Gators men’s golf looking to take momentum to SunTrust tournament
By Justin Ahlum | Feb. 14, 2017Different.
Different.
At the Florida Challenge on Jan. 30, the first test for coach Emily Glaser’s freshmen golfers was a grueling 11-hour, 36-hole gauntlet of cold weather and stiff competition.
Senior Ryan Orr had never won a tournament as an individual in his four years at Florida. But after shooting 6 under (204) during the two-day Sea Best Invitational, Orr captured his first title by one stroke over teammate Alejandro Tosti.
The No. 3 Gators performed well on Day 1 of the Sea Best Invitational, starting in the early morning and finishing late into the afternoon with a hole-in-one, a sweep of the top-three spots and an overall team lead after playing 36 holes on the day.
After a slow start to the 2016 season, the Florida men’s golf team found its rhythm and has been playing with confidence.
Obscenities and a folding chair with a smiley face on it tossed to the ground pierced the otherwise serene mood of the 17th hole at the Florida Challenge on Monday.
After a three-month layoff from their last team tournament, the Gators women’s golf team is finally hitting the links again this afternoon in Lecanto, Florida.
Back in October, Florida golfer Gordon Neale received a text.
At the beginning of the Fall season, there were very few questions to be asked about how well the Gators women’s golf team would play.
Nine top-10 individual finishes, four top-five team finishes, two tournament wins and one individual title.
This one was never in doubt.
After the first round of Florida’s final Fall tournament, the Stanford Intercollegiate, the UF women’s golf team found itself falling behind.
While the rest of the team struggled to get under par, junior Alejandro Tosti cruised through the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational in Dallas on Tuesday.
The Florida men’s golf team had a strong second round at the Nike Golf Collegiate Invitational in Dallas, jumping to second place at 8 under par and featuring three golfers within the top-20.
Following the worst performance of his collegiate career, sophomore Sam Horsfield knew he needed a bounce-back tournament.
Seniors Maria Torres and Karolina Vlckova delivered for the Gators in the final round of the ANNIKA Classic in Orlando.
Sophomore Sam Horsfield may have struggled over his two days at the Windon Memorial Classic, but one moment stood out.
Freshman Andy Zhang has arrived and made an immediate impact.
In the days following the Carpet Capital Collegiate, Florida men’s golf coach J.C. Deacon left a handful of lessons for his team to pick up on.
On Monday, when Florida men’s golf coach J.C. Deacon recapped his team's weekend tournament, the first thing he said was UF could’ve played better.