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No. 10 Florida Host 52nd Gators Invitational

No. 10 Florida Host 52nd Gators Invitational


TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Dates:
Friday, March 1 – Saturday, March 2
Location: Mark Bostick Golf Course – Gainesville, Fla.
Host: University of Florida 
Course Par/Yardage: Par 70 – 6,002 ards
Format: Stroke play – 36 holes Friday and 18 on Saturday
Tee Times: 10:30 a.m. shotgun start on Friday and TBD on Saturday
Live Scoring: Golf Stat
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FLORIDA LINE UP:

No. 1 – Maisie Filler

No. 2- Inès Archer  

No. 3 – Jackie Lucena

No. 4 – Paula Francisco

No. 5 – Marina Escobar

Individual – Taylor Roberts

Individual – Sophie Stevens

Individual – Sarunchana Rattanasin

TEE OFF

The No. 10 Florida women’s golf team hosts the 52nd Gators Invitational this weekend at Mark Bostick Golf Course.

Due to expected weather in the area, the tournament will start on Friday with a shotgun start at 10:30 a.m. 

The final round/remainder of the tournament is set to take place on Saturday with a start time of TBD.

THE FIELD (Ranking)

No. 17 Arizona, Campbell, Charleston, No. 15 Clemson, FAU, FIU, No. 10 Florida, Miami, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, No. 13 Ole Miss, Toledo and No. 16 UCF.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

The Gators home tournament celebrates its 52nd year as the event began in 1973 and was hosted twice both in the fall and spring in Gainesville. 

Florida aims to win the event for the ninth time in a row and 27th overall. 

Under head coach Emily Glaser, the Gators have won the home event nine times in her 13 years for the Gators; assistant coach in the 2011-12 season

NO. 1

Florida women’s golfer Maisie Filler is the No. 1 ranked player in the country by the NCAA Rankings.

Entering last weekend, ranked No. 2, Filler won her third tournament title of the season on Tuesday at the Moon Golf Invitational, in a field that featured 12 top-25 teams. Currently, her three wins are tied for the most in the nation. She is also the eighth Gator all-time to win three medalist honors in a season with Sierra Brooks being the most recent in 2018.

The victory was Filler’s third consecutive in stroke play tournaments as the spring opener was altered to match play only. She went 3-0 in the event with wins against three ranked teams; No. 4 UCLA, No. 8 Texas and No. 20 Pepperdine. 

She shot a 54-hole score of 207 (-9) for a three-shot victory. Filler recorded all three rounds (66-69-72) of par or better with an opening round of 66 (-6). Over her 54 holes, she made 35 pars and 14 birdies. She averaged 2.83 on par3s, 3.90 on par4s and…

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