GAINESVILLE- In a competitive Gators Invitational field, Charlotte Men’s Golf started their spring season with a fifth-place finish at the Mark Bostick Golf Course. This marked the 49th year of the event, tied for sixth longest-run D1 golf tournament. The course was played as a par-70 at 6,701 yards.
Charlotte shot 12 over par as a team (852) to finish inside the top five. American Conference rival South Florida, who the Niners edged out in a playoff last year in the conference championship, took fourth place this weekend 844 (+4).
Host school #10 Florida (813, -27) won the team title in dominant fashion by 14 strokes over #2 Auburn. #12 Oklahoma State finished third at 838 (-2).
COACH’S CORNER
“I feel like we had a few good individual rounds with Seb Cave and Daniel Boone, Jr. in round one,” said Head Coach Ryan Cabbage. “Chase Cline had a good first round as an individual. Today, when the wind picked up Boone, Jr. and Frazer Jones played well but overall, we did not play very well as a team. We struggled with putting and made mistakes around the greens. We couldn’t hit it into the spots and play from the positions that we needed on a consistent basis around a golf course like this with the conditions as they were. We are fortunate to finish fifth against a pretty good field. I do think that’s the sign of a good team as we didn’t play particularly well and still finished fifth. Although, it still wasn’t good enough to be competitive with the likes of Auburn and Florida. I think we are good enough to do so but we have to play well to keep up with those guys and we didn’t do that this week.”
TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Dates: Saturday, Feb. 14 – Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026
Course: Mark Bostick Golf Course – Gainesville, Florida
Scoring: clt49e.rs/GatorsInvite
Par/Yardage: 70/ 6,701 Yards
TOP FIVE TEAMS
1st – Florida (813, -27)
2nd – Auburn (827, -13)
3rd – Oklahoma State (838, -2)
4th – South Florida (844, +4)
5th – Charlotte (852, +12)
THE FIELD
No. 2 Auburn, No. 20 Charlotte, Chattanooga, FAU, FGCU, No. 10 Florida, Furman, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Jacksonville, Liberty, No. 21 Notre Dame, No. 12 Oklahoma State, Penn State, UCF, UNF, USF, and West Virginia.
The field was highlighted by the last three NCAA National Champions and five current top 21 teams. Eight teams that qualified for NCAA Regionals last season and four teams that qualified for NCAA National Championships. In the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR), the field features 15 top-100 players, eight top-50 players, four top-10 players and three top-five players.
Seb Cave (154) and Justin Mathews (173) are the two highest ranked players for Charlotte in the WAGR rankings.
CHARLOTTE SCORECARD
T15th – Daniel Boone, Jr. (210, E)
T17th – Seb Cave (211, +1)
T27th – Chase Cline (individual) (213, +3)
T30th – Justin Matthews (214, +4)
T62nd – Frazer Jones (219, +9)
T67th – Alex Bock (220, +10)
NEXT UP
Charlotte Men’s Golf will return to action on March 7th for day one of The Hayt at Sawgrass Country Club, hosted by North Florida.