TOURNEY TIDBITS: 2023 Mason Rudolph Championship

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's golf will finish out its regular season playing a three-day event at the top-ranked team's home tournament in the Mason Rudolph Championship hosted by Vanderbilt from Apr. 10-12 in Franklin, Tenn.

The Ospreys look to rebound with the return of Nick Gabrelcik after missing the past two meets to make his PGA Tour debut at the Valspar Championship. UNF placed 13th in the General Hackler Championship and tied for seventh in the Schenkel Invitational during his absence.

COURSE REPORT

Vanderbilt Legends Club (Franklin, Tenn.)
Par 71 | 7,100 Yards
54 holes (Three rounds of 18 holes)

ON THE TEE

Nick Gabrelcik (69.08)
Robbie Higgins (70.67)
Davis Lee (72.30)
Cooper Smith (73.10)
Cody Carroll (73.13)

Ind. Jason Duff (73.83)
Ind. Lance Yates (74.32)

THE FIELD: 15 Teams

#1 Vanderbilt
#14 Tennessee
#16 Miss State
#20 Ole Miss
#36 Cincinnati
#39 Liberty
#44 North Florida
#62 Furman
#66 Middle Tennessee
#89 Charlotte
Ball State
FAU
Mercer
Northern Illinois
Wofford

TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK

The Ospreys will return to play in the Mason Rudolph Championship for a sixth time in program history.
They will be competing at a Vanderbilt home meet for the first time since the 2007-08 season.
Best finish in the meet was tied for second overall at 20-over from Oct. 22-24, 2006.
Third straight out-of-state tournament and first event played in the state of Tennessee since the NCAA Championships in 2010.
UNF has put up top-four finishes three times this spring, including a pair of runner-up placements, when Gabrelcik has played with the team.
Will look to get back inside the top four with the return of Gabrelcik after back-to-back placements outside the top five during their spring break run.
First par-71 course played since the Ka'anapali Classic Collegiate at Hawaii to close out the fall season.
UNF will have a lineup of a graduate, a senior, two juniors and a redshirt sophomore.
The tournament field consists of 15 teams, including seven teams in the top 50 of Golfstat's team rankings.
They will also compete against four Power Five teams, who are all in the SEC and inside the top 20 teams.
The field is headlined by top-ranked Vanderbilt, who played at The Hayt earlier this season.
Ospreys will get a look at No. 39 Liberty just a couple weeks before meeting again to face off in the ASUN Championship.
The event will start on Monday, Apr. 10, and will conclude the evening of Wednesday, Apr. 12.
One round of 18 holes total will be played on each day from Monday through Wednesday.
North Florida will tee off at 11:18 a.m., at the first hole during the first round paired up with Furman and Middle Tennessee.

FROM THE 19TH HOLE

Gabrelcik is set to play in his first tournament with the Ospreys since the Gator Invitational from Feb. 11-12 after making the cut in his PGA Tour debut at the Valspar Championship.
Robbie Higgins is coming off a top-30 finish at the Schenkel Invitational and looks to jump back into the top 10 for the sixth time this season.
Davis Lee had an extraordinary week at Georgia Southern finishing 12th at 1-under 215 (76-70-69) for his first top-10 placement on the year.
Cooper Smith will also rejoin the UNF squad after not playing in the Schenkel Invite to try and improve on his 73.10 scoring average before the conference tournament.
Cody Carroll rounds out the Osprey group at Vanderbilt for this week, as the graduate will be making his final push with the team in his last year of eligibility.
Jason Duff and Lance Yates will also be playing in the Mason Rudolph Championship as unattached individuals, as they have combined for two rounds under par and a top-25 finish this season.

UP NEXT

North Florida looks to win their eighth conference title in program history, including back-to-back team titles, when it plays in the ASUN Championship tournament from Apr. 25-27 in Mobile, Ala.

COURSE REPORT

ON THE TEE

THE FIELD: 15 Teams

TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK

FROM THE 19TH HOLE

UP NEXT

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Cody Carroll

Jason Duff

Nick Gabrelcik

Robbie Higgins

Davis Lee

Cooper Smith

Lance Yates

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