Gabrelcik Wins Individual Title, Ospreys Place Third at Sea Best Invitational

Tuesday, February 1

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

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University of North Florida

Sea Best Invitational

Gabrelcik Wins Individual Title, Ospreys Place Third at Sea Best Invitational

2/1/2022 4:00:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Results

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. - Nick Gabrelcik claimed the fourth individual win of his career, as well as back-to-back titles at the Sea Best Invitational, to lead No. 49 North Florida to a third-place finish at the Sea Best Invitational Tuesday, Feb. 1. Gabrelcik had the best round of any player in the final round at 5-under, which led to him becoming the individual champion by six strokes.

The Ospreys improved across all phases in the final round at TPC Sawgrass, as they jumped from their ninth-place start from Monday to finish among the top three teams.

COURSE REPORT

TPC at Sawgrass - Dye's Valley (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.)
Par 70 | 6,790 yards
Tuesday, Feb. 1 | 18 holes
RESULTS: Golfstat Live Stats link

SCORECARD
3rd - North Florida | 13-over 853 (296-283-274)
1. Nick Gabrelcik | 7-under 203 (69-69-65)
T21. Jason Duff | 5-over 215 (74-72-69)
T26. Davis Lee | 6-over 216 (77-71-68)
T41. Cody Carroll | 9-over 219 (76-71-72)
T76. Robbie Higgins | 22-over 232 (77-78-77)

T63. Cooper Smith (Ind.) | 15-over 225 (76-73-76)
T68. Grant Sutliff (Ind.) | 17-over 227 (77-76-74)

TEAM STANDINGS
#42 Florida (6-over), #25 Liberty (12-over), #49 North Florida (13-over), UAB (17-over), Louisville (18-over), College of Charleston (19-over), #9 Texas A&M (19-over), Campbell (20-over), FGCU (26-over), Jacksonville (26-over), #45 Charlotte (27-over), Lipscomb (39-over), USC Upstate (62-over)

That's ??2???? individual titles at Sea Best for Nick Gabrelcik!

Gabrelcik carded 5-under 65 in the final round to complete the invite at 7-under 203 and win the individual title by six strokes!#SWOOPLife // #BirdiesOfPrey pic.twitter.com/ojmGFzPPRx
— UNF Men's Golf (@OspreyMGolf) February 1, 2022

ROUND REFLECTIONS
- Nick Gabrelcik put together one of the best performance's of his young career with a 5-under 65 round that included six birdies and only one hole where he shot bogey or worse.
- Gabrelcik has also won every hometown tournament he's been in so far in his collegiate career, with individual wins at the 2021 Sea Best Invitational, 2021 The Hayt, and 2022 Sea Best Invitational.
- Davis Lee had an impressive day shooting 2-under 68 with nine straight pars to start the day and birdies on three of the last seven holes, as he finished tied for 26th overall at 6-over 216.
- Jason Duff completed the tournament with the second-most birdies, as he carded 1-under 69 on the day to finish tied for 21st overall at 5-over 215.
- Cody Carroll had a great final round of 2-over 72 to come in tied for 41st at 9-over 219, while Robbie Higgins recorded 7-over 77 on the day to finish at 22-over 232.
- The Ospreys were the only team in the final round to have three or more players turn in scores of under par.
- UNF scored the most birdies out of any team in the tournament and posted the second-best average score on par-four holes.

CLUBHOUSE CHATTER
"Obviously, it was a really good day for Nick [Gabrelcik] getting his fourth collegiate win today. It probably was as good a round of golf as we've seen in while with what he did last year. Even as a team today, we did really good. Davis and Jason played solid, Cody played good for a little stretch of the day and we've been moving up from where we were. We talked a lot yesterday after the round about how we were going to handle ourselves after bad shots and we did a much better job of that today than we did yesterday. It was a solid finish and now we're getting ready for the Bahamas, which should be a really fun trip." -- head coach Scott Schroeder

UP NEXT
North Florida will make their way down to the Bahamas for the Nexus Championship hosted by Auburn at Albany Golf Club from Feb. 14-16.