2015-16 LSU Men's Golf Media Guide by LSU Athletics

Table of Contents ONLY ONE LSU

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2 Quick Facts 3 Why LSU? 4 University Club 5 Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility 6 Practice Facilities 8 University Club Layout 14 Cox Communications Academic Center 16 LSU Greats 18 Prominent LSU Alumni 20 LSU President/Chancellor 21 Director of Athletics

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PREVIEW 22 Season Preview 24 Tournament Information 26 David Toms Intercollegiate Preview 27 SEC Opponents

THE TEAM 28 Head Coach Chuck Winstead 30 Assistant Coach Garrett Runion 31 Zach Wright 32 Rhyne Jones 33 Brandon Pierce 34 Eric Ricard 35 Blake Caldwell 36 Sam Burns 37 Luis Gagne 38 Nathan Jeansonne 39 Television Roster

Season Review 2015 NCAA Champions NCAA Semifinals: LSU vs. Georgia NCAA Quarterfinals: LSU vs. Vandy 2015 SEC Champions 2014-15 Statistics & Results 2014-15 Round-by-Round Results 2014-15 Tournament Summaries 2014-15 SEC Recap

HISTORY 55 Tigers on the PGA TOUR 58 Tigers in Major Championships 59 2012 U.S. Open Championship 60 LSU at the SEC Championships 61 LSU at the NCAA Championships 62 John Peterson: NCAA Champion 64 2014 NCAA Semifinalists 66 Record Book 68 All-Time Tournament Wins 69 Home Tournament History 70 All-Time Honors 72 Letterwinners

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Quick Facts

UNIVERSITY Location: Baton Rouge, La. Founded: 1860 Enrollment: 30,451 Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers Home Course: The University Club (Par 72) Mascot: Mike VI (Live Bengal Tiger) Colors: Purple and Gold Conference: Southeastern Affiliation: NCAA Division I President: Dr. F. King Alexander Faculty Representative: Dr. Bill DeMastes

ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics: Sr. Associate AD/Operations & Administration: Sr. Associate AD/Business: Sr. Associate AD/Sr. Woman Administrator: Sr. Associate AD/Compliance & Planning: Sr. Associate AD/Athletic Facility Management: Sr. Associate AD/Internal Affairs & Development: Associate AD/Ticket Manager: Associate AD/Facilities & Project Development: Assistant AD/Marketing: Assistant AD/Fiscal Operations:

Joe Alleva Verge Ausberry Mark Ewing Miriam Segar Bo Bahnsen Ronnie Haliburton Eddie Nunez Brian Broussard Emmitt David Matt Shanklin Neal Lamonica

MEN’S GOLF STAFF Head Coach: Chuck Winstead Alma Mater: LSU, 1991 Season at LSU: 11th Assistant Coach: Garrett Runion Alma Mater: LSU, 2008 Season at LSU: Fourth

2015-16 MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 11-13 Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic 25-27 Golfweek Conference Challenge

Rocky Face, Ga. Burlington, Iowa

The Farm GC Spring Hollow GC

OCTOBER 10-11 David Toms Intercollegiate 16-18 U.S. Collegiate Championship

Baton Rouge, La. Alpharetta, Ga.

University Club The GC of Georgia

NOVEMBER 2-3 East Lake Cup

Atlanta, Ga.

East Lake GC

FEBRUARY 15-17 The Prestige at PGA West 28=1 Querencia Cabo Collegiate

La Quinta, Calif. PGA West Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Querencia GC

MARCH 21-22 Valspar Invitational at Floridian

Palm City, Fla.

APRIL 2-3 Aggie Invitational 15-17 SEC Men’s Golf Championships

College Station, Texas Traditions Club St. Simons Island, Ga. Sea Island GC

MAY 16-18 NCAA Regionals 27-1 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships

Site TBA Sarasota, Fla.

Floridian GC

Course TBA Concession GC

SUPPORT STAFF

TEAM INFORMATION 2014-15 Record: 135-30-3 2014-15 SEC Finish: 1st Postseason: NCAA Champions Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 4/3 Top Returnees: Zach Wright (Sr.), Eric Ricard (Jr.), Brandon Pierce (Jr.) Top Newcomers: Sam Burns (Fr.), Luis Gagne (So.), Nathan Jeansonne (Fr.) Inaugural Season: 1932 Tournament Titles: 125 NCAA Championships: 5 SEC Championships: 16

WILL STAFFORD Athletic Communications

SPORTS INFORMATION Sr. Associate AD/Athletic Communications Director: Senior Associate SID: Senior Associate SID: Associate SID: Associate SID: Associate SID: Director of Publications: Graphic Design Coordinator: Publications Student Assistants: Staff Photographer: Photography Assistant: Men’s Golf Contact: Administrative Specialist:

Michael Bonnette Kent Lowe Bill Franques Will Stafford Jake Terry Clyde Verdin Krystal Bennett Faircloth Hannah Brinks Mallory Bourgeois, Tristan Francis, Lizzie McCulla Steve Franz Chris Parent Will Stafford Pam LeBlanc

CONTACT INFORMATION (AREA CODE 225) LSU Athletic Communications: 578-8226 LSU Athletic Communications Fax: 578-1861 Will Stafford’s Cell: 436-4389 Will Stafford’s E-mail: wstaff2@lsu.edu Men’s Golf Office: 578-1280 LSU Athletic Department: 578-0628 Ticket Office: 578-2184 Website: www.LSUsports.net

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KATIE O’BRIEN Administrative Assistant

CORY COUTURE Athletic Trainer

KIRSTIN DeFUSCO Academic Counselor

ERIC DONOVAL Strength & Conditioning Coach

MEDIA INFORMATION The 2015-16 LSU Men’s Golf Media Guide was written to provide members of the media with statistics and information needed to adequately cover the LSU Men’s Golf team. For further information on the team and the scheduling of interviews with head coach Chuck Winstead, assistant coach Garrett Runion or any of the student-athletes, please contact Will Stafford in the LSU Athletic Communications Department at (225) 578-8226.

MAILING ADDRESS

OVERNIGHT MAILING ADDRESS

LSU Sports Information LSU Box 25095 Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Athletic Administration Building, Fifth Floor North Stadium Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70894

CREDITS Editor: Will Stafford Design and Layout: Mallory Bourgeois Covers: Mallory Bourgeois Photography: Steve Franz Chris Parent Printer: Multi Ad

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David Toms 2001 PGA Champion 13-time PGA TOUR Winner

“As far back as I can remember, I have literally bled purple and gold. It never crossed my mind that there was anywhere else to go other than LSU. The experiences and relationships that I developed at LSU have been an integral part of my life. No other colleges existed in my mind. I am fortunate to have attended a place that I considered a dream and look forward to my association with the University until the day I die.”

“I came to LSU to improve myself as a player and to have an awesome experience as a student-athlete. I was able to do both while playing for a great coach in Chuck Winstead and a great program he has continued to build at LSU. It really helped me get to where I am today. After graduating, I bought a house in Baton Rouge and have always enjoyed my time here.”

“I’ve bled purple and gold from Day One. I grew up an LSU fan in Baton Rouge, my parents went there and I had always wanted to go to school there. I had that opportunity when it came down to deciding where I wanted to continue my career. It’s the best University on the planet, and I’m proud to call it my home.”

“Both of my parents played golf for LSU, so it was always my dream to play golf there too. At LSU, you are given the opportunity to play and practice at top-notch facilities and play one of the best schedules in the country. I got better every year at LSU and made lasting relationships with my coaches coaches and teammates. I truly believe this is why I will be playing on the PGA TOUR next year.”

John Peterson

Andrew Loupe

Smylie Kaufman

PGA TOUR Veteran 2011 NCAA Champion

PGA TOUR Veteran 2-time NCAA All-American

PGA TOUR Rookie PGA TOUR Winner

Did You Know? • I n the 2009 and 2010 editions of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, LSU is ranked in the first tier for “Best National Universities.” • L SU is the only public university in Louisiana designated as having very high research activity (RU/VH) by the prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the highest ranking awarded to doctorate-granting institutions. • L SU was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. • L SU earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement and Outreach

classification in 2008, one of 68 public institutions nationally with this elective classification based on community engagement. • L SU is one of only a handful of universities in the nation having land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant status. • L SU currently ranks among the Top 30 public universities in total research awards. The University’s total federal

funding, from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and the Department of Homeland Security has increased 86 percent or more than $90 million over the last five years. • Newsweek magazine named LSU the “Most Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003, issue. The enrollment consists of 24 percent minority students.

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University Club

University CLUB

For more than a decade, the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams have called University Club home. The course received the honor of being ranked the 13thbest home for college golf in the country, according to a survey published in the September 2005 issue of Golf Digest. The evaluation by Golf Digest ranked the Top 15 home courses in college golf, and included such criteria as shot values, resistance to scoring, course layout and design, memorability and conditioning. After undergoing extensive renovations in 2010, the home of LSU’s nationallyranked men’s and women’s programs features a newly-designed par-72 layout that will serve as an impressive showpiece for generations to come.

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The course at the University Club was redesigned under the guidance of LSU legend and PGA TOUR pro David Toms and renowned golf course architect Jim Lipe, who designed the original University Club in 1998. The course is carved into nearly 300 acres of land just seven miles south of the LSU campus on Nicholson Drive. It came as no surprise that the University Club was selected as an NCAA Men’s Golf Regional host site during the 2013 season, marking the first time in the illustrious history of the LSU Men’s Golf program that the Tigers served as hosts to an NCAA postseason tournament on its home course. The challenging 18-hole, par-72 course at University Club plays to 7,700 yards from its championship tees and features wide fairways bordered by pine hammocks and native grasses, in addition to 2,000 feet of beautiful bulkhead. Four additional sets of tees are also available for players of all ages and skill levels. In addition, the lake areas have been increased by 110,000 cubic yards in total and more than 500 trees have been added throughout the course to provide a challenging test of golf for anyone playing the University Club. Not only that, but the course now has one of the most impressive finishing holes in golf as the 18th hole on the back nine features a new championship “Tiger” tee with a beautiful six-foot high wood bulkhead. The lake was expanded near the green, where an additional 180 feet of bulkhead was also added. The course was built on land donated to the Tiger Athletic Foundation and subsequently leased to The University Club. The original vision that drove University Club’s development was having a premier course that would provide a place for TAF members to play, as well as a home for the men’s and women’s golf teams at LSU. The course opened for members on Oct. 22, 1998. The swimming and tennis facility adjacent to the course opened in the summer of 2000. The surrounding housing development continues to grow as homes continue to spring up, adding to the beauty of the area surrounding the golf course. The Tiger Athletic Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation that serves as the fund-raising and development arm of the LSU athletics department. Each year, the TAF underwrites scholarship and academics awards, as well as capital development projects for LSU athletics.

Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility

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Bilyeu Golf

PRACTICE FACILITY On April 15, 2011, the former LSU Golf House was renamed the Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility in honor of Mary and Woody Bilyeu following their generous donation toward the redesign of the new University Club and practice facility. Donations raised by the Tiger Athletic Foundation allowed for extensive renovations to the University Club and practice facility in 2010, creating a more challenging venue for collegiate golfers while attracting championship level events to the University Club. The NCAA subsequently awarded the University Club the honor of serving as one of six host sites for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Regionals. The Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility first opened in the fall of 2002 to rave reviews from players, coaches and members of the athletic administration alike. This

$850,000 facility funded by TAF functions primarily as a golf-learning center for the LSU men’s and women’s teams where student-athletes are able to improve their skills at one of the nation’s best practice facilities. The Bilyeu Practice Facility features a lavish meeting room, office space for both the men’s and women’s coaching staffs and an area devoted to equipment repair and storage. It also includes locker rooms, an indoor driving range with two hitting bays and a stateof-the-art learning center which can utilize the latest technology and video analysis to benefit each player’s development in a classroom setting. Outside the facility is a practice tee box that measures 100 yards in length, a brand new wedge game area built in 2007 and a 10,000-square-foot putting and pitching green surrounded by practice bunkers where

players are able to practice in a spacious environment. Chuck Winstead, who is the head coach of the men’s golf team and a Top 100 Teacher according to Golf Magazine, believes that having such a facility is essential in the development of his players and is evidence that LSU is committed to running a first-class program. “The facility offers our student-athletes an environment second to none to excel and reach their potential,” Winstead said. “The combination of state-ofthe-art technology to work on their game combined with our indoor putting area to fine-tune their stroke enables our players to maximize their ability. We are able to utilize the tools we have to get the best out of each player and teach them in a comfortable setting.”

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Practice FACILITIES

CONFERENCE ROOM u The lavish conference room at the LSU Golf House enables the LSU coaching staff and players to meet in a quiet, spacious area.

LOCKER ROOM q The new Tiger locker room includes space for all the players to dress and store their equipment.

VIDEO ANALYSIS LSU head coach Chuck Winstead teaches his players using state-of-the-art video technology that is second to none.

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LSU utilizes TrackMan technology to improve each player’s game with properly-fitted equipment tailored to their specific needs. Each player is able to obtain exact yardages for each club in his bag while measuring various aspects of his swing, such as launch angle, spin rate, attack angle, clubhead speed, ball speed and much more.

An inside view of the luxorious meeting and conference room.

WEDGE GAME

PUTTING GREEN

TEE BOX

The practice facilities at the Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility feature a wedge game area with three target greens, each measuring 2,000 square feet. Players can fine-tune their wedge game by hitting shots from all lies and angles up to 120 yards as the greens are guarded by rough and five bunkers. The project, designed by LSU alumni David Toms, Jim Lipe and Chuck Winstead, was completed in the summer of 2007.

In addition to building a new wedge game area, recent renovations to the practice facilities at The Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility saw the completion of a brand new putting green measuring 10,000 square feet along with an existing putting green measuring 14,000 square feet that has been overseeded with bent grass. In all, the improvements to the practice facilities at the Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility are estimated at $150,000.

Members of the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams have the opportunity to practice in a spacious environment as the Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility features a large tee box measuring 100 yards in length.

Club Repair The Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility is blessed with a state-of-the-art club repair room that allows the players to re-grip clubs, re-shaft clubs and check and change the lies and lofts of each club, including woods and putters, to ensure your set is where you want it.

SAM PuttLab The SAM (Science and Motion) PuttLab uses the same basic principles as TrackMan technology, but with putting. The Tigers are able to fine-tune their putting stroke from the feedback SAM provides about the angle of the putter face at set up, impact and through the stroke.

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University Club Hole-By-Hole

No. 3

In its original state, through the summer of 2009, the University Club played at just over 7,200 yards from its Tiger Tees and just over 6,000 yards for the early LSU Women’s Golf Classics. Now the course measures out at a hefty 7,700 yards from the Tiger Tees

and an impressive 6,602 yards from member tees. Here are some characteristics of the course and pictures of the holes (tees are listed in the following order: Tiger-ScratchMember-Senior-Ladies/Juniors).

Distances Tiger Tee – 3892-3808 – 7700 Scratch – 3648-3586 – 7234 Member -- 3377-3225 – 6602

No. 1 – Par 4 – 456-402-385-349-274

A championship tee lengthened the hole by 50 yards. The former waste bunker on the left side was replaced by an area of pine hammock and several trees planted in the right rough. On the approach shot, players have to watch for a grass hollow that replaced greenside bunkers. No. 2 – Par 4 – 447-435-382-324-312

A good hole that didn’t need a lot of change. Two bunkers tempt those looking to carry a drive and the raised left side of the green creates a top shelf pin placement. No. 3 – Par 5 – 673-632-578-542-496

Can you say long? The No. 1 handicap hole on the course had 53 yards added to its Tiger distance and features native grass areas down both sides of a fairway that was much easier to hit. The water has been expanded off the tee, replacing the old fairway bunker. The elevated green makes a more demanding approach.

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Senior – 3043-2935 – 5978 Ladies/Juniors – 2660-2643 -- 5303

No. 1

Hole 4-5-6

No. 5

No. 4

No. 4 – Par 4 – 375-341-315-288-231

No. 6

This was a short par-four that some long hitters could put the ball at the edge of the green with an accurate drive. That task is a little tougher as the left side water now extends into the fairway. The green has been extended back for an additional hole location. No. 5 – Par 3 – 189-172-155-137-96

This picturesque par-three loses the wide bail-out area on the right as you look from the tee. The lake extends closer to the green making accuracy everything from the tee box. No. 6 – Par 5 – 573-554-522-478-450

This hole has a whole new identity with a new lake down the entire length of the hole. A creek also crosses the fairway, directly in the landing zone of most hitters. The creek extends into a pond at the green making the approach shot more demanding.

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No. 9

Holes 7-8-9

No. 7

No. 7 – Par 4 – 471-457-431-401-349

The beginning of a tough stretch of three holes to close the front nine. Native grasses replaced the wetlands in front of the tee box. A fairway bunker has been added and a grass hollow is now left of the green. No. 8 – Par 3 – 222-188-166-130-107

The long par-three eighth hole has undergone a complete renovation. The tee box has been reshaped and elevated by seven feet. The water on the hole has expanded to the front left of the green. The putting surface has been reshaped with three new bunkers. No. 9 – Par 4 – 486-467-443-394-345

The second-longest par-four on the course has several trees down the right side. Waste bunkers have been replaced by pine hammock areas and native grass comes into play on the left side. The result is a tighter landing area to try to place a drive.

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Holes 10-11-12

No. 12

No. 11

No. 10

No. 10 – Par 4 – 484-444-402-354-327

Golfers will notice the trees down the left side that give the hole definition. The approach shot will have to avoid pine hammocks short and right of the green. No. 11 – Par 5 – 567-557-516-484-429

This long par-five has native dunes on the left side. A fairway bunker in the middle of the fairway that is 110 yards out from the green will cause approach problems. The water down the right has been extended close to the newly-elevated green, placing a premium on getting the ball to the hole. No. 12 – Par 4 – 422-410-368-350-307

Several trees will cause problems with errant drives on both sides of the hole. A new sand bunker has replaced a grass bunker in front of the green. An accurate tee shot is a must.

