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Ricky Castillo
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Yorba Linda, Calif.
- High School:
- Valencia High School
WAGR RANKING PROUNCIATION
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Best Finish: 1st (3x, Gators Invitational '23, Sea Best Invitational '20 & Gators Invitational '20)
Low Round: 63 (2x, last at Gators Invitational Rd. 2 '23)
Low Tournament Score: 197 (Gators Invitational '20)
HONORS
2022-23 (Senior)
2019-20 (Freshman)
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Best Finish: 1st (3x, Gators Invitational '23, Sea Best Invitational '20 & Gators Invitational '20)
Low Round: 63 (2x, last at Gators Invitational Rd. 2 '23)
Low Tournament Score: 197 (Gators Invitational '20)
HONORS
- 2020 NCAA Division I Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award
- 2020 SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2021 Walker Cup U.S. Team
- Two-time Arnold Palmer Cup U.S. Team (2020 & 2021)
- Three-time All-American
- Four-time PING All-Region Team (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- Four-time All-SEC
- 2020 SEC All-Freshman Team
- Two-time SEC Golfer of the Week
- 2020 Ben Hogan Award Finalist
- 2020 Haskins Award Final Watch List
- 2020 Ben Hogan Award Golfer of the Month
- U.S. Open (2020)
2022-23 (Senior)
- Played and was in the lineup for every tournament for the fourth-straight season
- Won his NCAA Championship Semifinals match 1Up in 21 holes vs. Florida State to send the Gators to the NCAA Championship Finals
- Went undefeated in both NCAAs and SEC Championship going 2-0-1 in both
- Earned his third collegiate tournament and second at the VyStar Credit Union Gators Invitational
- Led the team in low-18 (63), low-36 (130), low-54 (199) scores, top-5 (4), top-10 (5) finishes,rounds counted (36), birdies (147) and tournaments under par (10)
- Ranked second on the team in stroke average (70.2)
- Finished ever or under par and in the top-25 in the last eight consecutive tournaments
- Had 18 rounds in the 60’s
- Made 100-plus birdies for the third straight season with a career-high 147
- Finished T11 at both the NCAA Championship and NCAA Bath Regional
- Placed T8 at the SEC Championship stroke play
- Appeared in the Gators’ lineup in all 12 tournaments for the third straight season
- In the No. 1 spot in the lineup eight times
- Team leader in under-par rounds (16), birdies (114), eagles (5) top-5 (4) and top-10 (5) finishes
- Second on the team in stroke average (71.4), under-par tournaments (4), rounds in the 60s (10), birdies per round (3.5), average relation to par for 18-holes (+0.4) and 54-holes (+1.3)
- Tied for lowest round under-par of the season; 63 (-7) at the Calusa Cup
- Had a stretch of five straight rounds in the 60s
- Finished Top-25 or better in each spring tournament and started spring T4-2-T7
- Was runner-up at the VyStar Gators Invitational
- Posted a record of 2-0-1 in match play at the SEC Championships with 3&2 in the quarterfinals and 2&1 victories in the finals
- Posted the lowest scoring average on the team at 71.06 over 30 rounds
- Appeared in all 10 tournaments, claiming the top spot in the lineup in all but one competition
- Finished inside the top 25 in every spring event and notched eight top-25 finishes over the season – a team high
- Qualified individually for the final day at the NCAA Championship, finishing in 12th overall
- Recorded the lowest round score on the team after shooting a 64 in the final round at the Gators Invitational
- Notched 115 birdies and five eagles over the season, ranking first among the team in both categories
- Posted a team-high 16 rounds under par and carded a team-low 3.23 average stroke differential
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Posted the lowest scoring average on the team at 70.08 over 21 rounds played
- 70.08 scoring average is the No. 1 single-season scoring average in program history
- Appeared in all seven tournaments for the Gators, taking the top spot in the lineup once
- Finished inside the top 25 individually in every event
- All 21 rounds played were included in the Gators’ counting scores
- Notched 89 birdied over the course of the season, ranking first among the team
- Opened the spring season with back-to-back individual titles, claiming the crown at the Sea Best Invitational and Gators Invitational by a combined 11 strokes
- Shot a 63 in the second round of the Gators Invitational, tying for the lowest single-round score by a freshman in program history
- Posted a 13-under 197 at the Gators Invitational which ranks as the third best tournament score in program history
- Followed his two wins with a 5-under 211 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate to take sixth
- Shot a collective 26 under with a scoring average of 67.78 through his nine rounds of the spring
- Second Ben Hogan Award finalist in program history, joining 2006 winner Matt Every
- Advanced to the Round of 16 for the second straight year at the 2022 U.S. Amateur
- Made it to Round of 16 at 2021 U.S. Amateur after winning a three hole playoff in previous round.
- Four consecutive Sweet 16 appearances at the Western Amateur (2019-2022) - made it to quarterfinals in 2021, semifinals in 2019 and 2020.
- Helped U.S. Team win 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup
- Earned 2020 U.S. Open Exemption
- 2018 Junior Ryder Cup – Team USA Member
- Two Time Heather Farr AJGA Champion (2016, 2018)
- Two time AJGA Rolex First team All American
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