Team Champion: Florida Southern (17th)
Individual Champion: Mick Herron, Rollins
All-Tournament Team:
Mick Herron, Rollins (1st)
Reggie Fear, Eckerd (2nd)
Freddie Parlby, Florida Southern (3rd)
Edoardo Scialanga, Embry-Riddle (T-4th)
Max Barile, Florida Southern (T-4th)
Jorge Berea, Nova Southeastern (T-4th)
Tiago Barni, Embry-Riddle (T-4th)
Tyler Mistretta, Florida Southern (T-4th)
Ian Ball, Embry-Riddle (T-4th)
FULL RESULTS (PDF)
PHOTO ALBUM
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Men's Live Scoring / Pairings
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Tournament Tee Times:
Sun., April 13 (Round 1): Hole 1 - Starting at 8:00 AM
Mon., April 14 (Round 2): Hole 1 - Starting at 8:00 AM
Tues., April 15 (Round 3): Hole 1 - Starting at 8:00 AM
NOTE: Award Ceremony will directly follow Tuesday's round
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Write-Ups
Event Notes
Recap
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Rosters:
Barry
Eckerd
Embry-Riddle
Florida Southern
Lynn
Nova Southeastern
Palm Beach Atlantic
Rollins
Saint Leo
Tampa
Coaches Bios:
BU: Carlos Velez
EC: David Woodrum
ERAU: Ken Staton
FSC: Brian Richey
LU: Steve LeBrun
NSU: Joey Marino
PBA: Craig Watson
RC: Kyle Frakes
SLU: Chris Greenwood
UT: Gary Hilton
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Location:
Rio Pinar Golf Club
8600 El Prado Ave.
Orlando, FL 32825
(Google Maps)
Course Information
First opened in 1957, Rio Pinar Golf and Country Club has a rich history and a great future. The semi-private club, which offers a 7,000-yard championship golf course, is the former home of the PGA Tour's Citrus Open and LPGA's Women's Citrus Open. Recent renovations, however, have the club and the course thriving in the 21st century. Great players to grace these fairways include Arnold Palmer, Julius Boros, Lee Trevino, Hale Irwin, Patty Sheehan, and Beth Daniel.
The course, which was designed by Mark Mahannah, was redesigned in 1995 by architect Lloyd Clifton. More recently, more than $3 million was put into renovations that include new Champion Bermuda greens, white sand bunkers, new cart paths and a remodeled golf shop and clubhouse. As for the course -- which has five sets of tees, starting at 5,346 yards -- it's a traditional Florida layout with mature Spanish-moss-covered trees, strategic bunkering and subtle greens. Water comes into play on five holes on the back nine. The 12th is a good example. It's a par-3 where players must carry a creek on the way to the green. The finishing stretch is strong, beginning with the 510-yard, par-5 15th, the no. 2 handicap hole. It's a dogleg right with a creek that cuts right in front of the green.
Rio Pinar holds the distinction of hosting the first big tour events in Central Florida, a testament to its historical significance. This rich tradition has seen legendary names etched into its storied annals. Golf icons such as Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino, Julius Boros, and Hale Irwin have claimed victory at the prestigious Florida Citrus Open, leaving an indelible mark on the course.
Courtesy of Rio Pinar & Golf Now
Course Overview | Scorecard
Fan Information
Parents and friends are welcome to follow players throughout the tournament, per NCAA guidelines. Spectators must remain on the cart path and may use carts only if medically required. Spectators who are walking must either stay on the cart paths or in the rough at least 50 yards away from players at all times.
Communication between spectators and players is prohibited and may result in a penalty to the player as it can be seen by a third party (fellow competitor or a coach from another team) as giving advice to the player.
The penalty for a player asking for and/or receiving advice from a spectator is two strokes under rule 8-1.
The definition of advice is "advice is any counsel or suggestion that could influence a player in determining his play, the choice of a club or the method of making a stroke."
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Social Media
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Event Hashtag: #SSCgolf
Photo Gallery
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Rankings:
GCAA Coaches Poll (3/21/2025)
11. Florida Southern
17. Nova Southeastern
21. Rollins
24. Saint Leo
RV: Barry, Palm Beach Atlantic
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SSC Tournament Quick Facts...
