NCAA Golf News

Regular Season Finale on deck for No. 20 Gators

Regular Season Finale on deck for No. 20 Gators


TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Dates: Friday, March 24 – Sunday, March 26
Location: University of Georgia GC – Athens, Ga.
Host: University of Georgia 
Course Par/Yardage: 72 / 6,326 yards
Format: 18 holes each day
Tee Times: 8:45 a.m. shotgun on Friday and TBA on Saturday and Sunday 
Live Scoring: Golf Stat
Social Media:  Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

LINEUP

No. 1 – Jackie Lucena

No. 2 – Annabell Fuller

No. 3 – Maisie Filler

No. 4 – Karoline Tuttle

No. 5 – Marina Escobar

THE FIELD (Golfstat top-25)

No. 4 South Carolina, No. 9 Texas A&M, No. 10 Auburn, No. 18 Virginia, No. 20 Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, College of Charleston, Daytona State, Georgia (host), Georgia Southern, Louisville, North Carolina, Purdue and San Diego State.

TEE OFF

The No. 20 Florida women’s golf team finishes the regular season at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic this weekend. 

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

This annual tournament is held in honor of Liz Murphey, former Associate Athletic Director at UGA and women’s intercollegiate sports pioneer. It is one of the oldest women’s collegiate tournaments in the United States. 

LAST TIME OUT

Florida finished tied for 4th at the Valspar Augusta Invitational led by Jackie Lucnea and Annabell Fuller, who placed 5th and T6. The duo both turned in no rounds over par on Saturday. Lucena tied for the third lowest round among the field with a 68 (-4) in the first set of 18. She was in the solo lead throughout round one and turned in a 72 (E) to finish 5th, in her second of the spring. In the last three outings, she has gone T5-T8-T5.

Fuller carded rounds of 70-71 and highlighted her performance with 4-under on the back in round two with five birdies. The senior owns a team-leading nine under par rounds and finished T6 for her team-leading fourth top-10 finish. 

ANOTHER MILESTONE

Maisie Filler added another achievement to her career as she was officially invited to the Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA). She becomes the fifth Gator to recessive the honor as Florida has had a participant every year of the event. 

A SEASON AGO

Last season, the Gators started the fall off with four top-3 finishes, including a runner-up to finish to end the season that featured Maisie Filler writing her name int he record book. Filler posted all three rounds in the 60’s – 69, 66 and 68. After setting her career low in round two, she tied second all-time in program history for low individual tournament at 203 (-13). The last Gator to record the mark was…

..

Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Florida Gators…