A week after traveling across the country, the LSU men’s golf team will receive a couple extra days of rest because of fall break before competing in its second tournament this season.The Tigers will be tackling the 7,236 yard, par 72 Old Memorial Golf Club in Tampa, Fla. for the Gary Koch Invitational on Oct. 3 and 4.The Tigers will compete against 14 other teams in the Gary Koch Invitational, including Southeastern Conference foes Florida, Auburn, Kentucky, and Ole Miss.The tournament is named after Baton Rouge native Gary Koch who was a three-time first-team All-American at Florida. Koch now works as a tower reporter for NBC’s golf broadcasts.The Tigers placed 10th of 15 schools competing in the Ping/Golfweek Invitational in Bremerton, Wash. last weekend. Oklahoma State ran away with the tournament, beating second-place Washington by 22 strokes, and 10th-place LSU by 46 strokes. The top three golfers for the tournament were on Oklahoma State’s team.Things were looking good for LSU after the first 36 holes. The Tigers were in a tie for third place with a 16-over par score of 592. The team couldn’t put it all together for the final 18 holes however, putting up a final round score of 28-over 316. Junior Andrew Loupe put together the only round below par for the Tigers when he shot a 2-under 70 in the second round. Loupe had the second lowest individual score after the first two rounds, but shot a 7-over 79 to finish the tournament at 6-over 222, good enough for a tie for 12th place.The Baton Rouge native’s strong play was an extension to his sophomore season when he had three Top 10 and six Top 20 finishes for the Tigers.Junior John Peterson also got off to a solid start to his season and remained consistent throughout the entire tournament, posting scores of 75,75, and 74. Peterson finished the tournament at 8-over 224, putting him in a tie for 23rd place.Senior Brent Blaum and sophomores Sang Yi and Josh Jones rounded out the scoring efforts for the Tigers. Yi, Blaum and Jones shot respective scores of 233, 235 and 239. Immediately following this event, the Tigers will return home and take part in the Squire Creek Intercollegiate in Ruston.—————Contact Luke Johnson at [email protected]