| Florida Gators | |
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| University | University of Florida |
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| Conference | SEC |
| Location | Gainesville, FL |
| Head Coach | Men's:Buddy Alexander (23rd year) Women's:Jan Dowling (1st year) |
| Course | Mark Bostick Golf Course Par: 70 Yards: 6,701 |
| Nickname | Florida Gators |
| Colors | Orange and Blue
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| NCAA Champions | |
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Men's - (1968, 1973, 1993, 2001) Women's - (1985, 1986) |
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| NCAA Individual Champions | |
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Men's - Bob Murphy (1968), Nick Gilliam
(2001) Women's - Pam Dunlap (1986) |
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| Conference Championhips | |
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Men's - (1955, 1956, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985,
1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003) Women's - (1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2008) |
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The Florida Gators golf program represents the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The program includes a men's team and a separate women's team, both of which compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.
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The Florida Gators golf teams compete in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The men's golf program is one of the five oldest Gators sports, having begun in 1925. The women's golf program was added in 1972.[1]
The Gators men's golf team has won four NCAA tournament championships in 1968,[2] 1973,[3] 1993[4] and 2001.[5] During the 2001 NCAA tournament, team captain Nick Gilliam also won the second individual NCAA golf championship in Gators history, following in the footsteps of Bob Murphy, who won an individual championship in the 1966 NCAA tournament.[6] The men's golf team has also won fourteen SEC team championships (1955, 1956, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003), and its players have won 20 SEC individual titles.[7] Forty-eight Gators golfers have earned ninety-one first-team All-American honors.[8]
The Gators women's golf team has won two NCAA tournament championships in 1985[9] and 1986,[10] and Page Dunlap won the NCAA individual championship in 1986.[11] The Lady Gators have also won eight SEC team championships (1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2008), and its players have won eight SEC individual titles.[12] Twelve Lady Gators golfers have earned seventeen first-team All-American honors.[13]
Buddy Alexander is the head coach of the Florida Gators men's golf team; 2009–2010 will be his twenty-third season with the Gators.[14] The Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) has honored him as its National Coach of the Year three times,[14] and the GCAA inducted him into its Coaches Hall of Fame in 2001, joining former Gators coach Bishop Buster.[15] The SEC has recognized him seven times as its Coach of the Year.[14] Alexander previously coached the men's and women's golf teams at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 1983 to 1987, and the men's golf team at Georgia Southern University from 1977 to 1980.[14]
Jan Dowling is the head coach of the Gators women's golf team; she was hired as the new coach on June 15, 2009.[16] Dowling was previously the assistant women's golf coach at Duke University for one year (2009) and Kent State University for three years (2006–2008).[16] She is a 2002 graduate of Kent State, where she was a member of the women's team, and played professional golf from 2002 to 2006.[16] The 2009-2010 season will be her first as a head coach.[16]
Over forty former University of Florida alumni have represented the university on either the PGA Tour or LPGA Tour, including former Gators Tommy Aaron (1973 Masters), Mark Calcavecchia (1989 British Open) and Andy North (1978 & 1985 U.S. Open),[8] and former Lady Gators Lori Garbacz, Lisa Hackney Hall, Donna Horton White, Deb Richard and Lori Rinker Graham.[17]
The Gators golf teams host their home matches at the Mark Bostick Golf Course, located on 110 acres of the university's campus in Gainesville, Florida.[18] The university course was originally designed by noted Scottish golfer and golf course architect Donald Ross in 1921.[19] It was partially redesigned and rebuilt by architect Bobby Weed as part of a $4 million renovation project in 2001.[20] The renovated course is a 6,701-yard par 70, and the facilities include the Guy Bostick club house and dedicated practice areas for the Gators golf teams.[21]
The Mark Bostick Golf Course hosts the annual Gator Invitational[22] and Lady Gator Invitational tournaments,[23] as well as the annual Gator Golf Day alumni event.[24] The course has also served as the site for the NCAA Regional tournament.[25]
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  | About coach Hinton - Gator Women's Golf Roster/Bios @ GatorZone.com |
| | Women's golf - University of Florida Athletics ***GatorZone.com*** |
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