Hello Trojans!

Our fall campaign has come to a close as the final rankings were released yesterday. We ended the fall ranked 44th in the country. This marks the 5th time in six years we have ended the fall season ranked top-50 in the country and we are one of 2 mid major programs (Little Rock & Pepperdine) to have achieved this. A lot has gone into the consistency we have shown these last six years and I wanted to again thank you all for your support as we continue to achieve bigger and better goals. We also tallied up 3 top-30 wins this fall having beat: #8 Oklahoma State, #9 ARKANSAS, & #28 Louisville.

EVERETT BUICK GMC CLASSIC CHAMPIONS

We capped off the fall season with a BIG win at Chenal Country Club on the Founders course by shooting 34-under par and winning the event by 21 shots! Ed featherstone once again led the team finishing in 2nd place to cap off a fantastic fall season for him.

FALL 2025 RECAP

2025-26 Cumulative Head-to-Head Record: 51-22-1

2025-26 Wins Against the Power 4: 16

2025-26 Wins Against the Top-30: 3 (Wins over #8 Oklahoma State, #9 ARKANSAS, & #28 Louisville)

Miscellaneous:

• 1 team win (Everett Buick GMC Classic, missed the all time 54-hole team record by one shot at 830 (34-under par)

• Ed Featherstone 2nd Place at the Everett Buick GMC Classic (2nd lowest 54-hole total in school history at 203, -13)

• Mark Stockdale 3rd Place at the Bearcat Invitational

• 4 players average 72.5 or lower this fall with Ed Featherstone leading the way with an impressive 70.1 stroke average this fall which is almost 4 shots better than his average as a freshman and he is currently ranked 101 in the nation

• 2 OVC Golfers of the Week (Mark Stockdale & Ed Featherstone)

SIGNING DAY

Signing day for the 2026 class was last week and so far we have signed two fantastic additions to the Little Rock Men’s Golf Family with Bruno Frontero from Sanremo, Italy and Paxton Lane from Benton, Arkansas. I am really excited to have both of these guys here next year with the passion and talent they both possess. I know they will make big impacts on our team next fall.

Bruno Frontero Highlights
• 2025 R&A Boys Amateur Quarterfinalist
• 15th - 2025 German Boys Championship
• 12th - 2025 Italian International Amateur
• 10th - 2025 Portuguese International Amateur
• 17th - 2025 Spanish Amateur
• 2nd - 2024 German Boys Championship
• 12th - 2024 Italian International Amateur
• 9th - 2024 French International U18
• Member of Italian National Team

Paxton Lane Highlights
• 2nd - Austin Cook Elite Junior
• 11th - AJGA Arnold Palmer Invitational
• T12th - 44th Bubba Conlee
• 2nd - ASGA Junior Amateur Championship
• 11th - 76th Press Thornton Future Masters
• 2nd - AJGA Junior at Santa Rosa
• T6 - AJGA Mizuno Junior Championship

PRO TROJANS

This fall we have also had tremendous news with a few of our Pro Trojans who have moved on into professional golf.

Matteo Cristoni made it from first stage all the way to final stage for the DP World Tour and will have full status on the Hotel Planner Tour (Korn Ferry equivalent) next season along with Anton Albers who earned full status due to his fantastic end of the season on the Hotel Planner Tour this year. Both narrowly missed out on full DP World Tour status but will most likely get a few starts here and there.

Archie Smith earned full status on the Alps Tour for next season after his great play last week in Italy to earn him a spot to play next year.

The future is as bright as ever for our alumni!

FROM THE SHORT GRASS HOSTED BY TREY SCHAAP

GO TROJANS!