Fred Biondi is set to play in his first major at the U.S. Open next weekend
JUPITER, Fla. – Fred Biondi continues his breakout year as he qualified for his first major appearance at the U.S. Open next weekend.
After finishing runner-up at the Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), he earned a spot in the final qualifying stage for the open at The Club at Admiral’s Cover (Jupiter, Fla.). Featuring 36 holes on one day, Biondi used a second round of 67 (-4) to end 3-under and secure a final spot over Rickie Fowler. He was the only amateur out of the four advancing players.
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Biondi will become the third current Gator to play in a major championship joining Ricky Castillo (U.S. Open – 2020) and Yuxin Lin (Masters 2018, 2020 and The Open 2018, 2020, 2021).
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* Collected season awards:
* PING First Team All-American, PING All-Region Team, Haskins Award Finalist, All-SEC First Team, Spring Haskins Award Watch List, SEC Co-Golfer and SEC Golfer of the Week and Golfweek Player of the Week
* No. 1 ranked player in Golfstat Cup Standings
* Ranked No. 5 by Golfweek and No. 8 by Golfstat overall
* Recorded two victories this spring
* Had two-runner up finishes along with a T7 and T25
* Finished runner-up at the Palm Beach Regional
* Posted a runner-up finish at the Latin America Amateur Championship
* Selected to the Arnold Palmer Cup International Team
* Finished T20 at the 2022 National Championships
* Shot a 67 (-3) in round three to help Gators make the top-15 cut
* The outing marked his debut at nationals
* Team leader:
* Stroke average (70.1), under-par 54-hole scores (5), average relation to par for 18-holes (-0.8) and 54-holes (-2.6), top-5 (4), top-10 (5), top-25 (8) finishes and birdies per round (3.6)
* Shot lowest round (63, -7) and tournament (196, -14)
* The 196 at the VyStar Gators Invitational tied the tournament record
* Second on the team in birdies (103) and eagles (4)
* Have posted 15 of 28 rounds under-par this season
* 14 out of 25 in the spring
* 12 rounds in the 60s total and 11 in the spring
* A stretch of eight consecutive under-par rounds
* Only six rounds over par this spring and eight this year
* Went undefeated (2-0-1) in match play at the SEC Championship
* Victories in the semifinals (4&3) and finals (2&1)