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Holes 13-14-15

No. 13

No. 14

No. 13 – Par 3 – 209-179-151-141-119

This has always been one of the best holes on the course. Some trees have been added and the green expanded to add hole locations. A straightforward tee shot is necessary with severe bunkers on the left side of the green. No. 14 – Par 4 – 460-448-404-351-317

One of the more intimidating holes on the course with an uncompromising dogleg left leaving little room for error off the tee. Water has been extended into the fairway on the left side and pine hammocks down the right. The green has been expanded to the back and to the right. No. 15 – Par 4 – 365-347-327-287-244

This hole probably had some of the biggest changes on the golf course. There is a new elevated tee box and the right side of the hole features mounding with native grasses. The fairway has been reshaped and bunkers added on the left. The hole has the potential to be played as a drivable par-four.

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Holes 16-17-18

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No. 16

No. 16 – Par 3 – 253-215-167-144-117

No. 17

This hole now could play 250 yards over water from the Tiger tee as opposed to the former distance of 188 yards. The existing green has been expanded to the right to allow more hole locations. Water has been added to the right of the green. No. 17 – Par 5 – 551-528-501-452-443

The hole has several trees down the right side of the entire hole. The water on the left expands toward the fairway approaching the hole. A lake at the green makes an accurate approach imperative. Long hitters can reach the green in two. No. 18 – Par 4 – 497-458-389-372-340

The U-Club’s signature hole is one of the best finishing holes in the state. Native grasses are both right and left on this dogleg left hole. The lake, which has always been in play off the tee, has been expanded near the green, replacing the left greenside bunker. There is 180 feet of bulkhead bordering the left side of the green.

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Academic Center TIGERS

Academic Center

Bo Campbell Auditorium

COX COMMUNICATIONS

The 1,000-seat auditorium is used through the year as a classroom and lecture hall. Each seat in the auditorium has space for a laptop and a modem hookup, providing each student unlimited learning opportunities. The auditorium also contains a movie-theatre-size screen to aid professors with lectures and classroom activities.

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Study Area Included in the 54,000 square feet of the Academic Center are individual study areas, as well as 14 private computer rooms for student-athletes to work one-on-one with tutors or by themselves.

Amenities 4 54,000 square feet of working space 4 136 computer workstations & 30 laptops 4 14 private computer rooms in a state-of-the-art computer lab 4 Additional study rooms and classrooms for private or group study 4 Electronic scheduling of tutoring sessions 4 A 1,000-seat auditorium for classes and lectures

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The Library The library provides a perfect setting for individual study, with a tutor or as a group.

Academic Center

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Computer Stations

The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is at the forefront of today’s educational technology. Since the spring of 2009, the academic center has upgraded more than 170 computers, including both PC and Mac.

A $15 million renovation to the Gym Armory in 2002 not only made it among the nation’s premier academic centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing center give LSU student-athletes the best opportunity for success by providing access to the latest technology, as well as an array of expanded services.

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LSU GREATS

The following nine individuals are the only athletes to have their jerseys retired by LSU. Men’s basketball has retired the No. 23 for Pete Maravich, No. 50 for Bob Pettit, Jr., No. 33 for Shaquille O’Neal and No. 40 for Rudy Macklin. Women’s basketball retired the No. 33 for Seimone Augustus. Football’s only two retired jerseys are the No. 20 worn by Billy Cannon and the No. 37 worn by Tommy Casanova. Baseball retired the No. 15 in honor of longtime coach and former athletics director Skip Bertman and the No. 19 for Ben McDonald. Casanova, Macklin and McDonald joined the prestigious list in May 2009. Augustus became the first woman in LSU Athletics history to have her jersey retired in January 2010.

50 Bob Pettit

23 Pete Maravich

20 Billy Cannon

33 Shaquille O’Neal

15 Skip Bertman

40 Rudy Macklin

Pettit led LSU to its first NCAA Final Four in 1953 and he later became the first player in NBA history to exceed the 20,000-plus point barrier. Pettit is a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, and in 1997, he was named as one of the Top 50 players in NBA history.

Shaquille O’Neal was the first pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He was named MVP of the league in 2000 and was a three-time NBA Finals MVP after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to three World Championships. At LSU, O’Neal averaged 21.6 points and 13.6 rebounds for his career, and in 1991, he was named the World’s Amateur Athlete of the Year as well as SEC Athlete of the Year and National Player of the Year. In 1997, he was named as one of the top 50 players in NBA history.

“Pistol Pete” Maravich still holds the NCAA record for career points with 3,667 and for career scoring average with 44.2 points a game. He was selected the National Player of the Year in 1970 after leading the Tigers to the NIT Final Four. He scored 50-plus points an amazing 28 times. He went on to a 10-year professional career and was selected as one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1997.

A legend in the college baseball ranks, Skip Bertman created a dynasty at LSU, guiding the Tigers to five national titles in a 10-year stretch from 1991-2000. He also coached the United States to a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and was an assistant on the gold medal-winning U.S. squad in Seoul, Korea, in 1988. Bertman retired from coaching following the 2001 season and served as LSU’s athletics director for seven years. Bertman was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

One of the true legends of college football in the South, Billy Cannon was the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and helped the Tigers to the 1958 national title. Cannon’s most memorable performance came in 1959 against Ole Miss when No. 1 LSU trailed No. 3 Ole Miss, 3-0, in the fourth quarter. He fielded a punt, broke seven tackles and returned it 89 yards for a touchdown in a 7-3 victory. He went on to a successful 11-year professional career.

Rudy Macklin was a two-time basketball All-American selection during his Tiger career from 1976-81 during which time he became LSU’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,276 boards and the second-leading scorer in school history behind only the legendary Pete Maravich with 2,080 points. He led the Tigers to two Elite Eight appearances and the 1981 Final Four in Philadelphia. He still holds the school single-game rebound record with 32, a mark that may never be broken.

Tommy Casanova (left), Seimone Augustus (middle) and Rudy Macklin (right) were the last LSU greats to have their jerseys retired during the 2009-10 athletic year.

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About LSU Retired Jerseys The retirement of the jerseys of Casanova, McDonald, Macklin and Augustus comes under a new provision of the LSU jersey retirement bylaws that says the retirement of an athlete’s jersey in a particular sport does not preclude a current student-athlete in that sport from wearing the jersey number in that or any other sport, subject to the discretion of the head coach. This provision applies only to jerseys retired after January 1, 2007, so the numbers worn by Maravich, Pettit, O’Neal, Cannon and Bertman may never again be worn by future student-athletes in their respective sports. To have a jersey retired at LSU, an athlete must have completed intercollegiate competition for LSU a minimum of five years prior to nomination. Athletes must have demonstrated truly unusual and outstanding accomplishments, exceeding and in addition to all criteria used for Hall of Fame selection. Nominees must have a unanimous vote of support from the Hall of Fame committee.

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Tommy Casanova is the only three-time AllAmerican in the history of LSU football and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. During his Tiger career from 1969-71, Casanova personified versatility for his myriad of talents as he played offense, defense, returned punts and kickoffs. One of just two three-time All-SEC performers at LSU, he played six seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL while earning his medical degree.

19 Ben McDonald

Ben McDonald won the prestigious Golden Spikes Award in 1989, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding player, and is a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. He led LSU to two College World Series appearances. In 1989, McDonald was named National Player of the Year by Baseball America, The Sporting News and Collegiate Baseball. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles as the No. 1 pick in the major league draft in 1989 and went on to enjoy a 10-year major league career with the Orioles and the Milwaukee Brewers.

33 Seimone Augustus

Seimone Augustus is the only women’s basketball player in school history to earn State Farm Coaches Association All-America honors three times in 2004, 2005 and 2006. Augustus became LSU’s first NCAA National Player of the Year, claiming the honor twice in 2005 and 2006. A 2006 graduate of LSU, Augustus was the 2012 WNBA Finals MVP after winning a world title. She also led the United States to Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games.

World-Class Tigers

Ashleigh Clare-Kearney

Aaron Hill

Sylvia Fowles

Susan Jackson

Esther Jones

• In 2009, became first LSU gymnast to capture two individual national titles • 2009 NCAA Woman of the Year Finalist

• 2-time MLB All-Star (2009, ’12) • 2009 American League Comeback Player of the Year • 2-time Silver Slugger Award (2009, ’12)

• 3-time All-American •2 008, 2012 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist • WNBA All-Star Game MVP

• 3 -time NCAA individual champion •2 009-10 SEC Female Athlete of the Year

•2 1-time track All-American • 1 992 Olympic Gold Medalist

Kimberlyn Duncan

Richard Thompson

David Toms

Rachele Fico

Patrick Peterson

• 2012 Bowerman Award winner • 7-time NCAA Champion • 14-time track All-American

• 8-time track All-American • 2012 Olympic Silver Medalist • 2008 Olympic Silver Medalist

• 2-time SEC Golfer of the Year •2 001 PGA Champion • 13-time PGA TOUR winner

•2 -time NFCA First-Team All-American •2 013 NPF Draft No. 1 pick

• 4-time NFL Pro Bowler (2011, ’12, ‘13, ‘14) •2 -time NFL All-Pro (2011, ‘13) •N FL Record most punt return yards by a rookie in a season

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Lolo Jones A three-time national champion hurdler at LSU, Lolo Jones continues to take the sporting world by storm. Jones became an inspirational figure as a two-time World Indoor Champion and the American-record holder in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.72. She competed in both the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympic Games and became the first LSU athlete to ever grace the cover of Time Magazine in July 2012. A 2005 graduate of LSU, Jones is now a two-sport star. She was named to the U.S. National Bobsled Team that went on to claim gold at the 2013 FIBT World Championships and compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Shaquille O’Neal A four-time NBA champion and 15-time All-Star, Shaquille O’Neal was one of the most dominant centers in NBA history. He announced his retirement from the NBA in June 2010 after a brilliant Hall of Fame career and has since become a television analyst on TNT. One of the most quotable figures on the planet, O’Neal earned his bachelor’s degree from LSU in December 2000. In 2011, he penned his own biography, “Shaq Uncut, My Story,” and then received his doctorate degree from Florida’s Barry University in May 2012.

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Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.

Lod Cook

Named the first Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, Aguirre, Jr., was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain from 2005 until 2009.

Cook graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1955 and then earned his Master’s degree in petro engineering in 1955. Cook served as CEO of ARCO for nine years.

Seimone Augustus

Carlos Roberto Flores

A two-time NCAA Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year, Augustus graduated from LSU in 2006. She is a two-time U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist and continues an All-Star pro career with the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx. She is a three-time WNBA Champion with the Lynx, winning titles in 2011, 2013 and 2015.

The president of Honduras from 1998-2002, Flores helped the nation recover after Hurricane Mitch devastated the country in 1998. Flores is married to the former Mary Carol Flake, also an alumnae of LSU.

James Carville

Jim Flores

Carville received both a bachelor’s degree and law degree from LSU and gained fame in the 1990s as the chief campaign strategist for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Carville also penned a best-selling memoir titled “All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President.”

Flores graduated with two bachelor’s of science degrees; one in corporate finance in 1981 and the second in petroleum land management in 1982. Flores serves as both chairman and CEO of Flores and Rucks, Inc., a publicly held independent oil and gas company.

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Dr. Larry O. Arthur - AIDS researcher Dr. Julian Bailes - expert in neurovascular disease. Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute John Ed Bradley - Former Sports Illustrated writer and novelist. Former LSU football player Donna Brazile - Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee John Breaux - U.S. Senator (1987-2005) and U.S. Congressman (1972-86) from Louisiana Wil Calhoun - Executive Producer of television sitcom “Friends” Cassandra Chandler - One of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s highest ranking African-American women as special agent in charge of the Norfolk Field office “Lightning Joe” Lawton Collins - Chief of Staff for President Harry Truman Bill Conti - Oscar-winning composer who has written theme music for several well-known movies, including “Rocky” and its sequels Eric Arturo Delvalle - President of Panama (19851988) Dr. Alexander William “Alex” Dunlap - Current chief veterinarian for NASA who is responsible for all NASA policies related to animal health and welfare

Adrian Mitchell - Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Crate & Barrel W. Vernon Jones - Senior Scientist for Suborbital Research, NASA headquarters Catherine D. “Kitty” Kimball - In 2009, was sworn in as first female to serve as chief justice of Louisiana’s highest court Delos “Kip” Knight - President of U.S. Retail Operations for H&R Block Harry J. Longwell – Former Executive Vice President and Director of Exxon Mobil Ray Marshall - Secretary of Labor under President Jimmy Carter James E. Maurin - Founding partner and CEO of Stirling Properties, a national real estate services firm Jake Lee Netterville - Former Managing Director of Postlethwaite and Netterville, the largest Louisianabased public accounting firm Edwin Newman - Former NBC News journalist and author Carolyn Bennett Patterson - Former senior editor, National Geographic J. Howard Rambin - Former CEO and Chairman of the Board, Texaco Rex Reed - Drama critic, syndicated columnist

A. Wright Elliott - Retired executive vice president, Chase Manhattan Bank

Maj. Gen. Thomas Rhame - Led 1st Infantry Division against Iraq during Persian Gulf War

Graves Erskine - U.S. Marine Corps General in WWII

Thomas O. Ryder - Chairman of the Board, The Reader’s Digest Association

Maxime A. Faget - Designed Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts Mary Carol Flake Flores - Former First Lady of Honduras Murphy “Mike” Foster, Jr. - Former governor of Louisiana (1996-2004) Kevin Griffin - Lead singer of the platinum-selling rock band “Better Than Ezra” Paul Groves - Award-winning tenor with the Metropolitian Opera Reinosuke Hara - Former president and CEO of Seiko Instruments Bill Harp - Television set decorator for series including “L.A. Law” and “The Carol Burnett Show” Pat Bodin - Former CIO of Exxon Mobil Walter Hitesman - Former president, Reader’s Digest Hubert Humphrey - U.S. vice president (1965-69)

LSU’s enrollment is more than 29,000 students, including more than 1,600 international students and nearly 5,000 graduate students.

Steve Scalise - U.S. House Majority whip Frances Seghers - Senior VP of Sony Entertainment European Community Affairs, which includes Sony Music, Sony Pictures and Sony Playstation Dolores Spikes - Former President of the Southern University System and the University of MarylandEastern Shore Ray Strother - Author, political consultant David Suarez - President and CEO of The Atlantic Company of America. Architect who restored the Washington Monument and the National Archives Building among others Olympia Vernon – Award-winning author and recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for her debut novel, Eden Rebecca Wells - Author of the novel and film “Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood” Joanne Woodward - Academy Award-winning actress and wife of Paul Newman

Mike Papajohn The starting centerfielder on LSU’s inaugural College World Series team in 1986, Mike Papajohn today is a prominent actor in Hollywood. Papajohn was the only actor to star in four $150 million movies in the same calendar year doing so in 2009. The LSU alumnus has appeared in blockbuster films: Spiderman, Terminator Salvation, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and For the Love of the Game.

Dr. James Andrews Arguably, the world’s most renowned orthopedic surgeon for knee and shoulder injuries, Andrews is a 1963 graduate of LSU and a 1967 graduate of LSU Medical School. He has worked on numerous all-star athletes, including Michael Jordan, Drew Brees, Brett Favre and Albert Pujols. Andrews is also the founder of the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI).

Sylvia Fowles

John Havens

Fowles was a two-time WBCA first-team AllAmerican before going onto a distinguished pro career in the WNBA. She teamed with Seimone Augustus to lead the Minnesota Lynx to the WNBA title in 2015. Fowles was also a member of the U.S. Olympic Gold Medal teams in Beijing in 2008 and in London in 2012.

A 1978 LSU graduate in geology, Havens is president of Seismic Exchange (SEI) and vice-chairman of the Houston Astros. He is also owner of Cal-a-Vie Health Spa in San Diego that was voted the No. 1 destination spa by “Travel + Leisure” magazine in 2013.

David Steiner

Suzanne Perron

A 1982 LSU graduate, Steiner has served as the CEO of Waste Management since 2004. Under Steiner’s leadership, the Houston-based company was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere in 2008.

A 1991 LSU graduate, Perron is a rising star in the design world having worked with top designers Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera. Perron has designed dresses for Hollywood stars Jennifer Lopez, Mariska Hargitay and Holly Hunter, among others.

Mary L. Landrieu

Marty Sixkiller

Landrieu became the first woman from Louisiana selected to a full term in the United States Senate in 1996. In 2014, she was appointed chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Senior Technical Director for PDI/ DreamWorks’ movies “Antz,” “Shrek,” “Shrek 2,” “Shrek the Third,” “Madagascar” and “Over the Hedge.”

