Trojans' Busy Spring Continues at Louisiana Classics Monday and Tuesday

2022 LOUISIANA CLASSICS
Dates	Monday, Mar. 14 - Tuesday, Mar. 15
Format	36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday
Times	8 a.m. shotgun start Monday 7:30 a.m. tee times Tuesday
Location	Lafayette, La.
Course	Oakbourne Country Club
Teams (16)	Little Rock, Houston, lllinois State, Kansas State, Lipscomb, Louisiana (host), Louisiana Tech, LSU, Michigan, Mississippi State, North Texas, Ole Miss, Rice, Sam Houston, Texas A&M, UT San Antonio
Scoring	GolfStat.com
Watch	ESPN+ (Final Round)

2021-22 Little Rock Men's Golf Statistics (PDF)
 
Opening Tee
Little Rock's busy spring season continues as the Trojans get set to play their third tournament in two weeks, heading south to Louisiana for the Louisiana Classic March 14-15.
 
Tournament Information
The 2022 Louisiana Classics will be held Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15 at Oakbourne Country Club, a par-72, 6,898-yard course in Lafayette, Louisiana. Hosted by the Ragin' Cajuns, the 54-hole tournament will have two rounds on Monday with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Tuesday's final round will begin with 7:30 a.m. tee times beginning on holes one and 10. Live scoring will be available at GolfStat with the final round streaming live on ESPN+ beginning at 9:15 a.m.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock is one of 16 teams competing in next week's event in Louisiana and is one of eight teams that appeared in NCAA Regionals last season, joined by Houston, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Sam Houston, Texas A&M and UT San Antonio. Nine of the 16 teams are among the latest GolfStat Top-100, including the Trojans, who check in a number 41. Little Rock is joined in the top-50 by Ole Miss (No. 17), Texas A&M (No. 21) and LSU (No. 25).
 
Trojan Lineup
Head coach Jake Harrington will head to Louisiana sporting his usual five on the scorecard, led by reigning Sun Belt Golfer of the Week Anton Albers in the number one position. Magnus Lomholt will play at the number two spot, followed by Jansen Smith, Marcel Rauch and Archie Smith.
 
Last Time Out
Little Rock concluded its busy week by tying for the team championship at the Desert Mountain Collegiate in Scottsdale, Arizona with a 13-over 877. Originally tying for second, a scoring error for Michigan adjusted its final tally, elevating Little Rock and UAB into a three-way tie for the team title. The Trojans had three players among the individual top-20, led by junior Magnus Lomholt tying for second with a 1-under 215 for his fourth top-10 showing of the season. Senior Anton Albers tied for eighth at 1-over 217, including an opening round 68, while Nico Horder tied for 20th competing as an individual at 6-over 222.
 
Golfers of the Week
Little Rock has claimed four Sun Belt Golfer of the Week honors this season with Magnus Lomholt and Anton Albers each claiming a pair. Lomholt earned the weekly accolade on September 16 and November 11 while Albers was tabbed the league's top performer on October 28 and March 4. The Trojans have claimed four of the league's seven weekly honors in 2021-22 as the duo has combined for nine top-10 individual finishes and 26 rounds of par-or-better.
 
Going Low
Little Rock golfers have combined for 50 rounds of par-or-better this season with 18 rounds in the 60s. Anton Albers and Magnus Lomholt have each registered 13 par-or-better rounds as Albers finished under par in his first 13 rounds of the year, shooting in the 60s seven times. Lomholt and Jansen Smith have each posted four rounds in the 60s with Marcel Rauch carding a pair. As a team, Little Rock has finished at par-or-better in 13 of the 18 rounds on the year.
 
National Attention
Heading into this week's event in Louisiana, Little Rock boasts a pair of top-100 golfers nationally. Anton Albers is currently ranked 21st nationally and is second in the Sun Belt behind Georgia Southern's Ben Carr, which is currently the lowest individual ranking in program history since Daniel Fox's number 20 ranking in 2000-01. Albers is also listed as the number nine-ranked golfer in the latest GolfStat Cup standings, given to the men's and women's golfer with the lowest adjusted scoring average across college golf. Magnus Lomholt heads to Louisiana ranked 91st nationally, which would rank seventh in program history.
 
Record Watch
With the spring season in full swing, Little Rock has a number of program records in its sights. Through six events this season, the Trojans boast a team scoring average of 285.06, which is nearly two strokes lower than the program record of 286.97 set in 2018-19. Individually, Anton Albers has a 69.67 scoring average, while Magnus Lomholt currently sits at 70.72, which are both below the program-record of 71.41, set by Justin Warren in 2018-19. The duo's 13 par-or-better rounds on the year already are tied for 10th all-time and within Daniel Fox's program record of 22, set in 2000-01.
 
Road Warriors
This week's event in Louisiana continues a challenging spring schedule which will see the Trojans compete in six events in six different states. It is the third tournament in 14 days for the Trojans, notching runner-up finishes in both Nevada and Arizona last week, as Little Rock's travels take it to California and Texas before the Sun Belt Championship in El Dorado in late April.
 
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