Friday, February 16
Gainesville, Fla.
7:50 a.m. (36 Holes)
Florida Gators
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Gators Invitational
Ian Gilligan in his first season as a Gator, tied the program low round record by score with a 62 in round two of the Gators Invitational.
Gilligan Ties Program Record, Gators Lead into Final Round
Friday, February 16, 2024 | Men's Golf
Ian Gilligan leads the Gators Invitational behind his program tying 62 (-8) this afternoon.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Gators golfer Ian Gilligan tied the program round record by score with a 62 as Florida leads heading into the final round of the Gators Invitational.
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The Gators have two teams competing this week as Florida A sits at 22-under through 36 holes with Florida B two shots back at 20-under and North Florida the next closest team at 11-under. An 18-under round two from Florida A set the second lowest team round by par in program history, just one shot away from tying the record set in 2006 at the SEC Championship.
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Gilligan's bogey-free round of 62 (-8) tied the program record that was set by Camilo Villegas in 2003 at the Atlanta Intercollegiate. The round was one away from Gilligan's career-low he set last year at Long Beach State in the John A. Burns Intercollegiate. He enters the final 18 holes with a one-shot lead.
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The final round is scheduled for a 7:30 a.m. modified shotgun start tomorrow at Mark Bostick Course.
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Round 1
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Parker Bell highlighted the first set of 18 holes with a career-low 65 (-5), which tied for the sixth-lowest round by a Gator sophomore. He was bogey-free until his 16th hole of the day. He carded six birdies and ended as the round one leader by two shots.
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He was joined by three other members of Florida B to shoot under par with Jack Turner (68, -2), Ryan Hart (68, -2) and Luke Poulter (69, -1). The group finished with a round score of 270 (-10) and led nearly all of the round and carried a three-shot lead over UNF (273, -7) and Florida A (276, -4).
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A late charge on holes 17-18 from the Gators A team jumped them into third place at the end of the round. Matthew Kress had a birdie-birdie finish for an opening round of 67 (-3). Right after him Ian Gilligan made eagle on 17 (par-4, 336 yards) for a 1-under 69 and Tyler Wilkes, playing in the No. 1 spot, rounded out with a birdie on 17 for a round of even par 70 along with Joe Pagdin.Β
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Round 2
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Florida A began its surge to the team leader in round two. Gilligan paced the attack with four consecutive birdies out of the gates on holes 1-4. He finished the front nine bogey-free 5-under. All five Gators shot par or better in the first nine holes with Pagdin going 2-under and Quentin Debove 1-under to push in front of Florida B by two strokes and never looking back.
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The second round of the day also featured multiple Gators battling in and out of first place with Gilligan finishing as the day one leader at 9-under. Four other Gators wrapped up day one in the top-10; Hart (T3), Kress (T5), Turner (T5), Pagdin (9). Eight of the 12 Gators competing are in the top-25.
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Florida's A squad all fired rounds of par or better with Pagdin (65, -5) and Kress (67, -3) tying their career-lows for round. The only not counting score was Wilkes' 70 (E).
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The Gators B team also turned in rounds of 60, led by Hart's career-low 5-under 65. Turner set a new season-best with a 4-under 66 as John DuBois bounced back from +4 in the opening round with a 1-under 69 in round two. The group shot back-to-back rounds of 270 (-10), for the second lowest round in the field.
Florida Scores
Team Scores
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The Gators have two teams competing this week as Florida A sits at 22-under through 36 holes with Florida B two shots back at 20-under and North Florida the next closest team at 11-under. An 18-under round two from Florida A set the second lowest team round by par in program history, just one shot away from tying the record set in 2006 at the SEC Championship.
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Gilligan's bogey-free round of 62 (-8) tied the program record that was set by Camilo Villegas in 2003 at the Atlanta Intercollegiate. The round was one away from Gilligan's career-low he set last year at Long Beach State in the John A. Burns Intercollegiate. He enters the final 18 holes with a one-shot lead.
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The final round is scheduled for a 7:30 a.m. modified shotgun start tomorrow at Mark Bostick Course.
