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Monday, September 27

Glencoe, Ill.

All Day

University of North Florida

Windon Memorial Classic

9/26/2021 11:00:00 AM | Men's Golf

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By: North Florida Athletics

FIRST TEE — North Florida Men's Golf returns to action for their second event of the fall season, Monday and Tuesday, at the Windon Memorial Classic hosted by Northwestern University.

COURSE REPORT
- Lake Shore Country Club (Glencoe, Ill.)
- Par 71 | 7,100 yards
- 54 holes (36 holes with shotgun start on Monday | 18 holes with tee times on Tuesday)

ON THE TEE (Osprey lineup with 2021-22 averages)
Nick Gabrelcik (70.67)
Grant Sutliff (70.67)
Davis Lee (73.67)
Cooper Smith (collegiate debut)
Cody Carroll (season debut | 73.35 career avg)

THE FIELD: 14 Teams (Current Golfstat Top 100 Rankings / Final 2020-21)
#21 North Florida
#25 Georgia Tech
#31 Notre Dame
#38 Washington
#41 Kent State
#45 South Florida
#49 Ohio State
#50 Indiana
#51 Kansas
#64 Northwestern
#73 Michigan State
#91 UC Davis
Cal Poly
Marquette

TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK
- UNF's lineup features two seniors, a junior, a sophomore and a freshman
- This marks Ospreys 7th all-time appearance in the Windon Memorial, but the first since 2006 | UNF's top finish was 4th-place in 2002
- North Florida begins play Monday at 8:45 a.m. starting on Hole 10 for a day of 36 holes of competition | Will be paired with Kansas and UC Davis

SCORECARD REPORT
- Sophomore Nick Gabrelcik, finished the season ranked No. 2 in Golfstat national individual rankings after winning three medalist titles | Named ASUN Golfer of the Year and Freshman of the Year & All-ASUN 1st team | Earned the Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award | Named to the "Watch List" for the prestigious Haskins Award, presented to the collegiate Golfer of the Year | Semifinalist for the Ben Hogan Award | Chosen to represent the United States in the Palmer Cup | Reached semifinal match of U.S. Amateur
- Sophomore Robbie Higgins reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Junior Boys Championship over the summer
- Freshman Cooper Smith is making his collegiate debut in the event
- Grant Sutliff is coming off his first career Top 10 finish in the last event
- Senior Cody Carroll is making his season debut at the Windon
- The Ospreys earned Top 5 finishes in six of nine events last season including a victory at the Sea Best Invitational, marking the 30th team title in the program's Division I era
- Ospreys have captured a tournament championship in each of the past five seasons
- North Florida qualified for its 16th NCAA Regional in the program's D1 era last season, making it 11 consecutive regional appearances

FROM THE 19th HOLE (Recap from last event)
- UNF earned a 5th place finish at the season opening Rod Myers Intercollegiate in Durham, N.C.
- Nick Gabrelcik and Grant Sutliff shared team honors with both players finishing T8th with 4-under 212

CLUBOUSE CHATTER
"Looking forward to heading to Chicago area as the courses are always fun and challenging up there. The tournament field is very good and will be a great test for our team."
- Head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida concludes its fall tournament schedule Oct. 17-19 in the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational hosted by UCF at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Fla.

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