Dates: Saturday, April 1 – Sunday, April 2
Location: Augusta, Ga. – Forest Hills Golf Club
Host: University of Augusta
Course Par/Yardage: 72 / 7,086 yards
Format: 36 holes on Saturday and 18 holes on Sunday
Tee Times: 8:30 a.m. on Friday and TBD on Saturday
Scoring: Golf Stat
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TEE OFF
The No. 12 Florida men’s golf team finishes the regular season at the Augusta Haskins Award Invitational this weekend.
LINEUP
No. 1 – Fred Biondi
No. 2 – Ricky Castillo
No. 3 – Yuxin Lin
No. 4 – Matthew Kress
No. 5 – John DuBois
COMPETING TEAMS (Golfstat rankings)
No. 6 Illinois, No. 9 Texas, No. 12 Florida, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 19 Georgia Southern, No. 22 Virginia, Augusta (host), Air Force, Charleston, East Tennessee State, Kennesaw State, Notre Dame, South Carolina, UCF and Virginia Tech.
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Gators have competed twice in the event with the last being in 2002 with a fourth-place finish after a runner-up outing in 1992.
LAST TIME OUT
Florida wrapped up its second trip out west with a 7th place finish at the NIT with three Gators in the top-20. When Florida made the turn on the final day, they were 10-plus shots clear of the lead. The Gators (-14) battled on the back nine and shot 5-under today to cut the deficit to low as six strokes on two different occasionsU. F finished 14-under overall for the fifth straight under par double digit performance and seventh under par tournament this season.
EARLY HARDWARE
In the four straight weeks of spring competition, Florida has claimed an SEC Golfer of the Week award with three golfers earning a weekly conference honor for the first time in their career: Week 1 – Fred Biondi & Miguel Leal* (Freshman), Week 2- Ricky Castillo, Week 3 – Yuxin Lin* and Week 4 – Ryan Hart*
*indicates first career
IN THE RANKINGS
The Gators are ranked No. 12 by both Golfstat and Golfweek.
Individually, the second spring Arnold Palmer Cup Rankings came out with two in the Orange and Blue ranked for the International team; No. 4 Yuxin Lin and Quentin Debove No. 25.
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…
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