Add Fred Biondi’s name to a long list of Gators to win at Mark Bostick Golf Course, Florida’s tricky home track in Gainesville. Biondi, a redshirt junior, claimed the Vystar Gators Invitational individual title on Feb. 13, becoming the 16th player in program history to do so. Biondi birdied his final hole and held off teammate Ricky Castillo by four shots.
Biondi put together rounds of 63-66-67 for a 14-under 196 total.
In the fall, Biondi competed just one time with the team, finishing T13 at the Isleworth Intercollegiate. He played the Sea Best Invitational, Florida’s spring opener, earlier this month and finished T-27. His opening 63 at the Gator was a career best.
Last month, Biondi represented his native Brazil at the Latin America Amateur, where a Masters spot was up for grabs for the winner. Biondi finished tied for second, one shot behind winner Aaron Jarvis.
“I’ve been playing really well lately,” Biondi said in a school release. “A couple good finishes not as good as I wanted last college event but they pretty good at Latin Am now, three weeks ago, and it’s been playing really solid and kind of everything came up together and was good to three together.”
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