The Florida Gators women’s golf team concluded their dominant fall season Wednesday by taking home their third straight tournament win. The tournament took place at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Mississippi. https://twitter.com/GatorsGolf/status/1717281082423517644 Florida Locked in on the Links Although the Orange and Blue finished third on the …
Read More »FEATURE: For Giovanni Manzoni, It All Started With a Dream
To celebrate International Education Week WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. It’s a Monday evening and Giovanni Manzoni just landed in Atlanta for a connecting flight back to Gainesville. The jet lag is beginning to set in after an eventful couple of days in his home country …
Read More »FEATURE: International golf player Quentin Debove driven to succeed
To celebrate International Education Week, WRUF is publishing profiles of UF student-athletes all week. “Straight away when I met my coach I knew how serious it was,” Quentin Debove said when recalling his first visit to the University of Florida. “It’s just something that I’ve never seen before … a different …
Read More »Former Gator Horschel Wins PGA Event
University of Florida graduate Billy Horschel has won seven PGA Tour Titles. His most recent came this past weekend in the Memorial Golf Tournament. The UF Athletic Hall of Fame honoree started off slow, but came back to win with his family looking on. Horschel Gets Off to a Slow …
Read More »U.S. Open Features Two Gators
The 120th U.S. Open Championship began Thursday, Sept. 17, and will conclude this Sunday, Sept. 20 at the Winged Foot West Course. This match will feature two Gators alumni. Billy Horschel along with current Gator Ricky Castillo are competing in the Championship. Overall, 14 Gators have competed in the U.S. …
Read More »Florida Gators Athletics Round-Up
Softball Over the weekend, the Gator (44-15) Softball team won the 2019 SEC Tournament. This helped them earn the No. 5 national seed for the NCAA Tournament. The Gators were able to rally past Alabama to take the crown in College Station. The Gators were led by seniors Kelly Barnhill …
Read More »Gator Golf Falls Short In Quarterfinals
The Florida Gator Women’s Golf team fell short to Arizona State in the quarterfinals round of the match play at the NCAA Championship on Tuesday. The Gators couldn’t keep up as they were down in all five matches, but they continued to fight throughout the round. Recap Taylor Tomlinson was …
Read More »Florida Golf Prepped for Schenkel Invitational
The Florida Gator men’s golf team is heading to Georgia this weekend to compete in the Schenkel Invitational. The Gators are hoping for a better result after last week’s performance in the Southern Highlands Collegiate. Lost in Las Vegas Head coach JC Deacon mentioned earlier this week that his team …
Read More »FEATURE: Ryan Orr Leads Optimistic Gators Golf into Spring
The Florida Men’s Golf team is geared up and ready to roll for their spring schedule after performing well this past fall. A bounty of young Gators are starting to emerge and they’re guided by the constant, steady leadership of senior Ryan Orr. Orr’s Origins Ryan Orr hails from Belleair, …
Read More »UF Women’s Golf Preview: The Clemson Invitational
The Gator women’s golf team will participate in its final tournament of the spring season when it plays in the Clemson Invitational this weekend (April 1 & 3) in Sunset, South Carolina. The No. 8 ranked Gators are coming off of a victory in which they beat their closest opponent (Indiana) by …
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