LITTLE ROCK – The afternoon round of the 2020 Little Rock Invitational was one for the record books for Little Rock as the Trojans posted one of the best performances in school history at the Little Rock Invitational at Chenal Country Club.
2020 Little Rock Invitational Day One Results
After day one, the Trojans are second in the team standings with a 17-under 559, six shots back of Arkansas State (23-under 553) for the team lead after 36 holes. The effort came behind a 14-under 274 in round two, tied for the second-lowest team round in program history. It was the lowest round for the program under head coach
Jake Harrington and two shots off the all-time program-best 272 at the 1999 Rock Mountain Men's Intercollegiate.
Little Rock's afternoon stanza saw five different Trojans record rounds under par, led by an 8-under 64 from
Anton Albers, tying the program's single-round record with Justin Warren's 64 at the 2018 Trinity Forest Invitational. Albers went 5-under through the opening nine holes, including an eagle on the par-four eighth, then notched a 3-under over the back nine. He had a chance to tie the course record at 9-under 63 with a 25-foot putt on 18 that went just left of the hole.
Marcel Rauch,
Magnus Lomholt and
Nico Horder each shot a 2-under 70 over round two, accounting for Little Rock's 14-under. Lomholt was one of three Trojans to register a birdie in round two, doing so on the par-five 12th hole while Rauch's 2-under 70 came on the heels of his career-best 5-under 67 in round one.
Little Rock sat fifth after round one with a 3-under 283, paced by the 67 from Rauch. The Trojans found themselves 13 shots behind first place Arkansas State and nine shots behind second place Abilene Christian after 18 holes before making the run in round two.
In the individual leaderboard, Little Rock has three players among the individual top-20, led by Rauch who is tied for third at 7-under 137, two off the individual leader. Albers is tied for fifth one shot back at 6-under 138 while Lomholt is among a five-way tie for 13th at 3-under 141.
Individual
Ryan McNelis and
Logan Pate are tied for 40th at 3-over 147 as McNelis rebounded from a 4-over 76 in his first collegiate round to card a 1-under 71 in round two, including the first eagle of his career on the par-four eighth.
Vid Potocar is tied for 45th at 4-over 148 (73-75) while
Nico Horder rebounded from a 9-over 81 to post a 2-under 70 in round two, an 11-stroke differential.
The Trojans enter Tuesday's final round six shots back of the rival Red Wolves and two shots ahead of third-place UT Arlington (15-under 561). Abilene Christian (12-under 564) is fourth with Louisiana (9-under 567), Lamar (6-under 570) and ULM (5-under 571) rounding out the top-seven.
Little Rock's final round will get underway at 8 a.m. Tuesday morning with the Trojans teeing off from hole two, looking to make a run at a tournament title. Live scoring of the final round is available at
GolfStat.com.
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