Ian Gilligan was named to the All-SEC Second Team, Jack Turner All-Freshman and Rylan Shim Community Service Team.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Florida men’s golfers Ian Gilligan, Rylan Shim and Jack Turner collected SEC honors the conference office announced Friday. Gilligan was named to the All-SEC Second Team, Turner All-Freshman and Shim a member of the Community Service Team.
All three golfers earned recognition in their first season with the Gators to produce 16 total conference awards (First-Team, Second-Team and Freshman Team) under head coach J.C. Deacon. Florida has had a member on the second team for the last four consecutive seasons and four of the last five seasons on the freshman team.
Gilligan adds to his resume in his first season in the SEC as he was a two-time SEC Golfer of the Week and earned GCAA/SWING U Golfer of the Month for February. The junior was also named to Team USA for the 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup. He won his first tournament as a Gator and fifth collegiate at the Southern Highlands Collegiate this spring, earning him an exemption into the PGA Tour’s Shriners Open. In his SEC Championship debut, Gilligan won his quarterfinal matchup in 20 holes vs. Gordon Sargent of Vanderbilt.
A native of Reno, N.V., Gilligan began the spring portion with finishes of 2-3-1 and a stretch of 12 consecutive rounds of par or better, including six straight in the 60s. In his first Gators Invitational start, he tied the program record for round (by score) with a 62. His stroke average of 70.8 is tied for second on the team as he also tied for the team-leading three top-5, five top-10, and leads with nine top-25 finishes. In 30 rounds this season, 27 have counted, 18 for par or better, 10 in the 60’s, 115 made birdies and a team-best six eagles.
Leading Florida in stroke average with a mark of 70.5, Turner has put together a strong rookie campaign. After finishing T78 in his collegiate debut, he has placed T14 or better in six tournaments, including two runner-up finishes and solo third. The Orlando, Fla. native is tied for the team-high in top-10 (5) finishes and par or better tournaments (5). In 20 rounds, 13 have been for par or better. He also is 2-0 in match play.
A two-time SEC Golfer of the Week, the freshman was in the No. 3 spot for the SEC Championship. He recorded a T2 performance, which tied the second-best finish by a Gator true freshman at the SEC Championship since Camilo Villegas, who placed T2 in 2001. Turner shot an opening round of 2-under 68 and followed up with a bogey-free 5-under 65 in round two to produce a 54-hole score of 204 (-6). In match play vs. Vanderbilt, he found himself down two with three holes remaining and brought the match all squared heading to the final hole of regulation and won 1-up over senior Cole Sherwood.
Shim has given back to the Gainesville community in his first season at UF. He has volunteered for Gators Read, attending local elementary schools and reading to kids in the area. Shim has also been involved with UF Shands Hospital and the Gators Experience program.
2024 SEC Awards
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt
Alex Goff, Kentucky
COACH OF THE YEAR
Nick Clinard, Auburn
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss
Jack Lundin, Missouri
Brendan Valdes, Auburn
Gordon Sargent, Vanderbilt
Matthew Riedel, Vanderbilt
Jacob Skov Olesen, Arkansas
Cole Sherwood, Vanderbilt
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M
Jake Hall, Tennessee
Bryce Lewis, Tennessee
Alex Goff, Kentucky
Ian Gilligan, Florida
J.M. Butler, Auburn
Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt
Ben van Wyk, Georgia
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Jackson Koivun, Auburn
Jack Turner, Florida
Josiah Gilbert, Auburn
Camden Smith, Georgia
Jay Mendell, LSU
Thomas Curry, Arkansas
Bruce Murphy, Tennessee
COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM
Thomas Ponder, Alabama
Kaelen Dulany, Arkansas
Ryan Eshleman, Auburn
Rylan Shim, Florida
Caleb Manuel, Georgia
Tanner Parks, Kentucky
Connor Gaunt, LSU
Tom Fischer, Ole Miss
Jack Lundin, Missouri
Rafe Reynolds, South Carolina
Vishnu Sadagopan, Texas A&M
Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt
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