Men's Golf Battles Ups and Downs on Opening Day of Gator Invitational

Friday, February 12

Gainesville, Fla.

11:30 a.m.

University of North Florida

Gator Invitational

Cody Carroll watches his putt roll toward the hole

Men's Golf Battles Ups and Downs on Opening Day of Gator Invitational

2/12/2021 8:46:00 PM | Men's Golf

Live Scoring

By: North Florida Athletics

FIRST TEE — North Florida men's golf had a rollercoaster of an opening day Friday at the Gator Invitational battling a talented field and tough weather conditions to sit in 14th place after 30 holes of competition.

COURSE REPORT
- Mark Bostick Golf Club
- Par 70 | 6,701 yards
- Friday, Feb. 12 | 30 holes
- RESULTS: GolfStat Live Stats link

SCORECARD (Osprey lineup)
T4 Nick Gabrelcik | 5-under (68- -3 thru 12)
T62 Cody Carroll | 1-over (69- +2 thru 12)
T78 Nick Infanti | 2-over (71- +1 thru 12)
T97 Grant Sutliff | 4-over (66- +8 thru 12)
119 Robbie Higgins | 10-over (75- +5 thru 12)

TEAM STANDINGS: 21 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / thru 11-17-20)
#3 Georgia (-20), Liberty (-17), #8 Auburn (-14), #16 LSU (-13), #15 Florida (-13), #1 Vanderbilt (-12), Washington (-9), USF (-8), #4 Tennessee (-7), #11 Georgia Southern (-6), Jacksonville (-4), #6 Arkansas (-3), NORTH FLORIDA (-1), #12 South Carolina (E), #21 Mississippi State (+2), #34 Missouri (+3), West Virginia (+4), #35 Coastal Carolina (+5), Penn State (+11), UCF (+14)

ROUND REFLECTIONS
- In his season debut, Grant Sutliff carded the low round of the day for the Ospreys carding a 4-under 66 in the morning session
- Freshman Nick Grabelcik continues his stellar play, ranking T4 thru 30 holes after shooting a 2-under 68 (his fifth round in the 60s this season) to start the day and sit 3-under thru 12 holes in his second round
- Cody Carroll also posted an under-par opening round, shooting a 1-under 69
- Ospreys were T4 as a team thru the opening 18 holes following a 6-under 274 | UNF struggled during the afternoon wave, sitting a 5-over thru 12 holes
- UNF made 99 pars on the first day paced by 22 from Carroll
- Gabrelcik accounted for 7 of North Florida's 22 opening day birdies

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER
"We had some good and some bad today. Morning round left us in a nice spot, and showed what we are capable of doing. The afternoon round was a struggle. We can't have four guys over par when the course is playing that easy. We need to finish up the second round strong and play the final round well."
- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
Starting at 8 a.m. in the morning, North Florida will complete the final six holes of round two and then move directly into final round action.