Dates: Monday, Jan. 30 – Tuesday, Jan. 31
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. – TPC Sawgrass (Dye’s Valley Course)
Host: Jacksonville University
Course Par/Yardage: 70 / 6,790 yards
Format: 36 holes on Monday and 18 on Tuesday
Tee Times: 8 a.m. on Monday and TBD on Tuesday
Scoring: Golf Stat
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TEE OFF
The No. 9 Florida men’s golf team tees off the spring season at the Sea Best Invitational on Monday (Jan. 30), a tournament the Gators have captured success.
LINEUP
No. 1 – Fred Biondi
No. 2 – Yuxin Lin
No. 3 – Ricky Castillo
No. 4 – John DuBois
No. 5 – Tyler Wilkes
Indv. – Parker Bell
Indv. – Ryan Hart
Indv. – Matthew Kress
Indv. – Miguel Leal
Indv. – Giovanni Manzoni
COMPETING TEAMS
Campbell, Charleston, Florida Atlantic, Florida Golf Coast, Jacksonville (host), Liberty, Lipscomb, Louisville, North Florida, USC-Upstate and UT-San Antonio.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Florida has dominated the Sea Best Invitational, winning the tournament back-to-back seasons (2010-11 & 2011-12) in the team’s first two outings. The Gators won the event consecutive times again in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons followed by a third-place finish the next season (2017-18) and runner-up in 2019-20.
Last season, the Gators won the spring opener for the fifth time in program history and third under head coach J.C. Deacon. The victory started back-to-back team wins and a booming spring that featured top-10 finishes in the next eigh tournaments.
IN THE RANKINGS
The Gators start the spring ranked No. 9 in Golfstat and No. 12 in Golfweek.
LAST TIME OUT
A runner-up finish at the Isleworth Collegiate wrapped up the fall slate, highlighted by a team win in the season opener and the first of two runner-up finishes. All four Gators in the lineup finished in the Top-25 as they entered 13 strokes back from the lead on the final day and cut it to three strokes and finished 15-under.
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…
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