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Liberty to Open Play at NCAA Bath Regional on Monday Image

Liberty to Open Play at NCAA Bath Regional on Monday

5/13/2023 8:33:22 AM | Men's Golf

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No. 39 Liberty’s quest to advance to four straight NCAA Men’s Golf Championships begins on Monday morning at the NCAA Bath Regional.

Liberty, the No. 7 seed in the regional, will attempt to finish inside the top five at the Michigan State hosted regional, earning the Flames a return trip to the national championship.

The three-day, 54-hole event gets underway Monday morning at the Eagle Eye Golf Club (par 71, 7,126 yards) in Bath, Mich.

A top-five finish secures the Flames their fourth-straight appearance at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, which will be contested at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 26-31.

The Flames entered the 2022-23 season as one of 11 teams in the country who have advanced to the NCAA Men’s Golf National Championship each of the last three years.

Liberty is making the program’s 13th appearance at an NCAA Men’s Golf Regional and the 11th in the last 12 regional events (Liberty did not make a team appearance at the 2015 NCAA Regionals).

Now on The Tee – Liberty’s Starting Five (2022-23 Stroke Average)

  • Jonathan Yaun (70.86)

  • Josh Ryan (71.47)

  • Isaac Simmons (71.72)

  • Austin Barbin (71.83)

  • Connor Polender (72.00)

  • Alternate: Brett Reid (73.61)

Tournament Reflections – Liberty’s Last Showing at the NCAA Regionals:   

  • No. 7 seed Liberty carded three birdies on the closing hole of the NCAA Stockton Regional (Stockton, Calif.), May 17-19, to send the Flames back to the NCAA Men’s Golf National Championship.

  • Entering the final round in seventh place sent the Flames off the No. 1 tee in the second wave of teams.

  • No. 4 seed LSU was sent out on the first wave off No. 10, setting the stage for the dueling drama around the adjacent No. 9 and No. 18 closing holes.

  • Austin Duncan jumpstarted Liberty’s late rally with an ace on the par-3, No. 15 hole (179 yards).

  • Liberty then posted three birdies on the par-5, No. 16 hole (535 yards) and got impressive birdies by Zach Barbin, Isaac Simmons and Jonathan Yaun on the closing No. 18 hole (par 4, 399 yards).

  • Conversely, on the other side of the lake that divided holes No. 9 and No. 18, LSU carded three bogeys on No. 8 (par 3, 237 yards), which was its 17th hole of the day, and a final bogey at No. 9.

  • With the Tigers closing 4-over on their final two holes and Liberty finishing 6-under on its last four holes, Liberty leapfrogged the Tigers for the final qualifying spot at the NCAA Stockton Regional.

  • The Flames finished the event in fifth place with a final score of 18-under par 846 (287-278-281) following three trips around The Reserve at Spanos Park (par 72, 7,315 yards).

From the 18th Green – Recapping Liberty’s Last Time Out:

  • The Flames’ second ASUN title and seventh conference title in program history was one for the record books as No. 1 seed Liberty had to go low to claim the 2023 ASUN Men’s Golf Championship, April 25-26.

  • The Flames finished their final ASUN Championship with a 53-under par 811 (275-261-275) following three trips around the RTJ Golf Trail at Magnolia Grove (par 72, 7,212 yards) in Mobile, Ala. The score set a new program 54-hole team scoring record.

  • Individually, Liberty’s Jonathan Yaun also etched his name in the record books with an 18-under par 198 (68-63-67) to claim medalist honors at the championship. Yaun’s score was the lowest individual 54-hole total in program history.

  • Liberty, who was ranked No. 39 in the country, was pushed by No. 2 seed North Florida, who won the 2022 ASUN Championship. The No. 42 ranked team in the country finished four shots back of the Flames with a 49-under par 815 (271-273-271).

  • Yaun claimed the 35th NCAA Division I individual medalist honors in program history and the third of his Liberty playing career.

  • Yaun claimed medalist honors in the senior’s final conference championship event by finishing two shots ahead of Jacksonville’s Joseph Sullivan (68-66-66) and 2023 ASUN Men’s Golfer of the Year Nick Gabrelcik of North Florida (66-67-67). The golfers shared second place with a 16-under par 200.

  • Along with Yaun, Liberty placed two other golfers on the ASUN All-Championship team. Isaac Simmons finished in fourth place with a 15-under par 201 (64-67-70).

  • Connor Polender finished one shot behind Simmons and shared fifth place with a 14-under par 202 (72-63-67).

Birdies and Bogeys – Liberty Team Notes

  • Liberty has consistently been ranked inside the top 40 in the country during the last month of the season and enters NCAA Regional play ranked No. 39 (as of May 3).

  • The Flames finished the fall season with a 283.92 team scoring average, the second-best mark in program history (school record: 283.07 in 2016).

  • Liberty is currently ranked No. 7 in the country in eagles (24) and No. 4 in birdies (636).

  • The Flames also ranked No. 9 in the country in par-5 scoring (4.65 scoring average) and No. 19 in par-3 scoring (3.14 scoring average).

  • The Flames entered the 2022-23 season as one of 11 teams in the country who have advanced to the NCAA Men’s Golf National Championship each of the last three years.

  • The 11-team group includes Arizona State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Liberty, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Texas, Vanderbilt and Wake Forest.

  • Since 2011, Liberty has captured seven conference titles in two different conferences.

  • Liberty captured the conference title five times as a member of the Big South Conference (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018).

  • Liberty won its first-ever ASUN Conference championship in 2021, while claiming its second last month.

  • The Flames have advanced to the NCAA Regionals 11 of the last 12 regional events and to the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship four times in program history (2012, 2019, 2021 and 2022).

Looking at the Latest Rankings (Golfstat rankings as of May 3):

No. 1 seed Illinois (No. 3)

No. 2 seed Florida (No. 10)

No. 3 seed Texas (No. 15)

No. 4 seed Oregon (No. 22)

No. 5 seed Kansas State (No. 27)

No. 6 seed Georgia (No. 34)

No. 7 seed Liberty (No. 39)

No. 8 seed San Diego (No. 46)

No. 9 seed University of Arkansas at Little Rock (No. 50)

No. 10 seed Michigan State (No. 61)

No. 11 seed Wisconsin (No. 65)

No. 12 seed Illinois State (No. 108)

No. 13 seed Purdue University Fort Wayne (No. 213)

Individuals (seeded in the following order):

  1. Barend Botha, Toledo

  2. Ben Warian, Minnesota

  3. Tyler Goecke, Wright State

  4. Palmer Jackson, Notre Dame

  5. Nathan Han, Columbia

  6. Mikkel Mathiesen, Wright State

  7. Caleb VanArragon, Valparaiso

  8. Nate Stevens, Notre Dame

  9. Anthony Delisanti, Valparaiso

  10. Jack Simon, St. John’s (New York)

Course Information:

  • Eagle Eye Golf Club (Bath, Mich.)

  • Par 71, 7,126 yards

Following the Flames at NCAA Bath Regional:

  • Live stats will be available at Golfstat.com

  • Twitter @LibertyGolf

  • Instagram @LibertyGolf

  • Round 1 Tee Time: Monday at 8:55 a.m./EST (No. 1)