Florida Gators
Carpet Capital Collegiate
Men's Golf in 12th at Georgia
Friday, October 5, 2001 | Men's Golf
The Gators will move into round two of the Carpet Capital Collegiate with a tough road ahead of them. UF is currently in 12th place, shooting a 16-over 304 at The Farm (par 72, 6,096 yards), 24 strokes from the lead.
Junior Bubba Dickerson (Hilliard, Fla.) leads the Gators tied at 22nd. Dickerson posted two birdies to finish the day with a two-over 74 total. Following Dickerson, sophomore Camilo Villegas (Mendellin, Colombia) is the only other UF golfer in the top-30. Villegas also carded two birdies to finish at three-over 75 for the day.
Senior Camilo Benedetti (Mendellin, Colombia) claimed a team-high four birdies, but holds at T41, shooting four-over 76. After leading the Gators and setting a course record last week, junior transfer Ari Savolainen (Helsinki, Finland) holds the fourth-place spot in the UF lineup. Savolainen was the only Gator to shoot lower than a birdie with one Eagle, but finished the round with a seven-over 79. Playing in his first tournament for the Gators, sophomore Robert Litsey (Palatka, Fla.) is at T63 with an eight-over 80.
Tournament host Georgia Tech leads the field with an eight-under 280 with Tennessee close behind at 283. Individually leading the tournament is Dustin Bray, North Carolina, who shot a five-under 67.
The teams will tee-off for round two beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Team Standings Pl. Team Scores 1 Georgia Tech 280 (-8) 2 Tennessee 283 (-5) 3 Wake Forest 291 (+3) 4 Clemson 294 (+6) 5 Auburn 296 (+8) 6 North Carolina 297 (+9) 7 Georgia 298 (+10) 8 UCLA 300 (+12) T9 North Carolina State 301 (+13) T9 South Carolina 301 (+13) 11 East Tennessee St. 303 (+15) 12 Florida 304 (+16) 13 Virginia 305 (+17) 14 UNLV 306 (+18) 15 Augusta State 309 (+21) Florida Standings Pl. Player Scores T22 Bubba Dickerson 74 (+2) T30 Camilo Villegas 75 (+3) T41 Camilo Benedetti 76 (+4) T57 Ari Savolainen 79 (+7) T63 Robert Litsey 80 (+8)
