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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The #55 Florida Gulf Coast University men’s golf team will travel to Gainesville, Fla., to compete in the Gators Invitational on Feb. 14-15 at Mark Bostick Golf Course.
Representing the Eagles in the tournament will be Nolan Harper, Sebastian Gamboa, Brett Moore, Christian Figueredo and Sacha Ruiz.
The tournament will be played on the par-70, 6,701-yard, 18-hole Mark Bostick Golf Course. Teams scheduled to compete include No. 2 Auburn, No. 20 Charlotte, Chattanooga, Florida Atlantic, No. 10 Florida (host), Furman, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Jacksonville, Liberty, No. 21 Notre Dame, No. 12 Oklahoma State, Penn State, UCF, North Florida, South Florida and West Virginia. The field includes the last three NCAA national champions, five teams ranked inside the top 22 nationally, eight teams that qualified for NCAA Regionals, four teams that advanced to the NCAA National Championships, three teams that won NCAA Regionals last season and three teams that captured conference championships a year ago. Individually, the field is equally strong, featuring 21 players ranked inside the top 200 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, 17 inside the top 150, 15 inside the top 100, eight inside the top 50, four inside the top 10 and three inside the top five.
FGCU enters the weekend coming off a 3-over-par performance at the SeaBest Invitational, finishing fifth in a 14-team field in a tournament that was shortened to two rounds due to cold weather. Sebastian Gamboa led the way for the Eagles, finishing the event at even par after a steady closing round of 69 and anchoring a lineup that consistently created scoring opportunities throughout the tournament. Sacha Ruiz followed closely with a final-round 73 to finish at 1-over par and tied for the 12th-most birdies in the field with eight over the two rounds. Brett Moore added a final-round 72 to finish the week at 2-over par and continued to provide consistency across both rounds, while Christian Figueredo also finished at 2-over par after a 73 in the final round and delivered several timely birdies down the stretch. Nolan Harper rounded out the scoring with a 74 in the final round to finish 3-over par and tied for the 10th-most birdies in the field with nine.
As a team, the Eagles were among the most aggressive and efficient scoring groups in the field, combining a tournament-best 36 birdies with one of the lowest bogey totals to secure the fifth-place finish at the SeaBest Invitational.
Following the Gators Invitational, FGCU will return to competition at the Johnnie-O Invitational on March 9-10 at Sea Island Golf Club in Sea Island, Ga. The event will be hosted by Rutgers.
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