Fred Biondi led the Gators to a final round push behind his round three score of 64 (-6).
FORT WORTH, Texas – After ending in 14th place yesterday, the Florida men’s golf team jumped five spots on the final day to finish T9 at the Ben Hogan Collegiate on Tuesday.
The Gators used a team score of 279 (-1) to make the final round move behind Fred Biondi’s 64 (-6). His round was the second lowest in the tournament, only a stroke behind Preston Summerhays’ 63 of Arizona State.
North Carolina held on to its day one lead to win the field at 15-under in a tournament that featured 16 of the top teams and all eight quarterfinalists from last year’s NCAA Championships.
Biondi started strong in the final round at Colonial Country Club at 2-under to make the turn. He kicked things off the front with back-to-back birdies and sank three straight to close out and finish T15. The 64 is the second by a Gator senior this season as John DuBois (T47) recorded one in round two of SEC Match Play last week. It is the only third time a Gator senior has done so with the last being Tyson Alexander in 2010, who earned his PGA Tour Card this year.
Posting his third top-25 finish of the fall, Yuxin Lin finished T22. He used a 1-under outing on the front to end with a 70 (E) and +1 overall. Quentin Debove (T47) wrapped up round three with his lowest score of the event with a 71 (+1) as Ricky Castillo placed T60.
Florida concludes the fall schedule at the Isleworth Collegiate from Oct. 23-25th.
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