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How colleges in the United States are heavily represented at the Latin America Amateur Championship

LA ROMANA, Dominican Republic -- For Arkansas assistant golf coach Barrett Lais, the initial recruiting pitch to try to get players from outside the United States to come to Fayetteville often begins with having to deal with a familiar remark.

"A lot of people from Latin America said, 'We've never heard of Arkansas,'" Lais said. "That was the difficult part because we're in the middle of the country. Our weather isn't unbelievable, we have all four seasons. So, how do we go down there and recruit them and sell them on this?"

Lais and head coach Brad McMakin realized quickly that there were things they needed to do to counter their location.