COLUMBUS, Ohio – Members of the LSU men’s golf team wrapped up the first day of competition at the 2010 Jack Nicklaus Invitational on Monday with a 36-hole team score of 37-over par 597 in the event being held at the par-70 layout at Ohio State’s Scioto Country Club.
The Tigers followed a 23-over 303 in the morning round with a 14-over 294 in the afternoon round to end the first day of action in eighth place in the team standings.
The Arkansas Razorbacks finished the day with a two-stroke lead in the team standings after posting a 36-hole score of 18-over 578. The Oklahoma State Cowboys follow in second place at 20-over 580, while Illinois (581), Southern California (586) and Texas (586) round out the tournament’s top-five teams.
Senior All-American Andrew Loupe and junior Sang Yi matched one another stroke-for-stroke in the first day of competition with equal scores of 6-over 76 in the first round and 4-over 74 in the second round to finish the day in a tie for 25th place on the individual leaderboard at 10-over 150. Loupe is making his fall debut after missing LSU’s title winning performance at the Gopher Invitational with a shoulder injury.
Junior Austin Gutgsell and freshman Smylie Kaufman follow in a tie for 32nd place overall with matching scores of 11-over 151, while senior Clayton Rotz finished the day in a tie for 36th place at 12-over 152.
Arkansas was led to the top of the team standings by a trio of golfers to finish Monday’s action in the Top 10 of the leaderboard, including Jamie Marshall’s even-par score of 140 that is tied for first place overall with Illinois’ Luke Guthrie. Two Razorbacks finished the day in a tie for seventh place on the leaderboard as Sebastian Cappelen and Ethan Tracy posted matching scores of 4-over 144.
The Tigers are paired with the Purdue Boilermakers in Tuesday’s final round and will open from the back nine with tee times beginning at 8:54 a.m. CT. Live scoring of the third and final round of the tournament will be provided by Golfstat and can be found online at www.golfstat.com.
JACK NICKLAUS INVITATIONAL – SECOND ROUND RESULTS
TEAM SCORES (Par 560)
1. Arkansas 286-292 – 578 +18; 2. Oklahoma State 295-285 – 580 +20; 3. Illinois 290-291 – 581 +21; T4. Southern California 287-299 – 586 +26; T4. Texas 303-283 – 586 +26; 6. Ohio State 294-295 – 589 +29; 7. Purdue 303-293 – 596 +36; 8. LSU 303-294 – 597 +37; 9. Baylor 300-300 – 600 +40; 10. Kent State 313-296 – 609 +49.
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS (Par 140)
T1. Luke Guthrie, Illinois, 70-70 – 140 E; T1. Jamie Marshall, Arkansas, 68-72 – 140 E; T3. Scott Langley, Illinois, 69-72 – 141 +1; Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State, 73-68 – 141 +1; 5. T.J. Vogel, Southern California, 68-74 – 142 +2; 6. Michael Cress, Ohio State, 73-70 – 143 +3; T7. Jeffrey Kang, Southern California, 73-71 – 144 +4; T7. Sebastian Cappelen, Arkansas, 72-72 – 144 +4; T7. Ethan Tracy, Arkansas, 71-73 – 144 +4; T10. Morgan Hoffmann, Oklahoma State, 75-70 – 145 +5; T10. Kevin Tway, Oklahoma State, 72-73 – 145 +5.
LSU SCORES
T25. Sang Yi, 76-74 – 150 +10
T25. Andrew Loupe, 76-74 – 150 +10
T32. Smylie Kaufman, 80-71 – 151 +11
T32. Austin Gutgsell, 76-75 – 151 +11
T36. Clayton Rotz, 75-77 – 152 +12