TOURNAMENT: Florida Gator Invitational
WHEN: Friday, February 16 – Saturday, February 17
LOCATION: Gainesville, Fla.
COURSE: Mark Bostick Golf Course (Par 70 – 6,701 Yards)
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TAMPA, FLA., February 15, 2024 – The University of South Florida men's golf team opens the Spring schedule in the Florida Gator Invitational in Gainesville on February 16-17 The Bulls, looking to carry over the momentum following a record-setting Fall season, are led by head coach
Steve Bradley, the five-time AAC Coach of the Year is in his 10th season.
In the Fall, the Bulls won back-to-back tournaments as a team and had consecutive individual winners at those same tournaments. The Bulls finished in the top five at all four events.
The Bulls' first win in the Fall came at the USF Invitational where the Bulls tied Stetson for first place at -16 to capture USF's second win in the event. Senior
Sam Nicholson, competing as an individual, earned the first win of his career. Nicholson tied a program record for the lowest 36-hole total, shooting 133 (-11) in the first two rounds on Monday.
The Bulls captured their second consecutive win at the Quail Valley Invitational and graduate student
Brock Healy recorded his first win at USF. Healy closed with a 69 (-3) to make up ground and finish in a three-way tie for first at 203 (-13), his first win at USF. The 203 total is the career best for Healy, a transfer from Kennesaw State.
The Florida Gator Invitational is the first of six Spring events leading into the American Conference Championship and NCAA Regional play.
The Bulls will compete in a 16-team field that will include host Florida, which will field and A and B team, Augusta State, FAU, FGCU, Furman, Jacksonville, Kentucky, Liberty, Navy, Nebraska, Penn State, UCF, UNF, and West Virginia.
In the 54-hole event, the field will play 36 holes on Friday, February 16, beginning with a shotgun start at 7:50 a.m. (EST). On Saturday, the competitors will play 18 holes with tee times beginning at 8:00 a.m. (EST). The tournament was moved up from its original schedule due to possible inclement weather.
Along with
Sam Nicholson and
Brock Healy, the Bulls' charge in 2023-24 Bulls will be led by
Jake Peacock, a member 2022-23 AAC Men's Golf All-Conference team. Peacock finished tied for fourth in the USF Invitational at 209 (-7), his fourth top 10 finish as a Bull. He paced the Bulls in the team's opening event, the Knoxville Classic, carding a +1 211 to finish 22
nd in the 84-player field. He matched his career-best with a 66 in the opening round and finished tied for 14
th at the Windon Memorial Classic.
Head Coach
Steve Bradley announced the following competitors for the Bulls in Gainesville:
Sam Nicholson (Sr., Atlantic Beach, Fla.),
Jake Peacock (Jr., Milton, Ga.),
Brock Healy (Gr., Norcross, Ga.),
Cooper Smith (Redshirt Jr., Tampa, Fla.), and
Shubham Jaglan (Jr., Delhi, India).
About USF Men's Golf
The USF men's golf program has captured 17 conference titles and has seen players earn 19 All-America honors. The Bulls have won five American Athletic Conference Tournament championships in wire-to-wire fashion, winning four-consecutive from 2015-18. The Bulls have had four individual conference champions, including Albin Bergstrom in 2021, and gone on to earn nine straight NCAA Regional appearances, including a 6th place finish in NCAA Championship match-play in 2015. USF is led by Steve Bradley, who has been named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year five times since taking over the program in 2014. The Bulls have posted 22 tournament wins under Bradley entering the 2023-24 season, by far the most under any coach in program history.
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