The No. 14 LSU men’s golf team struggled in the final round of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Awendaw, S.C., on Tuesday, posting a score of 25-over 889 to finish in fifth place.

The Tigers began the day with a one-shot lead over No. 9 Duke but posted a team round of 12-over 300 and finished 15 shots behind the Blue Devils.

Duke shot 4-under as a team in the final round to win by three strokes over North Carolina State.

Junior Andrew Presley posted rounds of 1-under 71 and even-par on Monday and began the final round in third place, one shot behind the co-leaders. He had three bogies in round one and two bogies and a double-bogey in round two.

His final round was not as clean. Presley bogeyed each of his first three holes and two of his last four holes to finish the round at 4-over and the tournament at 3-over 219, good for a tie for seventh.

Sophomore Curtis Thompson was the next-best finisher for LSU. Thompson struggled with a 5-over first round but rebounded with an even-par second round and a team-best 1-over final round to finish the tournament tied for 17th.

In the final round, Thompson triple-bogied the 11th hole and bogeyed the 12th, but recovered to birdie two of his last four holes.

Sophomore Stewart Jolly posted rounds of 6-over, 1-under and 3-over to finish the tournament at 8-over, good for a tie for 22nd.

Freshman Zach Wright shot 2-under in the second round and finished tied for 33rd after posting a score of 11-over for the week. Sophomore Myles Lewis finished in a tie for 43rd after shooting 13-over for the week.

North Carolina State junior Logan Harrell started the final round in a tie for seventh but shot 6-under on the day to win the tournament by one stroke over Duke junior Austin Cody.

The Tigers will return to action on April 6 at the Aggie Invitational in College Station, Texas.