Gators Win Spring Opener at Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup
Florida opened the spring season with its second victory of the season.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida men’s golf team defeated Jacksonville 6-1 in the spring opener at the Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup on Monday.
The Gators earned its second win of the 2023-24 season and fourth straight spring opening victory. Florida has now won 23 tournaments all-time under head coach J.C. Deacon and are 13-8-1 in match play since 2017.
Quentin Debove grabbed the Gators first point with a dominant 9&7 victory. He didn’t lose a single hole and only halved twice.
He was followed by John DuBois with a 6&4 win to push Florida ahead 2-0. The victory by DuBois was his ninth in his career, which is the most by a Gators since 2017. He now owns a career match play record of 9-2 and has won his last six straight matches, including an undefeated record (3-0) at the NCAA Championships last season.
Playing in his second tournament, freshman Jack Turner responded to Jacksonville’s victory in match 1 by a 7&5 win to make it 3-1 Florida. The Orlando native didn’t not drop a single hole against his opponent.
A minute separated the next points for the Gators with Matthew Kress winning the match-clinching point 4&3 followed by Ian Gilligan securing his match 2Up.
Tyler Wilkes wrapped up the final match at Pablo Creek Club in a 4&2 victory and the Gators’ sixth point.
Florida returns to Jacksonville for the Sea Best Invitational next week (Jan. 29-30) at TPC Sawgrass.
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