Francisco’s 67 leads Gators in Opening Round of SEC Championship

Last Updated: April 14, 2025By


BELLEAIR, Fla. – Florida women’s golfer Paula Francisco led the Gators with a 3-under 67 in the opening round of the SEC Championship on Monday at Pelican Golf Club. 

Florida had a team round of 282 (+2) and are in 6th through 18-holes. The Gators will tee off the second round tomorrow at 8:10 a.m. paired with Ole Miss and Texas, who are both tied for 4th at 1-under. Following the third round of stroke play, the top-8 teams advance to match play. 

Francisco’s 67 (-3) was a postseason career-low for the sophomore and marked the lowest round by score and par at the SEC Championship by a Gator since Marina Escobar’s 67 (-5) in 2022. Francisco began with one her six birdies to start her second conference tournament, which ranked second in the field. After a bogey on nine, she finished bogey-free 3-under with a stretch of three birdies in the first holes on the back nine. Francisco is tied for 6th and two back of the solo lead. 

Karoline Tuttle closed strong with a birdie on the par-4 18th, which tied for the second-hardest hole on the course today with a mark of +.40 and featured 11-plus double-bogeys or higher. She was 2-over with five holes left and finished bogey-free 2-under to shoot an even-par 70 to sit T20.

The final two counting scores finished within a stroke from each other in Jessica Guiser’s 72 (+2) and Inès Archer‘s 73 (+3). The pair are tied for 38th and 48th, respectively. 

Rounding out the lineup was Addison Klonowski with a 77 (+7). 

Team Leaderboard




















Place School Round 1 Par
1 South Carolina 266 -14
2 LSU 275 -5
3 Auburn 276 -4
T4 Ole Miss 279 -1
T4 Texas 279 -1
6 Florida 282 +2
T7 Tennessee 283 +3
T7 Mississippi State 283 +3
9 Texas A&M 284 +4
T10 Kentucky 286 +6
T10 Alabama 286 +6
T12 Arkansas 288 +8
T12 Vanderbilt 288 +8
T12 Oklahoma 288 +8
T12 Missouri 288 +8
16 Georgia 306 +26

 


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