Fred Biondi adds another honor in his breakout season with the Gators.
Biondi Named PING First Team All-American
Friday, June 3, 2022 | Men's Golf
Fred Biondi collected his first All-American honor as it was the 10th under head coach J.C. Deacon.
NORMAN, Okla. - Fred Biondi capped off his breakout season with being named to the Division I Ping First Team All-America by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA).
The award is the first of his career and the 106th all-time All-American selection in program history along with the 10th honoree under head J.C. Deacon in his eighth season.
Fred Biondi | R-Jr. | São Paulo, Brazil
Division I PING All-America Teams
First Team
The award is the first of his career and the 106th all-time All-American selection in program history along with the 10th honoree under head J.C. Deacon in his eighth season.
Fred Biondi | R-Jr. | São Paulo, Brazil
- Collected season awards:
- PING All-Region Team, Haskins Award Finalist, All-SEC First Team, Spring Haskins Award Watch List, SEC Co-Golfer and SEC Golfer of the Week and Golfweek Player of the Week
- No. 1 ranked player in Golfstat Cup Standings
- Ranked No. 5 by Golfweek and No. 8 by Golfstat overall
- Recorded two victories this spring
- Had two-runner up finishes along with a T7 and T25
- Finished runner-up at the Palm Beach Regional
- Posted a runner-up finish at the Latin America Amateur Championship
- Selected to the Arnold Palmer Cup International Team
- Finished T20 at the 2022 National Championships
- Shot a 67 (-3) in round three to help Gators make the top-15 cut
- The outing marked his debut at nationals
- Team leader:
- Stroke average (70.1), under-par 54-hole scores (5), average relation to par for 18-holes (-0.8) and 54-holes (-2.6), top-5 (4), top-10 (5), top-25 (8) finishes and birdies per round (3.6)
- Shot lowest round (63, -7) and tournament (196, -14)
- The 196 at the VyStar Gators Invitational tied the tournament record
- Second on the team in birdies (103) and eagles (4)
- Have posted 15 of 28 rounds under-par this season
- 14 out of 25 in the spring
- 12 rounds in the 60s total and 11 in the spring
- A stretch of eight consecutive under-par rounds
- Only six rounds over par this spring and eight this year
- Went undefeated (2-0-1) in match play at the SEC Championship
- Victories in the semifinals (4&3) and finals (2&1)
Division I PING All-America Teams
First Team
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Ludvig Åberg | Texas Tech |
| Sam Bennett | Texas A&M |
| Fred Biondi | Florida |
| Eugenio Chacarra | Oklahoma State |
| Chris Gotterup | Oklahoma |
| RJ Manke | Washington |
| Logan McAllister | Oklahoma |
| Trent Phillips | Georgia |
| Gordon Sargent | Vanderbilt |
| Cole Sherwood | Vanderbilt |
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