After Rocky Start, Gators Improve Through First Round of Nike Collegiate

Sunday, September 30

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Nike Collegiate Invitational

After Rocky Start, Gators Improve Through First Round of Nike Collegiate

Sunday, September 30, 2018 | Men's Golf

By: Lucy Berres

FORT WORTH, Texas – After an 18-hole first round of the Nike Collegiate Invitational, the Gators men's golf team sits tied for 7th with Southern California.

The Gators help positions on the leader board anywhere from first to last, but were able to finish in the middle of the pack ahead of tomorrow's second round. Sophomore John Axelsen and redshirt freshman Manny Girona lead the Gators, both carding one-over-par 71s to break into the top 20 at T19. The pair of freshmen, Aden Ye and Eugene Hong, each carded a 72 to sit T27.

Bogeys were the enemy for senior Gordon Neale in the first round. His two birdies were not enough to make up for his four bogeys, sinking him to 72^nd and +8 at the end of the day. Only five strokes off the leader, there are two more rounds to play and lots of time for the Gators to continue to improve.

Scores through Round One
Teams
1 Vanderbilt                       281 (+1)
T2 Clemson                        282 (+2)
T2 Wake Forest                 282 (+2)
4 Texas                                 283 (+3)
T5 Oregon                           285 (+5)
T5 Duke                               285 (+5)
T7 Florida                            286 (+6)
T7 USC                                  286 (+6)
T9 Stanford                        288 (+8)
T9 TCU                                  288 (+8)
11 Oklahoma                     289 (+9)
12 Georgia                          292 (+12)
13 Ohio State                     293 (+13)
14 Washington                  296 (+16)
15 Arizona                           308 (+28)

Florida Players
T19 John Axelsen             71 (+1)
T19 Manny Girona           71 (+1)
T27 Aden Ye                       72 (+2)
T27 Eugene Hong             72 (+2)
72 Gordon Neale              80 (+10)

Follow the Action
Play will continue on Monday, October 1 at 8:00 a.m. (ET). Live scoring will be available on GolfStat.com. A complete recap with full results will be posted on FloridaGators.com following each day's play.