LSU men’s golf coach Chuck Winstead said this weekend will be a good time for his golfers to get back into the swing of things.The Tigers open their spring season Saturday with the SunTrust Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. “We’ve got some talented guys that need to get back into the flow of playing tournaments, and this is a good time to do it,” Winstead said.This weekend marks the first tournament LSU will compete in since Oct. 28, but Winstead said the nearly three-month hiatus will not affect his team. “I don’t look for that to be a factor,” he said. “We haven’t played in any tournaments, but very few teams at this time of the year have as well. We’ve played a lot of rounds, we’ve gotten a lot of golf in and the guys are playing pretty well.”The 14-team tournament will tee off on the 6,701-yard, par 70 course tomorrow at 7 a.m. No. 14 Florida enters their home tournament as the five-time defending Gator Invitational champions. Other notable competition for the Tigers include No. 20 Tennessee-Chattanooga, No. 24 Central Florida and No. 25 Duke. LSU tied for sixth place in last year’s Gator Invitational and have not won the tournament since 2002.The Tigers dropped out of the most recent Golfweek/Sagarin rankings after spending some of the fall season ranked No. 24.The Tigers finished the fall season with a 31-20-3 record.Winstead said he is not concerned with the rankings.”I feel pretty comfortable with the fact that with the talent we have,” he said. “If we [the coaches] take care of our part and they take care of working hard and we all get after it together and get better everyday, then the rankings will take care of themselves.”Meanwhile, the No. 14 LSU women’s golf team will start their spring season Monday at the Central District Invitational in Parrish, Fla. No. 19 Michigan State will host the 15-team tournament. The Lady Tigers will compete against No. 8 Duke, No. 17 Purdue and No. 21 Kent State, among others.The Lady Tigers last competed in the tournament in 2007, when they placed seventh.LSU sophomore Megan McChrystal enters the spring as the No. 22 women’s golfer in the NCAA with a 71.06 average.The Lady Tigers finished the fall season with a 43-11-0 record.—-Contact Sean Isabella at [email protected]