MADISON, Miss. (4/21/24) – The Arkansas State men’s golf team will tee off Monday in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Men’s Golf Championship at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Miss.

The par-72, 7,190-yard course will play host to the Sun Belt Conference Championship for the second consecutive season. Opened in 1981, Annandale Golf Club was designed by Jack Nicklaus. It has played host to numerous championship events, including serving as home to the PGA Tour Sanderson Farms Championship from 1994 to 2013.

The championship will begin with three rounds of stroke play starting Monday. The teams will tee off from split tees beginning at 8:30 a.m., with six teams teeing off on No. 1 and eight teams teeing off No. 10.

The top four teams from the 54-hole stroke play event will advance to match play on Thursday, April 25. The semifinal matches will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the No. 1 and No. 4 seed on No. 1 and the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds on No. 10. The championship match will follow the conclusion of the semifinal matches on Thursday. All three rounds of stroke play, along with Thursday’s semifinal and championship matches, will be broadcast live on ESPN+. Live scoring is available through Golfstat.

For the eighth consecutive season, A-State is a top four seed entering the championship. The Red Wolves, ranked No. 101 in the latest SCOREBOARD NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Rankings, are the third seed behind Georgia Southern (82) and Texas State (96). With a stroke average of 288.4 this season, A-State is fourth in the field behind Texas State (285.6), Old Dominion (287.2) and Georgia Southern (287.9).

Sophomore Thomas Schmidt is the highest ranked individual in the league coming into the championship ranked No. 232. Schmidt carries a 71.00 stroke average this season the best single-season stroke average of any player in program history. Rounding out the A-State lineup Monday will be Jack Maxey (72.52, Jake Lile (73.33), Devyn Pappas (74.06) and Hugo Ronnberg (74.20). Chris Sommerfield (72.56) serves as the sixth A-State player to make the trip and will be available as a substitute, if needed.

A-State has not finished higher than third in stroke play at the Sun Belt Conference Championship since 1999 (second), but won the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Championship match play over ULM 4-1.

Live coverage on ESPN+ begins at 10:30 a.m. Monday. For the latest on A-State men’s golf, follow the team on Twitter (@AStateMGolf), Facebook (/AStateMGolf) and Instagram (@astatemensgolf).