| 2019 Little Rock Women's Golf Classic |
| Dates |
Sun., Oct. 27 - Tues., Oct. 29 |
| Format |
18 holes each day |
| Times |
8:30 a.m. tee times Sun. and Mon.
8:30 a.m. shotgun start Tues. |
| Location |
Hot Springs Village, Ark. |
| Course |
Diamante Country Club |
| Teams (17) |
Little Rock (host), Arkansas State, Arkansas Tech, Bradley, California Baptist, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, Jacksonville State, Kansas City, Lamar, Missouri State, Stephen F. Austin, ULM, UT Arlington, Utah Valley, UTEP, Western Kentucky |
| Scoring |
GolfStat.com |
| Info Sheet |
2019 Little Rock Golf Classic |
2019-20 Little Rock Women's Golf Season Statistics (PDF)
Opening Tee
Little Rock closes out the fall portion of its schedule with the Trojans' annual host event at Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs Village. The 2019 Little Rock Women's Golf Classic will be held Sunday, October 27 through Tuesday, October 29.
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Tournament Information
The 2019 Little Rock Women's Golf Classic once again returns to Diamante Country Club as the course will be a par-72, measuring 6,088 yards. The 54-hole tournament will be broken up into three rounds, beginning with 8:30 a.m. tee time starts from holes one and 10 on Sunday and Monday. The final round will be a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning with live scoring available at
GolfStat.com.
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Tournament Field
Little Rock welcomes 16 teams to Hot Springs Village for this year's event as the Trojans are one of four Sun Belt Conference teams to tee it off, joined by Arkansas State, ULM and UT Arlington. Seven of the 17 teams are currently ranked in the GolfStat top-150, including Western Kentucky (No. 93), Houston Baptist (No. 108), UTEP (No. 122), Central Arkansas (No. 130), Utah Valley (No. 139), Arkansas State (No. 142) and Missouri State (No. 148).
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Trojan Lineup
When it tees it off Sunday morning, Little Rock will have a slightly different order thanks to qualifying tournaments this week.
Tilde Bocker will play the number one position, followed by
Sydney Scraba,
Thea Wakeford-Wesmann,
Malena Austerslaatt and
Kellie Gachaga.
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History at Diamante
2019 marks the 13th-straight season Little Rock will hold its host event at Diamante, an event which has become one of the highlights of the season. The Trojans have won their host event, the last of which came in 2010, with Missouri State and Central Arkansas each winning the tournament twice. Last season, UCA outlasted Missouri State in the battle of the Bears to win the event with Western Kentucky's Megan Clarke capturing the individual title with a 4-under 212.
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Last Time Out
A pair of personal-bests highlighted Little Rocks' trip to Jonesboro for the 2019 Lady Red Wolves Golf Classic October 14-15.
Malena Austerslaatt notched a new career-low with a 4-over 220, earning her first career top-10 showing by tying for 10th, including a 3-under 69 in the final round.
Thea Wakeford-Wesmann also posted a new career-best with a 9-over 225, including career-low 73s in both rounds one and two. She tied for 21st, just missing her first career top-20 showing.
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Moving On Up
Little Rock continues to improve in the GolfStat team rankings, improving to 190 heading into this weekend's home event. The Trojans have posted three-straight top-10 team finishes, including finishing sixth at the Chris Banister Golf Classic and seventh at the Lady Red Wolves Classic, led by
Malena Austerslaatt's team-best 75.75 scoring average, more than three strokes better than her 78.90 average as a freshman in 2018-19.
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Looking Ahead
Following this week's event in Hot Springs Village, Little Rock will take a hiatus for the winter months before returning to action in February in Texas. The Trojans will hit the links for the first time in 2020 at the Texas State Invitational, being held February 10-11 at Plum Creek Golf Club in Kyle, Texas.
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