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LSU President/Chancellor Dr. F. King Alexander President/Chancellor, LSU

Dr. F. King Alexander was named the incoming president and chancellor of Louisiana State University, which has an annual budget of $3.4 billion and more than 54,000 students. He was appointed to the position by the LSU Board of Supervisors in March 2013 and assumed the position on July 1, 2013. Prior to being named the incoming president, Dr. Alexander was president of California State University, Long Beach (2006-2013), one of the nation’s largest public universities located in Southern California. During his more than seven-year tenure at California State University, Long Beach, Dr. Alexander was twice named the California State University Student Association (CSSA) “President of the Year,” which represents all 23 California State Universities and its more than 440,000 students. Prior to becoming president of California State University, Long Beach, Dr. Alexander was president of Murray State University in Kentucky (2001-2005) and was a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, where he was the director of the graduate higher education program. A Kentucky native who grew up in North Florida, Dr. Alexander received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in higher education administration with a focus on finance and educational policy analysis, and a Master of Science degree from the University of Oxford, Oxford, England in comparative educational studies. As a teacher and administrator, Dr. Alexander has received many honors, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education Alumni Achievement Award (2002) and has research

university faculty affiliations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Study of Postsecondary Education (WISCAPE) and Cornell University Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI). Alexander is an internationally-respected expert in higher education finance and public policy and frequently publishes in national journals and for organizations in this field. He has served as a reviewer, an editorial board member, and a university instructor and faculty member, teaching courses in higher education finance, law, history and current events. Dr. Alexander also has been asked to represent public higher education colleges and universities on numerous occasions to the United States Congress on issues of college affordability, student indebtedness, and institutional efficiency and effectiveness in efforts to address many of the growing challenges facing American higher education. Due to his national recognition and involvement on higher education issues, Dr. Alexander has served on numerous U.S. higher education and statewide organizational leadership boards where he remains very active. Dr. Alexander and his wife, Shenette, have three children: Kylie, Savannah and Madison.

Dr. Bill Demastes Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Bill Demastes, a professor of English at LSU, is in his third year as Faculty Athletics Representative. Dr. Demastes earned his Ph.D. in English in 1986 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Field of Study of Drama as Genre and a speciailization in 20th-Century American and British Drama. He earned his masters in English in June 1979 from the Univeristy of Georgia in Athens, where he specialized in 19th-Century American Literature. At LSU, he served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and

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Sciences from 2001-2004 and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of English from 1999-2001 and 2010-11. He has also served as Associate Chair of the Department of English (1998-99), Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts Program (1996-2004) and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English (1992-94; 2006-06). He was honored with the LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award in 2000 and in 2002 won the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award. He was named in 2009 an LSU Rainmaker which is given to the top 100 LSU Faculty. In 2010 and 2013, he received the Tiger Athletic Association Undergraduate Teaching Award University College, and in the summer of 2011, he was named the Harry Ransom Summer Fellowship recipient by the University of Texas.

Vice Chancellor & Director of Athletics Joe Alleva

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LSU Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Joe Alleva continues to bring unprecedented national recognition to LSU as Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics. Under Alleva’s leadership, LSU enjoys one of the country’s premier athletics programs with success on and off the field of competition. Now in his seventh year at LSU, Alleva is dedicated to athletic and academic excellence, and he is committed to providing the opportunities and the resources necessary for student-athletes to excel in competition, in the classroom and in the community. Alleva joined the LSU family on April 4, 2008, after a highly successful tenure as director of athletics at Duke University for 10 years. Alleva’s role at LSU was further expanded in August 2009 when vice chancellor was added to his title by the LSU Board of Supervisors. It is the first time in school history that the director of athletics has also held a vice chancellor position. Alleva is currently serving a five-year term on the prestigious NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee, enhancing his reputation as one of the most respected athletic administrators in the country. Alleva has been appointed to numerous national committees throughout his career, including the Football Bowl Certification Committee, the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet and several Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference committees. Upon his arrival at LSU, Alleva unveiled a strategic master plan for the LSU athletics program -- “LSU: Thru and True” -- to ensure the advancement and future of LSU Athletics as an exemplary enterprise. The central mission of the plan is to create an environment for studentathletes to reach their ultimate potential, prepare them to be champions in life and to set out goals and values for the entire athletics program. Living up to Alleva’s mantra of “competition, classroom, community,” LSU student-athletes in 2013-14 logged more than 4,732 hours in community service work across 21 sports through LSU’s “Geaux Givers” program. And a total of 88 proud Tigers received their degrees from the university during LSU commencement ceremonies in December and May. LSU’s overall graduation success rate for all student-athletes has grown from 69 percent in 2008 to 81 percent in 2013. With a strong commitment to academics, Alleva ensures that the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a first-class facility that provides student-athletes the resources necessary for success in the classroom and personal development. And with an emphasis on community service and outreach programs, the implementation under Alleva’s direction of the “Geaux Givers” fosters a relationship between the local community and LSU studentathletes, who regularly participate in philanthropic events. Alleva has bolstered the athletic department’s L-Club program to reach out and connect with former student-athletes, and he has supervised the thriving “Project Graduation” program in which many former student-athletes have returned to LSU to earn their degrees. Alleva’s tenure has been distinguished by a number of significant athletic achievements, including four-straight 10-win seasons by the football team, a

baseball national championship and two College World Series berths, two consecutive women’s basketball Sweet 16 appearances, three gymnastics Super Six berths, a softball College World Series appearance and 15 NCAA Top 5 finishes indoors and outdoors by the men’s and women’s track and field teams. LSU under Alleva’s leadership claimed the 2009 baseball College World Series title, and the Tigers have earned 30 individual NCAA championships in the sports of men and women’s track and field, gymnastics, men’s golf and women’s golf. LSU has captured 12 Southeastern Conference team championships, including the 2011 football crown, and the Tigers have won 80 individual SEC titles during Alleva’s term. The Tigers in 2011-12 finished fourth in both the men’s and women’s Capital One Cup competition that identifies athletic excellence. LSU was one of only two schools in the country – and the only one in the SEC -- to rank in the top four in both categories. LSU’s prominence was evident again in the final 2013-14 Learfield Sports Director’s Cup standings that recognize the nation’s best athletic programs, as the Tigers finished in the Top 25 for the ninth consecutive year. LSU was the only school in the SEC to post a 10 win-season (10-3) in football, a 20-win season (20-14) in men’s basketball and a 40-win season (46-16-1) in baseball. The 2013 LSU football team recorded its seventh 10-win season in nine years and defeated Iowa in the Outback Bowl, the men’s basketball team earned 20 victories for the first time since 2009 and the baseball team won its fifth SEC Tournament title in seven years and was an NCAA Tournament National Seed for the third-straight season. The Lady Tiger basketball team earned his second consecutive Sweet 16 berth, and LSU gymnastics, led by National Coach of the Year D-D Breaux, enjoyed the finest season in its illustrious history,

finishing No. 3 in the nation. The LSU men’s golf team recorded its highest national finish since 1967 as the Tigers placed third at the NCAA Championships. The men’s track and field team placed fourth and the women’s team sixth at the NCAA Outdoor meet. The softball, volleyball, swimming and diving, women’s tennis and women’s golf teams each participated in NCAA postseason competition. The year was also highlighted by the inaugural season of the sand volleyball program, which gives more LSU female studentathletes the opportunity to compete at the intercollegiate level. Alleva’s vision will keep LSU among the nation’s leaders in athletic facilities. In the fall of 2014, LSU opens the expansion of the South End Zone of Tiger Stadium -- a project that adds premium seating, general public seating and two state-of-theart video boards -- continuing an effort to augment one of the most iconic venues in all of college sports. Since 2010, Alleva has directed an aggressive campaign to preserve and enhance the appearance of Tiger Stadium that has included the installation new windows, lighting systems, gating systems, and championship plazas. Under Alleva’s direction, LSU’s world-renowned track and field program in 2010 received a new running surface in Bernie Moore Stadium, and extensive renovations to the Maddox Field House in the spring of 2014 give the Tigers a firstclass indoor track and field venue. Alleva directed a major renovation to the University Club golf course that was completed in September 2010 and allows the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams to compete on one of the most challenging courses in the country. An overhaul of the LSU soccer facility was completed in the fall of 2011, converting the venue into fan-friendly venue that has attracted record-breaking crowds. Future plans include a new gymnastics practice facility, a new tennis complex featuring indoor

and outdoor courts and a modern Nutrition Center for Student-Athletes, a facility that will house full-time chefs and nutritionists and provide the best dietary selections for all Fighting Tiger competitors. Alleva is an innovator with bold ideas that benefit not only LSU but all of Greater Baton Rouge. He has been instrumental in the planning of the Bayou Country Superfest, a three-day country music concert and festival held in Tiger Stadium each spring. The event attracts more than 100,000 visitors to the LSU campus and makes a tremendous economic impact upon the local community. Alleva became director of athletics at Duke in 1998 and his impressive tenure there propelled the university into the ranks of America’s top all-around collegiate programs. Among his outstanding list of accomplishments includes the greatest 10-year period in Duke Athletics, winning more ACC and NCAA championships than in any other decade in school history. Alleva, whose hometown is Suffern, New York, majored in Finance at Lehigh University and received his bachelor’s degree in 1975. While at Lehigh, Alleva was the quarterback of the football team and team captain in 1974. Alleva also played on the Lehigh baseball team. He served as a graduate assistant football coach and earned an MBA in 1976. While at Duke, Alleva played a key role in Durham’s community sports scene. He started Little League Baseball in Durham over 20 years ago, and also began the American Legion baseball program. He is a member of the North Carolina American Legion Hall of Fame, Suffern High School Hall of Fame and the Rockland County Hall of Fame. Alleva and his wife, Annie, have three children, J.D., Jeff, and Jenny, and one granddaughter.

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LET’S GEAUX AGAIN! Tigers Look to Defend National Championship in Spring Season The LSU Tigers announced their arrival as a national championship contender to the rest of the country two seasons ago during the 2014 spring season while advancing to the NCAA Semifinals of match play at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. They went one step further last spring by advancing to the NCAA Championship Match and scoring a 4-1 victory over the USC Trojans to capture the program’s fifth national championship all-time and its first in 60 years. With a lineup loaded with five All-Americans in seniors Stewart Jolly and Ben Taylor, junior Zach Wright and sophomores Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard, the Tigers completed and SEC and NCAA championship sweep as the premier program in college golf for the 2014-15 season. After taking seventh place in the 30-team field with a score of 17-over par for 72 holes to earn the No. 7 seed in match play, the Tigers took down two SEC rivals by identical 3.5-1.5 scorelines en route to the NCAA Championship Match as they defeated No. 2 seed Vanderbilt in the quarterfinal and No. 3 seed Georgia in the semifinal round. LSU’s 4-1 win over USC in the championship match on June 3 of last season won the program its fifth NCAA title all-time and first since 1955. The Tigers were also crowned national champions in 1940, 1942 and 1947. It also earned the team a second-straight top-five national finish after the Tigers officially tied for third place with their run to the Final Four of match play in 2014.

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Their performance at Concession Golf Club completed a championship sweep in 2015 as the Tigers were also crowned SEC Champions for the first time in 28 years to kick off the championship season. They fired a winning score of 13-under par 827 to finish three shots clear of Vanderbilt and South Carolina in a tie for second place to win their 16th SEC title alltime and first since 1987. While also taking home team titles at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and David Toms Intercollegiate in the 2014 fall season and the Talis Park Challenge in the spring, the Tigers matched their team record from 1959-60 with five tournament wins on the season. 2014-15 was a season that saw three Tigers earn All-America honors for the second year in a row and just the third time in program history. Pierce was honored as a Third-Team All-American by Golfweek, while he also joined both Ricard and Wright as PING Honorable Mention All-Americans in an announcement by the Golf Coaches Association of America following the NCAA Championships. With LSU’s All-American trio returning and arguably the No. 1-ranked recruiting class in all of college golf arriving on campus for the start of the 2015 fall season, the Tigers teed off in September with a No. 2 national ranking by Golfweek and an eye on defending both SEC and NCAA championships won just months before. It was their highest preseason ranking by Golfweek in program history. Pierce proved to be a catalyst in LSU’s

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title sweep after being reinstated to the lineup in the spring after missing the entire 2014 fall season with a back injury. In eight spring appearances, Pierce had three top-10 and seven top-20 finishes while setting LSU’s single-season scoring record with a career-low 71.16 strokes per round in his 25 rounds played, breaking David Toms’ 26-year-old scoring record of 71.27 from 1988-89. Pierce was the No. 23-ranked player nationally in the final Golfstat ranking in 2015. Pierce’s returning teammates also ended the 2014-15 season with new career-low scoring averages as they were the team’s three leading scorers on the campaign. Wright averaged 72.03 strokes per round and ranked No. 44 nationally and Ricard trailed with an average of 72.11 strokes per round and ranked No. 62 nationally in the final Golfstat individual rankings for the season. Ricard was the only Tiger to start all 12 tournaments during his sophomore season a year ago and earned a team-leading four top-10 finishes, while Wright cracked the Top 10 twice and Top 20 nine times in his 11 tournament appearances as a junior in 2014-15. Two other members of last year’s squad also make their return to the team this spring as junior Rhyne Jones and sophomore Blake Caldwell combined for five appearances last season. Caldwell made a total of four starts as a true freshman and Jones started one event in their first season at LSU. The Tigers have also reloaded following

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the departures of Jolly and Taylor from their title-winning lineup with arguably the nation’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class arriving in Baton Rouge this fall. Shreveport native and Calvary Baptist Academy product Sam Burns headlined the class as the No. 1-ranked high school recruit in the country in the Class of 2015, while fellow Calvary Baptist teammate Nathan Jeansonne ranked No. 6 nationally and Orlando, Florida, native Luis Gagne ranked as No. 16 nationally in the Class of 2015 in the national junior golf rankings. LSU’s 2015 fall season was highlighted by the team’s first tournament win of the season as the Tigers defended their title at the seventh-annual David Toms Intercollegiate while finishing 16 shots clear of the field at The University Club in Baton Rouge on Oct. 10-11. Ricard even picked up his first medalist honor as the individual champion, firing a career-low tournament score of 10-under par 206. The Tigers wrapped up their fall season that featured five tournament appearances by featuring in the inaugural East Lake Cup at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. Hosted and televised by Golf Channel, the East Lake Cup featured a replay of last season’s NCAA Semifinals of match play as LSU competed along with NCAA runner-up USC and national semifinalists Georgia and Illinois in a match-play rematch. The Tigers will compete in four regular-season tournaments in the 2016 spring season as they are set to defend their SEC and NCAA titles during the championship season. They will make return trips to all four events after appearing a year ago with The Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 15-17), the Querencia Cabo

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Collegiate (Feb. 28-March 1), the Valspar Invitational at Floridian (March 21-22) and the Aggie Invitational (April 2-3) on tap in the spring. The SEC Men’s Golf Championships return to the Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Club for the 16th-straight season as the Tigers look to defend their conference crown April 15-17 to kick off the championship season. Teams will qualify for a spot in the 30-team field at the NCAA Championships through one of six NCAA Regional tournaments being held across the country from May 16-18. Up to 13 teams will be selected to compete in each regional tournament with the top-five teams earning a spot in the field for this year’s NCAA Championships being held at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon. The NCAA’s format for postseason play has been a smashing success since it was instituted in 2009 as Texas A&M (2009), Augusta State (2010, 2011), Texas (2012) and Alabama (2013, 2014) have also been crowned national champi-

ons in the NCAA Championship Match. The University of Oregon will play host to the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships at Eugene Country Club from May 27-June 1. In its current format, the top eight teams from a field of 30 teams earning a place for a seeded match-play tournament to crown this season’s national champion. The Top 15 teams through three rounds will make the cut and advance to a fourth and final round of qualifying with the match-play field set after 72 holes of stroke play. The team with the lowest score in stroke play will meet the team with the eighth-lowest score, the second-place team will meet the seventh-place team and so on in single-elimination match play until a champion is crowned. The current format is a more attractive option for television as Golf Channel has featured live coverage of the NCAA Championships in each of the last two seasons, and will continue this spring at Eugene Country Club.

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EXP.

Sam Burns

6-1

Fr.

HOMETOWN (PREVIOUS SCHOOL)

Blake Caldwell

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Ponchatoula, La. (Ponchatoula HS)

Luis Gagne

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Fr.

Orlando, Fla. (Orlando Christian Prep)

Nathan Jeansonne

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Fr.

Keithville, La. (Calvary Baptist Academy)

Rhyne Jones

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Jr.

Blowing Rock, N.C. (Christ School/Nevada)

Brandon Pierce

5-9

Jr.

Covington, La. (St. Paul’s HS)

Eric Ricard

6-1

Jr.

Shreveport, La. (Loyola College Prep)

Zach Wright

6-0

Sr.

