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Gators Finish Sixth at the Schenkel Invitational
Sunday, March 18, 2018 | Men's Golf
Four Gators place in top 25 of leaderboard
STATESBORO, Ga. -- The Gators finished in to top six for the seventh time this season at the Schenkel Invitational.
Florida posted a 5-under round on the final day of competition moving past College of Charleston to finish sixth on the leaderboard.
Gordon Neale anchored the top of the lineup carding a 4-under 68 to finish tied for 12th in the competition. Over the final two days, Neale moved up 58 spots and was the Gators top finisher.
Neale carded just one bogey over the final 34 holes of competition.
Andy Zhang finished just one stroke back of Neale in a tie for 17th. Zhang shot 2-under par in the round on Sunday to leap up 12 spots on the leaderboard.
Blake Dyer, who was competing as an individual, tied Zhang for 17th after posting a final round of 4-under.
Freshman Chris Nido joined them in the top 25 of the leaderboard totaling a three round score of 215 (-1) to place 23rd in the event.
Coach's Take
On play this week -- ""It's obviously a disappointing week for our team. Thankfully it came at a good time. I know this will serve as a proper wake up call. We need to be more prepared to play from the first hole on." - Coach JC Deacon
On learning from the experience -- "Knowing our guys, they will learn from this and won't let it happen again. We have an awesome team. I'm really excited to see what they do with the opportunities in front of us. Starts tomorrow morning!" - Coach Deacon
Final Scores:
Team
Florida Individual
Also competing
Up Next
The Gators are back on the course on April 13th when they travel to Nashville for the Mason Rudolph. Florida won the event last season with a score of 30-under par.
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Florida posted a 5-under round on the final day of competition moving past College of Charleston to finish sixth on the leaderboard.
Gordon Neale anchored the top of the lineup carding a 4-under 68 to finish tied for 12th in the competition. Over the final two days, Neale moved up 58 spots and was the Gators top finisher.
Neale carded just one bogey over the final 34 holes of competition.
Andy Zhang finished just one stroke back of Neale in a tie for 17th. Zhang shot 2-under par in the round on Sunday to leap up 12 spots on the leaderboard.
Blake Dyer, who was competing as an individual, tied Zhang for 17th after posting a final round of 4-under.
Freshman Chris Nido joined them in the top 25 of the leaderboard totaling a three round score of 215 (-1) to place 23rd in the event.
Coach's Take
On play this week -- ""It's obviously a disappointing week for our team. Thankfully it came at a good time. I know this will serve as a proper wake up call. We need to be more prepared to play from the first hole on." - Coach JC Deacon
On learning from the experience -- "Knowing our guys, they will learn from this and won't let it happen again. We have an awesome team. I'm really excited to see what they do with the opportunities in front of us. Starts tomorrow morning!" - Coach Deacon
Final Scores:
Team
| 1 | Vanderbilt | 835 (-29) |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 843 (-21) |
| 3 | North Carolina State | 850 (-14) |
| 4 | Mississippi State | 851 (-13) |
| 5 | Kentucky | 852 (-12) |
| 6 | Florida | 854 (-10) |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 856 (-8) |
| 8 | College of Charleston | 857 (-7) |
| 9 | East Tennessee State | 865 (+1) |
| 10 | Iowa | 866 (+2) |
| T11 | UAB | 867 (+3) |
| T11 | Minnesota | 867 (+3) |
| 13 | Georgia State | 869 (+5) |
| 14 | Richmond | 904 (+40) |
Florida Individual
| T12 | 213 (-3) | |
| Andy Zhang | T17 | 214 (-2) |
| T23 | 215 (-1) | |
| Won Jun Lee | T37 | 217 (+1) |
| John Axelsen | T48 | 219 (+3) |
Also competing
| Blake Dyer | T17 | 214 (-2) |
Up Next
The Gators are back on the course on April 13th when they travel to Nashville for the Mason Rudolph. Florida won the event last season with a score of 30-under par.
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