Neale looks to become first player in program history to average 72.00 strokes or low in first three seasons in Gainesville (Photo Credit: Tim Cowie)
Neale and Zhang garner PING All-Region honors
Saturday, May 26, 2018 | Men's Golf
The junior and sophomore combination have anchored top of Gators lineup
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STILLWATER, Okla. -- Florida junior Gordon Neale and sophomore Andy Zhang have been named to the PING All-Southeast Region team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America Saturday.
Neale and Zhang have anchored the top of the Gator lineup for the final six events this season. Zhang (70.70) and Neale (70.96) lead Florida in stroke average this year while both picking up seven top-25 finishes and four top-10 finishes. They are on pace to become the sixth and seventh players in program history to complete a season with a stroke average under 71.00. Neale is looking to become the first player in Florida history to have a stroke average of 72.00 or lower in his first three years in Gainesville.
Zhang, who was recently was nominated as one of 20 collegiate golfers in the country for the Fred Haskins Player of the Year Award, has won in each of his last two times out at the SEC Championship and NCAA Regional.
Neale picked up two top five finishes in the fall as a runner-up at the Trinity Forest and a fourth place finish at the Tavistock Collegiate.
Southeast All-Region Team
Andrew Alligood, North Florida
Dawson Armstrong, Lipscomb
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Phillip Barbaree, LSU
Claudio Correa, USF
Trace Crowe, Auburn
Cristian DiMarco, USF
Harry Ellis, Florida State
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
Luis Gagne, LSU
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Lee Hodges, Alabama
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Philip Knowles, North Florida
Brandon Mancheno, Auburn
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Gordon Neale, Florida
John Pak, Florida State
Raul Pereda, Jacksonville
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Davis Riley, Alabama
Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee
Ben Schlottman, Auburn
Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss
Travis Trace, North Florida
Andy Zhang, Florida
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STILLWATER, Okla. -- Florida junior Gordon Neale and sophomore Andy Zhang have been named to the PING All-Southeast Region team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America Saturday.
Neale and Zhang have anchored the top of the Gator lineup for the final six events this season. Zhang (70.70) and Neale (70.96) lead Florida in stroke average this year while both picking up seven top-25 finishes and four top-10 finishes. They are on pace to become the sixth and seventh players in program history to complete a season with a stroke average under 71.00. Neale is looking to become the first player in Florida history to have a stroke average of 72.00 or lower in his first three years in Gainesville.
Zhang, who was recently was nominated as one of 20 collegiate golfers in the country for the Fred Haskins Player of the Year Award, has won in each of his last two times out at the SEC Championship and NCAA Regional.
Neale picked up two top five finishes in the fall as a runner-up at the Trinity Forest and a fourth place finish at the Tavistock Collegiate.
Southeast All-Region Team
Andrew Alligood, North Florida
Dawson Armstrong, Lipscomb
John Augenstein, Vanderbilt
Phillip Barbaree, LSU
Claudio Correa, USF
Trace Crowe, Auburn
Cristian DiMarco, USF
Harry Ellis, Florida State
Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern
Luis Gagne, LSU
Will Gordon, Vanderbilt
Lee Hodges, Alabama
Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt
Philip Knowles, North Florida
Brandon Mancheno, Auburn
Patrick Martin, Vanderbilt
Gordon Neale, Florida
John Pak, Florida State
Raul Pereda, Jacksonville
Spencer Ralston, Georgia
Jovan Rebula, Auburn
Davis Riley, Alabama
Lorenzo Scalise, Tennessee
Ben Schlottman, Auburn
Braden Thornberry, Ole Miss
Travis Trace, North Florida
Andy Zhang, Florida
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