Gilligan started the spring ranked No. 8 then improved to No. 5 after the first spring tournament and now No. 2, only behind UNC’s David Ford. In 2023, former Gator and NCAA Individual Champion, Fred Biondi ended the season No. 2 in the final rankings.
If Gilligan finished No. 2 in the final rankings, he would earn:
- Earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for the then-current season and will be exempt into all open, full-field Korn Ferry Tour events beginning the week following the conclusion of the NCAA Division-I National Championship through the end of the current Korn Ferry Tour regular season;
- Earn exempt membership on PGA TOUR Americas Segment I (through the Latin America Swing) the season following his finish in PGA TOUR University.
- Have no limit to the number of PGA TOUR events he plays as a nonmember in the then-current season and the following season;
- Have no limit to the number of PGA TOUR sponsor exemptions he may receive in the then-current season and the following season; and
- Be exempt into Final Stage of the current season’s PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry.
Securing his sixth collegiate win and second as a UF golfer, Gilligan led Florida to the team title for the sixth consecutive year and 31st overall at the 48th Gators Invitational this past weekend. UF shot 17-under and defeated No. 7 Oklahoma State by a shot and climbed to No. 10 in the NCAA rankings today.
The senior secured medalist honors at Mark Bostick Golf Course via a two-hole playoff. He finished with a 54-hole score of 8-under 202 with rounds of 66-67-69. Gilligan closed his six career rounds at the Gators Invitational all under-par and cumulative tournament score of 18-under and finishes of 1st and 3rd. Last year, he also tied the low by score round program record with a 62.
Across the 54-holes this past weekend, Gilligan made 14 birdies, 34 pars and just six bogeys. He held marks of 2.93 (-1) on par3s, 3.90 (-3) at par4s and 4.56 (-4) on par5s.
In his last four tournament starts, he has finished 1st (-8) at the Gators Invitational, T2 (-4) at Southwestern Invitational, 1st (-14) Australian Master of the Amateurs and T16 (-14) at the PGA TOUR Shriners Children’s Open.
Gilligan is set to defend his Southern Highlands Collegiate individual title he won…
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