Phoenix, Ariz. (Pinnacle HS)

Shreveport, La. (Calvary Baptist Academy)

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Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Date: Sept. 11-13, 2015 Host: The Farm Golf Club Location: Rocky Face, Georgia Course: The Farm Golf Club Par: 72 Yardage: 7,012 Last Year’s Team Champion: South Carolina (848) Last Year’s Medalists: Ollie Schniederjans, Georgia Tech (204) Field: Alabama, Auburn, Chattanooga, Clemson, Dalton State, Georgia Tech, Florida, Kennesaw State, LSU, North Carolina, North Florida, Ole Miss, South Carolina, South Florida, Tennessee LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: T-6th SID Contact: Ross Newton SID E-mail: newton@optilink.us SID Office: (706) 226-9171 SID Cell Phone: (706) 218-0263

Golfweek Conference Challenge Date: Sept. 25-27, 2015 Host: Iowa Location: Burlington, Iowa Course: Spirit Hollow Golf Course Par: 72 Yardage: 7,223 Last Year’s Team Champion: LSU (849) Last Year’s Medalists: Stewart Jolly, LSU (207) Field: Army, Charleston Southern, Eastern Michigan, Furman, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas State, Long Beach State, LSU, NC State, Pacific, San Jose State, SMU, Southern Illinois, VCU LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 1st SID Contact: Sam Stych SID E-mail: samuel-stych@uiowa.edu SID Phone: (319) 335-9411 SID FAX: (319) 335-9417

David Toms Intercollegiate Date: Oct. 10-11, 2015 Host: LSU Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Course: The University Club Par: 72 Yardage: 7,001 Last Year’s Team Champion: LSU (891) Last Year’s Medalist: Ben Taylor, LSU (214) Field: Central Arkansas, DePaul, Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas State, Liberty, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech, LSU, Navy, Pennsylvania, Southeastern Louisiana LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 1st SID Contact: Will Stafford SID E-mail: wstaff2@lsu.edu SID Phone: (225) 578-7947 SID FAX: (225) 578-1861

United State Collegiate Championship Date: Oct. 16-18, 2015 Host: Georgia Tech Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Course: The Golf Club of Georgia Par: 72 Yardage: 7,017 Last Year’s Team Champion: Texas (843)

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Last Year’s Medalist: Derek Bard, Virginia (201) Field: Auburn, Clemson, East Tennessee State, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Kent State, LSU, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Southern California, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, Virginia, Wake Forest LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 3rd SID Contact: Mike Stamus SID E-mail: mstamus@athletics.gatech.edu SID Phone: (404) 894-5445 SID FAX: (404) 894-1248

East Lake Cup Date: Nov. 2-3, 2015 Host: Golf Channel Location: Atlanta, Georgia Course: East Lake Golf Club Par: 72 Yardage: 7,374 Last Year’s Team Champion: None Last Year’s Medalist: None Field: Georgia, LSU, Southern California, Vanderbilt LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: Did Not Compete Media Contact: Jeremy Friedman Media E-mail: Jeremy.Friedman@GolfChannel.com Media Office Phone: (407) 355-4058 Media Cell Phone: (407) 721-9752

The Prestige at PGA West Date: Feb. 15-17, 2016 Co-Hosts: Stanford & UC-Davis Location: La Quinta, California Course: PGA West - Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course Par: 72 Yardage: 7,204 Last Year’s Team Champion: Arizona State (833) Last Year’s Medalist: Maverick McNealy, Stanford (201) Field: Arizona State, LSU, Oklahoma State, Oregon, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Southern California, Stanford, Texas Tech, UC-Davis, UCLA, Washington LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: T-4th SID Contact: Alan George SID E-mail: alan.george@stanford.edu SID Phone: (574) 340-3977 SID FAX: (650) 725-8642

Querencia Cabo Collegiate Date: Feb. 28-March 1, 2016 Co-Hosts: Arkansas & Houston Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Course: Querencia Golf Club Par: 72 Yardage: 7,070 Last Year’s Team Champion: Florida State (839) Last Year’s Medalist: Cheng-Tsung Pan, Washington (204) Field: Arkansas, Baylor, California, Florida State, Georgia, Houston, LSU, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Rice, South Florida, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Washington LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: T-7th SID Contact: Patrick Pierson SID E-mail: pspierso@uark.edu SID Phone: (479) 575-2752 SID FAX: (479) 575-7481

Tournament Information Valspar Invitational at Floridian Date: March 21-22, 2016 Co-Hosts: Arkansas & Lamar Location: Palm City, Florida Course: Floridian Golf Club Par: 72 Yardage: 6,916 Last Year’s Team Champion: Florida State (835) Last Year’s Medalist: Greg Yates, Texas A&M (201) Field: TBA LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 2nd SID Contact: Patrick Pierson SID E-mail: pspierso@uark.edu SID Phone: (479) 575-2752 SID FAX: (479) 575-7428

Aggie Invitational Date: April 2-3, 2016 Host: Texas A&M Location: Bryan, Texas Course: The Traditions Club Par: 72 Yardage: 7,146 Last Year’s Team Champion: Oklahoma (884) Last Year’s Medalist: K.K. Limbhaust, California (214) Field: TBA LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 4th SID Contact: Adam Quisenberry SID E-mail: aquisenberry@athletics.tamu.edu SID Phone: (979) 862-5453 SID FAX: (979) 845-6825

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2014 Bremerton Regional Champion: UAB (843) 2014 Bremerton Regional Medalist: Cheng-Tsung Pan, Washington (203) 2014 Chapel Hill Regional Champion: Charlotte (845) 2014 Chapel Hill Regional Medalist: Maverick McNealy, Stanford (207) 2014 Lubbock Regional Champion: Texas (830) 2014 Lubbock Regional Co-Medalists: Blair Hamilton, Houston, and Clement Sordet, Texas Tech (205) 2014 New Haven Regional Champion: South Florida (826) 2014 New Haven Regional Medalist: Jordan Niebrugge, Oklahoma State (203) 2014 Noblesville Regional Co-Champions: Illinois & SMU (860) 2014 Noblesville Regional Medalist: Brian Campbell, Illinois (206) 2014 San Diego Regional Champion: Oklahoma (843) 2014 San Diego Regional Medalist: Jon Rahm, Arizona State (206)

NCAA Men’s Golf Championships Date: May 27-June 1, 2016 LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 1st (def. Southern California, 4-1) Host: Oregon Location: Eugene, Oregon Course: Eugene Country Club 2015 NCAA Champion: LSU 2015 NCAA Medalist: Bryson Dechambeau, SMU (280) Field: The top five teams from each NCAA Regional advance SID Contact: Donnie Wagner SID Phone: (317) 917-6813 SID FAX: (317) 917-6826

SEC Men’s Golf Championships Date: April 15-17, 2016 Host: Southeastern Conference Location: St. Simons Island, Georgia Course: Sea Island Golf Club - Seaside Course Par: 70 Yardage: 6,898 Last Year’s Team Champion: LSU (827) Last Year’s Medalist: Matthew NeSmith, South Carolina (196) Field: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 1st SID Contact: Chuck Dunlap SID E-mail: cdunlap@sec.org SID Phone: (205) 458-3010 SID FAX: (205) 458-3030

NCAA Regionals Date: May 16-18, 2016 LSU’s 2014-15 Finish: 5th at NCAA New Haven Regional Regional Host: Alabama (Ol’ Colony Golf Complex, Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Regional Host: Arizona (Gallery Golf Club, Tucson, Ariz.) Regional Host: Marquette (Blackwolf Run Meadow Valley Course, Kohler, Wisc.) Regional Host: New Mexico (Championship Course at UNM, Albuquerque, N.M.) Regional Host: Oklahoma State (Karsten Creek Golf Club, Stillwater, Okla.) Regional Host: Vanderbilt (Vanderbilt Legends Club, Nashville, Tenn.) 2015-16 LSU MEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE

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David Toms Intercollegiate Preview

David Toms Intercollegitate Oct. 10-11, 2015 – University Club – Baton Rouge, La. Par 72 – 7,001 yards

The Tigers will play host to the David Toms Intercollegiate for the seventh time during the 2015 fall season as the seventhannual event will be held on Oct. 10-11 at the University Club in Baton Rouge. Before moving to the University Club in 2012, the Tigers also played host to the event at the Country Club of Louisiana in Baton Rouge in 2009 and 2010 and Southern Trace Country Club in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 2011. The tournament’s namesake is the greatest golfer in the history of the LSU Men’s Golf program as David Toms has enjoyed one of the most successful professional careers in PGA TOUR history in the wake of a brilliant collegiate career at LSU in the late 1980s. The Tigers captured the team title in each of the first two seasons of the David Toms Intercollegiate held at the Country Club of Louisiana, before taking home a fourth-place finish in the third-annual event held at Southern Trace Country Club in 2011. They returned to the winner’s podium in 2012 while winning their third team title in four years at the event, before finishing seventh in 2013 and adding a fourth title a season ago. The University Club serves as the true home course of the LSU men’s and women’s golf programs as the Tigers are ready to compete at the venue for the one and only time during the the 2014-15 season. They qualified for the NCAA Championships in May 2013 when playing host to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional at the University Club, marking the first time in the history of the LSU men’s golf program that the Tigers played host to an NCAA postseason event. The David Toms Intercollegiate is named in honor of the most prolific performer in the storied history of the LSU men’s golf program. In his four seasons at LSU from 1985-89, Toms won three All-America honors, including back-to-back first-team selections in 1988 and 1989. He also took three First-Team All-SEC selections while also being named SEC Player of the Year in 1988 and 1989. Toms has since enjoyed a stellar PGA TOUR career with 13 wins to his credit, including a major championship victory at the 2001 PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Ga. Toms is ranked No. 9 on the PGA TOUR’s all-time list for career earnings while taking home more than $42 million in his professional career. He was recently selected to his fourth U.S. Presidents Cup team and the recipient of the Payne Stewart Award during the 2011 PGA TOUR season season.

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Team Champions

Year Team Score 2009 LSU 844 (-8) 2010 LSU 848 (-16) 2011 Oklahoma 862 (-2) 2012 LSU 897 (+33) 2013 Southeastern Louisiana 860 (-4) 2014 LSU 891 (+27)

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Year Player Score 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Jade Scott, Rice Austin Gutgsell, LSU Andrew Noto, UL-Lafayette Andrew Presley, LSU Grady Brame, Southeastern Louisiana Ben Taylor, LSU

204 (-9) 206 (-10) 208 (-8) 220 (+4) 209 (-7) 214 (-2)

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SEC Opponents ALABAMA Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Enrollment: 36,155 Colors: Crimson and White Nickname: Crimson Tide Home Course: Capstone Club Men’s Golf SID Contact: Aaron Jordan Office Phone: (205) 348-6084 Office Fax: (205) 348-8841 E-mail address: ajordan@ia.ua.edu Website: www.rolltide.com Head Coach (Season): Jay Seawell (14th) Alma Mater (Year): South Carolina (1988) 2015 SEC Championships: T-4th 2015 NCAA Noblesville Regional: 7th 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/1 Top Returnees: Jonathan Hardee, Drue Love, Tom Lovelady, Robby Shelton Key Losses: None Top Newcomers: Alex Green, Davis Riley

ARKANSAS Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas Enrollment: 23,199 Colors: Cardinal and White Nickname: Razorbacks Home Course: Pinnacle Country Club Men’s Golf SID Contact: Patrick Pierson Office Phone: (479) 575-2752 Office Fax: (479) 575-7428 E-mail address: pspierso@uark.edu Website: www.arkansasrazorbacks.com Head Coach (Season): Brad McMakin (10th) Alma Mater (Year): Oklahoma (1991) 2015 SEC Championships: 6th 2015 NCAA New Haven Regional: 11th 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/0 Top Returnees: Nicolas Echavarria, Kolton Crawford, Taylor Moore Key Losses: None Top Newcomer: Noah Edmondson

AUBURN Location: Auburn, Alabama Enrollment: 25,469 Colors: Burnt Orange and Navy Blue Nickname: Tigers Home Course: Multiple Courses Men’s Golf SID Contact: Chuck Gallina Office Phone: (334) 844-9800 Office Fax: (334) 844-9806 E-mail address: gallica@auburn.edu Website: www.auburntigers.com Head Coach (Season): Nick Clinard (7th) Alma Mater: Wake Forest (1995) 2015 SEC Championships: T-4th 2015 NCAA Lubbock Regional: 4th 2015 NCAA Championships: 12th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2 Top Returnees: Matt Gilchrest, Michael Johnson, Will Long, Jake Mondy, Ben Schlottman Key Loss: Dan Stringfellow Top Newcomers: Trace Crowe, Graysen Huff, Jacob Solomon

FLORIDA Location: Gainesville, Florida Enrollment: 49,785 Colors: Orange and Blue Nickname: Gators Home Course: Mark Bostick Golf Course Men’s Golf SID Contact: Emily Padgett Office Phone: (352) 375-4683 ext. 6130 Office Fax: (352) 375-4809 E-mail address: EmilyP@gators.ufl.edu Website: www.gatorzone.com Head Coach (Season): JC Deacon (2nd) Alma Mater (Year): Nevada-Las Vegas (1975) 2015 SEC Championships: T-7th 2015 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional: 4th 2015 NCAA Championships: T-28th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/3 Top Returnees: A.J. Crouch, Ryan Orr, Alejandro Tosti Key Losses: Eric Banks, J.D. Tomlinson Top Newcomers: Jorge Garcia, Sam Horsfield, Gordon Neale

GEORGIA Location: Athens, Georgia Enrollment: 35,197 Colors: Red and Black Nickname: Bulldogs Home Course: University of Georgia Golf Club Men’s Golf SID Contact: Steven Colquitt Office Phone: (706) 542-1621

Office Fax: (706) 542-9339 E-mail address: scolquitt@sports.uga.edu Website: www.georgiadogs.com Head Coach (Season): Chris Haack (20th) Alma Mater (Year): Mellen (1986) 2015 SEC Championships: T-7th 2015 NCAA San Diego Regional: 4th 2015 NCAA Championships: T-3rd Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/3 Top Returnees: Zach Healy, Lee McCoy, Greyson Sigg, Sepp Straka Key Losses: Mookie DeMoss, Nicholas Reach, Sam Straka Top Newcomers: Jaime Lopez Rivarola, David Mackey

KENTUCKY Location: Lexington, Kentucky Enrollment: 30,000 Colors: Blue and White Nickname: Wildcats Home Course: University Club of Kentucky Men’s Golf SID Contact: Deb Moore Office Phone: (859) 257-3838 Office Fax: (859) 323-4310 E-mail address: deb.moore@uky.edu Website: www.ukathletics.com Head Coach (Season): Brian Craig (15th) Alma Mater (Year): Florida (1992) 2015 SEC Championships: 11th 2015 NCAA Regionals: DNQ 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/4 Top Returnees: Chip McDaniel, Cooper Mussleman, David Snyder Key Losses: Christian DiMarco, Stephen Stallings Top Newcomers: Lukas Euler, Jalen Ledger, Leo Li, Fadhli Soetarso

MISSISSIPPI STATE Location: Starkville, Mississippi Enrollment: 20,138 Colors: Maroon and White Nickname: Bulldogs Home Course: Old Waverly GC, MSU Golf Course Men’s Golf SID Contact: Tyler Brain Office Phone: (662) 325-7556 Office Fax: (662) 325-2563 E-mail address: tbrain@athletics.msstate.edu Website: www.mstateathletics.com Head Coach (Season): Clay Homan (13th) Alma Mater (Year): Mississippi State (1995) 2015 SEC Championships: 14th 2015 NCAA Regionals: DNQ 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 8/3 Top Returnees: Jackson Dick, Taylor Grant, Tim Walker, Ben Wood Key Losses: Fletcher Johnson, TJ Morgan Top Newcomers: Parks Brown, Jacob Ross, Severin Soller

MISSOURI Location: Columbia, Missouri Enrollment: 35,441 Colors: Gold and Black Nickname: Tigers Home Course: Multiple Courses Men’s Golf SID Contact: Patrick Crawford Office Phone: (573) 884-2531 Office Fax: (573) 882-4720 E-mail address: crawfordpa@missouri.edu Website: www.mutigers.com Head Coach (Season): Mark Leroux (12th) Alma Mater (Year): SUNY-Cortland (1989) 2015 SEC Championships: 13th 2015 NCAA Regionals: DNQ 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Top Returnees: Jacob Fair, Wilson Sundvold, Euan Walker Key Loss: Ryan Zech Top Newcomers: Matt Echelmeier, Preston Fleenor

OLE MISS Location: Oxford, Mississippi Enrollment: 23,096 Colors: Cardinal Red and Navy Blue Nickname: Rebels Home Course: University of Mississippi Golf Course Men’s Golf SID Contact: Daniel Snowden Office Phone: (662) 915-7509 Office Fax: (662) 915-7006 E-mail address: desnowde@olemiss.edu Website: www.olemisssports.com Head Coach (Season): Chris Malloy (2nd) Alma Mater (Year): Ole Miss (2001) 2015 SEC Championships: 9th 2015 NCAA Rancho Santa Fe Regional: 12th 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Top Returnees: Forrest Gamble, Noah West, Ben Wolcott Key Losses: None Top Newcomer: Beau Briggs, Braden Thornberry, Josh Warlick

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SOUTH CAROLINA Location: Columbia, South Carolina Enrollment: 32,972 Colors: Garnet and Black Nickname: Gamecocks Home Course: The University Club Men’s Golf SID Contact: Matt Freed Office Phone: (803) 777-7872 Office Fax: (803) 777-2967 E-mail address: mfreed@mailbox.sc.edu Website: www.gamecocksonline.com Head Coach (Season): Bill McDonald (9th) Alma Mater (Year): Georgia Tech (1989) 2015 SEC Championships: T-2nd 2015 NCAA Bremerton Regional: 2nd 2015 NCAA Championships: 13th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/3 Top Returnees: Ben Dietrich, Matt NeSmith, Will Starke Key Losses: Will Murphy, Caleb Sturgeon, Blaine Woodruff Top Newcomers: Will Miles, Ryan Stachler, Scott Stevens

TENNESSEE Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Enrollment: 27,171 Colors: Orange and White Nickname: Volunteers Home Course: Multiple Courses Men’s Golf SID Contact: Cody Gross Office Phone: (865) 974-1212 Office Fax: (865) 974-1269 E-mail address: cgross3@vols.utk.edu Website: www.UTsports.com Head Coach (Season): Jim Kelson (17th) Alma Mater (Year): Alabama (1987) 2015 SEC Championships: 12th 2015 NCAA Regionals: DNQ 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 5/0 Top Returnees: Chad Merzbacher, Michael Nagy, Lorenzo Scalise, Juan Carlos Serrano Guevara, Jack Smith Key Loss: Danny Keddie Top Newcomers: Nicklas Mattner, Nolan Ray

TEXAS A&M Location: College Station, Texas Enrollment: 62,392 Colors: Maroon and White Nickname: Aggies Home Course: The Traditions Club Men’s Golf SID Contact: Adam Quisenberry Office Phone: (979) 862-5453 Office Fax: (979) 845-6825 E-mail address: aquisenberry@athletics.tamu.edu Website: www.aggieathletics.com Head Coach (Season): J.T. Higgins (15th) Alma Mater (Year): Eastern Oregon State College (1989) 2015 SEC Championships: 10th 2015 NCAA Regionals: DNQ 2015 NCAA Championships: DNQ Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/1 Top Returnees: Adria Arnaus, Ben Crancer, Andrew Lister, Greg Yates Key Loss: Greg Yates Top Newcomers: Max Miller, Chandler Phillips, Brandon Smith

