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Irish Creek Intercollegiate
No. 21 Men’s Golf Continue Roadtrip at Irish Creek Intercollegiate
4/1/2022 | Men's Golf
Rebels Head to North Carolina for Penultimate Tournament of Regular Season Schedule
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. – The Ole Miss men's golf team travels to Kannapolis, North Carolina, this weekend to take part in the Irish Creek Intercollegiate Saturday through Sunday, April 2-3.
Hosted at The Club at Irish Creek, the 54-hole, two-day tournament was added to the Rebels schedule a replacement for the team's fall season-opener at the Scenic City Invitational being canceled due to weather.
Tournament Schedule
April 2, 2022 – 36 holes (Rebels to tee off of Hole 1 from 7:00-7:36 a.m. CT)
April 3, 2022 – 18 holes (Tee times TBA)
The Lineup
Jackson Suber (Sr.) - Teeing off of Hole 1 at 7:36 a.m. CT
-- Currently posting a team-high stroke average of 69.40 on the year
-- Entered spring season ranked as No. 1 golfer in the nation by Golfstat
-- Made PGA TOUR debut at the 2022 Valspar Championship, where he finished with a two-day score of 144 (+2)
-- Named to the 2022 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
-- Captured third career individual tournament victory at the White Sands Bahamas with a 205 (-11)
-- Holds No. 11 ranking in latest PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Rankings
-- Also ranked No. 30 and No. 40 in the Golfweek NCAA Player Rankings and the Golfstat Rankings
-- Named 2020-21 PING All-American Honorable Mention, becoming the 11th All-American in school history
Evan Brown (Gr.) - Teeing off of Hole 1 at 7:27 a.m. CT
-- Currently holds a 71.27 stroke average on the 2021-22 season
-- 2020-21 PING All-American Honorable Mention
-- Earned his best individual finish for the Rebels at the White Sands Bahamas, tying for 11th
-- Matched his season-best finish of 11th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay
-- Finished in the top 20 for the second time with the Rebels at the Louisiana Classics, finishing 12th
-- Logged season-low round of 67 (-5) on round one of the Louisiana Classics, which he later matched at the Hootie at Bulls Bay
-- Played in 28 tournaments and posted a school-record 71.85 stroke average over his career at Loyola (Md.)
Sarut Vongchaisit (Sr.) - Teeing off of Hole 1 at 7:18 a.m. CT
-- 70.67 stroke average on the 2021-22 season so far
-- Logged a new career-low 54-hole score of 206 (-7) at the Cabo Collegiate
-- Earned his first top 20 finish of 2021-22 in Cabo, finishing tied for 12th
-- Followed up with his second-consecutive top 20 finished at the Louisiana Classics, finishing tied for 13th
-- Ended the Hootie at Bulls Bay in a tie for 18th, earning his third-consecutive top 20 finish
-- Finished with a perfect 4-0 record individually at the SEC Match Play Championship
-- Recorded 17 total birdies in the team's season-opening tournament at the Louisiana Classics, ranking third amongst all golfers in attendance
-- Tallied a season-low round of 67 (-5) on his final day at the Louisiana Classics
Brett Schell (So.) - Teeing off of Hole 1 at 7:09 a.m. CT
-- Holds stroke average of 71.44 on the year
-- Finished with a career-best finish at the Puerto Rico Classic, tying for fourth overall
-- Also logged career-low 18-hole (65) and 54-hole (201) scores in his performance at Puerto Rico
-- Earned first collegiate top 20 finish at Blessings Collegiate Invitational (T-12th)
-- Capped off the fall season with his first ever top 10 finish at the White Sands Bahamas (T-7th)
-- Ended his Cabo Collegiate by firing a round of 69 (-2), sinking six birdies in the process
Jack Gnam (Sr.) - Teeing off of Hole 1 at 7:00 a.m. CT
-- 72.25 stroke average on the 2021-22 season
-- Fired back-to-back rounds of 71 (-1) to open play at the Puerto Rico Classic
-- Competed at the 2021 Willow Cup Amateur, where he finished 2nd overall following a two-day score of 136 (-8)
-- Shot a team-low round of 67 (-5) in the final round of the White Sands Bahamas
-- Had his best finish of 2020-21 campaign at the Vanderbilt Legends Collegiate, where he finished tied for 11th with a career-low 54-hole total (65-70-70–205)
-- Finished tied for 24th at the Louisiana Classics, with a three-round total of 215 (-1)
-- Appearing in his 29th tournament as a Rebel
INDIVIDUAL
Kye Meeks (R-Fr.) - Teeing off of Hole 10 at 8:21 a.m. CT
-- Posting 72.67 stroke average on the 2021-22 season
-- Named SEC Men's Freshman Golfer of the Week (Week of March 3, 2022)
-- Made collegiate debut for the Rebels at the Blessings Collegiate, where he also recorded his first collegiate birdie on Hole 15
