.17	76	0	0/0
Kellie Gachaga	3	252	84.00	80	0	0/0
Malena Austerslaatt	6	462	77.00	72	1	0/0
Sydney Scraba	6	464	77.33	76	0	0/0

Player in italics competing as an individual
 
TROJANS AT THE JOHNIE IMES INVITATIONAL
Little Rock will be making its 10th appearance at the Johnie Imes Invitational, competing in the event each year since its inception except for 2007 and 2013. The Trojans have placed among the team top-10 six times, highlighted by a runner-up showing in 2008. Last season, Little Rock placed 11th, vaulting two spots over the final 18 holes, as Sabrina Bonanno tied for 15th overall with a 4-over 220.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Paced by Emelie Blennow's 2-under 214, Little Rock finished 10th at the USA Intercollegiate in Mobile, Alabama. Blennow tied for sixth overall as her 214 is tied for the sixth-lowest tournament score in program history as she notched a pair of par-or-better rounds, highlighted by her 3-under 69 in round one.
 
GOING LOW
Through the first two tournaments of the 2018-19 season, Little Rock golfers have already posted four par-or-better rounds on the year. Emelie Blennow leads the way with two, shooting a 3-under 69 in round one of the USA Intercollegiate before an even-par 72 in round three. Freshman Malena Austerslaatt notched an even-par 72 in round one in Mobile while fellow freshman Tilde Bocker notched a 1-under 71.
 
LITTLE ROCK'S (INTERNATIONAL) TEAM
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
This week's event marks the first of three October tournaments for Little Rock as the Trojans continue their fall campaign in Texas later this month. Little Rock will next tee it up at the UT Arlington Women's Golf Classic, held at Walnut Creek Country Club in Mansfield, taking place October 22-23.
 
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