NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS May 28 - June 2, 2021 | Scottsdale, Ariz
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2020-21 MEN’S GOLF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS @GatorsGolf MGOLF Contact: Morgan Perry @GatorsMGolf Email: [email protected] Facebook.com/GatorsMGolf FloridaGators.com Phone: (410) 200-8856 2020-21 MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS May 28 - June 2, 2021 | Scottsdale, Ariz. FALL Grayhawk GC | Par 70, 7,289 yards Date Tournament Location Result Friday Start Time: 9:10 a.m. ET October Results: GolfStat.com 5 Blessings Collegiate Fayetteville, Ark. 9/14 6 Blessings Collegiate Fayetteville, Ark. 11/14 7 Blessings Collegiate Fayetteville, Ark. 12/14 FLORIDA LINEUP (2020-21 STATS) Player Scoring Avg. Tourn. Top-25 Top-10 Top-5 Wins In 60s Best Finish 25 Legends Collegiate Franklin, Tenn. 8/14 26 Legends Collegiate Franklin, Tenn. 4/14 1. Ricky Castillo 71.22 9 7 2 0 0 9 T6 27 Legends Collegiate Franklin, Tenn. T4/14 2. Joe Pagdin 71.7 9 6 3 1 0 8 T5 3. Tyler Wilkes 72.44 9 4 0 0 0 8 T15 November 4. Gio Manzoni 72.38 7 2 0 0 0 7 T14 8 Jerry Pate Vestavia Hills, Ala. T9/14 5. Yuxin Lin 72.33 6 4 1 0 0 6 T6 9 Jerry Pate Vestavia Hills, Ala. 9/14 10 Jerry Pate Vestavia Hills, Ala. 10/14 TOURNAMENT NOTES SPRING GATORS LAND IN SCOTTSDALE FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP January The Florida men’s golf team travels to Scottsdale, Ariz. for the 2021 NCAA Men’s Golf 25 Timuquana Collegiate Jacksonville, Fla. 2/11 Championships. The tournament is set to begin on Friday, May 28 and continue through 26 Timuquana Collegiate Jacksonville, Fla. 1/11 Wednesday, June 2. The Gators will begin first round play on at 9:10 a.m. ET off the first hole, with their second-round tee time set for 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday off the tenth hole. February FORMAT 12 Gators Invitational Gainesville, Fla. 3/21 The championship tournament will consist of three rounds of stroke play beginning on 13 Gators Invitational Gainesville, Fla. 5/21 Friday, May 28 and finishing on Sunday, May 30. At the conclusion of the three-round 14 Gators Invitational Gainesville, Fla. 1/21 stroke play competition, the top 15 teams and nine individuals not on advancing teams will advance to the final day of stroke play on Monday, May 31. These final 18 holes will 26 LSU Invitational Baton Rouge, La. T6/15 determine the 72-hole individual champion, as well as the top eight teams that will continue 27 LSU Invitational Baton Rouge, La. 1/15 on to match play competition. Quarterfinals and semifinals will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 28 LSU Invitational Baton Rouge, La. 5/15 with the finals of match play continuing on Wednesday, June 2 to determine the national champion. March COURSE INFORMATION 15 Tiger Invitational Auburn, Ala. WD The national tournament will be played at Grayhawk Golf Club for the first time in 16 Tiger Invitational Auburn, Ala. WD tournament history. The club, which was established in 1994, is known for a mix of risk- 17 Tiger Invitational Auburn, Ala. WD reward holes. Grayhawk has a rich history, trailing all the way back to its grand opening in 1994 when the club hosted a pro-am/post-round concert that included notable Arizona April State alum and PGA TOUR phenom Phil Mickelson. Designed by former U.S. Open and 4 Calusa Cup Naples, Fla. 1/9 PGA Champion David Graham, with assistance from architect Gary Panks, Grayhawk is 5 Calusa Cup Naples, Fla. 4/9 considered one of the most tantalizing tests in the Southwest. 6 Calusa Cup Naples, Fla. T4/9 HOW TO FOLLOW Live scoring is available at GolfStat.com and updates will be provided on Twitter via @ 21 SEC Championship St. Simons Island, Ga. T9/14 GatorsGolf. A complete recap with full results will be posted on FloridaGators.com and 22 SEC Championship St. Simons Island, Ga. T9/14 Twitter at the conclusion of each day of play. Coverage will also be featured on the Golf 23 SEC Championship St. Simons Island, Ga. T9/14 Channel, with live footage beginning during the individual national championship stroke play competition on Monday, May 31 from 5-9 p.m. ET. May GATORS’ LINEUP 17 NCAA Regionals Cle Elum, Wash. T8/14 No. 1 - Ricky Castillo 18 NCAA Regionals Cle Elum, Wash. 8/14 No. 2 - Joe Pagdin 19 NCAA Regionals Cle Elum, Wash. 5/14 No. 3 - Tyler Wilkes No. 4 - Giovanni Manzoni 28 NCAA Nationals Scottsdale, Ariz. No. 5 - Yuxin Lin 29 NCAA Nationals Scottsdale, Ariz. 30 NCAA Nationals Scottsdale, Ariz. THE FIELD (by seeding) No. 1 Florida State Individuals 31 NCAA Nationals Scottsdale, Ariz. No. 2 Oklahoma Ryan Hall (South Carolina) No. 3 Oklahoma State James Piot (Michigan State) Michael Sakane June No. 4 Clemson (Jacksonville) 1 NCAA Nationals Scottsdale, Ariz. No. 5 Texas Cole Bradley (Purdue) No. 6 North Carolina AJ Ott (Colorado State) 2 NCAA Nationals Scottsdale, Ariz. No. 7 Wake