The University of Mississippi Athletics
Monday, March 17
Pauma Valley, Calif. | Pauma Valley Country Club
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Pauma Valley Invitational
No. 3 Men’s Golf Heads West for Pauma Valley Invitational
3/16/2025 | Men's Golf
PAUMA VALLEY, Calif. – The No. 3 Ole Miss men's golf team will head west for play at the Pauma Valley Invitational March 17-18. The field features 13 teams inside the Scoreboard Powered by Clippd top 35 including six of the top 10 teams in the country.
BEHIND THE ARCHITECTURE
Pauma Valley is Robert Trent Jones, Sr.'s first California course design. This classic layout with intricate greens surrounded by the beautiful scenery of Pauma Valley provides a special and unique golfing experience for our members and their guests.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH MALLOY
"We are excited to get back into action this week. We are out here in San Diego to get on the same grass surface that we will play in the NCAA Championship. It will be a challenge but one that we know will help us in our quest to win at the end of the year."
THE LINEUP
Michael La Sasso (Jr.)
THE FIELD (Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Rankings – March 12, 2025)
(Teams inside the top 50)
#2 Arizona State
#21 Georgia Tech
#13 Illinois
Loyola Marymount
#7 LSU
#5 Oklahoma State
#6 Oklahoma
#3 Ole Miss
#33 San Diego
#15 San Diego State
San Francisco
#28 SMU
#30 Tennessee
#4 Texas
#26 Texas Tech
THOSE BOYS CAN PLAY
The key to solid team golf is having a lineup where anyone on the card can go out and put the group on their back any given day. That has been the recipe for success for Ole Miss this season as Michael La Sasso, Cameron Tankersley, Cohen Trolio, Kye Meeks and Tom Fischer have all finished inside the top five at least once so far this season.
Tankersley and Meeks set new career-best finishes and career-low 54-hole scores during the fall. Tom Fischer rounded out October with back-to-back top four finishes, marking a new career-best at the Hamptons Intercollegiate and Fallen Oak. Michael La Sasso broke through for his first collegiate victory back in October at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 7-8). The junior from Raleigh, North Carolina dominated the field shooting (-15, 201) winning the event by 11 strokes. Cohen Trolio began his spring with a new career-low 54-hole score of (-11, 205) finishing fifth at the Puerto Rico Classic.
BROTHERLY LOVE
Golf is one of the more unique games that can be played as an individual or as a member of a team. When you pair family with it, the game doesn't get much sweeter. For the sibling duo of Cohen and Collins Trolio, having the chance to play collegiate golf for the same university over the next two seasons is something they'll cherish forever.
"We have a really cool relationship and have been around each other and our best friends" Cohen said. "I missed him when I was gone and we'd talk on the phone most nights, but it's cool to be able to come to a school and play together and learn from other people."
"It could not have worked out any better because I never saw us getting the chance to play collegiately together" Collins said. "I learned to play the game by watching Cohen so it's cool now that we get to compete against each other and play on the same team."
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Rebels look to make it back to postseason play after heartbreak last season at the Stanford Regional. Ole Miss fell one stroke from the cut line to advance to the NCAA Championship. The team finished the 2023 regular season with seven top five finishes, 16 individual top 10 finishes, and a team victory at the Seminole Intercollegiate down in Tallahassee. The Rebels carded 20 rounds under par on the season, including a 262-round score on the final day of the 2023 Visit Knoxville Collegiate. The 262 score of (-18) set the new lowest single-round score in program history. It was previously set by the 2022-23 team which shot 268 (-10) at the 2022 SEC Fall Preview.
FULL SWING AHEAD
After play in California, the Rebels will head to the Music City for the Mason Rudolph Championship April 4-6 in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt Legends Club will be the site of the tournament with the Commodores set to serve as the host school.
STAY CONNECTED
For updates throughout the season, follow the Rebels on X 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.
BEHIND THE ARCHITECTURE
Pauma Valley is Robert Trent Jones, Sr.'s first California course design. This classic layout with intricate greens surrounded by the beautiful scenery of Pauma Valley provides a special and unique golfing experience for our members and their guests.
