The wind died down slightly on the third and final day of the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate in Awendaw, S.C.So did the play of the No. 23 LSU men’s golf team.Despite finishing under par, the Tigers came in sixth place (1-under 851) Tuesday.LSU ended the first day tied for third place and followed that performance with a second-place finish after two days.But the Tigers couldn’t close it out, as they were the only team finishing in the top six to shoot over par on the final day (3-over 287).”I’m not all that worried about the sixth-place finish,” said LSU men’s coach Chuck Winstead. “It’s the Hootie. It’s not the national championship.”LSU sophomore John Peterson finished third on the player leaderboard after shooting an 8-under 205 through 54 holes. He was in second place on the individual leaderboard after two days of competition and shot under par all three rounds.Peterson finished nine strokes ahead of any other LSU golfer and was the only Tiger to shoot under par.”John Peterson obviously played very well … He’s continued to play solid all spring,” Winstead said.LSU sophomore Andrew Loupe entered the final day tied for ninth but finished tied for 19th, shooting a 1-over 214.”It’s good to see John playing well … We need [Loupe] to come around into shape,” Winstead said. “Those two guys are definitely our leaders on our team, and when you add Sang [Yi] in there, he’s a third. We need to find a couple more guys to step up between now and the postseason.” Unranked Augusta State shot a 17-under 835 to win the tournament eight strokes ahead of second place No. 45 Virginia (9-under 843).Augusta State, led by individual champion Janne Kaske, was on top after each day of competition.LSU was without freshman standout Yi, who received his U.S. citizenship Monday.”It’s probably not a bad idea for Sang to have an off week, given the fact that he’s a freshman and probably not used to playing the number of tournaments we play in the spring,” Winstead said.Yi has three top-10 finishes on the year, most recently at LSU’s last tournament where he finished tied in fourth at 2-under 214.No. 14 South Carolina, No. 18 Central Florida and No. 16 NC State finished third, fourth and fifth, respectively.”It was a good tournament for us to play. The greens are very similar to the conference championship, which we’ll be at in a few weeks,” Winstead said.The 2009 Southeastern Conference Championships take place April 17-19 at St. Simons Island, Ga.—-Contact Rowan Kavner at [email protected]