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Team Florida Set for 20th Southeastern Challenge Matches

October 1, 2025

Team Florida will look to bring the trophy back for the third straight playing. Team Florida is lead by 2025 Senior Amateur Champion & 2024 FSGA Hall of Fame Inductee, Joe Alfieri on the Senior side making his 8th appearance. On the Mid-Amateur side, Marc Dull will make his 5th straight appearance and fresh off advancing to the Round of 16 at the US Mid-Amatuer.

Seniors

Joe Alfieri | Lutz | Eighth Appearance (12-19-4)

College: University of South Florida
Club: TPC Tampa Bay
Occupation: Food Broker / Sales Consulting
USGA Championships: 23

  • 2024 FSGA Hall of Fame Inductee
  • 2025 Florida Senior Amateur Champion
  • 2024 Florida Senior Open Low Amateur
  • Qualified for 2025 US Mid-Amateur & US Senior Amateur
  • Five-Time Amateur Player of the Year (1999, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2021)
  • Fifteen-Time FSGA Champion

Mike Finster | Saint Petersburg | Fourth Appearance (8-7-0)

College: Northwestern University
Club: Mangrove Bay Golf Club
Occupation: Vice President at GAF Roofing
USGA Championships: 8

  • Low Amateur - 2023 Florida Senior Open
  • Advanced to Match Play at 2024 & 2025 U.S. Senior Amateur
  • Five-Time FSGA Champion
    • 2024 & 2025 Senior Four-Ball Champion
    • 2021 Two-Man Shoot-Out
    • 2017 & 2019 Forty & Over Four-Ball

Chad Ibbotson | Sandord | First Appearance

College: University of Central Florida
Club: Legacy Heathrow Club
Occupation: Retired
USGA Championships: 3

  • Low Amateur - 2024 Florida Senior Open
  • 2025 Forty & Over Champion
  • 2024 & 2025 Winter Series Senior Points Champion
  • 2025 Parent-Child Champion

Miles McConnell | Tampa | Third Appearance (6-3-1)

College: University of South Florida
Club: Buckhorn Springs G&CC
Occupation: Real Estate Development
USGA Championships: 13

  • 2021, 2022, & 2023 Senior Amateur Player of the Year
  • Five-Time FSGA Champion
    • 2024 Senior/Mid-Amateur Four-Ball Champion
    • 2023 - 62nd Senior Amateur
    • 2022 Senior Amateur Match Play
    • 2021 - Senior Two-Man Shoot-Out
    • 2018 Forty & Over
  • Qualified for 2021-2025 (five straight) U.S. Senior Amateurs
    • 2025 - Round of 32
    • 2023 - Round of 64
    • 2022 - Quarterfinals
  • Qualified for 2022 & 2023 U.S. Senior Open
  • 2024 & 2025 Gasprilla Invitational Senior Champion

Mid-Amateurs

Ty Capps | Palm Coast | First Appearance

College: University of Nebraska
Club: Hammock Dunes Club
Occupation: Real Estate Agent
USGA Championships: 2

  • Seven Time FSGA Champion
    • 2024 Four-Ball Champion with partner, Tyler Gulliksen
    • 2023 & 2024 Two-Man Shoot-Out, with Tyler Gulliksen
    • 2022, 2023 & 2024 - Three-time defending champion of the Foursomes Championship, with Tyler Gulliksen
    • 2025 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball, with Tyler Gulliksen
  • 43rd & 44th Mid-Amateur Championship - Runner-Up
  • 32nd Amateur Match Play - Runner-Up

Will Davenport | Palm City | Third Appearance (7-2-1)

College: Yale University
Club: Pine Tree Golf Club
Occupation: Principal at Boston Consulting Group
USGA Championships: 8

  • 2024 Amateur & Mid-Amateur Player of the Year
  • Advanced to Semifinals of 2024 US Four-Ball Championship with Michael Smith
  • Advanced to Quarterfinals of 2024 US Mid-Amateur Championship
  • 74th Four-Ball Champion with partner, TJ Shuart
  • 2024 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball South Champion
  • Represented Team USA in 2024 Concession Cup

Marc Dull | Lakeland | Fifth Appearance (12-6-2)

College: Florida Southern College
Club: Bartow Golf Course
Occupation: Caddie at Streamsong Resort
USGA Championships: 16

  • 2023 Amateur Player of the Year
  • 2017 & 2023 Mid-Amateur Player of the Year
  • Eight-Time FSGA Champion
    • 106th Amateur
    • 2023, 2021, 2020 Two-Man Scramble
    • 2022 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball (North) Champion
    • 2018 Mid-Amateur
    • 2023 & 2017  Mid-Amateur Stroke Play
  • Advanced to Round of 16 at US Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Quarterfinalist at the 2025 U.S. Four-Ball
    • First Player in USGA Four-Ball History to win a match solo

Tyler Gulliksen | Flagler Beach | First Appearance

College: US Naval Academy
Club: Plantation Bay G&CC
Occupation: Retired Military
USGA Championships: 4

  • Seven Time FSGA Champion
    • 2024 Four-Ball Champion with partner, Ty Capps
    • 2023 & 2024 Two-Man Shoot-Out, with Ty Capps
    • 2022, 2023 & 2024 - Three-time defending champion of the Foursomes Championship, with Ty Capps
    • 2025 Mid-Amateur Four-Ball, with Ty Capps
  • Finished Runner-Up in the 107th Amateur Championship

Rhett Pooley | Babson Park | Second Appearance (1-4-0)

College: Polk State College
Club: River Greens South Golf Course
Occupation: Financial Advisor at Retirement Solutions
USGA Championships: 3

  • Quarterfinalist at the 31st Amateur Match Play Championship
  • Won the 2023 Two-Man Scramble Championship with partner, Marc Dull
  • Qualified for 2024 U.S. Amateur Championship
  • Qualfied for 2025 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Youngest Player in the field and advanced to match play at the 2022 U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Quarterfinalist in the 44th Mid-Amateur Championship

Carl Santos-Ocampo | Naples | First Appearance

College: Notre Dame University
Club: Kensington Golf & Country Club
Occupation: VP at the High Net Worth Advisory Group
USGA Championships: 7

  • Runner-up in the 75th & 76th Four-Ball Championship with partner Nick Solimene
  • Semifinalist in the 44th Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Made the Round of 16 in the 2023 U.S Four-Ball Championship with partner, Marc France
  • Third place in the 2025 Two-Man Scramble Championship
  • Won the 2025 Summer Mixed Shootout Championship

Michael Smith | Ponte Vedra Beach | Second Appearance (3-2-0)

College: James Madison University
Club: TPC Sawgrass
Occupation: CEO of ForeCollegeGolf
USGA Championships: 7

  • Foursomes Champion in 2019 & 2020 with partner, Will Davenport
  • Quarterfinalist in the 44th Mid-Amateur Championship
  • Semifinalist in the 2024 U.S. Four-Ball Championship

Nick Solimene | Naples | First Appearance

College: Indiana University
Occupation: Real Estate Broker
USGA Championships: 2

  • Runner-up in the 75th & 76th Four-Ball Championship with partner Carl Santos-Ocampo
  • Quarterfinalist in the 32nd Amateur Match Play Championship
  • Three top-five finishes in the Two-Man Scramble Championship: 2025, 2024, 2022