Florida in Third After 13 Under Round One at Southern Highlands

Sunday, February 27

Las Vegas / Southern Highlands Golf Club

12:50 p.m. (18 Holes)

Florida Gators

Southern Highlands Collegiate

Ricky Castillo has shot six of his last seven rounds in the 60s to start the spring.

Florida in Third After 13 Under Round One at Southern Highlands

Sunday, February 27, 2022 | Men's Golf

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The Gators sit in third in a field that features nine of the top-35 teams at the Southern Highlands Collegiate.

By: Matthew Hutchison

LAS VEGAS - The Florida men's golf team finished 13-under on day one of the Southern Highlands Collegiate to sit in third in a field that features nine of the top-35 teams on Sunday.

After a frost delay to start the day, the Gators were hot on the course with a combined 30 birdies and an eagle. The overall score of 275 (-13) is tied for the third-lowest mark this season as no UF golfer shot over par. Florida trails the defending National Champions and No. 5 Pepperdine by two strokes and last year's National Runner-Up and No. 1 Oklahoma by seven.

Fred Biondi (T2) fired his fourth straight round in the 60s with a 66 (-6) in round one. He sank a team-high and tournament-leading nine birdies. The native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, last posted a 66 in round two of the 2022 VyStar Gators Invitational.

Also finishing another round in the 60s, Ricky Castillo (T4) carded a 67 (-5) at Southern Highlands Golf Club. He has shot six (68-76-67-64-68-68-67) of his last seven rounds in the 60s starting back with a 68 (-2) in round one in the spring opener at TPC Sawgrass.

Both John DuBois (E) and Yuxin Lin (-1) converted on birdie opportunities on 18 to end T51 and T35. Making his season debut in the lineup, Quentin Debove used back-to-back birdies on 12 and 13 for a 1-under performance to tie with Lin at 35th.

Competing as an individual, Giovanni Manzoni set the tone as he was the first Gator to finish and went 4-under behind a clean front nine and an eagle on three to be tied for 11th.

The Gators tee off round two tomorrow at 1:40 p.m. ET.

Scores

Florida Individual

Place	Player	Round 1
T2	Fred Biondi	66 (-6)
T4	Ricky Castillo	67 (-5)
T11	Giovanni Manzoni*	68 (-4)
T35	Yuxin Lin	71 (-1)
T35	Quentin Debove	71 (-1)
T51	John DuBois	72 (E)

*Competing as an individual

Team Leaderboard

Place	Team	Round 1
1	Oklahoma	268 (-2)
2	Pepperdine	273 (-15)
3	Florida	275 (-13)
4	Georgia Tech	276 (-12)
T5	Georgia	280 (-8)
T5	TCU	280 (-8)
T5	New Mexico	280 (-8)
8	Texas	281 (-7)
T9	UCLA	282 (-6)
T9	UNLV	282 (-6)
T9	SMU	282 (-6)
12	Southern California	288 (E)
T13	Northwestern	291 (+3)
T13	Illinois	291 (+3)
15	San Diego	294 (+6)