Florida golf’s Fred Biondi won the NCAA Division I men’s golf individual championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Monday thanks in large part to six birdies in the final round of the competition. The senior from São Paulo, Brazil, earned the third individual title for the Gators, a list that now includes him, Bob Murphy (1966) and Nick Gillum (2001).
The win earned Biondi an exemption into the 2024 Masters and the 2023 U.S. Open — if he decides to remain an amateur.
“This could not happen to a better young man than Fred Biondi,” Florida coach J.C. Deacon said. “He’s amazing. It makes me so emotional just talking about it.”
The Gators will be the second seed in match play and will face Virginia on Tuesday morning. North Carolina is the top seed and will face Arizona State, which beat Stanford on the second playoff hole for the eighth and final spot. The Gators won the SEC Championship in match play last month, beating top-ranked Vanderbilt in the final.
Take a look below at highlights from Biondi’s title-winning effort on Monday, May 29.