THOUGHTS FROM COACH MALLOY
"We are excited to get back into action this week. We are out here in San Diego to get on the same grass surface that we will play in the NCAA Championship. It will be a challenge but one that we know will help us in our quest to win at the end of the year."
THE LINEUP
Michael La Sasso (Jr.)
- Ranked No. 3 in the Scoreboard Powered by Clippd individual rankings.
- Won his first collegiate event at the 2024 Hamptons Intercollegiate shooting (-15, 201).
- Top 15 finisher in all six events.
- Named to the Haskins Award presented by Stifel First Spring Watch List.
- Set a new career-best finish of T4 at the 2024 Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational.
- Back-to-back top four finishes to close out the fall.
- 11 rounds of even or below-par on the season.
- Career-best finish (2nd, Visit Knoxville Collegiate).
- Set a new career-best 54-hole score of (-8, 202) at the 2024 Visit Knoxville Collegiate.
- 11 rounds even or below-par on the season.
- Named to the 2025 Hogan Award Watch List.
- Career-best finish of 3rd at the 2024 Hamptons Intercollegiate.
- Set a career-low 54-hole score of (-11, 205) at the 2025 Puerto Rico Classic.
- Four top 10 finishes on the season.
- Career-best finish of T2 at the 2024 Fallen Oak Collegiate Invitational.
- Set a new career-low 54-hole score of 205.
- 10 rounds of even or below-par this season.
THE FIELD (Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Rankings – March 12, 2025)
(Teams inside the top 50)
#2 Arizona State
#21 Georgia Tech
#13 Illinois
Loyola Marymount
#7 LSU
#5 Oklahoma State
#6 Oklahoma
#3 Ole Miss
#33 San Diego
#15 San Diego State
San Francisco
#28 SMU
#30 Tennessee
#4 Texas
#26 Texas Tech
THOSE BOYS CAN PLAY
The key to solid team golf is having a lineup where anyone on the card can go out and put the group on their back any given day. That has been the recipe for success for Ole Miss this season as Michael La Sasso, Cameron Tankersley, Cohen Trolio, Kye Meeks and Tom Fischer have all finished inside the top five at least once so far this season.
Tankersley and Meeks set new career-best finishes and career-low 54-hole scores during the fall. Tom Fischer rounded out October with back-to-back top four finishes, marking a new career-best at the Hamptons Intercollegiate and Fallen Oak. Michael La Sasso broke through for his first collegiate victory back in October at the Hamptons Intercollegiate (Oct. 7-8). The junior from Raleigh, North Carolina dominated the field shooting (-15, 201) winning the event by 11 strokes. Cohen Trolio began his spring with a new career-low 54-hole score of (-11, 205) finishing fifth at the Puerto Rico Classic.
BROTHERLY LOVE
Golf is one of the more unique games that can be played as an individual or as a member of a team. When you pair family with it, the game doesn't get much sweeter. For the sibling duo of Cohen and Collins Trolio, having the chance to play collegiate golf for the same university over the next two seasons is something they'll cherish forever.
"We have a really cool relationship and have been around each other and our best friends" Cohen said. "I missed him when I was gone and we'd talk on the phone most nights, but it's cool to be able to come to a school and play together and learn from other people."
"It could not have worked out any better because I never saw us getting the chance to play collegiately together" Collins said. "I learned to play the game by watching Cohen so it's cool now that we get to compete against each other and play on the same team."
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The Rebels look to make it back to postseason play after heartbreak last season at the Stanford Regional. Ole Miss fell one stroke from the cut line to advance to the NCAA Championship. The team finished the 2023 regular season with seven top five finishes, 16 individual top 10 finishes, and a team victory at the Seminole Intercollegiate down in Tallahassee. The Rebels carded 20 rounds under par on the season, including a 262-round score on the final day of the 2023 Visit Knoxville Collegiate. The 262 score of (-18) set the new lowest single-round score in program history. It was previously set by the 2022-23 team which shot 268 (-10) at the 2022 SEC Fall Preview.
FULL SWING AHEAD
After play in California, the Rebels will head to the Music City for the Mason Rudolph Championship April 4-6 in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt Legends Club will be the site of the tournament with the Commodores set to serve as the host school.
STAY CONNECTED
For updates throughout the season, follow the Rebels on X 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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