Sunday, September 24
Dallas, TX
ALL DAY
Florida Gators
at
Trinity Forest
Florida tops the leaderboard after day one of Trinity Forest
Sunday, September 24, 2017 | Men's Golf
Three Gators in top 10 of the leaderboard
DALLAS, Texas. -- Day one of the Trinity Forest had plenty of headlines for the Gators including an ace from Blake Dyer, three Gators in the top 10 and Florida atop the leaderboard.
Paced by three Gators in the top 10 and four at even or below par, Florida holds a one shot lead (-9) over Texas through 18 holes.
Alejandro Tosti leads all Gator scores carding a 67 (-4) as he is two stokes back of Texas' Scottie Scheffler for the lead.
Chris Nido and Andy Zhang also were in red numbers. Nido posted 68 (-3) which included an eagle on the par five 11th. Zhang is one stoke back of Nido at two-under-par.
All three finished in the top 10 on the leaderboard with Tosti tied for second, Nido tied for sixth and Zhang tied for 10th.
The Gators day got off to a quick start when Dyer found the bottom of the cup withe a seven iron on his third holes of the round. It is the first time in his career that Dyer has carded an ace in competition. Competing as an individual, Dyer is tied for 14th after 18 holes.
Round two starts tomorrow morning 9:30 a.m. (ET) with the first Gator tee at 10:20 a.m. ET.
Coach's Take
"I love the patience and discipline we showed as a team today. We didn't get off to the best of starts but all 5 of the guys stayed in it. Our back 9 was fantastic. 11 birdies and an eagle with minimal mistakes. We need to rely on that patient and discipline mindset the rest of the week and year for that matter. Also a BIG cheers to Blake Dyer on his hole-in-one. He does so many great things for us, I'm really happy to see that happen to him." - Coach JC Deacon
Final Scores:
Team
Florida Individual
Competing Individually
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Paced by three Gators in the top 10 and four at even or below par, Florida holds a one shot lead (-9) over Texas through 18 holes.
Alejandro Tosti leads all Gator scores carding a 67 (-4) as he is two stokes back of Texas' Scottie Scheffler for the lead.
Chris Nido and Andy Zhang also were in red numbers. Nido posted 68 (-3) which included an eagle on the par five 11th. Zhang is one stoke back of Nido at two-under-par.
All three finished in the top 10 on the leaderboard with Tosti tied for second, Nido tied for sixth and Zhang tied for 10th.
The Gators day got off to a quick start when Dyer found the bottom of the cup withe a seven iron on his third holes of the round. It is the first time in his career that Dyer has carded an ace in competition. Competing as an individual, Dyer is tied for 14th after 18 holes.
Round two starts tomorrow morning 9:30 a.m. (ET) with the first Gator tee at 10:20 a.m. ET.
Coach's Take
"I love the patience and discipline we showed as a team today. We didn't get off to the best of starts but all 5 of the guys stayed in it. Our back 9 was fantastic. 11 birdies and an eagle with minimal mistakes. We need to rely on that patient and discipline mindset the rest of the week and year for that matter. Also a BIG cheers to Blake Dyer on his hole-in-one. He does so many great things for us, I'm really happy to see that happen to him." - Coach JC Deacon
Final Scores:
Team
| 1 | Florida | 275 (-9) |
| 2 | Texas | 276 (-8) |
| 3 | Auburn | 278 (-6) |
| 4 | USC | 282 (-2) |
| T5 | Oregon | 283 (-1) |
| T5 | North Texas | 283 (-1) |
| 7 | Texas Tech | 284 (E) |
| 8 | Clemson | 285 (+1) |
| 9 | Ball State | 288 (+4) |
| 10 | Iowa | 290 (+6) |
| T11 | Pepperdine | 292 (+8) |
| T11 | SMU | 292 (+8) |
| 13 | Kansas State | 296 (+12) |
Florida Individual
| Alejandro Tosti | T2 | 67 (-4) |
| Chris Nido | T6 | 68 (-3) |
| Andy Zhang | T10 | 69 (-2) |
| Gordon Neale | T23 | 71 (E) |
| John Axelsen | T48 | 76 (+5) |
Competing Individually
| Blake Dyer | T14 | 70 (-1) |
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