KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The LSU men’s golf team will travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to participate in the 2000 Coca-Cola Tennessee Tournament of Champions beginning Monday.
The tournament will be held at Holston Hills Country Club, a par-72, 6,932-yard course. The field is comprised of 14 teams including four from the Southeastern Conference: LSU, Florida, Tennessee, and Auburn.
The tounament will be the second for the Tigers this season. Last weekend the Tigers placed third in the Cleveland Golf/Kiawah Island Intercollegiate held in Charleston, S.C.
LSU head coach Greg Jones was very pleased with his teams effort last weekend.
“It was a pretty solid tournament, we had four guys shoot under par,” Jones said. “We played an outstanding event. It was a good way to start the season.”
Garrett Prather, who was the best of three Tigers in the tournament’s Top 20, finished seventh with a three-round total of 2-over par 218 (70-74-74).