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Round 1
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Parker Bell highlighted the first set of 18 holes with a career-low 65 (-5), which tied for the sixth-lowest round by a Gator sophomore. He was bogey-free until his 16th hole of the day. He carded six birdies and ended as the round one leader by two shots.
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He was joined by three other members of Florida B to shoot under par with Jack Turner (68, -2), Ryan Hart (68, -2) and Luke Poulter (69, -1). The group finished with a round score of 270 (-10) and led nearly all of the round and carried a three-shot lead over UNF (273, -7) and Florida A (276, -4).
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A late charge on holes 17-18 from the Gators A team jumped them into third place at the end of the round. Matthew Kress had a birdie-birdie finish for an opening round of 67 (-3). Right after him Ian Gilligan made eagle on 17 (par-4, 336 yards) for a 1-under 69 and Tyler Wilkes, playing in the No. 1 spot, rounded out with a birdie on 17 for a round of even par 70 along with Joe Pagdin.Β
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Round 2
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Florida A began its surge to the team leader in round two. Gilligan paced the attack with four consecutive birdies out of the gates on holes 1-4. He finished the front nine bogey-free 5-under. All five Gators shot par or better in the first nine holes with Pagdin going 2-under and Quentin Debove 1-under to push in front of Florida B by two strokes and never looking back.
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The second round of the day also featured multiple Gators battling in and out of first place with Gilligan finishing as the day one leader at 9-under. Four other Gators wrapped up day one in the top-10; Hart (T3), Kress (T5), Turner (T5), Pagdin (9). Eight of the 12 Gators competing are in the top-25.
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Florida's A squad all fired rounds of par or better with Pagdin (65, -5) and Kress (67, -3) tying their career-lows for round. The only not counting score was Wilkes' 70 (E).
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The Gators B team also turned in rounds of 60, led by Hart's career-low 5-under 65. Turner set a new season-best with a 4-under 66 as John DuBois bounced back from +4 in the opening round with a 1-under 69 in round two. The group shot back-to-back rounds of 270 (-10), for the second lowest round in the field.
Florida Scores
| Place | Florida A | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Score |
| 1 | Ian GilliganΒ | 69 | 62 | 131 |
| T5 | Matthew KressΒ | 67 | 67 | 134 |
| 9 | Joe PagdinΒ | 70 | 65 | 135 |
| T21 | Tyler WilkesΒ | 70 | 70 | 140 |
| T47 | Quentin DeboveΒ | 76 | 68 | 144 |
| Place | Florida B | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Score |
| T3 | Ryan HartΒ | 68 | 65 | 133 |
| T5 | Jack Turner | 68 | 66 | 134 |
| T11 | Parker BellΒ | 65 | 72 | 137 |
| T18 | Luke PoulterΒ | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T39 | John DuBoisΒ | 74 | 69 | 143 |
| Place | Florida Individuals | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Score |
| T47 | Toby Bishop | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| T54 | Miguel Leal | 73 | 73 | 145 |
Team Scores
| Place | Team | Rd. 1 | Rd. 2 | Score | Par |
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| 1 | Florida | 276 | 262 | 538 | -22 |
| 2 | Florida B | 270 | 270 | 540 | -20 |
| 3 | North Florida | 273 | 276 | 549 | -11 |
| 4 | Florida Atlantic | 281 | 273 | 554 | -6 |
| 5 | South Florida | 277 | 281 | 558 | -2 |
| 6 | Augusta | 286 | 274 | 560 | E |
| 7 | Furman | 279 | 285 | 564 | +4 |
| 8 | Liberty | 285 | 280 | 565 | +5 |
| T9 | Kentucky | 290 | 277 | 567 | +7 |
| T9 | West Virginia | 285 | 282 | 567 | +7 |
| T11 | Jacksonville | 294 | 274 | 568 | +8 |
| T11 | UCF | 285 | 283 | 568 | +8 |
| 13 | Florida Gulf Coast U | 285 | 288 | 573 | +13 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 287 | 287 | 574 | +14 |
| 15 | Penn State | 295 | 283 | 578 | +18 |
| 16 | Navy | 296 | 295 | 591 | +31 |
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