-- Finished the SEC Match Play Championship with a 3-1 record individually, including a victory over then-No. 11 ranked Tyler Johnson of Tennessee
-- Earned new 18-hole (68) and 54-hole (210) career-lows at the Cabo Collegiate
-- Also saw a new career-best finish in Cabo, with the freshman claiming a tie for 31st
-- Two-time individual state champion in high school
The Field
Appalachian State
No. 27 Charlotte
Dartmouth
Davidson
Dayton
East Carolina
Elon
High Point
Jacksonville
James Madison
Lipscomb
Marshall
No. 21 Ole Miss
Richmond
VCU
The Course
Playing at 7,099 yards as a par 71, The Club at Irish Creek is a stunning 18-hole Davis Love III Signature Golf Course set within rolling terrain that encircles a 400-acre lake, which is visible from Holes 16 and 18. Just north of Charlotte, the course's design pays homage to a past where walking was part of the game. Love's goal was to create a course that members want to play repeatedly - a layout that challenges skilled players to think their way from tee to green, but also "is a course that my mom would enjoy," with few forced carries, wide fairways, and ample greens to accommodate recreational players and juniors just learning the game.
Rebels in the Rankings
Ole Miss will now enter the weekend in North Carolina as the No. 21 ranked team in the nation according to Golfstat, while also slotting into the No. 25 position according to Golfweek/Sagarin's NCAA Team Rankings. Individually, Jackson Suber stands as the lone Rebel to be ranked in both the Golfweek/Sagarin and Golfstat NCAA Individual Rankings, with Suber coming in at No. 30 by Golfweek and No. 40 by Golfstat. In the latest PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Rankings, Suber comes in at No. 11 in the nation, while fellow Rebel Evan Brown has moved up one spot to the No. 62 position in the country.
Suber Chasing Rebel History to Close Out Season
Jackson Suber currently holds a season stroke average of 69.17 on the 2021-22 season, which puts the Tampa, Florida, native on pace to set a new Rebel program record for lowest season stroke average in team history. The current record holder for the Rebels, former NCAA champion Braden Thornberry, put together a 2016-17 campaign in which Thornberry would log a stroke average of 69.57 en route to claiming the 2017 NCAA Individual National Championship.
Rebels Fall One Stroke Short of Hootie at Bulls Bay Team Title
The Rebels found themselves just one stroke shy of earning the team's second tournament title of the 2021-22 season at the Hootie at Bulls Bay, with the team logging a three-day total of 845 (-19) in Charleston slotting in just behind the eventual four-way tie for first between South Carolina, ETSU, NC State and Missouri. A late push by Ole Miss on day three saw a 10-stroke South Carolina advantage vanish, before the Rebels would come up short in the team's final three holes to swipe sole or partial possession of the Hootie title.
Vongchaisit Continues Strong End to His Spring Season
Earning a tie for 18th at the Hootie at Bulls Bay, senior Sarut Vongchaisit has had a recent surge for the Rebels on the golf course, having earned top 20 finishes in three-consecutive tournaments for Ole Miss. This comes having not earned a top 20 finish for the Rebels since his 14th place finish at the Hoakalei Country Club Invitational in October 2019. Vongchaisit now ranks second on the team in both stroke average (70.67) and top 20 finishes (3) on the year, appearing in six of the team's seven tournaments on the season.
Suber Makes PGA TOUR Debut at Valspar Championship
Rebel senior Jackson Suber saw a childhood dream come true last week, as Suber would travel to his home tournament of the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida to make his PGA TOUR debut on a sponsor's exemption. Suber would not make the cut after finishing with a 144 (+2) over two rounds, but Suber would finish below par in his first round of golf on the tour, with him shooting a 70 (-1) on Thursday. In playing at the Valspar, Suber became just the third Ole Miss Rebel to actively play on a professional tour roster, with Rebel alumni Braden Thornberry and Jonathan Randolph both currently playing on the Korn Ferry Tour, having each made their PGA TOUR debuts in the 2010s.
Next on Tee
Following the team's trip to the Irish Creek Intercollegiate, the Rebels will close out their 2021-22 regular season by heading to the Mossy Oak Invitational in West Point, Mississippi from April 11-12 before taking part in the SEC Championships in St. Simons Island, Georgia running April 20-24.
Follow the Rebels
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