Florida led from start to finish, setting a program-record 54-hole score and surpassing the previous mark by 15 shots. The Gators also rewrote the tournament record book in the opening round, firing a 9-under 271, the lowest round in event history.<\/p>\n
Junior Paula Francisco headlined the victory, capturing her first collegiate individual title with a 10-under 200, breaking a 10-year program record for lowest 54-hole score. Francisco posted rounds of 68-65-67, with her second-round 65 tying the second-lowest round in program history. She went on to win the tournament by five shots, marking a breakthrough moment after previously recording two runner-up finishes in her college career.<\/p>\n
Florida placed all five players in the starting lineup inside the top 12, highlighting the team\u2019s depth.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Siuue Wu finished T-2 at 5-under 205 (65-69-71), matching a career-best tournament score. Her opening-round 65 tied the second-lowest round in program history, a mark Francisco also matched later in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Graduate student Megan Propeck finished T-7 at 2-under 208 (71-70-67) after closing with a strong final-round 67. Freshman Katelyn Huber finished T-9 at 1-over 211 (67-71-73), while senior Addison Klonowski placed 12th at 2-over 212 (71-72-69).<\/p>\n
Competing as an individual, sophomore Elaine Widjaja recorded a career-best finish, placing 5th at 3-under 207 (69-67-71).<\/p>\n
Statistically, Florida led the field in par-4 scoring (3.95 average) and par-5 scoring (4.89 average) while recording the most birdies in the tournament with 52.<\/p>\n
The win marked Florida\u2019s fourth team title of the season and the 28th victory in the history of the Gators Invitational, continuing a long tradition of dominance for the host program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida led from start to finish, setting a program-record 54-hole score and surpassing the previous mark by 15…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19545,19544,28,86444,40960,30,29,86447,86446,86445],"class_list":["post-183663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-amateur-golf-news","tag-amateurgolf-com","tag-florida","tag-florida-gators-womens-invitational","tag-florida-golf-tournaments","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gainesville-florida-golf","tag-gainesville-golf-tournaments","tag-the-mark-bostick-golf-course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}