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Monday, October 5
Fayetteville, Ark. | Blessings Golf Club
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Blessings Collegiate Invitational
Men’s Golf Begins Fall Season on the Golf Channel
10/4/2020 | Men's Golf
Rebels Battle SEC Foes in Arkansas Beginning Monday
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – After seeing its spring season cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ole Miss men's golf team returns to action Monday with the Blessings Collegiate Invitational. The tournament (Oct. 5-7) kicks off the Rebels' fall season.
WHERE TO WATCH
The three-day tournament will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. CT during each day of play.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Monday, Oct. 5 – 18 holes (Rebels tee off at 10:17 a.m. CT)
Tuesday, Oct. 6 – 18 holes (Rebels tee off at 10:36 a.m. CT)
Wednesday, Oct. 7 – 18 Holes (Tee times TBD)
THE LINEUP
Jackson Suber (So.)
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Missouri
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
THE COURSE
Blessings Golf Club will play from 7,503 yards as a par 72. The course was originally designed by architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. with a redesign recently completed by noted architect Kyle Phillips. In 2019, Blessings hosted both the NCAA Men's and Women's Golf Championships.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH MALLOY
"We are extremely excited to get back into tournament play. This has been extremely hard on our players and coaches alike to have such a long break. Now, we have to be ready to compete amongst the teams from the best conference in the country, the SEC."
SUBER LEADS THE WAY
It's no surprise that Jackson Suber leads the Rebels into the 2020-21 season as the team's No. 1 golfer. The Tampa, Florida, native was Ole Miss' best golfer in five of eight tournaments last year and earned PING Southeast All-Region honors. Firing a team-high 16 rounds of par-or-better, including eight rounds in the 60s, he recorded a 71.04 stroke average that ranked ninth in the SEC. Entering his third season for the red and blue, Suber has been in the lineup for every tournament to provide consistency and reliability.
YOUNG BUT EXPERIENCED
Out of the 11 golfers on the 2020-21 Ole Miss roster, junior Cecil Wegener is the only upperclassman. However, having a large group of freshmen and sophomores doesn't mean the Rebels aren't an experienced bunch. Wegener, Jackson Suber and Sarut Vongchaisit have two years apiece as mainstays in the Ole Miss lineup. The trio has played in 58 tournaments amongst themselves. In his first season as a Rebel, Veeti Mahonen competed in all eight events on the 2019-20 schedule. Jack Gnam and Charlie Miller also provide extensive tournament experience on the roster, leading to some intense competition to make the Ole Miss starting five.
LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN
Chris Malloy enters his seventh season as head coach of the Rebels. The COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 NCAA Championships, preventing Malloy from taking his alma mater to its fourth straight NCAA Regional appearance. Malloy has led Ole Miss to six tournament titles as a team to go along with 14 wins by individual Rebels. Under Malloy's tutelage, Braden Thornberry became the first national champion in Ole Miss Golf history and earned the 2017 Fred Haskins Award (nation's most outstanding collegiate golfer). As a player for the Rebels, Malloy helped lead Ole Miss to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000.
NEW COACH
A new assistant coach joined the Rebels this offseason as head coach Chris Malloy welcomed Austin Cody to the program. Cody arrived in Oxford after three years at UAB, including the past season as the Blazers' associate head coach. During his time in Birmingham, Cody helped lead the Blazers to new heights. The program cracked the nation's top 25 in the fall of 2019, reaching its highest ranking since 2013. Under his guidance, three Blazers earned All-Conference USA selections, including two first team selections.
FALL SLATE
The Blessings Collegiate Invitational is one of three tournaments that the Rebels will compete in this fall. Up next, Ole Miss will head north to Franklin, Tennessee for the Legends Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Vanderbilt (Oct. 25-27). Wrapping up the fall, the Rebels will tee it up at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (Vestavia Hills, Alabama) for the second straight year (Nov. 9-10).
FOLLOW THE REBELS
For updates throughout the tournament, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissMGolf. Additional updates and information on the team can be found on Instagram at OleMissMGolf , on Facebook at Ole Miss Men's Golf and on OleMissSports.com.
WHERE TO WATCH
The three-day tournament will be broadcast live on the Golf Channel from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. CT during each day of play.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Monday, Oct. 5 – 18 holes (Rebels tee off at 10:17 a.m. CT)
Tuesday, Oct. 6 – 18 holes (Rebels tee off at 10:36 a.m. CT)
Wednesday, Oct. 7 – 18 Holes (Tee times TBD)
THE LINEUP
Jackson Suber (So.)
