Little Rock Returns to Arizona for Desert Mountain Intercollegiate

2020 Desert Mountain Intercollegiate
Dates	Sat., Mar. 7 - Sun., Mar. 8
Format	36 holes Saturday, 18 holes Sunday
Times	8 a.m. shotgun start Saturday 8:30 a.m. tee time start Sunday
Location	Scottsdale, Ariz.
Course	Desert Mountain Outlaw Course
Teams (12)	Little Rock, Ball State, Lipscomb, Miami (Ohio), Michigan (host), Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Northwestern, Purdue, Southern Illinois, Vanderbilt
Scoring	GolfStat

2019-20 Little Rock Men's Golf Season Statistics (PDF)

Opening Tee
Little Rock returns to Arizona this weekend for the 2020 Desert Mountain Intercollegiate at Desert Mountain Country Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, being held Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8.
 
Tournament Information
The 2020 Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, hosted by Michigan, will be a 54-hole event held Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8 at Desert Mountain's Outlaw Course in Scottsdale, a par-72 course measuring 7,107 yards. Rounds one and two will be a shotgun start on Saturday, getting underway at 9 a.m. CT. Sunday's final round will be a tee time start, teeing off from holes one at 10 beginning at 9:30 a.m. CT. Live scoring will be available at Golfstat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock is one of 12 teams competing in the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, a field comprised of nine teams among the Golfstat top-100. Vanderbilt is highest ranked team in the field, checking in at number 10, joined in the top 60 by Big Ten members Northwestern (No. 36) and Purdue (No. 52). Mississippi State (No. 71), host Michigan (No. 83), Missouri (No. 88), Lipscomb (No. 90) and Ball State (No. 98) join the 92nd-ranked Trojans among the top-100 teams competing.
 
Trojan Lineup
Head coach Jake Harrington will go with the same lineup as the last tournament for Little Rock with Logan Pate playing in the number one position, followed by Anton Albers, Marcel Rauch, Danial Durisic and Devon Whitaker.
 

Golfer	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Par-	10/20
Logan Pate	18	1,329	73.83	68	6	1/1
Anton Albers	18	1,343	74.61	70	3	0/1
Marcel Rauch	18	1,355	75.28	71	3	0/2
Danial Durisic	18	1,356	75.33	69	3	0/0
Devon Whitaker	12	912	76.00	71	2	0/0

 
Back to the Desert
Little Rock returns to Arizona for the second time this season and third time in the last two years. The previous two trips had the Trojans compete at the Arizona Intercollegiate in Tucson the last two Januarys, tying for 13th last season while placing 14th earlier this year.
 
Last Time Out
The Trojans placed eighth out of 17 teams at the Border Olympics in Laredo February 24-25, shooting a 14-over 878. Sophomore Marcel Rauch posted the best finish of his Trojan career, tying for 11th with an even-par 216, six shots better than both Logan Pate and Danial Durisic's 6-over 222.
 
Closing in on 100
A pair of Trojan seniors are closing in on 100 career rounds played. Danial Durisic had competed in 33 events for Little Rock, playing 96 rounds with a career scoring average of 74.55. Logan Pate has suited up for the Trojans in 30 career events, posting a 73.76 average in 88 round played. The duo has combined for 51 rounds of par-or-better and 14 top-20 finishes.
 
Moving Up the Charts
Logan Pate upped his career par-or-better rounds to 31, currently sitting eighth all-time in program history. His 73.76 average is tied for with Tyler Reynolds (2013-17) for eighth all time as well, sitting just ahead of Danial Durisic's 74.55 scoring average, ranking 13th in program history.
 
Looking Ahead
After this week's trip to Arizona, Little Rock will have a few weeks off before making its final trip out west for The Goodwin, being hosted by Stanford. The annual event is held Thursday, March 26 through Saturday, March 28, at Stanford Golf Club in Palo Alto, California.
 
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