OPELIKA, Ala.– The 20th ranked LSU men’s golf team shot a first round score of 8-over par 296 to finish the day in eighth place at the 2001 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate Friday. The Tigers are 14 strokes behind leader Georgia State, who is 6-under par.
The host and defending champion Auburn is tied for second place with Alabama-Birmingham at 3-under par. South Carolina and Ole Miss round out the top five. The tournament field is comprised of 12 teams, including six from the Southeastern Conference.
The tournament is being held at the Saugahatchee Country Club. It is a par-72 course, and its yardage is 6,689. The tournament runs through Sunday. Tee times for Saturday and Sunday are 8 a.m.
Senior All-America candidate Alan Morgan is tied for seventh after one round. The Lake Charles native shot a first round 71. He is tied with five other golfers at 1-under par. He is four shots behind individual leader Payton Osborn of UAB. Morgan is looking for his seventh top-10 finish of the season, and third individual title as well. Morgan finished third at the Cleveland Golf/ASU Invitational last weekend in Augusta, Ga.
Craig Taylor posted a first round 74, and is tied for 31st place. Nathan Goulding shot a 75 and is in 40th place. John Humphries and Garrett Prather both shot 76’s, and are tied for 48th place.
The Tigers are hoping to win their fourth tournament title of the season.
Their last victory came at the LSU Spring Invitational March 6 in Baton Rouge at the University Club. The Tigers will head to the SEC Championships April 19-22 following the Billy Hitchcock.
Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate Saugahatchee C.C. Opelika, AL Tournament Dates: 04/06 - 04/08 * Individual Par: 72 Yardage: 6689 Fin Team Scores 1 Georgia State Univ. 282 -6 2 UAB 285 -3 Auburn University 285 -3 4 South Carolina 287 -1 5 Mississippi, U. of 289 +1 6 Southeastern La. U. 290 +2 7 North Florida, U. of 293 +5 8 Louisiana State U. 296 +8 9 Vanderbilt Univ. 297 +9 10 Florida State Univ. 298 +10 11 Memphis, U. of 300 +12 12 Mississippi St. U. 307 +19 LSU Individuals T 7 Alan Morgan 36- 35 71 T 31 Craig Taylor 37- 37 74 T 40 Nathan Goulding 38- 37 75 T 48 John Humphries 42- 34 76 T 48 Garrett Prather 39- 37 76 Fin Name School Scores 1 Payton Osborn UAB 33- 34 67 -5 2 Kevin Haefner Auburn 34- 35 69 -3 Jack Croyle Georgia St 33- 36 69 -3 Ernie Rose S Carolina 35- 34 69 -3 5 D.J. Fiese Georgia St 35- 35 70 -2 Phil Caravia Ole Miss 35- 35 70 -2 7 Alan Morgan LSU 36- 35 71 -1 David Bennett N. Florida 35- 36 71 -1 Chris Rienke Memphis 36- 35 71 -1 Will Swift Auburn 36- 35 71 -1 Jonathon Dismuke Auburn 36- 35 71 -1 Allen Thompson Georgia St 35- 36 71 -1 13 Kyle Thompson S Carolina 38- 34 72 E J.J. Thompson Ole Miss 36- 36 72 E Andy Smith S.E. La. 35- 37 72 E Daniel Ozley UAB 37- 35 72 E Dave Womack Georgia St 35- 37 72 E Jason McKenzie Miss. St. 34- 38 72 E Billy Carreto S.E. La. 37- 35 72 E Tommy Clement Ole Miss 36- 36 72 E Guillermo Silva S.E. La. 34- 38 72 E 22 Graeme McDowell UAB 34- 39 73 +1 Rusty Mosely Florida St 37- 36 73 +1 Brandt Snedeker Vanderbilt 37- 36 73 +1 John Bloomfield S Carolina 36- 37 73 +1 Drew Jones UAB 34- 39 73 +1 Brent Delahoussaye S Carolina 35- 38 73 +1 Jeffery Yeckes Vanderbilt 36- 37 73 +1 *Alan Weant Auburn 36- 37 73 +1 *John Little Auburn 36- 37 73 +1 31 Johnny Thompson N. Florida 35- 39 74 +2 Mark Donaldson Florida St 36- 38 74 +2 Craig Taylor LSU 37- 37 74 +2 Brad Schwartz N. Florida 37- 37 74 +2 Jay Mundy Auburn 39- 35 74 +2 Brad Beverly Georgia St 38- 36 74 +2 Matt Cooper Memphis 39- 35 74 +2 Manuel Kempe S.E. La. 37- 37 74 +2 Clemens ConradPradeN. Florida 39- 35 74 +2 40 Troy Muller Ole Miss 34- 41 75 +3 Nathan Goulding LSU 38- 37 75 +3 40 Ryan Grant Vanderbilt 37- 38 75 +3 Andrew Medley Ole Miss 39- 36 75 +3 Johan Kok S Carolina 34- 41 75 +3 Craig Gordon UAB 39- 36 75 +3 Rick Westbrook Florida St 36- 39 75 +3 *Henrik Sevegran Georgia St 38- 37 75 +3 48 Lee Williams Auburn 37- 39 76 +4 John Pitt Vanderbilt 38- 38 76 +4 John Humphries LSU 42- 34 76 +4 John Limanti N. Florida 38- 38 76 +4 Andy Lewis Florida St 39- 37 76 +4 Garrett Prather LSU 39- 37 76 +4 *Lars Cedarqvist S Carolina 36- 40 76 +4 55 Jason Wyatt Memphis 37- 40 77 +5 56 Scott Shelton Miss. St. 38- 40 78 +6 Daniel de Leon S.E. La. 37- 41 78 +6 Kris Hannah Florida St 38- 40 78 +6 Ben Smith Memphis 38- 40 78 +6 Andrew Saft Miss. St. 39- 39 78 +6 61 Codie Mudd Miss. St. 38- 41 79 +7 T.J. Washburn Miss. St. 39- 40 79 +7 63 David Jeans Memphis 40- 41 81 +9 64 Ken Lewis Vanderbilt 42- 41 83 +11 |