The third-year Gator, Poulter, led through all three rounds before finding himself tied on the final hole in the 45th annual Schenkel Invitational. He made his final of nine birdies to secure medalist honors and become the sixth Gator to win at the tournament, joining Andy Bean, Matt Every, Phil Hancock, Steve Scott and Bank Vongvanij.

Poulter finished 8-under through 54-holes, which consisted of 41 pars, nine birdies, an eagle and only three bogeys. He shot a final round of even par 72 to total seven rounds of par or better in 12 rounds this spring. 

Florida logged a final team round of 10-under to finish 21-under for the weekend and a single stroke back from team champion No. 12 Utah (-22), who shot 11-under today to edge out the Gators. The second place finish is the second for UF this season and seventh top-5. 

Firing a final round of 4-under 68, Ian Gilligan finished a shot back of the first-time winner Poulter at 7-under. A six-time champion himself, Gilligan made six birdies in his final round with a stretch of four in five holes between 8-12. The outing was his second runner-up finish this season and 13th career top-3.

Securing his third consecutive T9 finish, Matthew Kress had a 73 (+1) in the final round and totaled -3 through 54-holes. In his last nine rounds, six are for par or better. Competing as an individual, freshman Parker Sands tied his season-best performance in T9 with Kress. Sands posted a 3-under 69 in his final set of 18-holes this afternoon. 

Also carding a 4-under 68 was Jack Turner, who finished T27 at +1. The round marked his best of the weekend and now has a team-high 13 rounds of par or better. Zack Swanwick followed Turner with his best round at 2-under 70 to end T31 at +3. 

Freshman Rylan Shim rounded out the Gators competing in T65 at +11.

One more regular season tournament remains in the Calusa Cup (April 6-8) before the first part of the postseason at the SEC Championship (April 23-27) at St. Simons Island, Ga. at Sea Island Golf Club.