Biondi Continues Breakout Year; Qualifies for U.S. Open
Fred Biondi will become the third current Gator to play a major joining Ricky Castillo and Yuxin Lin.
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Biondi Continues Breakout Year; Qualifies for U.S. Open

Matthew Hutchison
Fred Biondi is set to play in his first major at the U.S. Open next weekend 
 

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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
  • 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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