CHICAGO – The No. 4 Florida men’s golf team finished second at the Fighting Illini Collegiate as four Gators placed in the top-17 led by Matthew Kress’ 4^th place performance on Sunday at Olympia Fields Country Club.

Yesterday, the Gators shot the tournament-low record (267, -13) to enter the final round in the lead. The defending National Champion Oklahoma State Cowboys had a final round of 5-under on to edge UF (+7 today) by two shots to take the team title in a field that featured 11 ranked teams and four of the final eight teams at the NCAA Championship.

Kress had the top-finish for the Orange and Blue along with the low round today with a 71 (+1) to end the weekend 4-under overall. It was his fourth career top-5 outing and first since a T2 (-11) at last year’s NCAA Bremerton Regional.

In his season debut, Luke Poulter captured a T9 finish with a 54-hole score of 1-under behind a final round of 72 (+2). Also turning in a 2-over in the final round was Jack Turner, who placed T17 for his 18^th career top-25 and had a tournament score of 210 (E).

Finishing a stroke from each other was Parker Bell (T33, +4) and Zack Swanwick (T36, +5).

Florida returns to play at Erin Hills Golf Club for the Marquette Intercollegiate Oct. 5-7.

Florida Scores

4th. Matthew Kress – 68-67-71 = 206 (-4)

T9. Luke Poulter – 71-66-72 = 209 (-1)

T17. Jack Turner – 70-68-72 = 210 (E)

T33. Parker Bell – 73-66-75 = 214 (+4)

T36. Zack Swanwick – 73-70-72 = 215 (+5)

Team Scores

1. Oklahoma State (-6)

2. Florida (-4)

3. Texas Teach (-3)

4. Illinois (-2)

5. Texas (+4)

T6. Georgia Tech (+7)

T6. Florida State (+7)

8. Arizona State (+8)

T9. Loyola Marymount (+9)

T9. Alabama (+9)

11. Stanford (+17)

12. Texas A&M (+23)

13. Purdue (+25)

14. Baylor (+35)

15. Indiana (+39)