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Men’s Golf Heads To Arkansas For Little Rock Invitational
10/21/2018 8:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – In its penultimate tournament of the fall season, the UT Arlington men's golf team heads to a fellow Sun Belt Conference member for the Little Rock Invitational at Chenal Country Club this Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 22-23.
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The 54-hole tournament will commence with 36 continuous holes on Monday before action concludes with the final round on Tuesday. Pairings and live scoring will be available all tournament via Golfstat by clicking here or by visiting the link accompanying this release. Additionally, updates will be posted on the official Twitter account of the program @UTAMavsGolf.
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The Mavs' five-man lineup will feature the following quintet at the par-72, 7,326-yard layout at the Bear Den Course, designed by famed architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr.:
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1) Paul Gonzalez
2) Kyle Cox
3) Caleb Hicks
4) Tanner Gore
5) Zakary Jones
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That is the same lineup – with the exception of some shifts in placements – the Mavericks' trotted out in their most recent tournament two weeks ago at the Maridoe Intercollegiate. Last year at this same event, UTA finished in 5th place, with Gore being the low man at +6 (75-73-74: 222) to tie for 14th overall.
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This year's field features some of the nation's top teams based off the first Golfstat rankings of the year released earlier this month, led by No. 23 UNLV.
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INSIDE THE UTA LINEUP
1 Gonzalez: The sophomore leads the team with a 73.13 scoring average … ranked as the 5th-best golfer in the Sun Belt by Golfstat … coming off a career-best tie for 6th-place finish at the Maridoe – just three shots out of 1st– which included a career-low 68 in the opening round … while only eight rounds into the season, his 4.692 scoring average on par-5 holes is the 2nd-best in single-season program history (Zack Reeves: 4.691 in 2005-06).
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2 Cox: Has the 2nd-best scoring average on the team with a 75.88 … as a true freshman he has competed in all three tournaments so far this year … led UTA at New Mexico's William H. Tucker Intercollegiate with rounds of 74-74-72: 220 (+4).
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3 Hicks: 3rd-best scoring average on the team with a 76.50 … as another true freshman, he also has competed in all three tournaments so far this year.
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4 Gore: As a senior, he's the lone upperclassmen on the roster … ranks in the top 10 on the program's career list for birdies (8th, 261) and eagles (6th, 9) … 27 career par-or-better rounds are 12th on the program's all-time list.
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5 Jones: Made his collegiate debut as a true freshman at the Maridoe Intercollegiate earlier this month, recording rounds of 82-77-79: 238.
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NEXT UP
Following action in Little Rock, UTA will head to Southwest Florida next week to wrap up its fall season at Florida Gulf Coast's home event Oct. 28-29.
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The 54-hole tournament will commence with 36 continuous holes on Monday before action concludes with the final round on Tuesday. Pairings and live scoring will be available all tournament via Golfstat by clicking here or by visiting the link accompanying this release. Additionally, updates will be posted on the official Twitter account of the program @UTAMavsGolf.
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The Mavs' five-man lineup will feature the following quintet at the par-72, 7,326-yard layout at the Bear Den Course, designed by famed architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr.:
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1) Paul Gonzalez
2) Kyle Cox
3) Caleb Hicks
4) Tanner Gore
5) Zakary Jones
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That is the same lineup – with the exception of some shifts in placements – the Mavericks' trotted out in their most recent tournament two weeks ago at the Maridoe Intercollegiate. Last year at this same event, UTA finished in 5th place, with Gore being the low man at +6 (75-73-74: 222) to tie for 14th overall.
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This year's field features some of the nation's top teams based off the first Golfstat rankings of the year released earlier this month, led by No. 23 UNLV.
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INSIDE THE UTA LINEUP
1 Gonzalez: The sophomore leads the team with a 73.13 scoring average … ranked as the 5th-best golfer in the Sun Belt by Golfstat … coming off a career-best tie for 6th-place finish at the Maridoe – just three shots out of 1st– which included a career-low 68 in the opening round … while only eight rounds into the season, his 4.692 scoring average on par-5 holes is the 2nd-best in single-season program history (Zack Reeves: 4.691 in 2005-06).
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2 Cox: Has the 2nd-best scoring average on the team with a 75.88 … as a true freshman he has competed in all three tournaments so far this year … led UTA at New Mexico's William H. Tucker Intercollegiate with rounds of 74-74-72: 220 (+4).
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3 Hicks: 3rd-best scoring average on the team with a 76.50 … as another true freshman, he also has competed in all three tournaments so far this year.
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4 Gore: As a senior, he's the lone upperclassmen on the roster … ranks in the top 10 on the program's career list for birdies (8th, 261) and eagles (6th, 9) … 27 career par-or-better rounds are 12th on the program's all-time list.
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5 Jones: Made his collegiate debut as a true freshman at the Maridoe Intercollegiate earlier this month, recording rounds of 82-77-79: 238.
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NEXT UP
Following action in Little Rock, UTA will head to Southwest Florida next week to wrap up its fall season at Florida Gulf Coast's home event Oct. 28-29.
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