Gators finish 25th as Crimson Tide wins national title
By RICHARD JOHNSON | June 3, 2013The Florida men’s golf team had a week to forget at the NCAA Championships in Woodstock, Ga., and Alabama had one it will remember forever.
The Florida men’s golf team had a week to forget at the NCAA Championships in Woodstock, Ga., and Alabama had one it will remember forever.
For Florida, the 2012-2013 season came to a close quite unceremoniously in Woodstock Ga. as the Gators finished with a team total of 857 (+17) to finish 25th at the NCAA Championships on Thursday.
Sophomore J.D. Tomlinson – the first round’s weak link – became Florida’s firm foundation on Day 2 of the NCAA Championships in Woodstock, Ga.
At the turn, the Florida men’s golf team was two over par. But after a subpar performance on the back nine, the Gators finished Tuesday at 291 (+11) – six spots from the bottom of the leaderboard.
Today, the Florida men’s golf team hopes 13 is its lucky number as it begins play in the NCAA Championships for the 13th straight year.
The Florida women’s golf team’s season ended not with a bang, but merely a whimper.
On moving day of the NCAA Championships, the Florida women’s golf team continued to fall on the leaderboard.
It was a new day on the golf course, but much of the same on the scorecard for Florida in the second round of competition at the NCAA Championships.
On an opening day of the NCAA Championships that saw few teams shoot negative, the Florida women’s golf team wasn’t one of them.
The Florida women’s golf team begins play in the NCAA Championships today after a fourth-place finish in the NCAA Central Regional on May 11.
For the 13th straight year, Florida men’s golf will advance to the NCAA Championships.
The Florida men’s golf team will tee off postseason play today when it competes in the Baton Rouge Regional of the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Led by two career-best rounds from senior Mia Piccio, the Florida women’s golf team advanced to the NCAA tournament after finishing in fourth place at the NCAA Central Regional.
After a surprising first round that saw the Gators sit in first place in the NCAA Women’s Central Regional, the team fell back to Earth on Friday and sits tied for third at 13-over par (589).
The Gators women’s golf team had possibly their best first round of the season, landing in first place in the first round of the NCAA Central Regional thanks to a five-under (six-under) par (282) score as a team.
After a disastrous first round of golf for the Gators men’s and women’s golf teams, both teams fared better on the second day of the Southeastern Conference Championships.
The Gators men’s golf team was one of the favorites to win the Southeastern Championship, but after one round, the team may have to look elsewhere for a title.
The Gators are about to face one of their toughest tests this year.
While all eyes were on Florida senior T.J. Vogel at The Masters this weekend, another Gators golfer was making headlines on the professional circuit.
T.J. Vogel is competing against the world's best at The Masters this weekend. Although the Florida senior is competitive, he is starstruck by some of his opponents in Augusta, Ga.