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Men’s Golf Preps for 2022 NCAA Championships in Scottsdale
5/26/2022 | Men's Golf
Grayhawk Golf Club to Host the Six-Day Event with GOLF Channel Coverage Beginning Monday
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The 23rd-ranked Ole Miss men's golf team is set to cap off the 2021-22 campaign with its first appearance in five seasons at the 2022 NCAA Championships with set to be played May 27 through June 1 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
A total of 156 golfers will compete at Grayhawk Golf Club, with 30 total teams in attendance as well as six individual golfers from schools who did not qualify for the team championship portion of the weekend.
Players will first compete in three 18-hole rounds of stroke play competition Friday through Sunday. Following the third round, the field will be cut to the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on an advancing team for Monday.
Monday's fourth round of stroke play will take place, at which point the individual national champion will be crowned and the top eight remaining teams will be seeded for match play.
Match play quarterfinals and semifinals are then both scheduled to take place Tuesday, with the final two teams facing off on Wednesday to claim the team national championship.
GOLF Channel will provide live coverage of Monday's fourth and final round of the individual stroke play national championship, as well as coverage for each subsequent round of match play through Wednesday's national championship matchup.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, May 27 – 18 holes (Rebels to tee off at 8:10 a.m. CT)
Saturday, May 28 – 18 holes (Rebels to tee off at 1:30 p.m. CT)
Sunday, May 29 – 18 holes
Monday, May 30 – 18 holes (Top 15 teams make cut for final round of stroke play)
Tuesday, May 31 – Quarterfinals & Semifinals (Match Play)
Wednesday, June 1 – Championship (Match Play)
THE LINEUP
Jackson Suber (Sr.)
-- Currently posting a team-high stroke average of 69.33 on the year
-- First Team All-SEC Selection for the second consecutive season
-- 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)
-- Earned fourth career tournament win at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate, finishing with a season-low 202 (-11) on the weekend
-- Became the first Rebel to ever win an individual regional championship, winning the NCAA Norman Regional at 11-under on the weej
-- Also ranked No. 32 and No. 38 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.)
-- Holding a 71.63 stroke average heading into regional play
-- 2020-21 PING All-American Honorable Mention
-- Earned season-best finishes of 11th at White Sands Bahamas and Hootie and Bulls Bay tournaments
-- Finished in the top 20 for the second time with the Rebels at the Louisiana Classics, finishing 12th
-- Capped off his 2021-22 regular season by earning a 20th place finish at the Mossy Oak Collegiate Invitational, marking his fourth top 20 finish of the year
-- Earned a tie for 14th at the NCAA Norman Regional while shooting one-under on the week, tying his season-low round of 67 (-5) on day two
-- Logged season-low round of 67 (-5) at the first 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.)
Jack Gnam (Sr.)
-- 72.11 stroke average on the 2021-22 season
-- Earned his first top 20 finish of the year at the NCAA Norman Regional, finishing tied for 20th with a three-day score of 216 (E) on the week
-- 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)
Kye Meeks (R-Fr.)
-- Posting 72.37 stroke average on the 2021-22 season
-- Selected to the 2022 SEC All-Freshman team, the first Rebel selected since 2019
-- 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
-- Capped off his regular season with a career-best finishing of 12th at the Mossy Oak Collegiate Invitational
Sarut Vongchaisit (Sr.)
