PARRISH, Fla. – The seventh-ranked LSU women’s golf team, fresh off its third win of the season on Tuesday in Puerto Rico, begins play Monday in the Central District Invitational at the River Wilderness Golf Course.
The tournament is hosted by Michigan State.
LSU posted 20-over par in Puerto Rico to defeat Georgia by two shots in the opener of the spring portion of the season. It gave LSU three wins in five starts this season, only bettered b one season in the history of the LSU women’s program. Only one other team in the top 50 in the Golfstat rankings, UCLA, has three team wins this season.
Joining LSU and Michigan State in this year’s Invitational are: Coastal Carolina, Indiana, Iowa State, Kent State, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oklahoma, TCU, UCF and Vanderbilt.
LSU’s Austin Ernst shot even par 216 to finish in a tie for fifth place in the individual competition in Puerto Rico, while Tessa Teachman finished in 9th place at 5-over 221, Madelene Sagstrom was 12th at 7-over 223 and Lyndsey Gahm was 17th at 8-over 224.
LSU will go with its same lineup that includes the defending NCAA champion Ernst with Teach, Sagstrom, Gahm and senior Jacqueline Headwall as it looks to follow up the win with a strong effort.
“We are excited to get right back at it,” said LSU Coach Karen Bahnsen. “We’ve had good performances at this tournament and we want to follow up the win in Puerto Rico with a good showing before we come home to get ready for our home tournament in March.”
Ernst is the defending individual champion of the event.
Monday’s play will be 36 holes starting at 7 a.m. CST followed by a single round on Tuesday. Live scoring is available at LSusports.net through Golfstat.net. Follow LSU women’s basketball on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/LSUwomensbasketball and on Twitter @lsuwomensgolf.