2016-17 Men's Golf Roster
Rule, Hayes

Hayes Rule
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Eatonton, Ga.
- High School:
- Gatewood Schools
Bio
At Mercer
2018-19 (Sr.)
- Total events played: 1
- Total rounds played: 3
- Total strokes: 231
- Average strokes per round: 77.00
- Best finish: 73rd (Linger Longer Invitational, March 15-17)
- Best single round: 72 (Third round, Linger Longer Invitational, March 17)
- Best 54-hole tournament: +15, 231 (Linger Longer Invitational, March 15-17)
2017-18 (Jr.)
- Total events played: 2
- Total rounds played: 6
- Total strokes: 469
- Average strokes per round: 78.17
- Best finish: T-22nd (Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate, April 9-11)
- Best single round: 72 (Second round, Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate, April 10)
- Best 54-hole tournament: +10, 223 (Ryman Hospitality Intercollegiate, April 9-11)
- Total events played: 10
- Total rounds played: 30
- Total strokes: 2,282
- Average strokes per round: 76.07
- Best finish: T-19th (Golfweek Program Challenge, Sept. 10-12)
- Best single round: 71, four times (Most recent: Second round, WKU Kenny Perry Invite, Oct. 10)
- Best 54-hole tournament: -3, 213 (Golfweek Program Challenge, Sept. 10-12)
2015-16 (Fr.)
- Total events played: 5
- Total rounds played: 15
- Total strokes: 1,161
- Average strokes per round: 77.40
- Best finish: T-27th (SoCon Championship, April 24-26)
- Best single round: 67 (Second round, Furman Intercollegiate, March 26)
- Best 54-hole tournament: +2, 218 (Furman Intercollegiate, March 25-27)
Before Mercer
High School
- Three-sport athlete at Gatewood Schools
- Earned five varsity letters for head coach Jeff Decker
- Carded a 76 at the 2015 GISA state championship to finish sixth overall
- Two-time all-region selection
- Helped the Gators to regional titles in 2013 and 2011
- Earned medalist honors at the GSGA Junior Sectionals in Macon and Milledgeville
- Named the 2015 class valedictorian
- Gatewood Hall of Fame inductee
- Member of the school's National Honor Society
- Son of Larry and Laura Rule
- Has two brothers, Trey and Davis
- Born April 26, 1997 in West Palm Beach, Florida
- Chose Mercer because of its highly-regarded academic standards, the new journalism program and the chance to play high end NCAA Division I golf
- Brother, Trey, was an All-American on the links for the Bears
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