Fred Biondi will become the third current Gator to play a major joining Ricky Castillo and Yuxin Lin.
Biondi Continues Breakout Year; Qualifies for U.S. Open
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 | Men's Golf
Fred Biondi is set to play in his first major at the U.S. Open next weekend
JUPITER, Fla. - Fred Biondi continues his breakout year as he qualified for his first major appearance at the U.S. Open next weekend.
After finishing runner-up at the Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), he earned a spot in the final qualifying stage for the open at The Club at Admiral's Cover (Jupiter, Fla.). Featuring 36 holes on one day, Biondi used a second round of 67 (-4) to end 3-under and secure a final spot over Rickie Fowler. He was the only amateur out of the four advancing players.
The 122nd U.S. Open will take place June 16-19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. More information about the event can be found here.
Biondi will become the third current Gator to play in a major championship joining Ricky Castillo (U.S. Open - 2020) and Yuxin Lin (Masters 2018, 2020 and The Open 2018, 2020, 2021).
Fred Biondi | R-Jr. | São Paulo, Brazil
After finishing runner-up at the Latin America Amateur Championship (LAAC), he earned a spot in the final qualifying stage for the open at The Club at Admiral's Cover (Jupiter, Fla.). Featuring 36 holes on one day, Biondi used a second round of 67 (-4) to end 3-under and secure a final spot over Rickie Fowler. He was the only amateur out of the four advancing players.
The 122nd U.S. Open will take place June 16-19 at The Country Club in Brookline, Mass. More information about the event can be found here.
Biondi will become the third current Gator to play in a major championship joining Ricky Castillo (U.S. Open - 2020) and Yuxin Lin (Masters 2018, 2020 and The Open 2018, 2020, 2021).
Fred Biondi | R-Jr. | São Paulo, Brazil
- Collected season awards:
- PING First Team All-American, 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)
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