Florida Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Gator men's golf team was named Team of the Week and Fred Biondi earned Player of the Week by Golfweek on Tuesday.

Florida won the 45th VyStar Gators Invitational for the 28th time in program history and third consecutive shooting 28-under to win by 12 strokes over No. 3 Oklahoma State. The victory marked back-to-back titles to start the spring season and 16th team win under head coach J.C. Deacon. UF won the first two spring tournaments last year too as its score of 812 was the third-lowest score in Gators Invitational history and third in tournament total and seventh in total par (-28) in program history. 

Biondi finished 14-under at 196 to tie the tournament record while he claimed his first collegiate medalist honor. The record was last set by Camilo Benedetti in 2001 as he tied for second in tournament score and tied third all-time in tournament score by par in three rounds. A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, he set career bests in low round (63), tournament score and finish on the weekend. Biondi became the 16th UF golfer to be the individual champion at the invite as his birdie on 18th concluded the career outing and brought the crowd at Mark Bostick to their feet. 
 

A record week for @WakeWGolf and @GatorsGolf defending home turf highlight our latest College Performers of the Week powered by @RapsodoGolf. pic.twitter.com/x2eZDVjrRe

— Golfweek (@golfweek) February 15, 2022

The Orange and Blue head out west to the Southern Highlands Invitational from Feb. 27-March 1 in Las Vegas.