The LSU women’s golf team is riding high into North Carolina this weekend.
The Lady Tigers are ranked No. 1 in both the Golfstat performance rankings and the GolfWeek-Sagarin rankings. They will try to continue last weekend’s success while competing in the Lady Tar Heel Invitational at Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Senior Megan McChrystal led LSU to a two-stroke victory at the Mason Rudolph Championship.
“We just want to continue to play steady golf like we have in the first two tournaments,” said LSU coach Karen Bahnsen in a news release. “We’ve gotten great scores top to bottom in both events … [the girls] can just play their games and not worry about the things they can’t control.”
The weekend field includes North Carolina, Alabama, Auburn, Denver, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Louisville, Michigan State, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Virginia and Wake Forest.
Meanwhile, the men’s team has the weekend off before traveling to Columbus, Ohio, for the Jack Nicklaus Invitational at Scioto Country Club. The tournament will be held Monday and Tuesday.
The Tigers haven’t competed as a team since their win at the Gopher Invitational on Sept. 13.
However, four Tigers — senior Ken Looper and freshmen Landon Lyons, Franco Castro and Andrew Presley — played in the Squire Creek Invitational at Squire Creek Country Club in Choudrant, La.
Looper nabbed a runner-up finish after shooting a 1-under par 215 over 54 holes. Lyons didn’t disappoint either, placing fourth and shooting 2-over par for the tournament.
 
 
 
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