Trojans Return to Diamante For 2021 Little Rock Golf Classic

2021 LITTLE ROCK GOLF CLASSIC
Dates	Sunday, Oct. 24 - Tuesday, Oct. 26
Format	18 holes each day
Times	8:30 a.m. tee times Sunday and Monday; 9 a.m. shotgun start Tuesday
Location	Hot Springs Village, Ark.
Course	Diamante Country Club
Teams (11)	Little Rock (host), Bradley, Central Arkansas, Georgia State, Houston Baptist, Illinois State, Missouri State, Stephen F. Austin ULM, UT Arlington, Wichita State
Scoring	GolfStat.com
Fact Sheet	2021 Little Rock Golf Classic

2021-22 Little Rock Women's Golf Statistics (PDF)

Opening Tee
Little Rock closes out the fall portion of the 2021-22 schedule hosting the Little Rock Golf Classic October 24-26 at Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs Village.
 
Tournament History
This week's event at Diamante will mark the 14th event, getting underway in 2007. The tournament has been held every year since 2007 except for last season when the event was canceled due to COVID. Little Rock has won the event three times, the last of which came in 2010, with Missouri State and Central Arkansas both winning the event twice.
 
Tournament Information
The 2021 Little Rock Golf Classic will be held Sunday, October 24 through Tuesday, October 26, at Diamante Country Club in Hot Springs Village – a par-72, 6,054-yard course. The 54-hole event will be played out with 18 holes each day, beginning with 8:30 a.m. tee times from holes one and 10 on both Sunday and Monday before a 9 a.m. shotgun start on Tuesday. Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock will welcome 10 teams to scenic Hot Springs Village, as the Trojans will be one of four Sun Belt schools among the field, joined by Georgia State, ULM and UT Arlington. Bradley, Central Arkansas, Houston Baptist, Illinois State, Missouri State, Stephen F. Austin and Wichita State round out the 11-team field.
 
Trojan Lineup
Little Rock will mix up its lineup slightly, going with three seniors familiar with Diamante. Katja Mueller will occupy the number one spot, joined by Malena Austerslaatt, Sydney Scraba, Viktoria Krnaova and Kellie Gachaga as Austerslaatt, Scraba and Gachaga are each playing the tournament for the fourth time. Tilde Bocker, Agatha Alesson and Anna Dawson will also be playing as individuals.
 
Last Time Out
Freshman Katja Mueller registered her first career top-10 finish, tying for eighth at the Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational with a 6-over 222. The effort helped guide Little Rock to a tie for ninth among the 20-team field at 51-over 915 for the Trojans' second top-10 team finish of the year. Entering the day tied for ninth, Mueller posted a 2-over 74, going 3-over on the front nine before a strong 1-under on the back. She was efficient throughout the tournaments in par-four holes, tying for seventh among the 110-player field at 3-over and tying for ninth overall with 36 total pars.
 
Going Low
Little Rock has seen seven individual rounds of par-or-better already in the 2021-22 season, led by three from Viktoria Krnacova with a low of 68. Katja Mueller, Agatha Alesson, Malena Austerslaatt and Sydney Scraba have each notched a round of par-or-better as the Trojans boast a team scoring average of 300.22 through nine rounds on the season.
 
The 2021-22 Trojans
Little Rock's 2021-22 roster will once again feature a completely international lineup as head coach Jenna Wylie will have eight players on the roster from eight different countries. This year's installment will represent the countries of Venezuela (Agatha Alesson), Norway (Malena Austerslaatt), Sweden (Tilde), Ireland (Anna Dawson), Kenya (Kellie Gachaga), Slovakia (Viktoria Krnacova), Germany (Katja Mueller) and Canada (Sydney Scraba). That total expands to nine when including England where coach Wylie is from.

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