Ricky Castillo and Yuxin Lin highlighted a round filled with gusting winds and rock-hard greens.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The University of Florida men’s golf team finished the second round at the NCAA Championship today, carding a 27-over par 587 through two days of play and tied for 22nd.
Ricky Castillo continues to flourish in the desert, recording a 1-over par 71 in today’s breezy afternoon conditions and tied for 11th individually. The sophomore had a tumultuous front nine as he adjusted to the dried-out Grayhawk landscape and gusty winds, carding three birdies, a bogey and a double bogey through seven holes to hold an even card at the turn. Like many times before, Castillo’s poise remained securely intact as he made par on every hole on the back nine with the exception of one bogey.
Castillo is one of only 15 golfers in the 152-man field to own an under-par scorecard through two rounds of competition.
Yuxin Lin also finished today’s round with a 1-over par card. The sophomore started fast with back-to-back birdies on the third and fourth holes before recording two bogeys within three holes leading up to the turn. Another pair of bogeys on the 11th and 13th holes threatened to enlarge his scorecard if not for his clutch birdie performance on the 12th hole. Lin carded even pars the rest of the way to finish 1-over on the day and 3-over par overall to sit in a tie for 33rd place individually.
Joe Pagdin, Gio Manzoni and Tyler Wilkes rounded out the Gators second-round lineup.
The Gators will tee it up tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. ET in the third and final round of competition before the first championship cut. Following tomorrow’s round, the top 15 teams and nine individuals on non-qualifying teams will advance to the final day of stroke play competition.
Head Coach JC Deacon’s Take
On the round…
“It was definitely a difficult afternoon conditions-wise. The scores for most of the late-draw teams are enormous. Gusty winds and very firm greens made controlling your ball difficult. Yuxin (Lin) and Ricky (Castillo) putting up 71s was really solid. I’m proud of both of them. They fought hard. Unfortunately, the rest of our squad wasn’t able to keep the big numbers off their cards. We obviously made some very costly mistakes.”
On tomorrow’s round…
“Fortunately, we have one more day to make it right. I’m going to sub-in John DuBois. He’s worked hard and I think he’s going to give us a big boost tomorrow. We are seven back of the top 15 cut and are not dead yet. All year we have played our best golf with our backs against the wall and I bet that’s exactly what we will go out and do tomorrow!”
Team Leaderboard
Position
Team
R1
R2
Total
1
Oklahoma State
280
274
554 (-6)
2
Oklahoma
280
279
559 (-1)
3
Arizona State
284
278
562 (+2)
4
Pepperdine
279
286
565 (+5)
T5
Illinois
287
279
566 (+6)
T5
North Carolina
288
278
566 (+6)
7
Sam Houston
278
292
570 (+10)
T8
Clemson
287
284
571 (+11)
T8
Wake Forest
287
284
571 (+11)
10
Vanderbilt
293
280
573 (+13)
11
Florida State
281
294
575 (+15)
T12
Georgia Tech
289
288
577 (+17)
T12
Louisville
289
288
577 (+17)
T14
Texas Tech
276
304
580 (+20)
T14
Arkansas
287
293
580 (+20)
T16
SMU
287
294
581 (+21)
T16
Georgia
292
289
581 (+21)
18
Oregon State
286
296
582 (+22)
19
Texas
294
290
584 (+24)
T20
TCU
292
293
585 (+25)
T20
Tennessee
292
293
585 (+25)
T22
Florida
288
299
587 (+27)
T22
San Diego State
286
301
587 (+27)
24
NC State
301
289
590 (+30)
25
East Tennessee St.
300
291
591 (+31)
26
UAB
295
297
592 (+32)
T27
San Diego
292
303
595 (+35)
T27
Liberty
295
300
595 (+35)
29
Little Rock
294
303
597 (+37)
30
San Francisco
301
299
600 (+40)
Player Leaderboard
Position
Name
R1
R2
Total
T11
Ricky Castillo
68
71
139 (-1)
T33
Yuxin Lin
72
71
143 (+3)
T125
Joe Pagdin
73
79
152 (+12)
T132
Gio Manzoni
75
78
153 (+13)
T151
Tyler Wilkes
79
82
161 (+21)
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