UF victorious in Florida Gators Invitational
By Christian Berry | Feb. 16, 2020Florida won its first tournament of the spring season this weekend.
Florida won its first tournament of the spring season this weekend.
Nobody expected No. 7 Florida to struggle this much in Palos Verdes, California, but winning the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge this weekend was always going to be difficult.
The Gators were close to starting their spring season with an impressive tournament win. Freshman Ricky Castillo and junior John Axelsen finished first and second on the individual leaderboard at the Sea Best Invitational in Jacksonville Tuesday, but the team ultimately lost by two strokes to No. 20 Texas A&M.
The Florida men’s golf team is hoping to play up to its potential this spring, following a fall season filled with ups and downs.
Marina Escobar Domingo knows that at 16 years old, playing in a golf tournament among Spain’s best, including her idol, was quite a feat.
The coach in Mark Castillo often merges with the father in him, particularly when it comes to his children.
This week’s performance from the Gators men’s golf team presented both positives and negatives.
It’s been a fall season full of trial and error for the Gators men’s golf team.
It was a tale of two rounds for the Gators women’s golf team this weekend in Northern California.
The fall campaign has been successful for the Gators.
It was a forgettable Final Round for both the Gators men’s and women’s golf teams.
A week after the men came and left Chicago without much fanfare, the women’s squad currently sits in a prime position to leave the Windy City with its second victory on the year.
For the fourth time in as many years, the Gators made the cross-country trek to Portland, Oregon, for the 54-hole Nike Collegiate Invitational.
The Gators were never supposed to seriously contend this weekend.
After a mildly disappointing start to the season a few weeks ago, the Gators men’s golf team will strive to build some much-needed momentum this weekend at the OFCC/Fighting Illini Invitational in Chicago.
It wasn’t the trailblazing, birdie-filled golf that was good enough for third place in last week’s season-opener, but the Gators women’s golf team still managed to capture its first win of the season at the Glass City Invitational.
A third-place finish in the season opener for the Gators women’s golf team does not give last week’s performance sufficient justice.
Severe weather pummeling the Carolinas has seemingly affected everyone but the Gators women’s golf team.
Florida is a team rich with history and annual national championship expectations. Given such lofty standards, this weekend proved rather disappointing for the Gators men’s golf team.
Last season, then-junior Sierra Brooks torched the rest of the field on her way to a seven-stroke individual victory at the Cougar Classic. Rounds of 65 and 62 – the latter setting a course record – also led Florida to a team victory in its annual season opener in South Carolina.