Florida Gators

SEATTLE - The No. 4 Florida men's golf team completed the opening day of the 2025-26 season opener at the Sahalee Players Championship on Saturday. The Gators are in 10th as junior Jack Turner is tied for 6th after a round two of 67 (-5) and trails two shots off the individual lead. 

UF improved from its opening round of 306 (+18) with a 289 (+1) led by Turner's 32nd career under par round. He made the turn 3-under in round two highlighted by the first eagle of the season on par-4 17th (417 yards). He closed his final ten holes bogey-free and 3-under as he only carded a single bogey in his second set of 18-holes. His 67 was a nine-shot improvement from his first round (76, +4) as he is 1-under through 36-holes. The round also ranked the second-lowest in the field. 

Making his collegiate debut and playing as an individual, Josh Bai logged Florida's second under par round with a 71 (-1) behind two birdies in his last four holes. The true freshman is tied for 40th at +6. 

Senior Matthew Kress also bounced back from his first round (77, +5) with an even-par 72 and only had one bogey, which he erased with a birdie on par-4 fourth. He is tied for 34th at +5. 

Rounding out the lineup is Parker Bell (+8) and Zack Swanwick (+10) in T50 and T59.
 
Florida concludes the season opener tomorrow at Sahalee Country Club.  

Florida Scores
T6. Jack Turner: 76-67 = 143 (-1)
T34. Matthew Kress: 77-72 = 149 (+5)
T40. Josh Bai (I): 79-71 = 150 (+6)
T44. Parker Sands: 76-75 = 151 (+7)
T50. Parker Bell: 77-75 = 152 (+8)
T58. Zack Swanwick: 78-76 = 154 (+10)

Team Scores 
1. Arizona State (-4)
2. Texas (E)
3. Pepperdine (+3)
4. U.S. National Developmental Team (+5)
5. UCLA (+10)
T6. San Diego State (+11)
T6. Washington (+11)
T8. Arizona (+12)
T8. North Carolina (+12)
10. Florida (+19)
11. Northwestern (+24)
12. Oregon (+28)