A few weeks ago, Florida's women's golf team was the stroke-play leader at the SEC Championships, then lost in the first round of match play to Ole Miss. The Gators are out to avenge that performance this week at the NCAA Regional in Norman, Oklahoma. 

    In the first round, the Gators shot 4-under-par 284 over the par-72 Jimmie Austin Oklahoma U. Golf Club, which is playing to 6,367 yards. They hold a one-stroke edge over Purdue and North Carolina State, and three strokes over Texas Tech, Texas, Ole Miss and Mississippi St. 

    Michaela Fletcher of Memphis shot the lowest round, a 4-under 68, and she's one stroke better than Gator junior Sierra Brooks. Fletcher bogeyed the first and 18th, but in between made six birdies. 

    The top six teams after 36 holes advance to the NCAA Finals later this month in Fayetteville, Ark.  

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