Challenging Field Awaits Trojans at Texas A&M Aggie Invitational

2022 AGGIE INVITATIONAL
Dates	Saturday, Apr. 9 - Sunday, Apr. 10
Format	36 holes Saturday 18 holes Sunday
Times	7:30 a.m. tee times both days
Location	Bryan, Texas
Course	Traditions Club
Teams (12)	Little Rock, Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Kent State, Louisville, New Mexico, North Texas, Northern Illinois, Texas A&M (host), Texas Tech, UT San Antonio
Scoring	GolfStat.com

2021-22 Little Rock Men's Golf Statistics (PDF)
 
Opening Tee
Little Rock gets set for its final tune-up before the Sun Belt Championship, heading to College Station, Texas, to compete in the 2022 Aggie Invitational Saturday and Sunday.
 
Tournament Information
The 2022 Aggie Invitational will be held at the Traditions Club, a par-72, 7,227-yard course in Bryan that will serve as a regional course for the 2022 NCAA Championship. The 54-hole tournament will be played over the course of two days, with rounds one and two getting underway with tee times beginning at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 9. The final round will begin with 7:30 a.m.  tee times on Sunday, April 10. Live scoring is available through GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock is one of 12 teams competing in this weekend's Aggie Invitational, which will be one of the most challenging fields the Trojans have faced all season. 11 of the 12 teams are currently ranked among the GolfStat top-100, including the 43rd-ranked Trojans, with 10 of the 12 qualifying for NCAA Regionals last season. Little Rock is one of four NCAA Championship teams competing, joined by Arkansas (No. 10), Louisville (No. 40) and Texas Tech (No. 7).
 
Trojan Lineup
Little Rock will bring six players to Texas A&M this weekend, giving them the chance to play on a course that will serve as a possible NCAA Regional location. Anton Albers will once again anchor the Trojan lineup, boasting a team-best 69.86 scoring average, followed by Jansen Smith in the number two position and Magnus Lomholt as the number three golfer. Nico Horder and Marcel Rauch round out the Little Rock scorecard with Archie Smith competing as an individual.
 
Last Time Out
Marcel Rauch tied a program record with a 6-under 64, helping pace Little Rock to a 7-under 273 in round three at the 2022 Goodwin, hosted by Stanford. The Trojans closed out the event tied for sixth among the 28-team field at 11-under 829, tied for the lowest team tournament score in program history. Anton Albers tied for sixth at 8-under 202, also tied for the lowest individual tournament score with Justin Warren's 11-under 202 at the 2018 Trinity Forest Invitational.
 
National Rankings
Heading into this weekend's tournament in Texas, Little Rock is ranked 43rd in the latest GolfStat rankings, sitting as the number one ranked team in the Sun Belt, ahead of Georgia Southern at number 46. Individually, Little Rock has two golfers among the national top-250, led by Anton Albers at number 58 and Magnus Lomholt at number 228. The number 58 ranking for Albers currently would make him the third-highest ranked golfer in program history behind Daniel Fox in 2000-01 (No. 20) and Patrick Sullivan in 2004-05 (No. 31).
 
Record Watch
Heading into the final tournament before the Sun Belt Championship, Little Rock has a handful of program marks within its sights. As a team, the Trojans boast a team scoring average of 284.58, which would currently be the lowest in program history, over two strokes better than the program-record 286.97 set in 2018-19. Individually, Anton Albers boasts a scoring average of 69.86, which would currently put him first in program history ahead of Justin Warren's 71.41 average in 2018-19. Magnus Lomholt's 71.00 average and Jansen Smith's 71.57 average would both rank among the top-five all-time, currently ranking second and fourth all-time after joining Albers' mark.
 
Going Low
Little Rock has seen a number of impressive performances this season as the team has combined for 65 individual rounds of par-or-better, led by 18 from Anton Albers, which currently ranks fifth in program history. Albers has recorded par-or-better scores in 18 of his 21 rounds this season, scoring in the 60s 10 times. Magnus Lomholt has notched 17 par-or-better rounds, scoring in the 60s five times, with Jansen Smith posting 13 par-or-better rounds with seven rounds in the 60s.
 
Record Showing for Rauch
Marcel Rauch etched his name in the Little Rock record books with his performance at The Goodwin, registering a 6-under 64 in the final round to become the third player in program history to record a 64. He joins teammate Anton Albers, who has accomplished the feat twice, and former teammate Justin Warren, who did so at the 2018 Trinity Forest Invitational. For his Trojan career, Rauch has now played in 68 round through 23 events, posting a career scoring average of 74.51 with 16 par-or-better rounds.
 
Back to the Lone Star State
Little Rock returns to the state of Texas for its second tournament of the year in the Lone Star state, tying for third at the Trinity Forest Invitational in Dallas back in October. The Trojans have seen success in Texas the past few years, competing in eight events and finishing in the top-five as a team in seen of them, including Anton Albers winning the individual title in a pair of events.
 
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