The LSU men’s golf team used a big day from senior Andrew Loupe and clutch play on the last three holes to capture the team title at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate.
The No. 11 Tigers entered Tuesday two shots back of No. 6 Augusta State, which ended the second round on a birdie binge, but the Tigers grabbed the edge early in the final round.
 
The teams wrestled for the lead throughout a tense back nine before several late miscues by the Jaguars and steady play from LSU down the stretch sealed the narrow one-shot victory for the Tigers.
 
Loupe got one shot better each day, culminating with Tuesday’s final round 3-under 68 that propelled him into a playoff before he fell to North Carolina State’s Mitchell Sutton on the first playoff hole to finish in second place.
The win is the first of the spring for the men’s team, which has not finished worse than fourth this spring but hadn’t been able to claim a team title since winning twice in the fall.
 
Junior Sang Yi played one of his best rounds of the year, as he managed a 1-under-par 70 to finish in 17th place and help the Tigers maintain their spot near the lead late in the day.
 
Senior John Peterson continued to be the Tigers’ steadying presence at Bulls Bay. The All-American turned in a final round 1-over 72 to finish in a tie for seventh with a 54-hole score of 2-under-par 211.
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