Florida Herrengolf drives another top 5 -finish

This weekend there were no stars in the eyes of Florida's men's golf team. Instead, they were clouds. It was a sad sign for the Gator to travel from Sunshine State to a cloudy Las Vegas, Nevada.

In her last tournament, the men's team was able to be together for a victory at The Gator Invitational, the sixth victory in a row at the tournament. On her home course, the team, which did not have to take home a stroke victory this season, was a worldwide difference. Now, back on the street, the Gators fought again to maintain a consistent game.

The team's first 18 round began at 12:50 pm EST, which made it early in Vegas. Parker Bell was particularly absent. Born in Florida, after his first PGA appearance in summer, was out of shape.

Despite an early end of his PGA debut, Bell was an important part of the success of the golf team last season. However, this year was a number of weekends. So far he has been without a top ten finish in the 2024-25 season.

His teammates made progress in his absence this weekend when junior Matthew Kress ended the first 18 as the best scorer of the team with 4 lessons. This brought him a total of T-20 and made it possible for the team to improve 19 and reach them in the top 10.

Another desolate afternoon on day 2 in Las Vegas provided the Gator. However, the team stopped the 10th place over 36 holes.

A ray of hope a day was Kress' 2-end round. On the Par 72 course, Kress marked the lowest score for the Gator in the first two days. He landed the individual results of the Gator with an overall exit at T-16.

Sophomore Jack Turner ended for the first time this weekend under par. He played a clean round with four birdies and only one bogey on the last nine. Despite double bogeying at hole five, he was well furnished to continue his jump in the overall ranking.

On the last day of the Southern Highland Collegiate, a number of ups, downs and finally more OPS for the gators contained. The team started the back nine around noon.

Sophomore Jack Turner opened the day with three fast birdies in the first nine holes. He ended the day 4 underneath, put it on 1 over the tournament and won eighth place in the last balance sheet.

Junior Matthew Kress, as a native of California, is no stranger to the west coast. His constant game through 54 holes made it possible for him to end the tournament in ninth place after completing 2-over.

The last surprise of the Gators of the Gators was Luke Poulter for the 18th hole for the second year. Although Poulter carded a 79 in the first and second round of the tournament in both the first and the second round of the tournament, he pulled together an end holder. He was the only gator to sank a shot two blows early. This last-minute boost delivered the gators in the overall ranking in T-5 to complete the three-day event.