TOURNEY TIDBITS: 2021 Gator Invitational

FIRST TEE — The North Florida men's golf team will be competing for a fourth consecutive week when the Ospreys make their annual appearance this weekend at the Gator Invitational (Feb. 12-14) in Gainesville, Fla.

ON THE TEE (Osprey lineup with 2020-21 averages)
Nick Gabrelcik (69.17)
Nick Infanti (74.00)
Robbie Higgins (73.17)
Grant Sutliff (72.33 - 2019-20)
Cody Carroll (72.17)

COURSE REPORT
- Mark Bostick Golf Club
- Par 70 | 6,701 yards
- 54 holes (3 rounds of 18 holes)
- Modified Shotgun start at 8-8:40 a.m. Friday | North Florida paired with Arkansas, Auburn, South Carolina on Hole 4 | Saturday/Sunday tee formats to be determined

THE FIELD: 21 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / thru 11-17-20)

#9 Alabama
#6 Arkansas
#8 Auburn
#35 Coastal Carolina
#15 Florida
#3 Georgia
#11 Georgia Southern
Jacksonville
Liberty
#16 LSU
#21 Mississippi State
#34 Missouri
North Florida
Penn State
#12 South Carolina
#4 Tennessee
UCF
USF
#1 Vanderbilt
West Virginia
Washington

TOURNAMENT REFLECTIONS
- North Florida is making its 28th overall and 22nd consecutive appearance in the Gator Invitational
- UNF has boasted Top 5 finishes in the Gator seven times including a program best runner-up showing in 2013
- Ospreys finished 10th (290-291-285=866) last season
- Only two golfers in the Osprey lineup have played in the Gator: Cody Carroll (2x with top finish T49) and Nick Infanti (last year finished T24)
- Field features 13 squads listed in the current Top 50 highlighted by six Top 10 teams

SCORECARD REPORT
- Freshman Nick Gabrelcik has started his college career with a bang, claiming a pair of ASUN Golfer of the Week honors following two Top 5 finishes
- Gabrelcik earned the medalist honors at the Sea Best Invitational | He was T4 in his collegiate debut (Timuquana Collegiate)
- Four of Gabrelcik's six competitive rounds have been in the 60s this season
- North Florida collected the team crown at the Sea Best Invitational marking the 30th team title in the program's Division I era
- In two events, UNF boasts seven Top 25 individual finishes
- Ospreys have captured a tournament championship in each of the past five seasons
- UNF topped rival Jacksonville, 8-4, in the Pablo Creek Collegiate Cup match on Feb. 8

FROM THE 19th HOLE (Recap from last event)
- North Florida led wire-to-wire in earning the team title at the Sea Best Invitational on Feb. 1-2 at TPC Sawgrass
- UNF finished 21-over 861 (280-291-290) and topped the field by 12 strokes
- Nick Gabrelcik claimed medalist honors at 3-under 207 (66-73-68)
- Gabrelcik was joined by Nick Infanti (13th), Robbie Higgins (T14) and Cody Carroll (T23) as Top 25 performers for the Ospreys

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER
"It should be a fun weekend as it is a great field for us to compare ourselves against. The weather could present some challenges, but we did a nice job last week handling it so hopefully the guys can lean on that experience."
-- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
After competing in the Gator Invitational, UNF concludes a stretch of five consecutive weeks of competition at the Seminole Intercollegiate on Feb. 20-21 in Tallahassee, Fla.

GolfStat Live Stats link

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Cody Carroll

Nick Gabrelcik

Robbie Higgins

Nick Infanti

Grant Sutliff

Footer