Little Rock Faces Another Challenging Field at Old Waverly Collegiate

2021 Old Waverly Collegiate Championship
Dates	Friday, Mar. 26 - Sunday, Mar. 28
Format	18 holes each day
Times	8 a.m. tee times from 1 and 10
Location	West Point, Miss.
Course	Old Waverly Golf Club
Teams (14)	Little Rock, Alabama, Arkansas, East Tennessee, Georgia, Kansas State, LSU, Mississippi State (host), Ole Miss, Southern Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Vanderbilt
Scoring	GolfStat.com

2021 Little Rock Men's Golf Statistics (PDF)

Opening Tee
Little Rock gets set to compete in its final regular season tournament of the year, traveling to West Point, Mississippi for the 2021 Old Waverly Collegiate Championship March 26-28.
 
Tournament Information
The 2021 Old Waverly Collegiate Classic, hosted by Mississippi State, will be held at Old Waverly Golf Club, a par-72, 7,000-yard course outside of Starkville. The 54-hole event will be held over the course of three days with 18 holes each day. Each day will get underway with 8 a.m. tee times from holes one and 10. Live scoring is available at GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
The Old Waverly Collegiate Classic will once again feature another challenging field for Little Rock as 13 of the 14 teams are currently ranked among the top-67 in the latest GolfStat rankings, including the 51st-ranked Trojans. Little Rock is the lone Sun Belt team among the SEC-heavy field, consisting of nine Southeastern Conference programs, including seven among the top-25.
 
Trojan Lineup
Little Rock will use the same five golfers it has utilized in the spring tournament to date, led by Anton Albers' team-best 71.88 average and Logan Pate's 72.82 mark. Nico Horder, Magnus Lomholt and Ryan McNelis will complete the lineup for Little Rock in Mississippi.
 

Golfer	Rds.	Strokes	Avg.	Low	Par-	10/20
Anton Albers	17	1,222	71.88	64	8	3/2
Logan Pate	17	1,238	72.82	66	2	3/0
Magnus Lomholt	15	1,098	73.20	69	5	1/2
Nico Horder	17	1,256	73.88	67	4	0/2
Ryan McNelis	11	825	75.00	71	1	1/0

 
Last Time Out
Little Rock tied for seventh among the competitive 13-team field at the George Hannon Intercollegiate on March 16, hosted by the University of Texas. The Trojans posted a 6-over 290 over the final 18 holes to card a 24-over 876 for the week. Little Rock was led by Texas native Logan Pate, who just missed a top-20 finish by tying for 24th at 4-over 217, including a 4-over 75 over the final 18 holes.
 
Trojans at Old Waverly
The trip to Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi, is becoming a yearly stop for Little Rock as this is the third-straight tournament the Trojans will compete in. After placing 13th in 2018, Little Rock had strong showing in 2019 with a fourth-place finish, led by top-10 finishes by Justin Warren (T-5th) and Logan Pate (T-7th). The Trojans were scheduled to play in the 2020 event before the spring season was wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Pate Record Watch
Fifth-year Logan Pate continues to etch his name in the Trojan record book, looking to move up a number of career charts. Pate enters the weekend with 108 career rounds played, currently sitting tied for 12th in program history and would be tied for sixth at 111 if all three rounds are played. His 73.62 scoring average ranks sixth all-time while his 35 career rounds of par-or-better is fourth all-time.
 
Big Year For Anton
Anton Albers is shaping up to have one of the top seasons in program history as he heads to Mississippi this weekend. Albers currently has a 71.88 scoring average would currently rank third in program history while his pair of tournament victories has already moved him into elite company, becoming the fourth player in program history to win multiple tournament titles with Daniel Fox (four), Alex Maynard (two) and Patrick Sullivan (two). He has shot par-or-better eight times on the year with five rounds in the 60s, including a pair of 64s to tie for the lowest round score in program history.
 
Battle For The Belt
Due to the shifting of tournaments due to COVID protocols, Little Rock will find itself in an unfamiliar position after this week in Mississippi, having nearly a month to prepare for the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championship. If there is such thing as "home field" advantage for a conference meet, Little Rock may have the edge as the championship will be held at Mystic Creek Golf Course in El Dorado, a course the Trojans have played a handful of times.
 
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