VANDERBILT Location: Nashville, Tennessee Enrollment: 6,767 Colors: Black and Gold Nickname: Commodores Home Course: The Legends Club of Tennessee Men’s Golf SID Contact: Andy Boggs Office Phone: (615) 322-4121 Office Fax: (615) 343-7064 E-mail address: andy.boggs@vanderbilt.edu Website: www.vucommodores.com Head Coach (Season): Scott Limbaugh (4th) Alma Mater (Year): Huntingdon College (2003) 2015 SEC Championships: T-2nd 2015 NCAA New Haven Regional: 4th 2015 NCAA Championships: T-5th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/3 Top Returnees: Theo Humphrey, Carson Jacobs, Zack Jaworski, Matthias Schwab Key Losses: Ben Fogler, Hunter Stewart Top Newcomers: Will Gordon, Andrew Jacobe, Patrick Martin

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CHUCK WINSTEAD HEAD COACH 11TH SEASON

June 3, 2015, is a day that will live long in the memory of the LSU Tigers. It was on that day at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida, when head coach Chuck Winstead and the Tigers lifted the national championship trophy for the fifth time in school history and the first time in 60 years. With a 4-1 defeat of the USC Trojans in the NCAA Championship Match, the Tigers capped a historic run at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships and returned to the top of college golf. The Tigers had a taste of the title a season before in 2014 while reaching the Final Four of match play for the first time. They finished the job last spring when five AllAmericans took down SEC rivals Vanderbilt and Georgia in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds before taming the Trojans in the finals in one of the most comprehensive victories in NCAA Championship Match history. Seniors Stewart Jolly and Ben Taylor, both All-Americans following LSU’s Final Four run in 2014, joined junior Zach Wright and sophomores Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard in winning LSU’s first national championship since 1955 and a fifth for a program that also claimed titles back in 1940, 1942 and 1947. Pierce and Wright both capped an All-American 2015 spring season by tying for 11th place on the NCAA Championship leaderboard with even-par scores of 288 to lead the Tigers back into match play for the second year in a row. Pierce, who broke David Toms’ single-season scoring record of 71.26 from 1988-89 with a career best 71.16 as the team’s leading scorer in 2014-15, was named a Golfweek Third-Team All-American and PING Honorable Mention All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America following his breakout sophomore season. Wright and Ricard scored PING Honorable Mention All-American accolades of their own in the wake of LSU’s national championship victory. In fact, Pierce (71.16), Wright (72.03) and Ricard (72.11) all smashed career-low scoring averages by an average of 2.53 strokes per round to establish themselves among the elite players in college golf in the 2014-15 season. Each also picked up his first career All-SEC award with second-team selections along with Jolly, who ended his collegiate career as a two-time All-SEC performer. The Tigers were also crowned SEC Champions for the

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first time in 28 years and the 16th time in their history when they scored a three-stroke victory over Vanderbilt and South Carolina at the 2015 SEC Championships returning to Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Georgia. A season after finishing second to Alabama in the final team standings, the Tigers took down the Tide with a score of 13-under par 827 to win their first conference title since the 1987 spring season. While winning regular-season titles at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-16), David Toms Intercollegiate (Oct. 4-5) and Talis Park Challenge (March 15-16), the Tigers equaled a team record with five tournament wins a year ago that they last achieved during the 1959-60 campaign. 2014-15 was a season 10 years in the making as Winstead – the SEC Coach of the Year and Golfweek National Coach of the Year in 2015 – has been the architect of LSU’s return to the nation’s elite. The foundation Winstead has laid since his appointment in the summer of 2005 will have the Tigers competing for SEC and NCAA championships for years to come. Winstead has not only coached the Tigers to a sweep of SEC and NCAA championships last spring, but he has led a program that has produced 13 All-American selections, 10 All-SEC performers with 16 all-conference honors, two Academic All-Americans and 14 individual tournament champions in his tenure. The Tigers have also competed in eight-straight NCAA Regionals from 2008-15 while claiming a spot in the NCAA Championships in five of the last six seasons in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Winstead is the winningest coach in the program’s history with 22 tournament championships in his 10 years as head coach. Nine Tigers have also captured 14 medalist honors since Winstead’s first season as head coach in 2005-06. LSU’s rise to the top of college golf was first felt at the 2011 NCAA Championships when John Peterson claimed the program’s first individual championship in 70 years with his winning performance at Oklahoma State’s Karsten Creek Golf Club. That’s when the former three-time All-American and emerging PGA TOUR standout fired a 5-under par 211 to win the national title and join former Tiger champions Fred Haas, Jr. (1937) and Earl Stewart (1941). Peterson had a strong start to his professional career that included a tie for fourth place in his major

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championship debut at the 2012 United States Open Championship held at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, California, and making the cut in his Masters debut in 2013. Peterson will compete as a card-carrying member of the PGA TOUR again in 2015-16 while earning more than $2 million since turning professional following his senior season in 2011. Andrew Loupe, a two-time All-American and teammate of Peterson while at LSU, will also compete as a fully-exempt member in the PGA TOUR during the 2015-16 season as he retained his TOUR card thanks to his performance in the 2015 Web.com Tour Finals in October. Loupe became

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the second former LSU Tiger to win a Web.com Tour event title in 2015 with his victory at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship, earning his spot back on the PGA TOUR for the third-straight season. Loupe and Peterson were the stars of Winstead’s early recruiting classes and certainly proved to be the tandem sparking LSU’s return to national prominence. Peterson wrapped up his collegiate career as the 2011 NCAA Champion while winning three All-America honors and two First-Team All-SEC honors from 2007-11. Loupe was a star in his own right as a two-time All-American and two-time FirstTeam All-SEC performer as part of the same graduating class in 2011. Another former student under Winstead at LSU is also off to a flying start in his professional career as Smylie Kaufman is already an emerging star in his rookie season on the PGA TOUR following his victory at the 2015 Shriners Hospital for Children Open on Oct. 25 in just his fifth career PGA start. Kaufman, a former PING All-Southeast Region performer and member of LSU’s 2014 Final Four team while in Baton Rouge, is a two-time professional winner after also claiming his first career Web.com Tour victory at the United Leasing Championship in May 2015. Kaufman, who has now claimed more than $1.5 million in earnings as a pro, secured his PGA TOUR card for 2015-16 as the No. 6 finisher on the final Web.com Tour Money List in 2015. Winstead’s reputation as one of the top golf teachers in the country has been reflected in LSU’s performance on the course over the past 10 seasons as the team’s scoring average has dropped dramatically since his first season as head coach in 2005-06. After averaging 295.6 shots per round as a team during his inaugural season, the Tigers lowered their scoring average each season at 296.7 in 2006-07, 293.6 in 2007-08, 293.4 in 2008-09, 290.6 in 2009-10 and 290.5 in 2010-11. LSU’s team averaged was an even more impressive the last two seasons at 287.3 in 2013-14 and 285.8 in 2014-15. His instructional skills have been recognized by many of the leading golf publications nationally during his career, including the honor of being named a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor in America since 2005. Golf Digest has also recognized Winstead’s instructional prowess as one of the nation’s top golf teachers. He has appeared on Golf Channel, most recently as a featured

guest on “School of Golf” with Martin Hall, and has also contributed to various golf publications including GOLF Magazine and GolfTips. While the Tigers have excelled on the course, LSU’s student-athletes have also achieved great success in the classroom with a total of 57 selections to the SEC Academic Honor Roll during Winstead’s tenure as head coach. In 2011, two Tigers were chosen as Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars as standouts Austin Gutgsell and Sang Yi were recognized for their academic performance. Winstead’s credentials include an association with Jack Nicklaus’ Golden Bear Golf, Inc., in North Palm Beach, Florida, in the mid-to-late 1990s where he served as part of the senior management team developing, managing and initiating the launch of Golden Bear Golf Centers worldwide. Winstead has been linked with The University Club since

2000 where he has served as the Director of Instruction and owner of the Chuck Winstead Golf Academy. Winstead was named a Director of Instruction at English Turn Golf & Country Club in New Orleans from 1998-2000. In addition, he was a head instructor for the Bob Toski Learning Center in Sunrise, Florida, from 1993-95. A Ruston, Louisiana, native and member of the LSU men’s golf program from 1989-91, Winstead graduated from LSU in 1991 before embarking on a career as a professional golfer with a stint on the South American tour before launching his teaching career. He and his wife, Jennifer, are the proud parents of two sons – Trey, 17, and David, 14 – and are active members of First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge.

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GARRETT RUNION ASSISTANT COACH FOURTH SEASON

2012 Dave Williams Award 2012 Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year 2012 Eaton Golf Pride South Region Coach of the Year

The 2014-15 season is one for the ages in the history of the LSU Men’s Golf program as the Tigers staked their claim as the premier program in college golf with a 4-1 win over the USC Trojans in the NCAA Championship Match to cap their run to the national title at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. It was the program’s fifth national championship alltime and first in 60 years also being crowned champions in 1940, 1942, 1947 and 1955. The Tigers had a taste of the title a season before in 2014 while reaching the Final Four of match play for the first time. They finished the job last spring when five All-Americans took down SEC rivals Vanderbilt and Georgia in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds before taming the Trojans in the finals in one of the most comprehensive victories in the NCAA Championship Match. Seniors Stewart Jolly and Ben Taylor, both All-Americans following LSU’s Final Four run in 2014, joined junior Zach Wright and sophomores Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard as one of the most celebrated teams in the history of LSU Athletics while winning the school’s 47th NCAA team championship. Pierce and Wright both capped an AllAmerican 2015 spring season by tying for 11th place on the NCAA Championship leaderboard with even-par scores of 288 to lead the Tigers back into match play for the second year in a row after they officially tied for third place nationally in 2014. Pierce was named a Golfweek Third-Team All-American and PING Honorable Mention AllAmerican by the Golf Coaches Association of America following his breakout sophomore season. Wright and Ricard scored PING Honorable Mention All-American accolades of their own in the wake of LSU’s national championship victory. The Tigers were also crowned SEC Champions for the first time in 28 years and the 16th time in their history when they scored a three-stroke victory over Vanderbilt and South Carolina at the 2015 SEC Championships returning to Sea Island

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Golf Club’s Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Georgia. A season after finishing second to Alabama in the final team standings, the Tigers took down the Tide with a score of 13-under par 827 to win their first conference title since the 1987 spring season. While winning regular-season titles at the Golfweek Conference Challenge, David Toms Intercollegiate and Talis Park Challenge, the Tigers equaled a team record with five tournament wins a year ago that they last achieved during the 1959-60 campaign. Instrumental in LSU’s return to national prominence has been former LSU Tiger standout Garrett Runion, who enters his fourth season back with the program as a member of head coach Chuck Winstead’s staff after returning to his alma-mater prior to the 2012-13 season. Winstead announced on June 22, 2012, that Runion would return to LSU as an assistant coach for the program after he guided the Sharks of Nova Southeastern University to the NCAA Division II national championship in his one and only season as head coach in 2011-12. Runion’s first season back in Baton Rouge proved to be another strong campaign for the Tigers as they again qualified for the 2013 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. LSU tied for 23rd place at the NCAA Championship held at Atlanta’s Capital City Club to highlight a season that also saw the squad claim team titles in back-to-back events at the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate and David Toms Intercollegiate in the fall season of 2012. Runion has been part of three-straight teams to earn a spot in the 30-team field for the NCAA Championships, while LSU has qualified in five of the last six years in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The Tigers have also been rewarded for their outstanding performance on the course, led by Curtis Thompson’s breakthrough sophomore season in 2012-13 as an Honorable Mention All-American and First-Team All-SEC performer for the first time in his career. Junior Andrew Presley was also named a Second-Team All-SEC performer for the second-straight season. Thompson earned a repeat selection as an Honorable Mention All-American and SecondTeam All-SEC performer in 2014 as three Tigers

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were recognized as All-Americans following the team’s historic Final Four run. Jolly took ThirdTeam All-America honors along with a First-Team All-SEC selection, while Taylor joined Thompson as an Honorable Mention All-American following the NCAA Final Four. Not only did Pierce, Ricard and Wright earn their first career All-SEC honors a year ago, but they joined Jolly as second-team selections after leading the Tigers to the SEC Championship. Runion has returned to his alma mater following a 2011-12 season in which he led Nova Southeastern to the NCAA Division II title with a dominating 5-0 win over Chico State University in the national title match held May 19, 2012, at Cardinal Club Golf Course in Simpsonville, Kentucky. Their run to the national championship highlighted a historic season for the Nova Southeastern Sharks as they also won the Sunshine State Conference championship during the 2012 spring season. Runion was recognized as the recipient of the Dave Williams Award as the NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year, as well as earning Sunshine State Conference Coach of the Year and Eaton Golf Pride South Region Coach of the Year awards for the 2011-12 season. Runion actually served two seasons at Nova Southeastern as the team also captured the SCC title during a strong 2010-11 campaign in which he served as the program’s assistant head coach. A native of Orlando, Florida, Runion was a three-year letterwinner during his collegiate career with the Tigers as he called Baton Rouge home in four seasons from 2003-08. A fourtime member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and three-time SEC Community Service Team selection, Runion graduated from LSU in the May 2008 with his Bachelor of Arts & Science degree in general studies. He also serves as the Assistant Coach Representative for NCAA Division I on the National Golf Coaches Association of America’s National Advisory Board. Runion and his wife, Meghan, have one son, Reid Shaffer Runion, aka “Rocket,” who was born on March 20, 2015.

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WRIGHT 6-0 • SENIOR • 3L PHOENIX, ARIZ. PINNACLE HS WIGHT’S QUICK FACTS Rounds of par or better: Low Round: Low Tournament: Top 10 Finishes: Top 20 Finishes: Best Finish:

38 66 (-6) at Louisiana Classics (March 4 2013) 206 (-10) at Louisiana Classics (March 4-5, 2013) 7 15 1st at Louisiana Classics (March 4-5, 2013)

WRIGHT’S CAREER TOTALS YEAR TOURN. ROUNDS STROKES AVERAGE 2012-13 12 35 2,603 74.37 2013-14 10 30 2,207 73.57 2014-15 11 34 2,44 72.03 Totals 33 99 7,259 73.32

2015 PING Honorable Mention All-American 2015 Second-Team All-SEC 2015 PING All-Southeast Region 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2015 SEC Community Service Team 2014 U.S. Amateur Qualifier 2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll 2013 Louisiana Classics Champion 2012 U.S. Amateur Qualifier JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15) A catalyst in the Tigers sweeping SEC and NCAA team championships during his junior season in 2014-15 … One of two Tigers to post a perfect 3-0 record in match play at the NCAA Championships held at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida … Ran his record to a perfect 5-0 in match play at the NCAA Championships in back-to-back appearances in 2014 and 2015 … Scored LSU’s second point in a 4-1 win over the No. 5-seeded USC Trojans in the NCAA Championship Match with his 3-and-2 victory over Sean Crocker en route to the national championship … Scored a decisive 7-and-6 victory over Georgia’s Mookie Demoss in the national semifinals of match play … Posted the deciding point in a 3-1-1 win over No. 2-seeded Vanderbilt in the NCAA quarterfinals with a 4-and-2 victory over Carson Jacobs … Was the top Tiger in stroke play at the NCAA Championships as he fired an even-par 288 in four rounds to tie for 11th place in the tournament … Helped lead the Tigers to a furious comeback with a 1-under 69 in the final round at the NCAA New Haven Regional as the Tigers climbed five spots up the team standings on the final day in the event held at The Course at Yale … Tied for 53rd place on the final leaderboard at the NCAA New Haven Regional with a score of 11-over par 221 … Helped fuel the Tigers’ title-winning performance at the SEC Men’s Golf Championships by earning his best career finish in the event with a tie for sixth place at 4-under 206 in three rounds played at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Georgia … Warmed up for the championship season by cracking the Top 5 of the leaderboard at Texas A&M’s Aggie Invitational where he tied for fifth place with a score of 4-over 220 at Traditions Golf Club … Earned his first of three top-10 individual finishes on the season in his spring debut at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate where the fired a 1-under 212 in 54 holes to tie for 10th place … Led the Tigers with nine top-20 finishes in his 11 tournament appearances on the season … Cracked the Top 20 in appearances at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (T16), Golfweek Conference Challenge (T13), United States Collegiate Championship (T13) and David Toms Intercollegiate (T13) during the 2014 fall season and Talis Park Challenge (T16) during the 2015 spring season … Was LSU’s second-leading scorer on the season with a career-best scoring average of 72.03 in his 34 rounds played in an All-American junior season … Slashed his scoring average by more than a stroke and a half from his previous career-best of 73.57 as a sophomore in 2013-14 … 19 of his 34 rounds were at par or better … Ended the season ranked as high as the No. 44-ranked player nationally in the final Golfstat player rankings

… Also ranked No. 57 nationally in the final Golfweek Individual Player Rankings for the 2014-15 season … Honored as an All-SEC performer and All-American for the first time in his collegiate career … Voted a Second-Team All-SEC selection by the league’s head coaches following LSU’s SEC Championship victory … Also a PING Honorable Mention All-American for his performance in leading the Tigers to the national championship … Selected a PING All-Southeast Region performer for the first time in his career … A leader off the course as a selection to the SEC Community Service Team for men’s golf for the first time and a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second year in a row … Earned his third varsity letter.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) Led the Tigers into the NCAA semifinals of match play at the NCAA Championships to cap a sensational 2013-14 season for the program … The only Tiger to win both of his matches in the match-play tournament for the national championship ... Led the Tigers to a tie for third place as a team at the NCAA Championships to capture the team’s best national finish since a third-place finish in 1967 … Tied for 105th place in stroke play at the NCAA Championships with a 54-hole score of 9-over par 219 … Played in 10 tournaments with the Tigers during his sophomore season … Ended the season with a 73.57 scoring average in 30 rounds played on the season … Slashed his scoring average by nearly one full stroke from his average as a freshman … 11 of his 30 rounds were at par or better … Earned a pair of top-10 finishes on the campaign … Tied for ninth place at the Louisiana Classics held during the 2014 spring season at Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette … Posted a season-low tournament score of 2-under par 214 at the Louisiana Classics to earn his best finish of the year … Tied for 10th place at the David Toms Intercollegiate while playing as an individual in the event held at the University Club in Baton Rouge … Tied for 36th place at the SEC Championships with a score of 5-over par 215, including a season-low round of 5-under 65 in the final round … Tied for 23rd place at the NCAA Columbia Regional with a score of 1-under par 215 in the event held at The Club at Old Hawthorne in Columbia, Missouri … Followed the collegiate season by qualifying for the 114th United States Amateur Championships held at the Atlanta Athletic Club … Recognized for his performance in the classroom with a selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time … Earned his second varsity letter.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13) Made 12 tournament appearances for the Tigers during his freshman season in 2012-13 … Was the team’s fourth-leading scorer with a 74.37 scoring average in 35 rounds played on the year … Carded eight rounds at par or better … Earned one top-five finish, two top-10 finishes and four top-20 finishes in his 12 tournament starts on the season … Crowned the individual champion at the 2013 Louisiana Classics tournament held at Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette during the spring season … Fired a career-low score of 7-under par 209 to take the title

at the Louisiana Classics while playing as an individual … Shot a career-low score of 6-under 66 in the first round ... Opening score of 6-under 66 in the first round of the Louisiana Classics was the lowest on the squad for the 2012-13 season … Followed his victory at the Louisiana Classics by tying for eighth place at the Argent Financial Classic with a score of 3-over par 219 … Finished in 12th place on the leaderboard at the David Toms Intercollegiate with a score of 11-over 227 in the event held at the University Club in Baton Rouge … Also claimed a top-20 finish by tying for 16th place at the South Alabama Individual Tournament with a score of 11-over 153 in two rounds … Made his NCAA Championships debut at the Capital City Club in Atlanta, Georgia … Tied for 69th place at the NCAA Championships with a score 4-over par 214 at Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course ... Made the only holein-one of the NCAA Championships at the par-three 15th hole at the Crabapple Course to highlight a first-round score of 2-under 68 … Tied for 28th place at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional with a score of 10-over 226 in the event held at the University Club in Baton Rouge … Tied for 36th place in his debut at the SEC Championships, finishing with a 54-hole score of 12-over 222.

