McNulty, Mangold & Westbrook at USGA State Team

Wes McNulty of Pine Bluff, Ron Mangolf of Pocahontas and Neal Westbrook of Russellville represent Arkansas this week at the 8th USGA State Team Championship at The Country Club of St. Albans, near St. Louis. Arkansas drew Florida and Colorado the first two rounds. Here are the two round tee times for the Arkansas players on Wed., Sept. 23 and Thurs., Sept. 24:

1:00 pm, hole #1/8:20 am, hole #10 - Neal Westbrook

1:10 pm, hole #1/8:30 am, hole #10 - Ron Mangold

1:20 pm, hole #1/8:40 am, hole #10 - Wes McNulty

Multi-time ASGA Amateur Player of the Year and playing captain Wes McNulty will carry the Arkansas flag at the opening ceremonies. The honorary tournament chairman and key-note speaker at the Players Dinner is Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, a member at the host club.

All 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have sent three-man teams, with the best two scores counting each round. Texas is the defending champion. The tournament runs thru Friday, Sept. 25.

To follow the Arkansas team online, go to www.usga.org - Good luck to all players and let's hope the forecast gets better as the course is already saturated and the forecast calls for more rain!