UF WGOLF: Florida Hits the Road to Compete Against Stacked Field in South Carolina

The Florida women’s golf team heads to Columbia, S.C. to compete in the Gamecock Invitational alongside seven other top-15 programs.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Florida women’s golf team will join a stacked field when they tee it up at the Gamecock Invitational, hosted by the University of South Carolina and scheduled to run from Monday, March 1 through Wednesday, March 3.

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Format: The Gators will hit the course at 9 a.m. ET on Monday morning to tee it up off of the first hole. Tuesday will follow a similar schedule, with tee times set off of the first and tenth holes beginning at 9 a.m. and continuing through 11:15 a.m. ET. On Wednesday, the final day of competition, the tournament will adopt a 9 a.m. ET shotgun start.

Course Information: The Gamecock Invitational is being held at the Par 72, 6,297-yard Columbia Country Club, which was most recently named the 2020 South Carolina Golf Association Club of the Year. It will feature the Ridgewood and Tall Pines courses.

The Field (Golfstat Ranking):
No. 1 Baylor
No. 2 South Carolina
No. 4 LSU
No. 5 Wake Forest
No. 7 Ole Miss
No. 11 Auburn
No. 13 Georgia
No. 15 Florida
No. 16 Arkansas
No. 20 Alabama
No. 22 Duke
No. 32 Vanderbilt
No. 34 Tennessee
No. 41 Kentucky
No. 44 Furman
No. 55 Mississippi State
No. 63 North Carolina
No. 99 Texas A&M

Competing Gators:
No. 1 – Marina Escobar
No. 2 – Clara Manzalini
No. 3 – Jenny Kim
No. 4 – Maisie Filler
No. 5 – Elin Esborn

Last Time Out: The Florida women’s golf team returned home looking for their sixth straight title at home – and did just that.

Annabell Fuller shined for the Gators, winning the tournament individually after posting a 5-under par 205. Her score ranks third lowest in program history, tying Maria Torres’ score at the 2017 Gators Invitational. Her best round came on the final day of competition when the sophomore carded a 4-under par 66, setting a new career-low round.

Marina Escobar finished next for the Gators, posting a 5-over par 215 to tie for 12th individually. This marked the fourth top-20 finish of the 2020-21 season for Escobar.

Clara Manzalini, who played as an individual, also finished the three-day tournament with a 5-over par 215 and tied for 12th.

After carding a 5-over par 75 during the first round, Jenny Kim found her stride. The junior recorded back-to-back 71s to tie for 15th individually, the highest finish of her career.

Lauren Waidner, who joined Manzalini as an individual, carded the biggest differential between the first and second round, shaving off five strokes and finishing the tournament tied for 23rd behind a 9-over par performance.

Maisie Filler recorded the final score that counted on the Gators card, finishing 12-over par and tied for 38th in her Gators Invitational debut. Fellow freshman Sara Ericsson, who played as an individual, also tied for 38th.

Elin Esborn and Marta Perez rounded out the Gators competing individually. Addie Baggarly, who was No. 2 in Florida’s lineup, had to withdraw before the final round of competition due to injury.

Coming Up: The Gators will head to Athens, Ga. to compete in the annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, hosted by the University of Georgia and scheduled to run from Friday, March 19 through Sunday, March 21.

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