PRIOR TO LSU Signed with LSU as the No. 1-ranked recruit in the state of Arizona and one of the elite prospects in the country for the Class of 2012 … Ranked among the Top 10 recruits in the country for the Class of 2012 as the No. 8-ranked prospect nationwide in the Polo Junior Golf Rankings at the time of his signing with LSU … Competed at the United States Amateur Championship for the first time in his career in the 112th edition of the event held at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado … Advanced to the Sweet 16 in match play at the 2010 United States Junior Amateur Championship held at Egypt Valley Country Club in Ada, Michigan … Earned a spot in match play by tying for 20th place in the stroke play at the 2010 U.S. Junior Amateur with a 36-hole score of 2-under par 142 … Followed with an appearance in the stroke play field at the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur held at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington … A decorated member of the American Junior Golf Association while earning a Rolex Junior First-Team All-American selection in 2011 … Also chosen as a Rolex Junior Honorable Mention All-American in 2010 … Earned a total of 10 career top-10 finishes in AJGA events since the 2009 season … Captured the Arizona Division I state title during the 2011 fall season with a tournament record 15-uner par 125 fired at the state tournament held at Dell Urich Golf Course in Tucson.

PERSONAL Full name is Zachary Ray Wright … Born on Nov. 8, 1993 … Parents are Don and Alecia Wright … Has an older sister named Ashley … Maintained a 3.75 cumulative grade-point average at Pinnacle High School … Was a member of the Honor Roll and Principal’s List throughout his prep career … Plays right handed … Majoring in sport administration.

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Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (Rocky Face, Ga.) 71-70-72 – 213 (t16) Golfweek Conference Challenge (Burlington, Iowa) 71-72-78 – 221 (t13) David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 73-73-80 – 226 (t13) United States Collegiate Championship (Alpharetta, Ga.) 72-67-74 – 213 (t13) Querencia Cabo Collegiate (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) 72-71-69 – 212 (t10) Talis Park Challenge (Naples, Fla.) 72-67-74 – 213 (t16) Valspar Invitational at Floridian (Palm City, Fla.) 69-69-78 – 216 (t27) Aggie Invitational (Bryan, Texas) 69-76-75 – 220 (t5) SEC Men’s Golf Championships (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 70-66-70 – 206 (t6) NCAA New Haven Regional (New Haven, Conn.) 74-78-69 – 221 (t53) NCAA Men’s Golf Championships (Bradenton, Fla.) 70-70-73-75 – 288 (t11)

2013-14

Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (Rocky Face, Ga.) 77-79-70 – 226 (t48) Golfweek Conference Challenge (Burlington, Iowa) 83-77-71 – 231 (t63) David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 76-69-73 – 218 (t10) The Prestige at PGA West (La Quinta, Calif.) 74-71-73 – 218 (t43) Querencia Cabo Collegiate (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) 77-73-74 – 224 (t34) Louisiana Classics (Lafayette, La.) 70-72-72 – 214 (t9) Valspar Invitational at Floridian (Palm City, Fla.) 78-71-78 – 227 (69) SEC Men’s Golf Championships (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 76-74-65 – 215 (t36) NCAA Columbia Regional (Columbia, Mo.) 73-72-70 – 214 (t23) NCAA Men’s Golf Championships (Hutchinson, Kan.) 72-73-74 – 219 (t105)

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Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (Rocky Face, Ga.) 72-74-76 – 222 (t31) Shoal Creek Intercollegiate (Birmingham, Ala.) 77-76-74 – 227 (t36) David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 76-74-77 – 227 (12) Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (Windermere, Fla.) 79-80-76 – 235 (t66) South Alabama Individual Tournament (Mobile, Ala.) 80-73 – 153 (t16) Louisiana Classics (Lafayette, La.) 66-72-71 – 209 (1) Argent Financial Classic (Choudrant, La.) 76-72-71 – 219 (t8) Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate (Awendaw, S.C.) 80-70-77 – 227 (t33) Aggie Invitational (Bryan, Texas) 74-74-74 – 222 (t32) SEC Men’s Golf Championships (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 75-71-76 – 222 (t36) NCAA Baton Rouge Regional (Baton Rouge, La.) 76-75-75 – 226 (t28) NCAA Men’s Golf Championships (Atlanta, Ga.) 68-74-72 – 214 (t69)

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JONES 5-9 • JUNIOR • SQ BLOWING ROCK, N.C. CHRIST SCHOOL/ NEVADA JONES’ QUICK FACTS Rounds of par or better: None Low Round: 75 (+3) at David Toms Intercollegiate (Oct. 4, 2014) Low Tournament: 231 (+15) at David Toms Intercollegiate (Oct. 4-5, 2014) Top 10 Finishes: None Top 20 Finishes: None Best Finish: T-30th at David Toms Intercollegiate (Oct. 4-5, 2014)

JONES’ CAREER TOTALS YEAR TOURN. ROUNDS STROKES AVERAGE 2014-15 1 3 231 77.00 Totals 1 3 231 77.00

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15) SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15) Made one tournament appearance in his firstappearance season with the Made one tournament in his first season with the Tigers as a sophoROUND-BY-ROUND WITH JONES Tigers as a sophomore in 2014-15 … Teed off as an individual at the David Toms Intercollegiate held at The University Club in an more in 2014-15 … Teed off as individual at the David Toms Intercollegiate 2014-15 Baton Rouge … Tied for 30th place on the final leaderboard with a David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 54-hole score of 15-over par 231, including his season-low round of 79-75-77 – 231 (t30) held at The University Club in Baton Rouge … Tied for 30th place on the final 3-over par 75 in the second round … Ended the season with a 77.00 scoring average in three rounds played on the year. leaderboard with a 54-hole score of 15-over par 231, including his season-low round PRIOR TO LSU of top 3-over 75 in ofthe second round … Ended the season with a 77.00 scoring average in three rounds played on the The performer par for the University Nevada Wolf Pack during his true freshman season at the collegiate level in 2013-14 … Ended year. his rookie campaign as the team’s leading scorer with a 73.37 scoring average in 12 tournament starts on the season … Earned a pair of top-five individual finishes to highlight his freshman season … Was named the Mountain West Conference Golfer of the Week after firing a 36-hole score of 4-under par 140 and tying for fourth place on the leaderboard at the John Burns Intercollegiate held at Wailua Golf Club in Lihue, Hawaii … Also tied for third place at the Fresno State Classic with a score of 2-over par 218 in three rounds played at San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno, California … Fired his lowest 54-hole tournament score at the SCVB Pacific Invitational, where he tied for 19th place at even-par 213, including a season-low 4-under 67 in the second round … Tied for 27th place at the 2014 Mountain West Conference Championships … Attended Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, during his prep career … Led his high school team to a pair of North Carolina state championships in 2010 and 2012 … Individually, finished in third place in 2010 and fourth place in 2012 at the state tournament while earning all-state honors in both seasons … Was a three-time all-conference performer during his high school career from 201012 … A standout performer in junior golf nationally during his prep career as a member of the American Junior Golf Association … Winner of the 2011 AJGA Preseason at Chateau Elan in Braselton, Georgia … Winner of the 2011 International Junior Masters held in East Aurora, New York … Earned a 13th-place finish at the 2012 Junior PGA Championship held in Ft. Wayne, Indiana … Was twice an alternate for the United States Junior Amateur Championship in 2010 and 2012.

PRIOR TO LSU The top performer for the University of Nevada Wolf Pack during his true freshman season at the collegiate level in 2013-14 … Ended his rookie campaign as the team’s leading scorer with a 73.37 scoring average in 12 tournament starts on the season … Earned a pair of top-five individual finishes to highlight his freshman season … Was named the Mountain West Conference Golfer of the Week after firing a 36-hole score of 4-under par 140 and tying for fourth place on the leaderboard at the John Burns Intercollegiate held at Wailua Golf Club in Lihue, Hawaii … Also tied for third place at the Fresno State Classic with a score of 2-over par 218 in three rounds played at San Joaquin Country Club in Fresno, California … Fired his lowest 54-hole tournament score at the SCVB Pacific Invitational, where he tied for 19th place at even-par 213, including a season-low 4-under 67 in the second round … Tied for 27th place at the 2014 Mountain West Conference Championships … Attended Christ School in Arden, North Carolina, during his prep career … Led his high school team to a pair of North Carolina state championships in PERSONAL 2010 and 2012 … Individually, finished in third place in 2010 and fourth place in 2012 at the state tournament while Full name is Rhyne McLeod Jones ... Born on Sept. 20, 1994 ... Parents are Jonathan and Debbie Jones … Has an older sister, earning all-state honors in both seasons … Was a three-time all-conference performer during his high school career Darcy … Most memorable sports moment was holing out for eagle at the 2012 Junior PGA Championship in front of the Golf Channel fromand2010-12 A standout performer in junior golf nationally during his prep career as a member of the American cameras making ESPN’s… SportsCenter Top 10 Plays of the Day ... Plays right-handed ... Plans to pursue a degree in mass Junior Golf communication at LSU. Association … Winner of the 2011 AJGA Preseason at Chateau Elan in Braselton, Georgia … Winner of the 2011 International Junior Masters held in East Aurora, New York … Earned a 13th-place finish at the 2012 Junior PGA Championship held in Ft. Wayne, Indiana … Was twice an alternate for the United States Junior Amateur 10 LSU 32

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5-9 • JUNIOR • 2L COVINGTON, LA. ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL

PIERCE’S QUICK FACTS Rounds of par or better: 18 Low Round: 65 (-5) at NCAA New Haven Regional (May 16, 2015) Low Tournament: 209 (-7) at The Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 16-18, 2015) Top 10 Finishes: 4 Top 20 Finishes: 8 Best Finish: T-6th at Valspar Invitational at Floridian (March 23-24, 2015)

PIERCE’S CAREER TOTALS YEAR TOURN. ROUNDS STROKES AVERAGE 2013-14 3 9 665 73.89 2014-15 8 25 1,779 71.16 Totals 11 34 2,444 71.88

2015 Golfweek Third-Team All-American 2015 PING Honorable Mention All-American 2015 Second-Team All-SEC 2015 PING All-Southeast Region 2015 LSWA Louisiana Player of the Year 2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15) One of the NCAA’s Top 30 players in the final season rankings for both Golfstat (23) and Golfweek (28) released following the NCAA Championships … An All-American for the first time in his collegiate career as a third-team selection by Golfweek and honorablemention selection by the Golf Coaches Association of America … Also a PING All-Southeast Region performer for the first time … Voted a Second-Team All-SEC selection by the league’s head coaches … Enjoyed a record-setting sophomore season in which he broke David Toms’ single-season scoring record by an LSU Tiger with a team-leading 71.16 stroke average in his eight tournament starts … Eclipsed Toms’ previous 26-year-old school-record scoring average of 71.27 set during his senior season in 1988-89 … 15 of his 25 rounds played on the season were at par or better … Earned three top-10 finishes and seven top-20 finishes in his eight tournament starts … Posted a 2-0-1 mark in his three matches to help the Tigers win their fifth national championship all-time … Matched Zach Wright as the top Tigers in stroke play qualifying at the NCAA Championships by tying for 11th place with a final score of even-par 288 in four rounds played at Concession Golf Club … Opened the NCAA Championships by firing back-to-back rounds of 1-under par 71 in the first 36 holes of stroke play … Led LSU’s charge up the team standings in the final round at the NCAA New Haven Regional with a careerlow round of 5-under par 65 on the final day of action at The Course at Yale … Cracked the Top 20 in a tie for 17th place at the NCAA New Haven Regional with his final score of 1-over 211 … Earned a top-10 individual finish in his SEC Championships debut to help lead the Tigers to their 16th SEC team championship in program history and their first in 28 years since 1987 … Fired a 3-under par 207 in three rounds played at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course to tie for ninth place overall at the 2015 SEC Men’s Golf Championships … Opened the SEC Championships by firing a 3-under 67 in the first round and 2-under 68 in the second round … Fired a career-low tournament score of 7-under par 209 to tie for 10th place in

his sophomore debut at The Prestige at PGA West, including an opening 4-under 68 in the first round … Also cracked the Top 10 of the leaderboard at the Valspar Invitational at Floridian with a final score of 3-under 210 … Added top-20 finishes at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate (T20) and Talis Park Challenge (T13) during the 2015 spring season … Did not compete during the 2014 fall season while recovering from a back injury that sidelined him for much of the spring during his freshman campaign … Honored for his performance in the classroom as a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the first time in his time as a Tiger … Earned his second varsity letter.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14) Played in three tournaments as a true freshman in 2013-14 … Earned his first collegiate top-10 finish by tying for ninth place on the final leaderboard at the Louisiana Classics held at Oakbourne Country Club in Lafayette during the 2014 spring season … Fired a season-low and career-low tournament score of 2-under par 214 while playing as an individual at the Louisiana Classics, including a low round of 2-under 70 in the first round … Made his collegiate debut at the Golfweek Conference Challenge held at Spirit Hollow Golf Club in Burlington, Iowa, during the 2013 fall season … Tied for 34th place with a 54-hole score of 6-over par 222 in his first collegiate event … Earned a spot in LSU’s five-man starting lineup at the David Toms Intercollegiate held at the University Club in Baton Rouge … Tied for 45th place at the David Toms Intercollegiate with a score of 13-over par 229 for 54 holes … Ended his freshman season with a 73.89 scoring average for his three tournament appearances … Three of his nine rounds were at par or better … Saw his spring season cut short due to a back injury … Earned his first varsity letter.

PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of the nation’s elite prep prospects with his performance during the 2012 season … Honored as a Rolex Junior Second-Team All-American by the American Junior Golf Association in 2012 … Signed with LSU as the No. 10-ranked prep recruit nationally for the Class of 2013 in the prestigious Polo Junior Golf Rankings … Also ranked No. 25 nationally by the National Junior Golf Scoreboard and No. 60 in the country by Golfweek among high school seniors … Ranked No. 15 in the Polo Junior Golf Rankings and No. 46 in the National Junior Golf Scoreboard regardless

of high school classification when signing his National Letter of Intent with the Tigers … Solidified his position among the nation’s premier recruits by tying for third place on the leaderboard at the 2012 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions held at the Crabapple Course at Capital City Club in Alpharetta, Georgia … Fired rounds of 2-over 72, 4-under 66, 1-under 69 and 1-under 69 to tie for third place at the 2012 Rolex Tournament of Champions with his 72-hole score of 4-under par 276 … Earned five top-10 finishes in AJGA events during his breakout 2012 season … Tied for second place at the 2012 AJGA Junior at Steelwood presented by AT&T at Steelwood Country Club in Loxley, Alabama, with a 54-hole score of 2-under 214 … Posted a 4-under 212 to tie for fourth place at the 2012 AJGA Genesis Shootout presented by the Valero Texas Open at Fair Oaks Ranch Golf & Country Club in Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas … Saw action at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where he tied for fifth place on the leaderboard at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf … Fired a 54-hole score of even-par 216 to tie for fifth place in one of the AJGA’s major tournaments of the 2012 season … Also tied for seventh place at the 2012 Exide Technologies Junior Open presented by Mizuno … Earned the right to represent the West squad at the AJGA’s Wyndham Cup held at Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Florida, on the strength of his performance in 2012 … Earned a total of eight Top 10s in AJGA sponsored events during his prep career … Won an AJGA title for the first time at the 2010 Sean O’Hair Junior All-Star Championship with a career-low AJGA tournament score of 10-under par 206 at The Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas … Fired an 8-under 64 that included a double-eagle in his final round to win the AJGA Sean O’Hair Junior All-Star Championship back in 2010 … Cracked the Top 10 of the final leaderboard at the 62nd Future Masters while firing a 2-over 218 at Dothan Country Club in Dothan, Alabama, in 2011 … Finished runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Kids Teen World Championship held at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina … Carded rounds of 1-under 71, 1-over 73 and 2-under 70 for a 54-hole score of 2-under 214 to finish in second place at Pinehurst No. 2 … Earned his first career Class 5A all-state selection while competing for St. Paul’s School in 2012 … Earned back-to-back All-District 7-5A selections in 2011 and 2012.

