Florida’s final tournament of the fall has proven to be the toughest.
Competing in his first tournament since last year’s Gator Invitational, senior Tommy Mou has powered Florida into first place at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate in Vestavia Hills, Ala.
Senior Isabelle Lendl earned her second consecutive outright victory at the Tar Heel Invite. She carded a 3-under 69, which was good enough to best Baylor’s Hayley Davis by three strokes.
After a tumultuous first round, senior Isabelle Lendl and sophomore Camilla Hedberg powered a resurgence that aided Florida to leapfrog five spots at the Tar Heel Invitational on Saturday.
Competing against yet another strong field, Florida continued its season in Charlotte, N.C., where the team wrapped up the first round of play at the Tar Heel Invite in a tie for ninth place.
Through two tournaments, Florida's Emily Bastel has lived up to the hype.
When Tyler McCumber wants to get away from the golf course, he tackles the enormous swells on Barbados’ east coast at Bathsheba Beach.
* Editor's Note: A previous version of this story ran online at alligatorSports.org on Monday, Sept. 17.
Senior Isabelle Lendl earned the first outright win of her career on Tuesday at the Dale McNamara Invitational, bringing her scorecard for the tournament to a 210 (-6).
Florida is currently second after balancing its first two rounds at the Dale McNamara Invitational on Monday.
Camilla Hedberg started her 2012 season perfectly on Tuesday. Not only did the Gators win the Cougar Classic, but the sophomore also grabbed the first individual title of her college career.
When Camilla Hedberg shot a 69 (-3) on Sunday, she was just getting started. In the second day of the Cougar Classic, Hedberg turned in a round of 66 (-6), which allowed her to move into first place.
It was a rough start for Santiago Gavino on Sunday. The redshirt sophomore started off his first tournament as a Gator by bogeying three of his first four holes.
About two weeks after athletic director Jeremy Foley was shocked by the news of Jan Dowling resigning from her position as Florida women’s head golf coach, he was once again caught by surprise. This time it was by assistant coach Emily Bastel.
As the Gators continued to drop in the leaderboard at the NCAA Championships, junior Tyler McCumber finished strong. McCumber was able to card a solid 72 (+1) on Thursday to wrap up the season with a second place finish.
Florida went into the second day of the NCAA Championships tied at second overall.
The Gators looked like they were off to a good start. Entering the NCAA Championships, they had already claimed two more top-five finishes than last year, as well as having a team average of 296.70, which ranked them as the third-best average in school history.
For a minute, the Gators hopes at continuing on to the NCAA Championships looked like they were going to be crushed. The men’s golf team finished day one of the NCAA East Regional on Thursday at +11, putting them 16 strokes behind the leader in 10th place.
For Evan Jensen and Andrea Watts, this year’s postseason couldn’t be more significant to them. The seniors have a chance to wrap up their collegiate career with an appearance in the NCAA Championships.
It’s not any easy task to defend a Southeastern Conference title, and that’s what the men’s golf team found out Friday.
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