UF MGOLF: Florida Finishes Fourth, Biondi Notches Runner-Up

Fred Biondi, Ricky Castillo and Yuxin Lin all finished under par for the tournament in back-to-back outings.

LAS VEGAS – The Florida men’s golf team finished fourth at 20-under in the Southern Highlands Collegiate on Tuesday.

No. 1 and last year’s national runner-up, Oklahoma (-38) won the event as the field featured nine of the nation’s top-35 teams.

Fred Biondi led the Gators again with a runner-up finish at 11-under for the event. He sank an eagle on hole three and went 2-under for his six straight round under par. The junior has ended -14 and -11 in the last two outings.

Both Yuxin Lin (-1) and Ricky Castillo (-9) posted back-to-back tournaments under par. Castillo shot his second 67 (-5) of the event as he has record three top-10 (T4-2-T7) finishes this spring.

Bouncing back in his final round, Giovanni Manzoni erased a double bogey on three with back-to-back birdies to end 1-under for T41 and even overall.

Rounding out the lineup Quentin Debove (+2) and John DuBois (+2) each tied for 50th.

Two tournaments – Linger Longer (March 20-22) and the Calusa Cup (April 3-5) – remain before the SEC Championship at St. Simons Island from April 19-24.

Scores
Florida Individual
Place

Player

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Total

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205 (-11)

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207 (-9)

T32

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