Unexpected turnaround gives UF fifth-place finish
By Andy Hutchins < | Feb. 19, 2008As usual, the UF men's golf team did something unusual.
As usual, the UF men's golf team did something unusual.
On Sunday night, after his team scrapped to an eight-over first round and a tie for sixth at the John Hayt Invitational, UF coach Buddy Alexander was keeping the faith.
Sure, the talk coming into UF men's golf team's spring season was about the Gators' depth, and sure, that noise in the system only got louder after their runaway win at the SunTrust Gator Invitational.
For Sandra Gal, a week in Hawaii is more than a vacation: It's a wake-up call.
The UF women's golf team didn't back down on Wednesday, but they only needed to check the leaderboard to see what happens when a team steps up.
UF women's golf coach Jill Briles-Hinton said her team played its second round at the Northrop Grumman Challenge in beautiful, sunny weather in Palos Verdes, Ca., far removed from the gloomy skies of Gainesville.
Ask UF women's golf coach Jill Briles-Hinton about her team and she will talk at length about each of her "young ladies," from their strengths and weaknesses to their growth as golfers and people.
For the UF men's golf team, the break between the final match of the fall season and the beginning of the spring schedule is the longest hiatus of the year, longer than the time from spring of one year to fall of the next.
At the end of its up-and-down fall season, UF men's golf coach Buddy Alexander said his team "played pretty well" at the Callaway Golf Collegiate Match Play Championship.
Sandra Gal's success is the UF women's golf team's loss.
The UF women's golf team has had a fall season full of red numbers and stellar play so far.
After beating Coastal Carolina in a morning conclusion to Sunday's darkness-postponed quarterfinal, the UF men's golf team was unable to defeat UCLA on Monday.
After a rough start to start the weekend, the UF women's golf team fired back Sunday at the Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate.
The fifth-ranked UF women's golf team, which begins play today at the Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate in Tuscaloosa, Ala., has had more than a little success this fall.
It wasn't particularly pretty. There weren't any splashy numbers fired this weekend.
The No. 6 UF women's golf team has been firing on all cylinders early this season.
UF's 19th-ranked men's golf team had a "pretty mediocre" day Tuesday at the Jerry Pate National Invitational, UF coach Buddy Alexander said.
Billy Horschel is back.