Liberty University
Mason Rudolph Championship
Records Fall as No. 43 Liberty Takes 2nd Place at Mason Rudolph Championship
4/3/2022 10:26:24 PM | Men's Golf
A record-setting performance by No. 43 Liberty led the Flames to a second-place finish at the 2022 Mason Rudolph Championship.
The Flames carded a program-best 54-hole total score of 37-under par 815 (277-271-267) following three trips around Vanderbilt Legends Club – South Course (par 71, 7,100 yards).
The 54-hole total eclipses the previous program record of an 823 carded at the 2019 Ka’anapali Collegiate Classic Invite (Nov. 1-3, 2019).
The record breaking 54-hole total was aided by a program-best 18-hole total of 17-under par 267 on Sunday, best closing round in the 15-field team.
The Flames’ 37-under par 815 is the second lowest 54-hole total in Mason Rudolph Championship, second only to Vanderbilt’s winning score in this event.
Tournament host and No. 3 ranked Vanderbilt finished 11 shots clear of Liberty with a winning score of 46-under par 806 (266-270-270).
Round Recap – Liberty’s Starting Five:
- Jonathan Yaun – 3 12-under par 201 (67-67-67)
- Isaac Simmons – 4 11-under par 202 (71-65-66)
- Austin Barbin – T7 7-under par 206 (70-69-67)
- 44 Kieran Vincent – T19 2-under par 211 (74-70-67)
- Austin Duncan – T34 1-over par 214 (69-71-74)
- Connor Polender (Individual) – T41 3-over par 216 (69-73-74)
Field Reflections:
- 3 Vanderbilt and No. 43 Liberty played the third round at a combined 31-under par on Sunday.
- The remaining 13 teams played Sunday’s final round at a combined 90-over par, including a scoring average of 73.02.
- Liberty finished 19 shots clear of No. 20 Tennessee, who finished in third place with a 16-under par 836 (275-280-281).
- The final ranked team in the field was No. 33 Ohio State, who finished in fifth place with a 6-under par 846 (282-278-286).
- Vanderbilt’s Cole Sherwood, the No. 9 ranked golfer in the country, claimed medalist honors with a winning score of 17-under par 196 (63-67-66).
- A total of 27 players finished the final round in red figures, including four of Liberty’s six golfers in the field.
Birdies and Bogeys – Liberty Team Notes:
- Liberty’s Jonathan Yaun led the Flames by finishing in third place with a 12-under par 201 (67-67-67).
- Yaun’s 12-under par 201 matches the program’s individual 54-hole record set by fellow teammate Kieran Vincent at the Rod Myers Invitational (Sept. 10-11, 2016).
- Yaun’s career-best 54-hole total score was aided by him playing the par-5 holes at a scoring average of 4.25 (9-under par).
- Isaac Simmons followed one stroke behind Yaun and finished in fourth place with an 11-under par 202 (71-65-66).
- Simmons’ career-best 54-hole total is now tied for third-best in program history, joining Mickey DeMorat (2016), Max McKay (2009) and Andrew Turner (2005) to card a 202.
- Simmons ranked second in the field with 16 birdies and a par-4 scoring average of 3.85 (4-under par).
- Austin Barbin finished tied for seventh place with a 7-under par 206 (70-69-67), accounting for his low 54-hole total of the season.
- Kieran Vincent rounded out Liberty’s top-20 finishes, as the No. 44 ranked golfer in the country finished tied for 19th place with a 2-under par 211 (74-70-67).
Back on the Course – Liberty’s Next Event:
- 2022 Lewis Chitengwa Memorial (April 11-12)
- Birdwood Golf Course (Charlottesville, Va.)
- Hosted by Virginia
- Par 71, 7,080 yards
