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Gators Travel to Eagle Point GC for Williams Cup

Gators Travel to Eagle Point GC for Williams Cup


TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Dates:
Monday, Oct. 9 – Tuesday, Oct. 10
Location: Wilmington, N.C. – Eagle Point Golf Club
Host: University of North Carolina
Course Par/Yardage: 72 / 7,364 yards
Format: 54-Hole Tournament (36 on Monday and 18 on Tuesday)
Tee Times: 8:30 a.m. on Monday and TBA on Tuesday
Scoring: Golf Stat
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TEE OFF
The Florida men’s golf team heads to the Williams Cup for the half-way point of the fall schedule. 

LINEUP

No. 1 – Matthew Kress

No. 2 – Parker Bell

No. 3 – Luke Poulter

No. 4 – Ian Gilligan

No. 5 – Quentin Debove

Ind. – Ryan Hart

Ind. – Tyler Wilkes

COMPETING TEAMS (Golfweek Rankings Top-25)

Arizona State (No. 6), Auburn (No. 1), Elon, Florida (No. 17), Louisville, Missouri, North Carolina (No. 2), NC State, UNCW and North Florida

LAST TIME OUT

Florida competed in the SEC Fall Preview, which featured all 14 conference teams in both stroke and match play. The Gators shot 16-under to place 7th and fell to Alabama in match play 3-2. 

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

Florida will make its tournament debut at Eagle Point Golf Club. The event honors former UNC men’s basketball coach Roy Williams. 

HISTORIC SEASON REWIND 

It was a historic season for the Gators in 2022-23 that led to the program’s fifth National Championship and 16th SEC Championship.

Florida captured a national title for the first time in 22 years last week as the Gators swept NCAAs with Fred Biondi winning the NCAA Individual Championship. It was the third UF golfer (Nick Gilliam 2001, Bob Murphy 1966) to achieve the honor and second time in 30 years the program swept both titles. Florida is one of seven schools to achieve the mark twice. The Gators won the NCAA team title, individual title and conference title in the same season for the first time in program history. 

Head Coach J.C. Deacon was tabbed both the SEC and National Coach of the Year for the first time in his career as assistant coach Dudley Hart earned National Assistant Coach of the Year. It was the first time in history that UF won both awards in the same season. 

UF reached match play at nationals for the first time in program history after playing in the fourth round of stroke play for the fifth time overall.  Florida finished stroke play in 2nd with a score of 1118 (-2), its lowest all-time at Grayhawk and first under par team score at the NCAAs since 2006. The 1,118 was the lowest round score at the National Championships in program history. A final…

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