- 2019-20 PING Southeast All-Region
- 71.04 stroke average (team-best), ranking ninth in the SEC, with three top-five finishes during the 2019-20 campaign
- Qualified for match play at the 2020 U.S. Amateur
- Played in all eight tournaments as a true freshman
- Ranked seventh among SEC freshman with a 72.58 stroke average a season ago
- Tied for sixth, leading the Rebels to a runner-up finish at last season's Hoakalei Country Club Invitational in Hawaii
- Making his collegiate debut after redshirting last season
- 2019-20 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
- Named the 2019 National Senior Boys' Golfer of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association
- Posted a career-low 72.00 stroke average after playing in all eight tournaments last season
- Put together two top-10 finishes and four top-20s during the 2019-20 campaign
- Recorded 16 rounds of par-or-better last season, including a career-low 65
- Returns to the Ole Miss lineup after missing the entire 2019-20 season due to injury
- Competed in the 2020 U.S. Amateur at Bandon Dunes
- As a sophomore, played in all 12 tournaments (72.76 stroke average) which included capturing medalist honors at the All-American Collegiate
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Missouri
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
THE COURSE
Blessings Golf Club will play from 7,503 yards as a par 72. The course was originally designed by architect Robert Trent Jones Jr. with a redesign recently completed by noted architect Kyle Phillips. In 2019, Blessings hosted both the NCAA Men's and Women's Golf Championships.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH MALLOY
"We are extremely excited to get back into tournament play. This has been extremely hard on our players and coaches alike to have such a long break. Now, we have to be ready to compete amongst the teams from the best conference in the country, the SEC."
SUBER LEADS THE WAY
It's no surprise that Jackson Suber leads the Rebels into the 2020-21 season as the team's No. 1 golfer. The Tampa, Florida, native was Ole Miss' best golfer in five of eight tournaments last year and earned PING Southeast All-Region honors. Firing a team-high 16 rounds of par-or-better, including eight rounds in the 60s, he recorded a 71.04 stroke average that ranked ninth in the SEC. Entering his third season for the red and blue, Suber has been in the lineup for every tournament to provide consistency and reliability.
YOUNG BUT EXPERIENCED
Out of the 11 golfers on the 2020-21 Ole Miss roster, junior Cecil Wegener is the only upperclassman. However, having a large group of freshmen and sophomores doesn't mean the Rebels aren't an experienced bunch. Wegener, Jackson Suber and Sarut Vongchaisit have two years apiece as mainstays in the Ole Miss lineup. The trio has played in 58 tournaments amongst themselves. In his first season as a Rebel, Veeti Mahonen competed in all eight events on the 2019-20 schedule. Jack Gnam and Charlie Miller also provide extensive tournament experience on the roster, leading to some intense competition to make the Ole Miss starting five.
LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN
Chris Malloy enters his seventh season as head coach of the Rebels. The COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the 2020 NCAA Championships, preventing Malloy from taking his alma mater to its fourth straight NCAA Regional appearance. Malloy has led Ole Miss to six tournament titles as a team to go along with 14 wins by individual Rebels. Under Malloy's tutelage, Braden Thornberry became the first national champion in Ole Miss Golf history and earned the 2017 Fred Haskins Award (nation's most outstanding collegiate golfer). As a player for the Rebels, Malloy helped lead Ole Miss to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000.
NEW COACH
A new assistant coach joined the Rebels this offseason as head coach Chris Malloy welcomed Austin Cody to the program. Cody arrived in Oxford after three years at UAB, including the past season as the Blazers' associate head coach. During his time in Birmingham, Cody helped lead the Blazers to new heights. The program cracked the nation's top 25 in the fall of 2019, reaching its highest ranking since 2013. Under his guidance, three Blazers earned All-Conference USA selections, including two first team selections.
FALL SLATE
The Blessings Collegiate Invitational is one of three tournaments that the Rebels will compete in this fall. Up next, Ole Miss will head north to Franklin, Tennessee for the Legends Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Vanderbilt (Oct. 25-27). Wrapping up the fall, the Rebels will tee it up at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (Vestavia Hills, Alabama) for the second straight year (Nov. 9-10).
FOLLOW THE REBELS
For updates throughout the tournament, follow the Rebels on Twitter at @OleMissMGolf. Additional updates and information on the team can be found on Instagram at OleMissMGolf , on Facebook at Ole Miss Men's Golf and on OleMissSports.com.
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