Lucena Shoots Hole-in-one, Gators Take Third
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Lucena Shoots Hole-in-one, Gators Take Third

Matthew Hutchison
Jackie Lucena recorded a hole-in-one behind Florida's best finish of the season. 

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MELBOURNE, Fla. - Jackie Lucena shot a hole-in-one as the Florida women's golf team leaped three spots to take third and finish 18-under at the Moon Golf Invitational on Tuesday.

The round three efforts were led by Lucena, who tied her career-low with a 66 (-6) on the final day becoming to second Gator to do this tournament. In her first 15 holes, she made six birdies highlighted by a hole-in-one on 16 (par 3, 168 yards). Making the ace with an 8-iron, she went birdie-birdie on 17 and 18 to end 6-under on the back. Lucena finished T5 at 8-under with a career-low 54-hole score of 208. 
 

Entering the day 14 strokes back from the lead, the Gators combined for 6-under on the day with a final round of 282 (-6) for a season-best score of 846 (-18), tied for sixth all-time in program history. Florida cut the lead all the way to three strokes after shooting 10-under on the back, but No. 9 LSU held on to win the tournament at 30-under.   

The outing marked a season best finish for the Gators and the best all-time at the Moon Golf Invitational. All six players, combined for -20 on the back nine. 

Not posting a round over par was Annabell Fuller finishing 9-under in 4th. She had rounds of 66-69-72 for her third top-5 finish this year and only had four bogeys in 54 holes. She is one more top-10 finish away for her third consecutive season of four.  

One of four Gators to have a 72 (E) today was Marina Escobar (T32) who ended even overall with a 216. A stroke back was Maisie Filler and Karoline Tuttle tied for 42nd followed by individual Taylor Roberts in T57.  

The Gators host the 51st VyStar Credit Union Gators Invitational (March 4-5) followed by the last two regular-season tournaments. 


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Head Coach Emily Glaser...
On the teams performance.. 
"I'm really happy to see the perseverance of this group after a tough outing last week. Every week we are learning and getting better.  We will continue to keep our eyes forward and are excited to compete at home in a few weeks."
 
On Annabell Fuller and Jackie Lucena...
"Another great tournament from Annabell, she's been working hard and is very motivated. And I'm happy for Jackie to have a nice finish also. She's been patient with her game and it paid off this week. "

Florida Individual Scores  
 
Place Player  Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Score
4 Annabell Fuller 66 69 72 207 (-9)
T5 Jackie Lucena 69 73 66 208 (-8)
T32 Marina Escobar 74 70 72 216 (E)
T42 Maisie Filler 74 71 72 217 (+1)
T42 Karoline Tuttle 72 73 72 217 (+1)
T57 Taylor Roberts*  72 70 77 219 (+3)

* played as an individual

Team Leaderboard 
Place School Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Rd. 3 Score
1 LSU 276 274 284 834 (-30)
2 Northwestern 281 280 282 843 (-21)
3 Florida 281 283 282 846 (-18)
4 Auburn 281 278 290 849 (-15)
5 Michigan State 285 289 276 850 (-14)
6 Clemson 279 288 287 854 (-10)
T7 Arkansas 285 284 286 855 (-9)
T7 Vanderbilt 282 286 287 855 (-9)
T7 UCF 278 283 294 855 (-9)
T7 Michigan 286 278 291 855 (-9)
11 Florida State 286 291 279 856 (-8)
12 North Carolina 291 285 290 866 (+2)
13 Alabama 289 297 291 877 (+13)
14 Virginia Tech 284 293 301 878 (+14)
15 Louisville 295 292 292 879 (+15)
16 Augusta 288 296 296 880 (+16)
17 Miami 300 304 305 909 (+45)

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