The LSU men’s golf team, fresh off its team title at the LSU Invitational, was named Golfweek National Team of the Week on Tuesday.
The Tigers compiled a two-day score of 22-over-par to win the tournament by one stroke. Chattanooga came in second.
The award also comes a week after the Tigers nabbed top team honors at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate tournament in Awendaw, S.C. LSU also bested the Hootie competition by one stroke.
The impressive victories also bumped the Tigers up in the polls, placing them at No. 9 in the Golfstat Top 25 and No. 10 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
In the Golfweek/Sagarin individual rankings, senior Andrew Loupe is the highest rated LSU player, checking in at No. 22. Fellow senior John Peterson is ranked No. 29.
Other Southeastern Conference schools appearing in the Golfstat Top 25 are Alabama (No. 3), Auburn (No. 7), Florida (No. 8), Georgia (No. 14) and Arkansas (No. 15).
Loupe has been a stalwart during the stretch, tying for fifth at the LSU Invitational and tying for first at Bulls Bay, where he lost in a playoff.
He now boasts a 71.8 scoring average.
Peterson was also key for the Tigers, tying for seventh at Bulls Bay and tying for third at the LSU Invitational.
His steady performance gives him a 72.0 scoring average, the par for most courses.
The wins accounted for the Tigers’ third and fourth victories of the 2010-11 season. LSU also won at the Gopher Invitational by 11 shots and the David Toms Intercollegiate by two strokes in the fall.
In the last three seasons, the Tigers have captured 10 team titles in 34 appearances, the most since the 1983-84 season.
LSU will now wait two weeks to play in the SEC Championships in Sea Island, Ga.
 
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