A Haskins Award Postseason Finalist, Gilligan collects his second conference team award after earning second team last year, his first season in the SEC. Turner also collected his second as he was a freshman team member in 2024. Swanwick selection marks the third straight season with a Gator on the first-year team and sixth in the last six seasons. 

Gilligan is currently ranked No. 3 in PGA Tour U and No. 5 in WAGR. The senior recently finished 7th in stroke play at the SEC Championship with an 8-under 202 behind a final round of 5-under 65. He went undefeated in match play (2-0-1) to finish 3-0-1 all-time in match play at the conference tournament.

The senior won his sixth collegiate win at the Gators Invitational, where he finished 8-under 202 and won in two-hole playoff. A week prior, teed off the spring season with a T2 outing at the Southwestern Invitational. Outside of a T34 at Southern Highlands, he has finished T17 or better with finishes of 2nd-T3-7th. He leads the Gators in stroke average (70.1), low scores in 18 (65), 36 (133), 54 (202), 54 par (-8), relation to par 18 (-0.95), par 54 (-2.87), top-5 (4), top-10 (6), top-25 (7) finishes, rounds (100%), eagles (4) and tournaments par or better (7). 

Turner was recently the coach’s pick for the 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup and Team USA. At the SEC Championship, he won the match-clinching point in the semifinals against the No. 1 player in college golf and back-to-back SEC Individual Champion, Jackson Koivun of Auburn, the reigning SEC and NCAA Champions. In stroke play, Turner shot all three rounds in the 60s for a T16 4-under outing, marking T22 finishes in his fourth career postseason tournament – runner-up at SECs last year.

He is right behind Gilligan or tied with the senior in multiple categories. Turner has a stroke average of 70.7 with average relation to par marks of 18 (-0.4) and 54 (-1.3) with three top-5, six top-10 and seven top-25 finishes. The sophomore is the outright leader in number of rounds counted (25), birdies (96) and par or better rounds (18). Outside of a T44 and T27 finish, he has placed T16 or better. 

Swanwick burst onto the scene at the SEC Championship, going 3-0 in match play with match-clinching victories in the quarterfinals vs. Oklahoma and finals vs. Texas A&M. He was clutch in his first conference tournament, being down one with three to play in the finals and making back-to-back birdies en route to a 1Up victory. 

The New Zealand native finished T22 at 3-under in stroke play at the SEC Championship with a pair of 68s (-2) on the final two rounds. He has two top-7 outings this year, including the team low in round by par with a 6-under 66 at the Williams Cup.  

Shim earns the award for the second consecutive season as a member of the conference community service team. He has as completed 18 hours of community service this year involved in the Gators Read elementary program and the Gator Lunch Buddies. Has volunteered 10 hours for the clothing drive in the Gainesville community.

The SEC Champions begin NCAA Regional play at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Wash. on Monday, May 12, as after 54-holes the top-5 teams advance to the NCAA Championships (May 23-28) at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif.

Florida is the No. 2 seed at the Bremerton Regional and have qualified for 35 of the 36 all-time men’s golf regionals and every year under head coach J.C. Deacon as Florida won the inaugural East Regional (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) in 1989. UF has claimed a total of six team titles (1989, 1992, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2018) and six individual titles – Brain Gay (1993), Brad Lehmann (1994), Camilo Villegas (2001), Billy Horschel (2006 & 2007) and Andy Zhang (2018).

Deacon led the Gators to their second Southeastern Conference Championship in the last three seasons and 17th in program history, No. 2 among all league men’s golf programs. The victory is fourth this season and the 31st tournament title under Deacon in 11 seasons. This is the third straight season of four-plus wins under him and the seventh season of multiple wins, including the last five consecutive.

In the last four years with Deacon, Florida has won the NCAA National Championship, two SEC Championships, NCAA Individual Championship, SEC Individual Championship, 18 tournaments titles and 13 individual titles.

 

The Gators won its 10th match play outing in the SEC Championship, ranking second-most in the conference behind Vanderbilt’s 13. In postseason match play, Florida is 12-4 all-time and 9-4 in the SEC.

Florida reached SEC Match Play Finals for the third time overall and in the last four years (2022 & 2023) by defeating the No. 6 ranked Oklahoma Sooners 3-2 in the quarterfinals and the No. 1 seed, No. 2 ranked and the reigning SEC and National Champion Auburn Tigers, 3.5-1.5 in the semifinals yesterday. The win against the Aggies moves the all-time series record to 3-0 in the conference tournament.

 

The Gator Golf programs have both reached the finals twice in the last four seasons. Florida is the only league school to have both its programs reach the finals two-plus times and do it in the same season, this year.

    

SEC 2025 Men’s Golf Awards

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jackson Koivun, Auburn

 

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Daniel Bennett, Texas 

 

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Algot Kleen, LSU

 

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Wells Williams, Vanderbilt

 

COACH OF THE YEAR

Nick Clinard, Auburn

 

FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC

Jackson Koivun, Auburn (SEC Championship Individual Medalist)

Michael La Sasso, Ole Miss

Jase Summy, Oklahoma

Ian Gilligan, Florida

Algot Kleen, LSU

Daniel Bennett, Texas

Brendan Valdes, Auburn

Christiaan Maas, Texas

Phichaksn Maichon, Texas A&M

 

SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC

Carson Bacha, Auburn

Josiah Gilbert, Auburn

Drew Goodman, Oklahoma

Tommy Morrison, Texas

Jackson Van Paris, Vanderbilt

Arni Sveinsson, LSU

Tom Fischer, Ole Miss

Jack Turner, Florida

Wells Williams, Vanderbilt

Buck Brumlow, Georgia

 

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM

Daniel Bennett, Texas

Arni Sveinsson, LSU

Wheaton Ennis, Texas A&M

Billy Davis, Auburn

Zack Swanwick, Florida

Trent Mierl, Missouri