The No. 23 LSU men’s golf team wrapped its regular season Tuesday with an 11th place finish at the 44th Morris Williams Intercollegiate in Austin, Texas.Texas hosted the tournament at the par 71 University of Texas golf course. Seven teams in the Golfstat Top 25 rankings competed, including No. 1 Oklahoma State and No. 5 Texas A&M.Junior All-American John Peterson was the top finisher for the Tigers. Peterson put together a 54-hole score of 13-over par 226, good enough for a tie for 32nd place. Peterson’s final round score of 7-over 78 was the Tigers’ best score of the day. Gusty conditions on the course derailed the Tigers’ scoring efforts during the final round. After opening up with rounds of 8-over 292 and 14-over 298, the Tigers closed tournament play with a 38-over 322.Georgia junior Harris English’s 6-under 65 final round sealed Georgia’s one-stroke victory against Texas.The Tigers finished their 2009-10 regular season with three team wins to their credit, including a stretch of two wins in three tournaments leading up to the Morris Williams tournament.The Tigers travel to St. Simons Island, Ga., for the Southeastern Conference men’s golf championships this week. The Tigers finished fourth in the SEC championships last season with nearly the same roster.The No. 17 LSU women’s golf team scored well in its final regular season round as it concluded its regular season in Greensboro, N.C., at the Bryan National Collegiate tournament.The Lady Tigers finished the first round behind on the leaderboard after an 18-over 306. But the team rallied nicely in the final round to post a 1-over 289, the field’s second-lowest final round team score.”We learned some lessons in the first round,” LSU women’s coach Karen Bahnsen said in a news release. “We played solid golf the last two days, especially [Sunday]. I’m very pleased with a round like that going into the SEC tournament.”Freshman Mary Michael Maggio competed in her first event this spring after recovering from shoulder surgery. Maggio couldn’t find her stroke for much of the first two days, but she recovered to post a 1-over 73 in the final round.The Lady Tigers will take on the rest of the SEC’s women’s golf teams for the SEC championships Friday, April 16, in Tuscaloosa, Ala.—-Contact Luke Johnson at [email protected].
Golf: Tigers wrap up regular season, prepare for SECs
April 10, 2010