2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
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Paula Francisco
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- IES Oretga and Gasset
- Hometown:
- Madrid, Spain
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Low Round: 65 (Gators Invitational '26 Rd. 2) | *T3 low round in program history
Low Tournament: 200 (Gators Invitational '26 ) | *Program record 54-hole score
Best Finish: 1 (2x, SEC Championship '26 & Gators Invitational '26)
Feature Story: A Dream Win in Front of Mom for Gators' Paula Francisco
COLLEGIATE HONORS
Sophomore (2024-25)
Low Round: 65 (Gators Invitational '26 Rd. 2) | *T3 low round in program history
Low Tournament: 200 (Gators Invitational '26 ) | *Program record 54-hole score
Best Finish: 1 (2x, SEC Championship '26 & Gators Invitational '26)
Feature Story: A Dream Win in Front of Mom for Gators' Paula Francisco
COLLEGIATE HONORS
- 2025 SEC Individual Champion
- Qualified for 81st & the 2026 U.S. Women's Open
- WGCA All-American Second Team (2026)
- All-SEC First Team (2026)
- Arnold Palmer Cup Participant (2026)
- 2026 SEC Golfer of the Week (March 11)
- 2024 SEC Freshman of the Week (Week 13)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (2025)
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll (2023-24)
- In the lineup and played in all 12 tournaments and 36 scoring rounds
- Won the 2026 SEC Individual Championship and 2026 Gators Invitational
- Became 8th Gator to win conference title and first since Maria Torres in 2016
- The 14th UF golfer to win two tournaments in a single-season
- Her score of 202 (-8) at SECs, is the third-lowest by score in SEC Championship history
- Finalist for ANNIKA Award and WGCA Player of the Year Award
- Her team-best stroke average (71.0) and her 54-hole average (211.7) are second-lowest all-time in program history
- In her first career win at the Gators Invitational, she set the program 54-hole score record of 200 (-10), a record that stood since 2016
- In a three start stretch, went 1st-Runner Up (one shot back of leader)-1st across the Gators Invitational, Clemson Invitational and SEC Championship
- Following the previous three start stretch, she qualified for the 81st U.S. Women’s Open in her next competitive appearance
- Won 2Up in her SEC Championship Quarterfinals match
- Had a stretch of 10 straight rounds of under par from Gators Invitational to first round of NCAA Regionals
- Shot 14 of her rounds in the 60s and only finished twice outside the top-20
- Played in the No. 1 spot all postseason and in six of the 12 tournaments
- Team-leader in 36 (135) and 54-hole (200), under par rounds (17), under par tournaments (6) and tied for top-25 finishes (10).
Sophomore (2024-25)
- Played in 11 of the 12 tournaments and in the lineup for each outing
- Owned the No. 1 spot a team-high five times
- Led the team in stroke average at 72.0, tournaments under par (4), and tied with four top-10 finishes
- Second on the team behind 12 rounds under par and seven top-25 finishes
- Finished runner-up (-4) at the NCAA Charlottesville Regional
- Tied for 11th in stroke play at the SEC Championship
- Went 2-0-1 in match play at the SEC Championship with wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals
- Opened both the SEC Championship and NCAA Regional with a round one of 67
- Four of nine rounds in the postseason were for under par
- Had a stretch of five top-20 finishes: T3-T13-T6-T20-T13
- Played in ten of 11 tournaments and in the lineup for the last seven straight events
- In the lineup for the postseason; No. 3 at SEC Championship and No. 4 in the East Lansing Regional
- Made collegiate debut in the season opener at the Cougar Classic
- Had a stroke average of 73.5, for fourth best on the team
- Recorded two top-10 and four top-25 finishes
- Ended the regular season with finishes of T8-T21-T7
- Finished tied for 8th at the Gators Invitational with all three rounds of par or better for 54-hole score of 210 (E)
- Qualified for the 2026 U.S. Open
- 2025 British Amateur Quaterfinalist
- Tied for 3rd at the 2024 Spanish Amateur
- Recorded a 4th place finish at the 2023 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur
- Took 5th at the 2022 Grand Prix Des Landes Championship
- Finished 9th at the 2022 British Girls Championship
- 2021 Tennessee State Team and Individual Champion
- 2nd place at the 2021 Grand Prix Des Landes Championship
- Won the 2018 Sub-16 Spain Championship
- Placed 2nd at the Sub-25 Madrid Amateur Championship
- Top-5 finish at the Sub-16 Span Championship
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