The LSU men’s golf team sent three golfers to compete for the individual title at the Carter Plantation Intercollegiate in Springfield, while the rest of the team got a head start on its break with the conclusion of its fall schedule.Senior Brian Leveille, junior Clayton Rotz and sophomore Austin Gutgsell were the only Tigers to compete in LSU’s last fall tournament of the season. LSU was not in competition for the team title, which requires four golfers to compile a team score.Both Rotz and Gutgsell showed promise in individual rounds, but the three Tiger representatives couldn’t put it together for the entire tournament.Rotz finished the opening day in a tie for 12th place after an opening round 75 before rallying to fire a 2-under par 70 for the second round, which tied him for the seventh-best round of the tournament.Rotz carded seven birdies in the first round and was tied for fifth in par-5 scoring. But Gutgsell and Leveille couldn’t find the below par magic that Rotz found the first day. Gutgsell followed up his opening round 75 with a second round 76 and finished the first day 7-over, tied for 38th place overall. Leveille finished the day by firing two rounds in the 80s.The last round of the tournament was up and down for the Tigers. Gutgsell put together one of his best rounds of the year, but Rotz stumbled in the final 18 holes, falling from a tie for 12th to a tie for 29th.Gutgsell carded a one-under 71 for the final round, which moved him up 13 spots in the final rankings from a tie for 38th to a tie for 25th.Rotz shot a 7-over 79 for the third round, which put him two strokes behind Gutgsell’s totals for the tournament. Rotz’ final day struggles dropped him from a tie for 12th to a tie for 29th.Leveille shot his first round in the 70s for the tournament and moved up from 72nd place to a tie for 62nd place after firing a 3-over 75.Louisiana-Lafayette claimed the team title for the tournament. The Ragin’ Cajuns had three of the top five scorers for the tournament.Ragin’ Cajuns coach Theo Sliman said he is pleased his team will take momentum into the spring season.”Today showed what these guys are made of,” Sliman said in a news release. “They got after it out there. It’s a great way to close out the fall season.”The individual tournament title went to Texas-Arlington junior Zack Fischer. Fischer owned two of the three best rounds in the tournament with a first-round 69 and a third-round 67.Fischer erased a two-stroke deficit in the final round and claimed the title by two strokes over University of New Orleans junior Ken Looper and Louisiana-Lafayette sophomore Andrew Noto.”Zack played great all week, and this was a great win for him,” said Texas-Arlington coach Jay Rees in a news release. “He has been our No. 1 player all of the fall season, and he proved that again over the last two days.”LSU finished in the top 10 in every one of its tournaments this fall and claimed one team title. The Tigers don’t compete again until the spring semester, when they head to Gainesville, Fla., on Feb. 13 for the Gator Invitational.- – – -Contact Luke Johnson at [email protected]