Dates: Friday, Sept. 16 – Sunday, Sept. 18
Location: Chicago – Olympia Fields
Host: University of Illinois
Course Par/Yardage: 70 / 7,310 yards
Format: 18 hols each day
Tee Times: TBA
Scoring: Golf Stat
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TEE OFF
The Florida men’s golf team continues the fall slate at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invite this weekend at Olympia Fields with a field that features last year’s national champion, Texas, and runner-up, Arizona State.
FLORIDA LINE UP
No. 1 – Fred Biondi
No. 2 – John DuBois
No. 3 – Quentin Debove
No. 4 – Ricky Castillo
No. 5 – Yuxin Lin
COMPETING TEAMS
Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Army, Baylor, Florida State, Illinois (host), Indiana, North Carolina, Northwestern, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Stanford and Texas.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Gators have competed in the event seven total times with the most recent in 2021, where they finished T8th. Florida won the tournament in the fall of 2010 as current PGA Tour member Tyler McCumber turned in a Top-5 finish.
LAST TIME OUT
Florida started the season with a tournament victory in its first appearance at the Fighting Irish Classic. Entering the day with a two stroke lead, the Gators finished 21-under par to defeat Georgia Southern (-20), North Carolina (-19) and host Notre Dame (-16) at The Warren Golf Course. The team score ranks fourth lowest by score and tied for 14th in score by par in program history.
The victory also marked the 16th under head coach J.C. Deacon and six in the last three seasons.
Three Gators in the lineup finished in the top-10, led by Quentin Debove at T5. He went on to set career bests in round (65), tournament score (203) and finish. The junior held the medalist lead at one point as he was tied fourth in the field with 13 birdies. Tyler Wilkes (T13) and Matthew Kress (T26) finished first and second among individuals competing. Wilkes didn’t own a round over par as he sank two eagles and placed 4-under overall. Kress sat at even for the tournament as he fired two rounds under par in his collegiate debut.
A SEASON AGO
After a bumpy start early in the fall, the Gators concluded with a top-5 finish which carried momentum into the spring with back-to-back victories to start. The latter included winning the VyStar Gators Invitational for the 28th time and third consecutive en route to Fred Biondi tying the tournament record at 196 (-14) for his first career collegiate…
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