PERSONAL Full name is Brandon Chavgney Pierce … Born on Aug. 18, 1994 … Parents are Chavgney and Rebecca Pierce … Has one younger sister, Brittany … Father played basketball at LSU … Mother played college volleyball … Maintained a 4.31 cumulative grade-point average on a 4.0 scale during his prep career at St. Paul’s School in Covington … Was an HP Scholastic Junior AllAmerica Team selection in 2011 and 2012 … An active member of his community as the founder of Brandon’s Birdies … Has helped raise more than $50,000 for local children’s charities in the New Orleans area since 2009 while leading Brandon’s Birdies … Served at St. Paul’s School as a Eucharist minister … Also participated with the math team at St. Paul’s … Selected Charter’s Community Hero in Covington in November 2012 … Honored by the United States Golf Association and the AJGA as the 2012 recipient of the prestigious USGA-AJGA Presidents’ Leadership Award … Majoring in sport administration with a concentration in sport commerce.

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The Prestige at PGA West (La Quinta, Calif.) 68-72-69 – 209 (t10) Querencia Cabo Collegiate (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) 73-72-71 – 216 (t20) Talis Park Challenge (Naples, Fla.) 71-71-70 – 212 (t13) Valspar Invitational at Floridian (Palm City, Fla.) 69-70-71 – 210 (t6) Aggie Invitational (Bryan, Texas) 75-78-73 – 226 (t26) SEC Men’s Golf Championships (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 67-68-72 – 207 (t9) NCAA New Haven Regional (New Haven, Conn.) 73-73-65 – 211 (t17) NCAA Men’s Golf Championships (Bradenton, Fla.) 71-71-73-73 – 288 (t11)

2013-14

Golfweek Conference Challenge (Burlington, Iowa) 76-73-73 – 222 (t34) David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 79-71-79 – 229 (t45) Louisiana Classics (Lafayette, La.) 70-73-71 – 214 (t9)

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RICARD 6-1 • JUNIOR • 2L SHREVEPORT, LA. LOYOLA COLLEGE PREP RICARD’S QUICK FACTS Rounds of par or better: 18 Low Round: 66 (-6) at The Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 18, 2015) Low Tournament: 207 (-9) at The Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 16-18, 2015) Top 10 Finishes: 4 Top 20 Finishes: 5 Best Finish: 2nd at Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-16, 2014)

RICARD’S CAREER TOTALS YEAR TOURN. ROUNDS STROKES AVERAGE 2013-14 4 12 905 75.42 2014-15 12 37 2,668 72.11 Totals 16 49 3,573 72.92

2014 U.S. Amateur Qualifier 2013 Louisiana Classics Champion 2012 U.S. Amateur Qualifier SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15) The only Tiger to appear in all 12 tournaments for the team during a historic 2014-15 season in which LSU swept SEC and NCAA team championships … One of the nation’s top-ranked players as the No. 61-ranked player nationally by Golfweek and the No. 62-ranked player nationally by Golfstat in the final individual rankings for the 2014-15 season … Earned All-SEC and All-America honors for the first time in his collegiate career on the strength of a breakout sophomore season as one of the top performers in all of college golf … Named a PING Honorable Mention All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America … Voted a Second-Team All-SEC performer in a vote of the league’s head coaches … Also named to the PING All-Southeast Region Team for the first time … Recognized by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association as a Second-Team All-Louisiana performer … Slashed more than three strokes from his freshman scoring average of 75.42 with a careerlow 72.11 scoring average to rank third on the team in 2014-15 … 17 of his 37 rounds played were at par or better … Earned four top-10 finishes and five top-20 finishes in his 12 tournament starts on the campaign … Posted a 2-0-1 mark in his three matches at the NCAA Championships to help the Tigers win their fifth national championship in program history … Finished in a tie for 27th place in stroke play at the NCAA Championships after posting a 72-hole score of 4-over par 292, including a 4-under 68 in the third round … Part of LSU’s furious comeback to earn fifth place at the NCAA New Haven Regional with a 1-under 69 in the final round of the event held at The Course at Yale … Tied for 34th place overall at 5-over par 215 at the NCAA New Haven Regional where the Tigers climbed five spots up the team standings in the final round to grab the fifth and final spot into the NCAA Championships … Tied for 37th place in his SEC Championships debut with a final score of 3-over par 213 at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course in St. Simons Island, Georgia … Opened the SEC Championships with a score of 1-under 69 in the first round for his best round of the tournament … Helped the Tigers win their 16th SEC Championship in program history and their first in 28 years since 1987 … Earned his best career tournament finish in second place at the Golfweek Conference Challenge to help lead the Tigers to their first of five team titles on the season … Fired a 54-hole score of 5-under par 211 at Spirit Hollow Golf Club in Burlington, Iowa, to follow senior teammate

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Stewart Jolly for second place on the leaderboard … Added a 5-under 211 to tie for eighth place overall at the United States Collegiate Championship in the team’s fall finale … Opened the 2015 spring season by firing a career-low tournament score of 9-under par 207 to tie for seventh place at The Prestige at PGA West … Posted a career-low round of 6-under 66 in the final round at The Prestige at PGA West held at the Greg Norman Course in La Quinta, California … Also tied for eighth place on the leaderboard with a score of 3-under 210 in LSU’s victory at the Talis Park Challenge during the spring season … Added a top-20 finish at the Valspar Invitational at Floridian where he tied for 16th place overall … Also competed at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (T48) and David Toms Intercollegiate (T33) for the 2014 fall season and the Querencia Cabo Collegiate (T31) and Aggie Invitational (T21) for the 2015 spring season … Picked up his second varsity letter with the Tigers.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14) Made four tournament appearances in his debut season with the Tigers in 2013-14 … Ended his true freshman season with a 75.42 scoring average in 12 rounds played on the year … Made his collegiate debut at the David Toms Intercollegiate held at the University Club in Baton Rouge during the 2013 fall season … Tied for 35th place with a 54-hole score of 10-over par 226 while playing as an individual in his debut event … Followed by earning a spot in LSU’s five-man starting lineup in the team’s fall finale at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational … Fired a season-low and career-low round of 1-under par 71 in the first round at the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational before tying for 38th place in the event with a final score of 6-over par 222 … Played in two spring tournaments with the Tigers as a member of the team’s five-man lineup … Finished in 63rd place at The Prestige at PGA West after posting a tournament score of 13-over par 226 in LSU’s spring season opener … Tied for 55th place at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with a score of 18-over par 231 for 54 holes in his final appearance of the year … Earned his first varsity letter with the Tigers.

PRIOR TO LSU One of the nation’s premier prep prospects to sign a National Letter of Intent in the Class of 2013 … Signed with the Tigers as the No. 15-ranked recruit in the country for the Class of 2013 by Golfweek … Also ranked No. 21 by the National Junior Golf Scoreboard and No. 35 in the Polo Junior Golf Rankings in his graduating class … Captured the 2013 Louisiana Golf Association Amateur Championship following his senior season at Loyola Prep College … Fired a

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54-hole score of 9-under par 207 to claim a threeshot victory at the 94th LGA Amateur Championship held at Southern Trace Country Club in his hometown of Shreveport … Honored as a 2011 Rolex Junior Honorable Mention All-American by the American Junior Golf Association … Solidified his reputation as one of the elite junior golfers in the country with a run to the Sweet 16 in match play at the 2012 United States Junior Amateur Championship held at The Golf Club of New England in Stratham, New Hampshire … Tied for 15th place in stroke play with a 36-hole score of 3-over par 147 at the U.S. Junior Amateur to earn a spot in match play … Won his sectional qualifier for the 2012 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in Kansas City … A two-time tournament champion as a member of the AJGA … Won his first AJGA crown with a recordsetting performance at the 2011 Elbit Systems of America Championship at Hidden Creek Golf Course in Fort Worth, Texas … Set the course and tournament record in winning medalist honors at the 2011 Elbit Systems of America Championship with a score of 8-under 63 in the opening round and 11-under 202 for the tournament … Fired his lowest competitive round of 63 in the first round … Added a 6-under 65 in the final round for the victory … Won the 2012 AJGA David Toms Foundation Junior Championship held at Southern Trace Country Club in his hometown of Shreveport … Fired a 7-under par 209 for a sixshot victory … Earned four career top-10 finishes in AJGA sponsored events during an outstanding prep career … Finished in 11th place at the 2011 Jones Cup Junior Invitational held at the Seaside Course at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia … Earned an eighth-place finish at the 2011 Southern Junior Invitational … Captured back-to-back Class 3A regional and state championships in 2011 and 2012 as a leader of the squad at Loyola College Prep … Fired rounds of 5-under 67 and 4-under 68 to claim the 2012 Louisiana Class 3A state title as a junior with a 36-hole score of 9-under par 135 at Beaver Creek Golf Club in Zachary, Louisiana … Won the Class 3A state crown as a sophomore in 2011 with a tworound total of 3-under 142 … Medalist at the 2012 Louisiana Champions Invitational with his tournament and amateur course record of 7-under 65 at Tamahka Trails Golf Club in Marksville, Louisiana.

PERSONAL Full name is Eric Nicholas Ricard … Born on Sept. 27, 1994 … Parents are Frank and Leah Ricard … Has one older sister, Lauren … Father played tennis at Louisiana College during his collegiate career … Held a 3.52 cumulative grade-point average at Loyola College Prep … Plays right-handed … Majoring in general business.

ROUND-BY-ROUND WITH RICARD 2014-15 Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (Rocky Face, Ga.) 73-74-75 – 222 (t48) Golfweek Conference Challenge (Burlington, Iowa) 69-71-71 – 211 (2) David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 80-76-76 – 232 (t33) U.S. Collegiate Championship (Alpharetta, Ga.) 74-68-69 – 211 (t8) The Prestige at PGA West (La Quinta, Calif.) 71-70-66 – 207 (t7) Querencia Cabo Collegiate (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) 75-72-71 – 218 (t31) Talis Park Challenge (Naples, Fla.) 73-68-69 – 210 (t8) Valspar Invitational at Floridian (Palm City, Fla.) 67-74-71 – 212 (t16) Aggie Invitational (Bryan, Texas) 74-74-77 – 225 (t21) SEC Men’s Golf Championships (St. Simons Island, Ga.) 69-71-73 – 213 (t31) NCAA New Haven Regional (New Haven, Conn.) 74-72-69 – 215 (t34) NCAA Men’s Golf Championships (Bradenton, Fla.) 72-74-68-78 – 292 (t27)

2013-14 David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 77-73-76 – 226 (t35) Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (Windermere, Fla.) 71-74-77 – 222 (t38) The Prestige at PGA West (La Quinta, Calif.) 79-73-74 – 226 (63) Querencia Cabo Collegiate (Cabo San Lucas, Mexico) 76-81-74 – 231 (t55)

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CALDWELL 5-9 • SOPHOMORE • 1L PONCHATOULA, LA. PONCHATOULA HS CALDWELL’S QUICK FACTS Rounds of par or better: None Low Round: 73 (+1), three times, last at Prestige at PGA West (Feb. 18, 2015) Low Tournament: 225 (+9) at Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-16, 2014) Top 10 Finishes: None Top 20 Finishes: None Best Finish: T-29th at Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-16, 2014)

CALDWELL’S CAREER TOTALS YEAR TOURN. ROUNDS STROKES AVERAGE 2014-15 4 11 838 76.18 Totals 4 11 838 76.18

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15) Played in four tournaments in his debut season with the Tigers in 2014-15 … Helped the Tigers take home the team title at the Golfweek Conference Challenge by tying for 29th place with a final score of 9-over par 225 in the event held at Spirit Hollow Golf Club in Burlington, Iowa … Fired season-low and careerlow rounds of 1-over par 73 in the first and third rounds at the Golfweek Conference Challenge … Followed by tying for 38th place with a score of 17-over 233 while playing as an individual at the David Toms Intercollegiate held at The University Club in Baton Rouge … Opened the 2015 spring season by tying for 71st place at 13-over 229 at The Prestige at PGA West Matched his season-low round of 1-over 73 in the final round … Withdrew from the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic with illness after posting rounds of 5-over 77 and 2-over 74 in his first two collegiate rounds … Ended his freshman season with a 76.18 scoring average in 11 rounds played on the season … Followed the collegiate season by claiming a second-place finish at the 96th Louisiana Golf Association Amateur Championship at Bayou DeSiard Country Club in Monroe … Fired a tournament score of 8-under par 280 in four rounds at the 2015 LGA Amateur Championship … Earned his first varsity letter in his debut season with the Tigers in 2014-15.

ROUND-BY-ROUND WITH CALDWELL 2014-15 Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic (Rocky Face, Ga.) 77-74-WD – 151 Golfweek Conference Challenge (Burlington, Iowa) 73-79-73 – 225 (t29) David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.) 82-74-77 – 233 (t38) The Prestige at PGA West (La Quinta, Calif.) 81-75-73 – 229 (t71)

PRIOR TO LSU The No. 1-ranked prep recruit in the state of Louisiana for the Class of 2014 … Helped lead Ponchatoula High School to the Louisiana Class 5A state championship for the first time in school history in 2011 … Runner-up at the regional and state championships in Class 5A during his sophomore season in 2012 … Followed with a junior season in 2013 in which he won a district title before repeating his runner-up finish at the regional championship and earning sixth place at the Class 5A state championship … Active in junior golf nationally as a member of the American Junior Golf Association and Arrowhead Junior Tour … Honored as an AJGA HP Junior All-American Honor Roll member following his junior season in 2013 … Fired a 54-hole score of 1-over par to tie for second place on the final leaderboard at the 2013 AJGA at The Bluffs held in St. Francisville, Louisiana … A winner of three Arrowhead Junior Tour events during the 2013 season with a combined score of 11-under par in his three victories … Honored as the 2013 Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour Player of the Year for his performance … Was a two-time member of the Louisiana Junior Cup Team in 2011 and 2012 … Awarded the inaugural Frank Mackel Scholarship by the Kelly Gibson Foundation for his outstanding academic and community service achievement throughout his career for Ponchatoula High School.

PERSONAL Full name is Joseph Blake Caldwell … Born on Oct. 12, 1995 … Parents are Bill, Jr., and Andre Caldwell … Has three brothers, Bill III, David and Justin … Mother and father both played golf at LSU during their collegiate careers … Was an honor student during his prep career as he graduated Magna Cum Laude at Ponchatoula High School … Plans to major in business at LSU.

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BURNS 6-1 • FRESHMAN • HS SHREVEPORT, LA. CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY

Golfweek Top 100 for 2015 (1) National Junior Golf Scoreboard Top 100 for 2015 (3) Polo Junior Golf Rankings Top 100 for 2015 (1) 2014 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions Champion 2014 Junior PGA Championship Champion 2014 Junior Ryder Cup Participant 2014 AJGA Wyndham Cup Champion 2014 AJGA Rolex First-Team Junior All-American 2014 Duck Commander Independence Bowl Sportsperson of the Year 2013 AJGA Wyndham Cup Champion 2013 AJGA Rolex Second-Team Junior All-American 2012 AJGA Rolex Honorable Mention Junior All-American PRIOR TO LSU The No. 1-ranked junior golf recruit in the United States for the Class of 2015 … The No. 1-ranked junior golfer in the country, regardless of high school classification, in both the Golfweek Junior Golf Rankings and Polo Junior Golf Rankings on National Signing Day … The No. 3-ranked junior golfer nationally in the final National Junior Golf Scoreboard Boys Rankings released prior to National Signing Day … Also ranked among the top amateurs worldwide as the No. 12-ranked amateur golfer in the World Amateur Golf Ranking … One of the most decorated members of the American Junior Golf Association during his junior career … A three-time AJGA Rolex Junior All-American during his prep career, earning first-team honors in 2014, second-team honors in 2013 and honorable mention honors in 2012 … Honored as the AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year for his performance during the 2014 season … Crowned champion of the 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions held at Richland Country Club in Nashville, Tennessee … Fired a tournament-record score of 21-under par 267 to take the title by three shots at the 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions, including back-to-back rounds of 7-under par 65 in the second and third rounds … Followed his victory at the AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions by taking the title at the 2014 Junior PGA Championship by two strokes with his winning score of 14-under par 274 at Miramont Country Club in Bryan, Texas … Victory at the 2014 Junior PGA Championship also featured a 7-under par 65 in the third round … Tied for fifth place in two other top AJGA events at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf and The PING Invitational to finish off the 2014 season … Other top-10 finishes during the 2013-14 AJGA season include a third place at the Thunderbird International Junior, a tie for fifth place at the Polo Golf Junior Classic, a ninth place at the CB&I Boys Championship at Carlton Woods and a tie for ninth place at the Western Junior Championship … Has earned 17 career top-10 finishes as a member of the American Junior Golf Association … Capitalized on his success during the AJGA season by competing for the United States at the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup held at Blairgowie Golf Club in Blairgowie, Scotland … Was unbeaten with a 2-0-1 record in three matches to help lead the United States to a dominant 16-8 victory over the Europeans in the two-day Junior Ryder Cup held Sept. 22-23, 2014 … Tied for third place in two rounds of stroke-play qualifying before advancing to the Round of 32 in match play at the 114th United States Amateur Championship held at the Atlanta Athletic Club from Aug. 11-17, 2014 … Earned the No. 5 seed in match play at the 2014 U.S. Amateur Championship after firing a total of 5-under par 138 in two rounds of stroke-play qualifying … Lost a playoff for the 2014 Sunnehanna Amateur title after tying for first place after 72 holes with a score of 6-under par 274 in the event held at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania … Officially finished as the runner-up at the 2014 Sunnehanna Amateur … Helped lead the West squad to back-to-back AJGA Wyndham Cup titles in 2013 and 2014 … One of the most decorated junior golfers in the history of high school golf in the state of Louisiana … Helped lead Calvary Baptist Academy to a total of five-straight Louisiana High School Athletics Association state championships from 2010-14 … A three-time individual state champion during his time at Calvary Baptist Academy … Won back-to-back LHSAA Division III state titles with winning scores of 2-under par 140 in 2013 and 8-under par 134 at East Ridge Country Club in Shreveport … Also crowned the LHSAA Division IV state champion in 2012 with a winning score of 6-under par 138 in the event held at Atchafalaya Country Club in Patterson, Louisiana.

