BATON ROUGE — The LSU men’s golf team shot a 4-over par 580 Saturday in the first day of the Bank of Tennessee Intercollegiate at the Ridges Golf and Country Club in Johnson City, Tenn., to stand in sixth place after two rounds.
LSU found itself in 12th place after shooting a 10-over 298 in the first round but recovered by firing a second-round 6-under 282.
“We played really well in the afternoon and I thought we made some adjustments before the second round that propelled us to that finish,” said LSU head coach Greg Jones. “It was really a great team effort by our guys.”
The Tigers were led in scoring by senior Heath West, who is tied for 10th place after shooting a 1-under 143. Sophomore Garrett Runion finished one stroke behind West in a 15th-place tie with an even-par 144, and sophomore transfer Chris Wells is in a tie for 19th after shooting a 1-over 145 in his first action as a Tiger. Wells’ 4-under 68 in the second round was the low round of the day for LSU.
Oklahoma leads the tournament after opening with a 4-under 572, two shots better than Clemson, TCU and Tennessee who finished with a 2-under 574. Anthony Kim of Oklahoma is the low individual after recording a pair of 68s for an 8-under 136. Final-round action will begin Sunday at 8 a.m.
BANK OF TENNESSEE INTERCOLLEGIATE
TEAM SCORES (Par 576)
1. Oklahoma 290-282 — 572 -4; t.2 Clemson 286-288 — 574 -2; t.2 TCU 286-288 — 574 -2; t.2 Tennessee 282-292 — 574 -2; 5. Wake Forest 293-285 — 578 +2; 6. LSU 298-282 — 580 +4; 7. Virginia 290-293 — 583 +7; 8. Alabama 288-298 — 586 +10; 9. South Carolina 301-287 — 588 +12; 10. North Carolina 295-294 — 589 +13; t11. Virginia Tech 291-299 — 590 +14; t11. Duke 294-296 — 590 +14; t11. Florida State 304-286 — 590 +14; 14. Kansas 301-290 — 591 +15; 15. East Tennessee State 297-296 — 593 +17
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS (Par 144)
1. Anthony Kim, Oklahoma, 68-68 — 136 -8; 2. Brian Duncan, Clemson, 68-69 — 137 -7; 3. Webb Simpson, Wake Forest, 68-70 — 138 -6; 4. Drew Pigg, TCU, 69-70 — 139 -5; t.5 Colby Beckstrom, TCU, 71-70 — 141 -3; t.5 Philip Pettitt, Tennessee, 69-72 — 141 -3
LSU SCORES
t10. Heath West 72-71 — 143 -1
t.15 Garrett Runion 74-70 — 144 E
t.19 Chris Wells 77-68 — 145 +1
t.40 Brandon Aydlett 75-73 — 148 +4
t.64 Jeff Riemann 80-73 — 153 +9