Little Rock Heads to Chicagoland For Windon Memorial Classic

2022 WINDON MEMORIAL CLASSIC
Dates	Monday, Sept. 26 - Tuesday, Sept. 27
Format	36 holes Monday, 18 holes Tuesday
Times	8:30 a.m. shotgun start Monday 8 a.m. tee times Tuesday
Location	Skokie, Ill.
Course	Evanston Golf Club
Teams (14)	Little Rock, Augusta, Cal Poly, Indiana, Kent State, Loyola (Md.), Marquette, Memphis, North Florida, Northwestern (host), Oral Roberts, South Florida, UC Davis, Wisconsin
Scoring	GolfStat.com

2022-23 Little Rock Men's Golf Statistics (PDF)

Opening Tee
Little Rock heads north to the Chicago suburbs for the second tournament of the year, competing in the Windon Memorial Classic in Skokie, Illinois, September 26 and 27.
 
Tournament Information
The 2022 Windon Memorial Classic, hosted by Northwestern, will be held Monday, September 26 and Tuesday, September 27 at Evanston Golf Club, a par-70, 6,885-yard course in Skokie, Illinois. The 54-hole event will begin with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start on Monday with rounds one and two being played. Tuesday's final round begins with tee times from holes one and 10, getting underway at 8 a.m., with live scoring available at GolfStat.com.
 
Tournament Field
Little Rock will be one of 14 teams competing in Chicagoland next week and are one of seven that qualified for the NCAA postseason last year. The Trojans, which finished 2021-22 ranked 43rd nationally, are one of nine top-100 teams among the field, joined by South Florida (No. 30), North Florida (No. 36), Northwestern (No. 50), UC Davis (No. 63), Kent State (No. 64), Indiana (No. 66), Marquette (No. 93) and Wisconsin (No. 97).
 
Trojan Lineup
Head coach Jake Harrington will use a similar lineup from the season-opening event in San Francisco, led by sophomore Matteo Cristoni in the number one spot. Anton Albers, Jansen Smith and Nico Horder will return to action for the Trojans with sophomore Archie Smith making his season debut, rounding out the Little Rock scorecard.
 
Last Time Out
Little Rock opened the 2022-23 season on a high note, taking the team title at the Olympic Club Intercollegiate in San Francisco September 13. The Trojans shot a 7-under 277 in round three, finishing at 7-under 845 and defeating second-place BYU by five shots. The win on the California coast gives Little Rock the 32nd team tournament win in program and the 12th under head coach Jake Harrington. Four Trojans finished in the top-12 individually, led by newcomer Matteo Cristoni tying for third with a 4-under 209.
 
Land of Lincoln
This will be Little Rock's first tournament in the state of Illinois since the 2013 D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate in Normal when the Trojans tied for fourth with an 11-over 875. Former Trojan Johann Voss tied for sixth with a 3-over 216 at the event as Little Rock competes within the state lines of Illinois for just the second time since the 1992-93 season when records began being kept.
 
Making Their Mark
Little Rock has come out of the gates in 2022, making its mark in the all-time record books. The victory at the Olympic Club Intercollegiate was the 32nd tournament title in program history and the 12th for Little Rock under head coach Jake Harrington. Little Rock's 7-under 277 in round three is tied for the 15th-lowest team round in program history while the 7-under 845 is tied for the sixth-lowest 54-hole tournament score for the Trojans.
 
Quite An Impression
Sophomore Matteo Cristoni made quite an impression in his first tournament as a Trojan as the transfer tied for third at the Olympic Club Intercollegiate with a 4-under 209, including a 6-under 65 in round two. The Modena, Italy native closed out the event with an even-par 71 as the effort earned him co-OVC Men's Golfer of the Week honors, the first in program history for the Trojans as they join the new league.
 
Albers Record Watch
Fifth-year senior Anton Albers notched another impressive career milestone in California, playing in his 100th career round as a Trojan in round two of the Olympic Club Intercollegiate. The 2021-22 Sun Belt Golfer of the Year and PING honorable mention All-American sits among the Little Rock career record book in a number of categories, raking second all-time in scoring average (72.55), tournament wins (three) and par-or-better rounds (46) and sits tied for 15 in career rounds played (101), 19 back of former teammate Logan Pate, the program's all-time leader.
 
Near and Far
Little Rock will have quite a mix on this year's roster as it will be represented by five different countries and a pair of states. The Trojans will have two players from the state of Arkansas (Phisher Phillips and Rhett South) and one from Texas (Jansen Smith) while being represented internationally by Germany (Anton Albers and Nico Horder), Denmark (Magnus Lomholt), Italy (Matteo Cristoni), Northern Ireland (Ryan McNelis) and England (Archie Smith and Louis Talarczyk).
 
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