After missing seven months because of a back injury, Florida sophomore Luke Poulter is rounding into form.
The son of LIV Golf's Ian Poulter, Luke captured his first collegiate victory Sunday, winning the Schenkel Invitational by a shot over teammate Ian Gilligan. Poulter carded rounds of 67-69-72 to finish at 8 under for the tournament at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Georgia. The 20-year-old has played in all four of Florida's events this spring, placing T-6 at the Gators' home event last month, before his maiden triumph Sunday.
As Golf Channel's Brentley Romine detailed, doctors diagnosed Poulter with a stress fracture in his right L4 vertebrae and stress reaction on his left side after pulling out of a U.