Gators Finish Fourth at Trinity Forest with Four in Top 20

Tuesday, September 25

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Gators Finish Fourth at Trinity Forest with Four in Top 20

Tuesday, September 25, 2018 | Men's Golf

By: Lucy Berres

DALLAS – The Florida Gators men's golf team finished the weekend fourth at the Trinity Forest Invitational, with four Gators in the top 20.

In the final round of Trinity Forest, John Axelsen moved up two spots to finish inside the top five, taking home third. With the help of an eagle on his first hole of the day and five birdies, Gordon Neale moved up five spots to finish in the top 10 at T10.

Aden Ye made a jump in the final round, moving up seven spots to T19. Chris Nido and Eugene Hong finished T35, with Nido moving up eight spots in the finals and Hong jumping 17 spots to finish the tournament.

Competing individually, Manny Girona closed out the tournament alongside Ye at T19, where he held strong over the course of the final two rounds.

Coach's Take
"The last two days were enormous for us. Our freshmen really stepped up this week and John Axelsen finished off one of the best events of his career to date. Our resilience was tested as we got off to a poor start day one. I feel like those guys took a huge step forward and showed themselves they can play with anyone. We have a few adjustments to make for next weeks' Nike Collegiate, but the work ethic and attitude on this team will make sure that happens. I'm so excited to see this team feed off the momentum we have built over the past two rounds," head coach JC Deacon.

Final Scores
Teams
1 Baylor                                             824 (-28)
2 SMU                                                825 (-27)
3 College of Charleston                 833 (-19)
4 Florida                                            834 (-18)
5 North Texas                                  836 (-16)
6 Little Rock                                     845 (-7)
7 New Mexico                                  848 (-4)
8 UTSA                                               850 (-2)
9 Sam Houston                                857 (+5)
10 Rice                                               859 (+7)
11 Ball State                                     864 (+12)
12 Oral Roberts                               867 (+15)
13 Abilene Christian                       871 (+19)

Florida Players
T3 John Axelsen                               203 (-10)
T10 Gordon Neale                          207 (-6)
T19 Aden Ye                                     211 (-2)
T35 Chris Nido                                 215 (+2)
T35 Eugene Hong                            215 (+2)

Also competing
T19 Manny Girona                          211 (-2)

Next Up
The Gators will return to Texas next week at the Nike Collegiate Invitational, hosted by Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, September 30-October 2.