MOBILE, Ala. - North Florida men's golf had the best score of any team in the final round to finish as the runner-ups at the ASUN Championship on Wednesday afternoon.
The Ospreys completed their week at 49-under 815, which sets a new record for best 54-hole tournament score in program history, eclipsing the mark of 816 set at the Ka'anapali Classic in 2018. It was also the team's fourth top-two finish as a team this season and ninth top-five finish as well.
Nick Gabrelcik and
Robbie Higgins both turned in their third consecutive rounds in the 60s during the last day of play to both make the ASUN All-Tournament Team with top-five individual finishes. With a runner-up finish, Gabrelcik has now placed inside the top two in each of the past three conference meets he's competed in.
COURSE REPORT
Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course (Mobile, Ala.)
Par 72 | 7,212 Yards
Wednesday, Apr. 26 | 18 holes
RESULTS: Golfstat Live Stats Link
SCORECARD (Osprey lineup)
2 - North Florida | 49-under 815 (271-273-271)
T2.
Nick Gabrelcik | 16-under 200 (66-67-67)
T5.
Robbie Higgins | 14-under 202 (64-69-69)
9.
Davis Lee | 11-under 205 (70-69-66)
T14.
Lance Yates | 8-under 208 (71-68-69)
T17.
Cody Carroll | 7-under 209 (71-69-69)
TEAM STANDINGS: 14 Teams
#39 Liberty (53-under),
#42 North Florida (49-under), Jacksonville (32-under), Kennesaw State (31-under), Jacksonville State (31-under), #91 Stetson (28-under), #93 Lipscomb (27-under), North Alabama (20-under), #85 Florida Gulf Coast (19-under), Queens (17-under), Austin Peay (14-under), Central Arkansas (4-under), Eastern Kentucky (3-under), Bellarmine (10-over)
ROUND REFLECTIONS
- Gabrelcik had five birdies and no bogeys or worse in the final round to card 6-under 66 for a second straight round and 16-under 200 overall.
- The ASUN Golfer of the Year matched his best individual tournament score to par (16-under) and second-best 54-hole tournament score (200).
- The junior finished with the second-best par-five average at 10-under and the second-most birdies with 19 total.
- Higgins finished out his week with four birdies in the final round to place among the top five at 14-under.
- The First Team All-ASUN selection had the fourth-most birdies with 17 total and the best par-four average by four strokes at 12-under with Gabrelcik having the second-best at 8-under.
- The fellow junior completed the week by matching his career-best 54-hole score of 202.
- Davis Lee put together five birdies over a span of seven holes and finished the round with nothing worse than par to match his career-best 18-hole score of 6-under 66.
- His score of 11-under 205 is a career-best 54-hole mark to give him a ninth-overall placement at the ASUN meet.
- The senior was the team leader in pars with 37 total, while also recording a top-four par-three average at 1-under.
- Lance Yates surpassed his best 54-hole score with a strong final round in Mobile at 8-under 208 combined.
- He picked up the seventh-best par-four average at 7-under to be the third Osprey in the top 10 with that mark.
- Cody Carroll had five birdies, including a strong 3-under through four holes to start the final round, to finish tied for 17th at 7-under 209.
- In his fifth year with the program, he set a career-best 54-hole score at 209.
- He passes up his old mark of 210 that was set three times in three different seasons.
- The Ospreys had two players in the top five, three players in the top 10 and were the only team to have all all five players in the top 17.
- They also had lapped their season-best 18-hole score twice this week in the first and final rounds.
- UNF finished with the best par-four average by 22 strokes at 32-under, the most birdies with 77 total and second-best par-five average at 32-under.
- The squad also finished with every score in the 60s for a second straight round as well, giving the Ospreys 12 of the 15 total scores turned in at that mark.
COACH'S THOUGHTS
UP NEXT
North Florida will wait to see if they will be selected to one of the six NCAA regional tournament sites that will be played from May 15-17.