- The tournament stays at 54-hole format over three days, weather permitting
- 2025 marks the 43rd men's tournament for the conference. The 2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID-19
- This is the second time that the SSC Championship will be held at Rio Pinar. The last time was 2003 when Rollins won the team title.
- Barry has the chance to win their fourth consecutive SSC Championship. They would become the first team to win four in a row since Florida Southern won five in a row from 1997-2001.
- Nova Southeastern looks to earn their second consecutive individual title after Mike Hay won last year.
- The individual record for a three-round tournament is 16-under achieved by AJ Ewart of Barry in 2023.
- The individual record for a single round is 8-under by Barry's AJ Ewart (2022 - Grasslands and 2023 - Normandy Shores). Six golfers have reached the 7-under, most recently Albin Ekvall and Miikka Makinen of Barry (2024 - Osprey Point)
- The Team record for a three-round tournament is 35-under, achieved by Barry in 2023 (Normandy Shores)
- The Team record for a single round is 18-under, achieved by Barry in 2022 at Grasslands. The Buccaneers -17 at Normandy Shores in 2023 is second best
SSC Men's National Championship Quick Facts...
- Men's golf teams have won 26 national championships, the most of any sport sponsored by the SSC
- Nova Southeastern captured the SSC's most recent title, winning it all in 2023.
- Palm Beach Atlantic's Andrew Riley won the 2023 individual title. He's the 15th golfer from the SSC to win the national title.
- SSC schools have won nine of the last 12 NCAA titles; an SSC school was also runner-up four times during that span
- FSC's 13 national titles are the most by any conference team in any sport
- Tampa's Jeff Leonard became the first 2-time individual national champion (1987 & 88). FSC's Tim Crouch became the fourth and latest (2013 & 14)
- A least one team has represented the SSC 12 of 14 years of Medal Match Play at the NCAA Championship. Four SSC teams made the Medal Match Play quarterfinals five times during that span (2013, 2015-18). Six SSC teams have competed in Medal Match Play a total of 32 times (Barry - 9, Lynn - 8, FSC - 6, NSU - 5, Saint Leo - 3, Florida Tech - 1).
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Men's Team National Championships (26)
Barry - 2007, 2013, 2014
Florida Southern - 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2010, 2017
Lynn - 2018, 2019
Nova Southeastern - 2012, 2015, 2023
Saint Leo - 2016
Rollins - 1970, 2002
Tampa - 1987, 1988
Men's Individual National Champions (15):
2023: Andrew Riley - Palm Beach Atlantic
2019: Michael VanDerLaan - Florida Southern
2018: John VanDerLaan - Florida Southern
2016: Hugo Bernard - Saint Leo
2014: Tim Crouch - Florida Southern
2013: Tim Crouch - Florida Southern
2001: Steve Sokol - Florida Southern
2000: Jeff Klauk - Florida Southern
1999: Matt Saglio - Florida Southern
1988: Jeff Leonard - Tampa
1987: Jeff Leonard - Tampa
1986: Lee Janzen - Florida Southern
1981: Tom Patri - Florida Southern
1979: Tom Gleeton - Florida Southern
1976: Mike Nicolette - Rollins
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Recent SSC Golf History
In 2023, the SSC won both the team and individual NCAA national titles, when the Nova Southeastern Sharks won their third national title and Andrew Riley won the first national championship for Palm Beach Atlantic.
In 2019, Lynn repeated as National Champions and Florida Southern's Michael VanDerLaan followed in his brother's footsteps by winning the NCAA Division II individual title. John VanDerLaan (FSC) won it all in 2018. The VanDerLaan brothers became the 13th and 14th individual champs from the SSC. Lynn's second title brought the conference total to 25.
Florida Southern men's golf claimed the 2017 national title. Saint Leo won in 2016 marking the win the university's first team national championship in any sport. Nova Southeastern defeated Lynn in the 2015 NCAA Championship to win its second in four years. Between NSU's titles, Barry went back-to-back defeating Nova Southeastern (2014) and Lynn (2013).
For a look at past scores, click here.
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