Individually, Ricky Castillo's hot streak continues.
Castillo recorded a 2-under par 68 in today's beginning round, an impressive feat on a Grayhawk course that features rock-hard greens and gnarly pins. However, his card becomes even more staggering when two unplayable balls were factored in – each adding a penalty stroke to his score.
Instead of allowing the penalties to grow his score, Castillo flashed the poise, skill and talent that has earned him such a respected reputation, finishing each hole with only a bogey. The sophomore added an additional five birdies to his scorecard to finish the round tied for fifth individually.
Yuxin Lin finished next in the Florida lineup, posting a 2-over par score of 72 through the first 18 holes of play. After beginning the round with back-to-back birdies two holes, Lin recorded three bogeys within four holes leading up to the turn. The sophomore transfer didn't allow that to ruin his game. A birdie on the second hole reaffirmed his approach. Lin managed to finish the round only 2-over and tied for 55th place heading into tomorrow's round.
Joe Pagdin, Gio Manzoni and Tyler Wilkes rounded out the Gators lineup, finishing with 3, 5 and 9-over par scorecards, respectively.
Florida will take the course tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. ET looking for more continuity throughout its lineup. On Sunday, the first cut line will be drawn in the championship as the top 15 teams and nine individuals on non-advancing teams will advance to the final stroke play competition on Monday, May 31.
Head Coach JC Deacon's Take
On the round...
"I don't think our score of 8-over is very good. It could've been a lot better and I guess it could've been a little worse. We got a great round out of Ricky (Castillo), he was fantastic and has been building up to this all year. He's really been working on his mental toughness and saw a ton of that today. I know Yuxin (Lin) will be disappointed shooting 2-over. I think he played a lot better than that. Joe (Pagdin), Tyler (Wilkes) and Gio (Manzoni) just have to be better. We have the guys to do it and we have an 11:30 a.m. (PST) tee time tomorrow. The guys are obviously going to get to know the course better and better as the week goes on. Just have to put up a good number tomorrow and get back in it."
On the course…
"Hats off to the NCAA and Grayhawk Golf Club. The greens are perfect, the conditions are just mint. Perfect fairways, perfect everything. Obviously, we have this great Scottsdale weather, so it's a dream come true for the guys with the golf course. There're no excuses there. There's no wind, just have to hit a lot of straight shots and make a lot of putts. That's exactly what we have to do tomorrow."
Team Leaderboard
| Position | Team | Total |
| 1 | Texas Tech | 276 (-4) |
| 2 | Sam Houston | 278 (-2) |
| 3 | Pepperdine | 279 (-1) |
| T4 | Oklahoma State | 280 (E) |
| T4 | Oklahoma | 280 (E) |
| 6 | Florida State | 281 (+1) |
| 7 | Arizona State | 284 (+4) |
| T8 | Oregon State | 286 (+6) |
| T8 | San Diego State | 286 (+6) |
| T10 | Wake Forest | 287 (+7) |
| T10 | Arkansas | 287 (+7) |
| T10 | Clemson | 287 (+7) |
| T10 | SMU | 287 (+7) |
| T10 | Illinois | 287 (+7) |
| T15 | North Carolina | 288 (+8) |
| T15 | Florida | 288 (+8) |
| T17 | Georgia Tech | 289 (+9) |
| T17 | Louisville | 289 (+9) |
| T19 | San Diego | 292 (+12) |
| T19 | Georgia | 292 (+12) |
| T19 | TCU | 292 (+12) |
| T22 | Tennessee | 293 (+13) |
| T22 | Vanderbilt | 293 (+13) |
| T24 | Little Rock | 294 (+14) |
| T24 | Texas | 294 (+24) |
| T26 | UAB | 295 (+15) |
| T26 | Liberty | 295 (+15) |
| T28 | NC State | 300 (+20) |
| T28 | East Tennessee St. | 200 (+20) |
| 30 | San Francisco | 301 (+21) |
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