Forest Tristan Mandur (Utah) No. 8 Illinois No. 9 Pepperdine No. 10 Arizona State No. 11 Vanderbilt 2020-21 MEN’S GOLF No. 12 Georgia WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGS No. 13 NC State Ricky Castillo 9 No. 14 Tennessee Yuxin Lin 19 No. 15 Liberty No. 16 SMU Joe Pagdin 80 No. 17 San Francisco No. 18 Florida No. 19 Texas Tech GOLFSTAT TEAM RANKINGS (4/13/21) No. 20 Arkansas 1. Oklahoma 14. Auburn No. 21 San Diego State 2. Florida State 15. Vanderbilt No. 22 Georgia Tech No. 23 Louisville 3. Oklahoma State 16. North Carolina No. 24 Sam Houston State 4. Clemson 17. Florida No. 25 Oregon State 5. Texas 18. North Florida No. 26 UAB No. 27 TCU 6. Wake Forest 19. Tennessee No. 28 East Tennessee State 7. Illinois 20. Arizona No. 29 Little Rock 8. NC State 21. SMU No. 30 San Diego 9. Pepperdine 22. Arkansas TOURNAMENT HISTORY 10. Georgia 23. LSU Florida is looking to claim its first national title under head coach JC Deacon and 11. Texas A&M 24. San Diego State the fifth in program history. 12. Arizona State 25. Notre Dame The Gators have claimed the championship title in 1968, 1973, 1993 and 2001. 13. Liberty Individually, Florida has touted the top finisher twice - Bob Murphy in 1966 and Nick GENERAL INFORMATION Gilliam in 2001. Location Gainesville, Fla. Florida has appeared in the NCAA Championship tournament 53 times in program history, tying Stanford for fifth in the nation behind Oklahoma State (72), Texas (65), Enrollment 57,806 Southern California (58) and Arizona State (55). Nickname Gators Colors Blue and Orange LAST TIME OUT The Gators headed west to compete in the Cle Elum NCAA Regional, hosted by the President Dr. W Kent Fuchs University of Washington. After two days of stroke play, Florida headed into the Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin final round in sole possession of eigth place and looking to climb the leaderboard to make the top-five cut. Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference SEC They did just that. Home Golf Courses: Mark Bostick GC Ricky Castillo highlighted the Florida lineup, posting two rounds under par through Mark Bostick GC Par-70; 6,701 yards three days to finish the tournament 3-under overall and tied for sixth individually. The sophomore contributed late round heroics in all three rounds, capped off by an Athletics Phone (352) 375-4683 outstanding 75-yard putt for birdie in the final round to clinch the Gators spot at the national tournament. TEAM INFORMATION Tyler Wilkes, Gio Manzoni and Yuxin Lin all tied for 22nd individually after finishing Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/4 the three-day stroke play competition 4-over par. Newcomers 7 Joe Pagdin rounded out the Gators lineup, finishing the tournament 7-over par and 2020 SEC Finish N/A tied for 39th. 2020 NCAA Regional Finish N/A 2020 NCAA Championships Finish (Stroke Play) N/A COACHING STAFF Head Coach JC Deacon Alma Mater UNLV ‘05 Season 7th Assistant Coach Mark Leon Alma Mater Penn State ‘05 Season 4th ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Web Site www.FloridaGators.com Office Phone (352) 375-4683 ext. 3160 Cell Phone (410) 200-8856 MGolf Contact Morgan Perry Email [email protected] The 2020-21 Florida men’s golf team at the 2021 Gators Invitational presented by VyStar. The Gators claimed their second straight victory at home with a 29-under par 811. 2 WE GOT US 2020-21 MEN’S GOLF OREGON MEN’S GOLF 2020-21 FLORIDA MEN’S GOLF ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN BY CLASS Name Class Hometown (Previous School) Graduates (1) Fred Biondi R-So. São Paulo, Brazil / Club Med Academies Carlos Bustos Carlos Bustos Gr. Santiago, Chile / Lynn University Juniors (2) Ricky Castillo So. Yorba Linda, Calif. / Valenicia High School Manny Girona, Giovanni Manzoni Quentin Debove So. Paris, France / Lycée George-Sand Sophomores (5) John DuBois So. Windermere, Fla. / The First Academy Fred Biondi, Ricky Castillo, Quentin Debove, Manny Girona R-Jr. Windermere, Fla. / Windermere Preparatory School John DuBois, Yuxin Lin, Christophe Stutts Ryan Hart Fr. Naples, Fla. / Gulf Coast High School Freshmen (4) Jonah Leach Fr. Windermere, Fla. / Olympia H.S. Ryan Hart, Jonah Leach, Joe Pagdin, Tyler Yuxin Lin So. Beijing, China / U. of Southern California Wilkes Giovanni Manzoni Jr. Cremella, Italy / Lynn University BY STATE/COUNTRY Joe Pagdin Fr. Sheffield, England / Lake Nona H.S. Florida (7) John DuBois, Manny Girona, Ryan Hart, Jo- Christophe Stutts So. Maitland, Fla. / Winter Park HS nah Leach, Christophe Stutts, Tyler Wilkes Tyler Wilkes Fr. Tampa, Fla. / Gaither High School Brazil (1) Fred Biondi Head Coach: JC Deacon (7th season, UNLV, ‘05) Associate Head Coach: Mark Leon (4th season, Penn State, ‘05) California (1) Ricky Castillo Chile (1) Carlos Bustos China (1) Yuxin Lin England (1) Joe Pagdin France (1) Quentin Debove Italy (1) Giovanni Manzoni 2020-21 STATISTICS Best Name Avg.