WINDERMERE, Fla. — After opening with a 2-over par 74 in Sunday’s first round, LSU sophomore John Peterson fired a 2-under 70 in Monday’s second round to lead the Tigers at the Isleworth-UCF Collegiate Invitational at Isleworth Golf and Country Club.
Peterson, who teed off from the back nine with the rest of the Tigers, got off to a blistering start with three birdies on his front nine before making the turn at 3-under for the day.
He then reeled off eight straight pars on his back nine before making his only bogey of the round on the par-four ninth hole to finish the day with an impressive 2-under 70. Peterson is in position to earn his second Top 10 finish of the fall season as he currently sits in a tie for 12th place on the leaderboard with a 36-hole score of even-par 144.
While Peterson cut four strokes off his score in the opening round, freshman Josh Jones improved three shots between the first and second rounds after firing a 1-over 73 on Monday. Jones sits in a tie for 30th place after two rounds with a two-round total of 5-over 149.
Freshman Sang Yi has posted back-to-back rounds of 4-over 76 to finish the second round in a tie for 59th, while sophomore Andrew Loupe added a 5-over 77 on Monday. Senior Jarrod Barsamian carded a 7-over 79 to head into Tuesday’s final round in a tie for 74th at 11-over 155.
The Tigers also saw an improvement in their standing after the second round as they went up four spots into 12th place in the team standings with a cumulative score of 22-over 598.
The defending champion and fourth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs have jumped out to a three-stroke lead after lighting up the course with a tournament-low 11-under par 277 on Monday to finish the day with a 36-hole score of 5-under 571. The Indiana Hoosiers are three shots back at 2-under par 574, while first-round leader Alabama trails by seven shots at 2-over 578.
Georgia sophomore Russell Henley is also in a position to defend his individual title as he fired a 5-under 67 in the second round to take a one-shot lead with a two-day total of 6-under 138. Jorge Campillo of Indiana is in second place on the leaderboard at 5-under 139.
The Tigers are paired with Clemson and Illinois in Tuesday’s final round and will tee off from the back nine beginning at 7:04 a.m. CT. Live scoring of the third and final round will be provided by Golfstat and can be found online by logging on to www.golfstat.com.
ISLEWORTH-UCF COLLEGIATE INVITATIONAL ? SECOND ROUND RESULTS
TEAM SCORES (Par 576)
1. Georgia 294-277 ? 571 -5; 2. Indiana 289-285 ? 574 -2; 3. Alabama 287-291 ? 578 +2; 4. Southern California 290-289 ? 579 +3; 5. Texas Tech 294-292 ? 586 +10; 6. Georgia Tech 299-288 ? 587 +11; 7. Texas 300-289 ? 589 +13; T8. Oklahoma State 296-297 ? 593 +17; T8. Stanford 301-292 ? 593 +17; 10. Clemson 296-298 ? 594 +18; 11. Illinois 301-294 ? 595 +19; 12. LSU 302-296 ? 598 +22; 13. South Carolina 297-302 ? 599 +23; T14. Charlotte 304-296 ? 600 +24; T14. UCLA 299-301 ? 600 +24; 16. Arizona 312-292 ? 604 +28; 17. Kentucky 299-310 ? 609 +33; 18. Central Florida 300-310 ? 610 +34.
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS (Par 144)
1. Russell Henley, Georgia, 71-67 ? 138 -6; 2. Jorge Campillo, Indiana, 68-71 ? 139 -5; T3. Alex Martin, Indiana, 72-68 ? 140 -4; T3. Matthew Swan, Alabama, 68-72 ? 140 -4; T5. Matthew Giles, Southern California, 72-69 ? 141 -3; T5. Hudson Swafford, Georgia, 73-68 ? 141 -3; 7. Kyle Stanley, Clemson, 72-70 ? 72-70 ? 142 -2; T8. Jamie Lovemark, Southern California, 75-68 ? 143 -1; T8. Gregor Main, UCLA, 73-70 ? 143 -1; T8. Garrett Merrill, Texas Tech, 73-70 ? 143 -1; T8. Cameron Tringale, Georgia Tech, 71-72 ? 143 -1.
LSU SCORES
T12. John Peterson 74-70 ? 144 E
T30. Josh Jones 76-73 ? 149 +5
T59. Sang Yi 76-76 ? 152 +8
T74. Jarrod Barsamian 76-79 ? 155 +11
T85. Andrew Loupe 82-77 ? 159 +15