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Isleworth Collegiate Serves as Fall Finale

Isleworth Collegiate Serves as Fall Finale


TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Dates:
Sunday, Oct. 23 – Tuesday, Oct. 25
Location: Windermere, Fla. – Isleworth Country Club 
Host: University of Central Florida 
Course Par/Yardage: 72 / 7,544 yards
Format: 18 holes each day 
Tee Times: 8:25 a.m. ET on Sunday and TBD on Monday and Tuesday
Scoring: Golf Stat
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TEE OFF
The Florida men’s golf team wraps up the fall campaign at the Isleworth Collegiate in Windermere, starting on Sunday. 

LINEUP

No. 1 – Fred Biondi

No. 2 – Quentin Debove

No. 3 – Yuxin Lin

No. 4 – Ricky Castillo

No. 5 – John DuBois

Indv. – Matthew Kress

COMPETING TEAMS (Golfstat top-25)

No. 3 Auburn, No. 9 Illinois, No. 11 Florida, No. 24 Arizona, Augusta, LSU, Minnesota, North Florida, Purdue, South Carolina, UCF (host), UNLV, Utah and West Virginia. 

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

Known prior as the Tavistock Collegiate, this will be the seventh appearance by the Gators. Florida won the event in the fall of 2016 behind Alejandro Tosti, who earned his Korn Ferry Tour Card this year, as he took home individual medalist honors.

The last appearance was the previous fall with Florida taking 5th, which started a streak of eight consecutive top-5 finishes. 

IN THE RANKINGS

UF is ranked No. 11 in Golfstat and No. 14 in Golfweek. 

LAST TIME OUT

Florida climbed five spots on the final day at the Ben Hogan Collegiate with a round three team score of 279 (-1). The final round push was led by Fred Biondi’s 64 (-6), which was the second lowest in the tournament, only a stroke behind Preston Summerhays’ 63 of Arizona State.

The 64 is the second by a Gator senior this season as John DuBois (T47) recorded one in round two of SEC Match Play last week. It is the only third time a Gator senior has done so with the last being Tyson Alexander in 2010, who earned his PGA Tour Card this year

A SEASON AGO

After a bumpy start early in the fall, the Gators concluded with a top-5 finish at Isleworth 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 title. 

The spring featured eight straight top-5 finishes with a runner-up performance at the SEC Championship and advancing to the match play finals for the first time in program history. John DuBois laid claim to the SEC Individual Championship for his…

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