Eight SEC teams ranked in preseason AP Poll
The first Associated Press Top 25 poll, released on Saturday, ranked LSU No. 4.
The Tigers, who received one first-place vote, are one of eight SEC teams ranked in the preseason poll.
Alabama (No. 2), South Carolina (No. 12), Arkansas (No. 15), Georgia (No. 19), Mississippi State (No. 20), Florida (No. 22) and Auburn (No. 23) joined LSU on the list. Tennessee also received votes.
 
Former LSU golfer to take part in U.S. Amateur
Former LSU golfer John Peterson will participate in his third United States Amateur Championship beginning today in Erin, Wis.
It has been a busy summer for Peterson, who is preparing to wrap up his amateur career after four seasons at LSU. Peterson won the 2011 NCAA individual national championship June 2.
He also finished runner-up at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational at Ohio State University’s Scarlet Course on July 24.
Peterson will compete in the U.S. Amateur while awaiting a potential selection to the U.S. Walker Cup team, which comprises the leading amateur golfers of the United States, Great Britain and Ireland.
The three-time All-American previously competed in the event in 2009 and 2010. He earned the No. 53-seed in the first round of match play in 2009 and just missed the cut last year, tying for 65th place in stroke play.
Peterson will tee off at 12:55 p.m. for the first round of stroke play. The format of the U.S. Amateur will include two rounds of stroke play, after which the field will be cut to 64.
Six rounds of single-elimination match play will follow. The event will run through Aug. 28.
Peterson will play the front nine holes at Blue Mound Golf & Country Club today. He will tee off for the second round on Tuesday at 7:40 a.m at Erin Hills Golf Club.
 
LSU golfer Teachman places 22 at World University Games
Senior golfer Tessa Teachman shot a five-over 77 on the final day at the World University Games, finishing in 22nd place Saturday at the Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China.
Teachman, a member of an LSU team that finished third in the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship, shot an even-par 36 on the back nine after a five-over 41 front nine, which included two double-bogeys.
She finished the 72-hole, four-round competition at 14-over 302. The senior’s scores from Wednesday to Saturday were 76, 73, 76 and 77, respectively.
Teachman, a 2010 All-Southeastern Conference Second Team member, was one of four college golfers representing the U.S. at the competition. The Americans took the bronze medal, finishing at five-over 581, one shot behind second-place China.
South Korea and Spain tied for fourth place at seven-over 583, and Chinese Taipei won the competition handily, shooting an 18-under 558.
Tzuchi Lin of Taiwan won the individual gold, firing an 8-under 280 total.
 
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