SEA ISLAND, Ga. – Ole Miss men’s golf senior Jackson Suber is set to take part in the 2022 Jones Cup Invitational at Ocean Forest Golf Club in Sea Island, Georgia beginning Friday.
The annual 54-hole tournament, which is set to run Feb. 4-6 featuring 84 of the top amateur golfers in the world, is classified as a category A tournament in the World Amatuer Golf Ranking, making it one of the top 30 amateur tournaments in the world.
Suber is coming off of a red-hot fall season for the Rebels, where he won his third career individual tournament title at the White Sands Bahamas Invitational, firing a 205 (-11) to claim the crown. His fall season would end with an additional top 10 finish at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational, finishing tied for sixth overall.
With a fall season stroke average of 69.17 over the team’s three tournaments, Suber is currently on pace to set a new Ole Miss record for lowest single season stroke average, with the current record belonging to Braden Thornberry’s 2016-17 season where he tallied a 69.57 stroke average.
Entering the tournament ranked No. 3 in Golfstat’s NCAA Player Rankings, the highest individual ranking for a Rebel since Braden Thornberry during the 2017-18 season, Suber will look to carry the momentum from his fall success into Georgia. Suber also holds No. 7 and No. 8 overall rankings in the PGA TOUR University Velocity Global Rankings and the Golfweek/Sagarin Men’s Collegiate Individual Rankings, respectively.
Suber’s 2020-21 junior campaign saw the Tampa, Florida, native become the 11th All-American in program history, as he was named a PING All-American Honorable Mention by the Golf Coaches Association of American. He also racked up additional honors at the season’s conclusion, bringing in First Team All-SEC and PING Southeast All-Region accolades.
The Rebels have found past success involving the Jones Cup, with Suber having earned a third place finish at the event back in 2020 while former Rebel turned pro Braden Thornberry took home the title of Jones Cup champion in 2017.
Suber is set to tee off for his opening round of the tournament at 9:40 a.m. CT on Hole 10. Results and further event information can be found on Golf Genius.
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