-- 71.56 stroke average on the 2021-22 season
-- Tallied 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 in the top 20 for his fourth-consecutive tournament after finishing 15th at the Irish Creek Intercollegiate
-- A perfect 4-0 record individually at the SEC Match Play Championship
-- Totaled a season-low round of 67 (-5) on his final day at the Louisiana Classics
THE FIELD (BY SEEDING)
1. #1 Oklahoma
2. #2 Oklahoma State
3. #3 Vanderbilt
4. #4 Arizona State
5. #5 North Carolina
6. #6 Pepperdine
7. #7 Texas
8. #8 Texas Tech
9. #10 Florida
10. #11 Georgia Tech
11. #12 Texas A&M
12. #13 Stanford
13. #14 Arkansas
14. #15 Georgia
15. #16 Wake Forest
16. #17 Auburn
17. #18 Florida State
18. #23 Ole Miss
19. #25 Kansas
20. #26 Arizona
21. #27 Oregon
22. #30 East Tennessee State
23. #31 USF
24. #32 Ohio State
25. #33 North Florida
26. #38 Liberty
27. #41 BYU
28. #44 Georgia Southern
29. #47 Utah
30. #49 College of Charleston
THE COURSE
Playing at 7,289 yards as a par 70, the Grayhawk Golf Club Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Arizona, offers thrilling challenges that command players' respect through a high-stakes game of risk and reward. The Tom Fazio-designed course unfolds over the gentle hills and across shaded natural arroyos found in this picturesque corner of the Sonoran Desert. Most of Raptor's fairways are generous, and the greens are large with sweeping undulations. Misses tend to find deep greenside bunkers and grass collection areas, making the scramble to get up and down a true test of the short game. The Grayhawk Raptor Course is one of only two Scottsdale golf courses to have hosted a PGA TOUR event, with the course playing home to the Frys.com Open from 2007-2009. Other tour-sanctioned tournaments played at Raptor include the inaugural Williams World Challenge, Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf and Waste Management Phoenix Open pro ams.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH MALLOY
"We're excited to be out here. The finals or the national championship, anytime you can be here and have this be your last week of the season, it's your goal. We just have to give ourselves a chance over four rounds and put ourselves in a good spot to get into match play."
REBELS IN THE POLLS
Ole Miss enters the 2022 NCAA Championships ranked as the No. 23 team in the nation according to Golfstat. The Rebels also hold a No. 24 ranking in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Collegiate Team Rankings. Senior Jackson Suber stands as the lone Rebel to enter the weekend with an individual ranking in both the Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin Individual NCAA Rankings, with Suber being ranked No. 18 and No. 20 in each, respectively. Suber has also risen to No. 8 in the country in the newest edition of the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Rankings, while teammate Evan Brown has also jumped up to No. 50 in the same rankings.
OLE MISS PUNCHES TICKET IN DIFFICULT NORMAN REGIONAL
For the sixth time in program history, the Ole Miss men's golf team punched its ticket to the NCAA Championships following a third-place finish at the Norman Regional (287-281-281–849). This would mark the Rebels first time back to the NCAA Championships as a team since 2017, where the team would ultimately finish 22nd while Braden Thornberry took home the 2017 NCAA Individual National Championship. Senior Jackson Suber led the way for Ole Miss, doing what no Rebel had done before, capturing an individual regional championship. The Tampa, Florida, native fired a final round 67 (-5) to finish 11-under par on the week with a score of 205. Suber's 14-birdie performance on the week saw him soar to the very top of the leaderboard, ultimately claiming the individual title in Norman.
SUBER AND MEEKS CLAIM ALL-SEC NODS
A pair of Rebels came away with All-SEC recognition at the conclusion of the SEC Championship with the conference announcing that Jackson Suber had been named to the First Team All-SEC, while rookie Kye Meeks found his way onto the SEC All-Freshman team. This marks the second consecutive year in which Suber has earned First Team All-SEC honors, as he now stands as just the seventh Ole Miss men's golfer in program history to claim First Team All-Conference honors in back-to-back seasons. Meeks, who concluded the regular season with a stroke average of 72.33, snagged SEC All-Freshman team honors, marking the first Rebel to do so since Suber was named to the All-Freshman team in 2019.
GNAM NAMED TO SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM
Senior Jack Gnam came away with SEC Community Service team recognition for the second consecutive season, with the Ridgeland, Mississippi, native taking home the same honor in 2021. Gnam currently serves as a member of the Ole Miss Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), which serves to promote student-athlete welfare and foster a positive student-athlete image on campus and in the local area. Additionally, Gnam has been an active member of the Oxford community, volunteering for the Feed the 'Sip, Adopt-A-Basket, Reading with Rebels and A Night to Shine programs. A member of the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll in 2021, Gnam is preparing to earn his degree in accountancy from Ole Miss.
FOLLOW THE REBELS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
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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