Today the UF women’s golf team begins the three-day Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., boasting a field of 13 teams ranked in the top-25, including No. 1 LSU, No. 3 Alabama and No. 5 Georgia.
Play concluded Sunday at the Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship with UF finishing in a tie for 10th place after shooting a 3-over round of 291.
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Heading into its third tournament of the season, the UF women’s golf team is hoping this is the week they break out.
Playing at the site of two U.S. Opens and in a field with the top-3 teams in the country, the No. 8 Gators, led by senior Bank Vongvanij’s 2nd-place finish, won the Olympia Fields Invitational on Sunday.
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While some things remain constant, a level of uncertainty surrounds the UF men’s golf team as it travels to Chicago today to play in the season-opening Olympia Fields Invitational hosted by the University of Illinois.
Florida shot its lowest round of the season Tuesday.
It was a tale of two nines.
High expectations are common for the UF women’s golf team. Heading into the first round of its tournament Sunday, sophomore Mia Piccio was one of the latest to be in that spotlight.
The No. 19 Florida women’s golf team travels to Hanahan, S.C., on Sunday to take part in the Cougar Classic hosted by College of Charleston at the par-72, 6,210 yard Yeamans Hall Golf Club.
In May, women’s golf coach Jan Dowling said her team needed to believe in itself after a disappointing finish in 2009-10.
It was a devastating conclusion to the season for the Gators.
A school from Florida is atop the NCAA Championship leaderboard – but it isn’t the Gators.
Last week at NCAA Regionals, Florida played well enough to finish in third place and qualify for the NCAA Championships on June 2.
The Gators enjoyed the luck of the Irish in South Bend, Ind., at the Central Regional this past weekend, and finished high enough to earn a bid for the NCAA Championships.
The Florida men’s golf team finished the NCAA Central Regional in third place (279-280-279, 838, -2) on Saturday, and will advance to the NCAA Championships.
The Florida men’s golf team finished the NCAA Central Regional in third place (279-280-279, 838, -2) on Saturday, and will advance to the NCAA Championships.
The Gators hope to repeat last season’s accomplishment when they travel to Indiana Thursday.
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