When Florida teed off this morning, they were tied for 15th at +13 with UCLA for the final advancing spot into tomorrow’s final 18-holes of stroke play and eight strokes from the top-8 match play cut on Monday.
For the final four advancing spots, nine teams battled it out as the biggest shot difference heading into today’s third round was T11 Arkansas and Virginia at +11 with 19th-place Ohio State at +16.
The Gators had a round three of 296 (+8) for a three-round score of 885 (+21) led by Klonowski’s even-par 72 to finish 4-over through 54-holes. She improved each round after an opening 75 (+3) then 73 (+1) in round two. The Naples native made seven birdies, 38 pars and nine bogeys through three rounds. Klonowski joins Kelly Grassel as the last Gator to reach the final round of stroke play since the match play era began in 2015.
Tomorrow’s final round will be live on Golf Channel with coverage beginning at 6 p.m. ET as the NCAA Individual National Champion will be crowned after 72-holes.
Right at the turn, Florida logged five birdies across holes 6-10 with two from Klonowski behind one from Inès Archer, Paula Francisco and Elaine Widjaja. Klonowkski’s birdie on the par5 10th (521 yards) put the Gators into T13 and inside the cut. However, UF had a rough finish on the back nine with a 5-over mark across holes 11-18.
Archer turned in her second 73 (+1) to finish with a 222 (+6) tournament score as Widjaja shot her best round of the week at 74 (+2) and Francisco posted a 77 (+5) today. The non-counting score was from Jessica Guiser at 78 (+6).
Behind an all underclassmen lineup this season, Florida captured five team titles this regular season and finished runner-up at the SEC Championship and T3 at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional, sending the Gators to the NCAA National Championships for the first time since 2019. Individually, freshman Jessica Guiser won the Gators Invitational becoming the second UF freshman to earn medalist honors at the 53rd Gators Invitational. Head Coach Emily Glaser was also named a NCAA D1 WGCA National Coach of the Year candidate.
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