LINEUP

No. 1 – Inès Archer 

No. 2 – Paula Francisco

No. 3 – Siuue Wu

No. 4 – Addison Klonowski

No. 5 – Karoline Tuttle

Individual – Jessica Guiser

Individual – Sarunchana Rattanasin

Individual – Sophie Stevens

Individual – Isa Wu

TEE OFF

The Florida women’s golf team hosts the 53rd Gators Invitational this weekend at Mark Bostick Golf Course.  

SPECTATOR/FAN INFO

Admission is free all weekend for the tournament at Mark Bostick Golf Course.

Additional parking on Friday and Saturday will be at the UF Law School and CampusView Church. Parking on Sunday will be at the UF Law School only. 

THE FIELD 

Charlotte, Chattanooga, Eastern Michigan, FAU, FIU, No. 29 Florida, Jacksonville, Mercer, Michigan , No. 15 Ole Miss, South Alabama, No. 31 UCF, USF and No. 11 Virginia.

TOURNAMENT HISTORY

The Gators home tournament celebrates its 53rd occurrence as the event began in 1973 and was hosted twice both in the fall and spring in Gainesville. 

Florida aims to win the home event the 28th time overall. Under head coach Emily Glaser, the Gators have won the home event nine times.

LAST TIME OUT

Florida placed second at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational with six Gators finishing inside the top-20 while UF earned its seventh top-5 finish of the season, adding to three wins and a pair of 4th place outings in the fall.

Inès Archer was the top finisher in the lineup behind a 5th place outing, marking her second top-5 of the spring slate. She shot a final round of 1-under 71 with a bogey-free back nine to end +5 for the weekend and four shots back of medalist honors. The under par round was only one of 10 through all three rounds. 

FALL RECAP

Florida closed out the first leg of the season with back-to-back victories, including defending its team title at The Ally. The Gators shot a final round of 6-under to end 15-under for a six shot victory over host Mississippi State. The victory is also the 33rd all-time under head coach Emily Glaser; 34th total as she was an assistant coach for a season in 2011-12. 

Redshirt-freshman Addison Klonowski led UF with a stroke average of 71.0 and finished T18 or better in all three stroke play events. She also had a team-high six rounds and two tournaments under par. 

Seven Gators had a T20 finish or better in the fall season with freshman Elaine Widjaja and Klonowski finishing top-25 in all three three stroke play tournaments. 

BIG 3, YEAR 2

The true freshmen trio of Inès Archer, Paula Fransico and Sophie Stevens all put together strong seasons to begin their collegiate careers. 

All earned SEC Freshman Golfer of the Week honors as Archer earned a spot on the All-SEC Freshman Team. Florida’s freshman trio totaled 23 (out of 55) appearances in the lineup, including both postseason events (SEC Championship & NCAA Regionals) where the group combined for 15 rounds played with Archer posting a team-best finish of T20 at SECs. They also totaled seven top-10s and 13 top-25s finishes.

NEW FACES IN THE ORANGE & BLUE

The Gators welcomed four five new Gators in Jessica Guiser (Hartland, Wisc.), Elaine Widjaja (Semarang, Indonesia), Isa Wu (Hong Kong) and Siuue Wu (Hong Kong) along with assistant coach Ashley Sease.

A SEASON AGO

The 2023-24 season, the Gators highlighted the beginning of the season with three consecutive tournament victories to end the fall season. Florida started the stretch off with a six-shot win at the Glass City Invitational, eight-shot victory in the Tar Heel Invitational and capped off by an 11-shot win in the fall finale, The Ally. 

The three wins brought it to 31 tournament wins all-time under head coach Emily Glaser; 32nd total as she was an assistant coach for a season in 2011-12. Florida last won three events in a season in 2015-16 and is the fifth occurrence under Glaser. It marks the most team titles since the 2019-20 season when the Gators last won by double-digits at the Allstate Sugar Bowl by 13.

As a team, the Gators placed top-7 in all nine regular-season tournaments with three wins, seven top-5 and six top-3 finishes. UF also ended with a 2-1 match play record with ranked victories over No. 20 Pepperdine (4-1) and No. 4 UCLA (3-2) at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge.

THE TURN

Florida finishes the regular-season at the Chattanooga Invitational (March 28-29) and then opens play at the SEC Championship on April 14 at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, Fla.