Men's Golf Set For Mason Rudolph Championship

April 2, 2015

THIS WEEK
April 3-5, 2015 -- Mason Rudolph Championship
Golf Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club
Location: Franklin, Tenn.
Par/Yardage: Par 71, 7,100 yards
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
Indiana Season Stats: 2014-15 Season

INDIANA PARTICIPANTS (Year | 2014-15 scoring avg.)
Nicholas Grubnich | Senior | 75.39
Max Kollin | Junior | 77.64
Brendon Doyle | Freshman | 78.00
Will Seger | Sophomore | 78.07
Keegan Vea | Sophomore | 76.00

THE FIELD:
Alabama
Ball State
College of Charleston
East Tennessee State
Georgia Southern
Georgia Tech
Indiana
Kennesaw State
Liberty
Louisville
Mercer
Notre Dame
SMU
Vanderbilt

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The teams will play 18 holes each of the three days, starting with fixed tee times on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET.

LAST TIME OUT
The Hoosiers finished eighth out of 15 teams at the Blue Devil Spring Shootout hosted by Duke University in Durham, N.C. Keegan Vea and Matt Weber paced the IU efforts in the 18-hole event, both posting rounds of 5-over par 77. Nicholas Grubnich was one stroke behind with a 78 and Christian Fairbanks and Brendon Doyle both carded rounds of 8-over par 80.

KEEPING THE LINEUP "FRESH"
In six of the eight tournaments so far this season, head coach Mike Mayer has had two freshmen in the lineup. The only time he has had fewer than two was at the Talis Park Challenge earlier this month. This week, there are three rookies (Doyle, Weber, Fairbanks) in the lineup.
Northern Intercollegiate: Brendon Doyle, Christian Fairbanks
Olympia Fields: Brendon Doyle, Matt Weber
Wolf Run: Brendon Doyle, Matt Weber
Sagamore: Matt Weber, Christian Fairbanks, Brendon Doyle (Individual)
Tavistock: Matt Weber, Christian Fairbanks
Big Ten Match Play: Brendon Doyle, Matt Weber
Talis Park Challenge: Brendon Doyle
Blue Devil Shootout: Brendon Doyle, Matthew Weber, Christian Fairbanks
Mason Rudolph: Brendon Doyle

TOP 30 FINISHES
Each of the 10 student-athletes that have teed it up for the Hoosiers this season have posted at least one Top 30 individual finish. Nicholas Grubnich came in with a fourth place finish int he Northern Intercollegiate to open the 2014-15 season, and it still stands as the top performance by an IU golfer this season.

MATCH PLAY SUPERLATIVE
Sophomore Keegan Vea paced the Hoosiers at the Big Ten Match Play Championships, posting a 2-1 record. He was not in the lineup for the opening match against Northwestern, but quickly cemented his spot in the lineup for the remainder of the event after a 2-up win against Penn State. He also registered a 1-up victory in the final match of the weekend against Nebraska.

TOP TEAM FINISH
The eighth place finish at the Blue Devil Spring Shootout marked the second-best team finish of the season for the Hoosiers. It was one spot better than the seventh place at the Sagamore Preview back in the fall.

BEST TEAM SCORE OF THE SEASON
In the final team tournament of the fall, the Hoosiers posted their best team score of the season to date, coming in with a score of 882 at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational.

FAIRBANKS FINISHES T12
Indiana freshman Christian Fairbanks used a second round score of 72 (E) to vault up the leaderboard at the Sagamore Preview in Noblesville, Ind. He finished T12 in the tournament, the best finish of his career and the best finish by an IU freshman since Will Seger's T4 finish at the NYX Hoosier Invitational last year.

GIVE IT UP FOR GRUB
Senior Nicholas Grubnich has started his final collegiate campaign with a couple of strong showings in very good fields. He opened the season with a T4 finish at the Northern Intercollegiate played at Rich Harvest Farms. He opened with a round of 77, but rallied to post scores of 72 and 69 and surge up the leaderboard. So far this season, Grubnich has posted rounds of 75 or better 10 times, including all three rounds at the Talis Park Challenge.

Over the summer, Grubnich claimed the Indiana state amateur title and earned a spot in the U.S. Amateur at the Atlanta Athletic Club. All of that comes on the heels of his T7 finish at the Big Ten Championship last spring.

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