TOURNEY TIDBITS: 2022 Quail Valley Collegiate Invitational

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's golf returns to Florida for its first in-state event of the fall season when it competes in the Quail Valley Collegiate hosted by Michigan State from Oct. 16-17 in Vero Beach, Fla.

The Ospreys are coming off of back-to-back top-five finishes at Duke and Northwestern over the past month. Robbie Higgins took home his first career medalist crown at the Windon Memorial Classic and aims to place in the top 25 for a third straight time to start the fall season.

COURSE REPORT

Quail Valley Golf Club (Vero Beach, Fla.)
Par 72 | 7,350 yards
54 holes (Three rounds of 18 holes)

ON THE TEE (2021-22 scoring average)

Nick Gabrelcik (71.67)
Robbie Higgins (70.50)
Davis Lee (73.00)
Cooper Smith (70.67)
Cody Carroll (72.33)

THE FIELD: 16 Teams

#29 Notre Dame
#32 Cincinnati
#42 North Florida
#45 Missouri
#48 Northwestern
#49 Indiana
#56 Michigan State
#58 Liberty
#59 Wisconsin
#70 Memphis
#83 South Florida
#87 Toledo
#91 Rutgers
Maryland
Northern Illinois
Penn State

TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK

This will be the sixth all-time appearance and their first showing at the Quail Valley Collegiate since 2019.
Played from 2014-2016, as well as 2018 & 2019, with two team titles in 2014 and 2018.
Their latest appearance in 2019 was a top-four placement at 33-under 831.
In 2019, both Davis Lee and Cody Carroll competed at the meet, as Davis posted a top-five finish at 11-under 205.
This will be their second par-72 event played this season after coming off a par-70 course at Northwestern.
The projected team lineup for this week will include a sophomore, two juniors, a senior and a graduate player.
The tournament field consists of 13 of the 16 teams within Golfstat's top 100 teams, as six teams sit inside the top 50.
There are also nine Power Five teams at the meet, as well as Liberty, who is a familiar ASUN opponent.
UNF starts the event playing the first and second rounds on Sunday, Oct. 16, with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start.
The event will finish on Monday, Oct. 17, with the Ospreys wrapping up the final round with tee times starting at 8 a.m. off the first and 10th holes.

FROM THE 19TH HOLE

Nick Gabrelcik recorded a top-10 finish in the team's fall debut event, but fell just outside the top 25 in their last tournament at Northwestern. The back-to-back ASUN Men's Golfer of the Year looks to get back to form in the team's return in the state of Florida.
Robbie Higgins had his best career tournament at the Windon Memorial Classic after recording 6-under with two rounds in the 60s to take home his first medalist crown as an Osprey. The junior aims to repeat his success early this week in Vero Beach.
Davis Lee has played in both meets at Duke and Northwestern with solid event scores for each tournament. He has averaged a score of 73 per round with one round under par and his lowest score at even-par 70 in the second round at Northwestern.
Cooper Smith makes his first appearance as a part of the Ospreys' score this week after playing well in the Windon Memorial Classic a couple weeks ago. He placed as the 13th-overall individual at Northwestern and will be playing in his third career tournament under the team's score.
Cody Carroll rounds out the Osprey group at the Quail Valley Collegiate, as the fifth-year senior is ready to make improvements against top-tier competition. Carroll joins Gabrelick as the only two UNF golfers to have all six rounds count towards the team score through both fall meets.

UP NEXT

North Florida will stay in-state for their first three-day tournament of the fall season at the Isleworth Collegiate hosted by UCF from Oct. 23-25 in Windermere, Fla.

COURSE REPORT

ON THE TEE (2021-22 scoring average)

THE FIELD: 16 Teams

TOURNAMENT NOTEBOOK

FROM THE 19TH HOLE

UP NEXT

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Players Mentioned

Cody Carroll

Nick Gabrelcik

Robbie Higgins

Davis Lee

Cooper Smith

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