Dates: Wednesday, April 19 – Sunday, April 23
Location: St. Simons Island, Ga. – Sea Island Golf Club
Host: SEC
Course Par/Yardage: 70 / 7,005 yards
Format: 54-hole stroke play (18-18-18) and Match Play (3 matches)
Tee Times: 8 a.m. on Wednesday and TBA other days
Scoring: Golf Stat
Watch: Semifinals (SECN+) and Finals (SECN)
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TEE OFF
The No. 7/9 Florida men’s golf team begins the first step of the postseason at the SEC Championship on Wednesday.
FORMAT
The 2023 event will mark the sixth consecutive in which the championship will feature both stroke and match play, with match play on Saturday (Quarterfinals and Semifinals) and Sunday (Championship). Three rounds of stroke play will occur the opening three days of the championship with the top-8 teams advancing to single-elimination match play.
COMPETING TEAMS (Golfstat / Golfweek rankings)
No. 17/17 Alabama, No. 35/36 Arkansas, No. 10/8 Auburn, No. 7/9 Florida, No. 27/31 Georgia, No. 78/82 Kentucky, No. 40/41 LSU, No. 20/18 Mississippi State, No. 42/43 Missouri, No. 23/21 Ole Miss, No. 56/62 South Carolina, No. 14/13 Tennessee, No. 15/15 Texas A&M and No. 1/1 Vanderbilt
TOURNAMENT HISTORY
The Gators rank third all-time in the SEC with 15 conference championships and last won in 2011. Florida won its first title in 1955 and defended it the following season. From 1988-1996, UF claimed five championships including four consecutive from 1991-1994. The other fours years they finished runner-up and third twice.
In the match play portion, Florida is 4-3 all-time with victories over South Carolina (2017), Ole Miss (2018), Georgia (2022) and Texas A&M (2022).
Last year, Florida finished runner-up and made it to the match-play finals for the first time in program history since the format was added. In stroke play, John DuBois claimed his first collegiate title and became the 25th Gator to win the SEC Individual Championship, the most by any school.
LAST TIME OUT
Florida wrapped up the regular season the way they started it, winning a team title, this time at the Augusta Haskins Ward Invite. Fred Biondi also laid claim to his second medalist honors of the season and fourth of his career to earn an exemption into the PGA Tour’s 3M Open.
Biondi finished with a score of 201(-15) and is tied for second all-time by par in program history with Camillo Villegas. Biondi also owns the 4th and 10th lowest scores by par in…
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