PERSONAL Full name is Samuel Holland Burns … Born on July 23, 1996 … Parents are Todd and Beth Burns … Has an older sister, Tori, and an older brother, Chase … Father and brother both played football at Louisiana Tech … An honor roll student during his prep career at Calvary Baptist Academy … Plans to pursue a degree in business management at LSU.

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GAGNE 5-9 • FRESHMAN • HS ORLANDO, FLA. ORLANDO CHRISTIAN PREP

Golfweek Top 100 for 2015 (22) National Junior Golf Scoreboard Top 100 for 2015 (16) Polo Junior Golf Rankings Top 100 for 2015 (17) 2014 AJGA Rolex Honorable Mention Junior All-American 2014 Florida Class 1A State Champion PRIOR TO LSU One of the Top 20 high school recruits in the United States in the Class of 2015 … Ranked as high as the No. 16-ranked recruit nationally in the Class of 2015 in the National Junior Golf Scoreboard Boys Rankings on National Signing Day … Also tabbed the No. 17-ranked recruit nationally in the Polo Junior Golf Rankings and the No. 22-ranked recruit nationally in the Golfweek Junior Golf Rankings for the Class of 2015 … Also ranked No. 20 in the National Junior Golf Scoreboard Boys Rankings, No. 24 in the Polo Junior Golf Rankings and No. 35 in the Golfweek Junior Golf Rankings regardless of high school classification on National Signing Day … A decorated member of the American Junior Golf Association during his junior career … Honored as an AJGA Rolex Honorable Mention Junior All-American with his performance during the 2013-14 season … Cracked the Top 10 of the final leaderboard at one of the most prestigious events on the AJGA calendar by tying for 10th place overall at the 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions … Fired a 72-hole score of 10-under par 278 to tie for 10th place at the 2014 AJGA Rolex Tournament of Champions held at Richland Country Club in Nashville, Tennessee … Performance included a tournament-best score of 8-under 64 in the third round … Also earned a top-10 finish by tying for sixth place at the 2014 AJGA TaylorMadeadidas Golf Junior at Innisbrook hosted by Sean O’Hair … Highlighted his 2014 season by tying for second place on the final leaderboard at the 97th Western Junior Championship held at Flossmoor Country Club in Flossmoor, Illinois … Fired a 2-under par 286 in 72 holes to tie for second place at the 97th Western Junior Championship, including a 6-under 66 in the third round … Tied for 22nd place with a score of 1-over par 289 at the 2014 Junior PGA Championship held at Miramont Country Club in Bryan, Texas … A twotime qualifier for the United States Junior Amateur Championship during his prep career … Advanced to the Round of 32 of match play in his U.S. Junior Amateur debut in 2013 in the event held at Martis Camp Club in Truckee, California … Teed it up in stroke-play qualifying at the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas … Earned a pair of top-10 finishes in AJGA events during the 2013 season, including a third place at the AJGA Ocala-Marion Sports Commission Junior and a ninth place at the AJGA Junior at Innisbrook … Earned his first career top-10 finish in an AJGA-sponsored event at the 2011 Junior All-Star at Eagle Ridge where he won an eighthplace finish with his performance … Went out with a bang in his final regular-season tournament at the high school level as he fired an eye-popping 8-under 28 for nine holes while competing for Orlando Christian Prep in the event held at the North Shore Golf Club in Orlando, Florida … Followed his regular-season finale by being crowned the 2014 Florida Class 1A State Champion with a two-shot victory in the state finals held at Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida … Fired a 36-hole score of 1-under par 143 to capture the Florida Class 1A title in his senior season. PERSONAL Full name is Luis Gerardo Gagne … Born on Aug. 27, 1997 … Originally from Costa Rica … Parents are Michael and Graciela Gagne … Has two younger brothers, Michael, Jr. and Nathan, and one younger sister, Isabella … Plans to major in either business or accounting at LSU.

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JEANSONNE 5-9 • FRESHMAN • HS KEITHVILLE, LA. CALVARY BAPTIST ACADEMY

Golfweek Top 100 for 2015 (6) National Junior Golf Scoreboard Top 100 for 2015 (13) Polo Junior Golf Rankings Top 100 for 2015 (13) 2014 AJGA Rolex Second-Team Junior All-American 2014 AJGA Wyndham Cup Champion 2013 AJGA David Toms Foundation Shreveport Junior Champion 2012 AJGA Sooner Junior All-Star Champion PRIOR TO LSU Ranked among the top-10 recruits nationally in the Class of 2015 by Golfweek … The No. 6-ranked prep recruit in the Class of 2015 and the No. 8-ranked junior golfer nationally regardless of class on National Signing Day according to the Golfweek Junior Golf Rankings … Also the No. 13-ranked high school recruit in the United States in the Class of 2015 in both the Polo Junior Golf Rankings and National Junior Golf Scoreboard Boys Rankings released prior to National Signing Day … A decorated member of the American Junior Golf Association during his junior golf career … Honored as an AJGA Rolex Second-Team Junior All-American for the 2014 season … Earned three top-10 finishes in eight starts in AJGA events during the 2013-14 season … Finished runner-up at the 2014 AJGA Goodman Networks Junior at Traditions held at Traditions Golf Club in Bryan, Texas … Fired rounds of 3-under 69, 1-over 73 and 1-under 71 for a 54-hole score of 3-under par 213 as the silver medalist at the 2014 AJGA Goodman Networks Junior at Traditions … Also tied for third-place finish in his first AJGA appearance of the 2013-14 season at the Polo Golf Junior Classic held at the Champion and Fazio courses at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, in November 2013 … Advanced to the semifinals of match play at the 2013 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic … Finished in a tie for fifth place at the 2014 AJGA Thunderbird International Junior at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona … Fired an impressive 8-under par 208 to tie for fifth place in the event … Earned a pair of top-20 finishes in two of the premier AJGA events of the 2013-14 season by tying for 13th place at The PING Invitational and tying for 17th place at The Junior PLAYERS Championship presented by TaylorMade-adidas Golf … Captured two AJGA titles during his junior career … Won his first career AJGA championship as a 15-year-old with his victory at the 2012 Sooner Junior All-Star … Fired a winning score of 11-under par 205 to take the 2012 Sooner Junior All-Star title by 10 shots with rounds of 2-under 70, 7-under 65 and 2-under 70 … Captured the individual title at the 2013 AJGA David Toms Foundation Shreveport Junior held at Southern Trace Country Club in his hometown of Shreveport … Scored a four-shot victory in the event with a winning 54-hole score of 4-under par 212 … Competed at the AJGA Wyndham Cup for the first time in his junior career in 2014 … Posted an impressive 3-1 record for four matches played at the 2014 AJGA Wyndham Cup to help lead the West squad to a successful defense of its title … Qualified for the match play competition at the 2014 United States Junior Amateur Championship held at The Club at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas … Advanced to the Round of 32 in match play at the 2014 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship after tying for 15th place in two rounds of stroke play with a 36-hole score of 2-under par 142 ... Cracked the Top 10 of the final leaderboard at the 2014 Junior PGA Championship by tying for seventh place with a 72-hole score of 2-under par 282, including a 4-under 68 in the final round at Miramont Country Club in Bryan, Texas … One of Louisiana’s most decorated junior golfers during his prep career at Calvary Baptist Academy in Shreveport … Helped lead Calvary Baptist Academy to a total of five-straight Louisiana High School Athletics Association state championships from 2010-14 … Twice the LHSAA Division III state runner-up in 2013 and 2014 to teammate and fellow LSU recruit Sam Burns.

PERSONAL Full name is Nathan Hunter Jeansonne … Born on Sept. 11, 1996 … Parents are Jerry and Julia Jeansonne … Has two older brothers, Marc and Jeremey … Brother, Jeremey, played college golf at McNeese State University before a five-year professional career … An honor roll student during his prep career at Calvary Baptist Academy with his 3.8 cumulative gradepoint average … Plans to pursue a degree in business management at LSU.

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Television Roster

Players

Sam Burns

Blake Caldwell

Luis Gagne

Nathan Jeansonne

6-1 – Freshman Shreveport, La. Calvary Baptist Academy

5-9 – Sophomore Ponchatoula, La. Ponchatoula HS

5-9 – Freshman Orlando, Fla. Orlando Christian Prep

5-9 – Freshman Keithville, La. Calvary Baptist Academy

Rhyne Jones

Brandon Pierce

Eric Ricard

Zach Wright

5-9 – Junior Blowing Rock, N.C. Christ School/Nevada

5-9 – Junior Covington, La. St. Paul’s School

6-1 – Junior Shreveport, La. Loyola College Prep

6-0 – Senior Phoenix, Ariz. Pinnacle HS

Garrett Runion

Chuck Winstead

Assistant Coach Fourth Season

Head Coach 11th Season

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2015 SEC & NCAA Champions

HISTORY! TIGERS WIN FIRST NCAA TITLE IN 60 YEARS

LSU FOURSOME UNBEATEN IN NCAA MATCH PLAY

History was made at Concession Golf Club last spring when the LSU Tigers reached the pinnacle of college golf as national champions for the first time since 1955 when they defeated the USC Trojans by a 4-1 margin in the NCAA Championship Match held on June 3 to finish off the 2015 spring season. After advancing to the NCAA Final Four of match play a year before, the Tigers took another step forward with their first appearance in the NCAA Championship Match where they captured their fifth national championship in the program’s history. LSU was last crowned the NCAA Champion exactly 60 years ago with four titles in 1940, 1942, 1947 and 1955. Senior Ben Taylor scored the deciding third point in the title match after junior Zach Wright and sophomore Brandon Pierce had already put the Tigers on the board in their matches. Sophomore Eric Ricard added the fourth point in the contest to give LSU a decisive 4-1 victory for the championship.

LSU romped to its fifth national championship in program history and first in 60 years with four Tigers posting unbeaten records in three rounds of match play, led by All-Americans Ben Taylor and Zach Wright posting perfect 3-0 records en route to the title. Wright actually ran his record to a perfect 5-0 all-time in match play at the NCAA Championships as he was the only Tiger to win both of his matches against UCLA and Alabama in LSU’s Final Four run just one season before in 2014. When scoring the deciding point in the NCAA Championship Match, Taylor made history as the only player in the history of college golf to win a national championship at both the Division I and Division II levels as he also heled Florida’s Nova Southeastern to the NCAA Division II crown as a freshman in 2012. Sophomores Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard were also unbeaten in match play at 2-0-1 in three matches.

TIGERS TAME GEORGIA IN NATIONAL SEMIFINALS

THREE TIGERS EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS FOR 2014-15

Just one season after falling 4-1 to eventual national champion Alabama in the national semifinals in 2014, the No. 7-seeded Tigers went a step further last spring with their first appearance in the NCAA Championship Match after scoring a 3.5-1.5 victory over No. 3 seed Georgia in the NCAA Final Four of match play. Before scoring the winning point in the championship match, Taylor emerged victorious in the deciding match in the semifinals as he scored a 2-up win over Georgia’s Zach Healy. Wright and Ricard also cruised to comfortable victories over their Bulldog rivals as Wright closed out Mookie Demoss, 7&6, and Ricard took down Greyson Sigg, 4&3, to send the Tigers into the national final. Pierce also battled back from a three-hole deficit on the back nine to finish all square in his match with Georgia’s Sepp Straka.

TIGERS DEFEAT VANDY IN FINAL FOUR RETURN The quarterfinal round of match play at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships turned into a repeat of the SEC Championships just over a month before as LSU and Vanderbilt found themselves in a battle to continue their match toward a national title. And just as they did at Sea Island Golf Club in mid-April, the Tigers emerged victorious with a 3.5-1.5 victory over their league rivals in the national quarterfinals. The Tigers earned the No. 7 seed in match play after earning a seventh-place finish in four rounds of stroke play qualifying with a total score of 17-over par 1,169. Vanderbilt finished second among the 30 teams in the stroke-play field at the NCAA Championships in 2015 with an impressive 5-over par 1,157 to take the No. 2 seed into the quarterfinals.

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For their performance in leading the Tigers to the 2015 national championship, Brandon Pierce, Eric Ricard and Zach Wright each had All-American selections added to their resumes as three of the elite players in college golf. Pierce picked up a Third-Team All-American award from Golfweek in the publication’s postseason awards announced after the NCAA Championships, while he was also honored by the Golf Coaches Association of America as a PING Honorable Mention All-American with both Ricard and Wright in the wake of the 2014-15 collegiate season. Each was ranked among the nation’s top players by Golfstat as Pierce was No. 23, Wright was No. 44 and Ricard was No. 62 in Golfstat’s final individual player rankings.

PIERCE BREAKS DAVID TOMS’ SCHOOL SCORING RECORD David Toms is certainly the most decorated player in the history of the LSU Men’s Golf program as a three-time All-American, three-time First-Team All-SEC performer and two-time SEC Player of the Year in his collegiate career from 1985-89. And until last season, the PGA TOUR great also held LSU’s single-season scoring record with a 71.27 scoring average in his 43 rounds played as a senior in the 1988-89 season. That is until Brandon Pierce eclipsed Toms’ single-season mark in a breakout sophomore season in 2014-15 while posting a 71.16 scoring average in his eight tournament appearances during the 2015 spring season. After recovering from a back injury that kept him on the sidelines for the entire 2014 fall season, Pierce earned his way back into the lineup in the spring to pace the Tigers to a sweep of SEC and NCAA titles as the team’s leading scorer at 71.16 in 25 rounds played.

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2014 Golfweek Conference Challenge Champions

REGIONAL SHOCKER AS TIGERS QUALIFY FOR NCAAs

LSU RETURNS TO WIN COLUMN AT TALIS PARK CHALLENGE

Despite facing an 11-shot deficit for NCAA Championship qualification when teeing off in the final round at The Course at Yale, the No. 2-seeded LSU Tigers turned around their fortunes and fired a tournament-low team score of 12-under par 268 to claim a fifth-place team finish at the NCAA New Haven Regional. When the dust settled, they claimed the fifth and final qualifying place into the field for the NCAA Championship by a single shot with their final 54-hole team score of 9-over par 849. It marked the fifth time in six seasons the Tigers qualified for the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships after advancing to the NCAA Semifinals of match play during the 2014 championship.

With Ben Taylor firing a 4-under 67 and Eric Ricard adding a 2-under 69 in the final round, the No. 7-ranked Tigers outlasted the No. 6-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores to claim a four-shot victory for their third team title of the 2014-15 season at the Talis Park Challenge held at Talis Park Golf Club. LSU matched its effort from the second round with a tournament-low 8-under 276 in the final round to finish with a winning 14-under par 838 to take the title over the defending champions. The Commodores were the only other team in the 15-team field to break par with their performance in the final round as they finished four shots off the pace with a 2-under 282 on the day and 10-under 842 for the week.

TIGERS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON WITH SEC TITLE

TIGERS WIN BACK-TO-BACK TITLES IN FALL SEASON

The Tigers lifted the SEC Championship trophy for the first time in 28 seasons as they turned a three-shot deficit entering the final round into a three-shot victory with a winning score of 13-under par 827 at the 2015 SEC Men’s Golf Championships at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course. Not since the sophomore season of the great David Toms in 1986-87 had the Tigers been crowned SEC Champions, but the team of Stewart Jolly, Ben Taylor, Zach Wright, Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard earned their place in history as the champion golfers of the year for the 2014-15 season. They claimed the 16th SEC Championship in the program’s history to rank second all-time behind the 26 titles won by Georgia while snapping Alabama’s run of three-straight wins from 2012-14. Vanderbilt and South Carolina trailed three back in a tie for second place at 10-under 830 as each ended with an even-par 280 in the final round.

LSU matched a single-season team record with five tournament wins during the 2014-15 season, and it all started during an outstanding fall campaign in 2014 while winning back-to-back titles at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-16) and David Toms Intercollegiate (Oct. 4-5). The Tigers got into the win column for the first time with a comfortable 11-shot victory over SMU at the Golfweek Conference Challenge as they totaled a winning score of 15-under par 849 at Spirit Hollow Golf Course in Burlington, Iowa. They followed with a two-shot victory over Southeastern Louisiana at the sixth-annual David Toms Intercollegiate while posting a final score of 27-over par 891 on their home course at the University Club in Baton Rouge. LSU was crowned champion of its home event for the fourth time in six seasons with its win in 2014.

FOUR TIGERS CLAIM ALL-SEC HONORS AFTER TITLE LSU head coach Chuck Winstead was named the SEC Coach of the Year while Stewart Jolly, Zach Wright, Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard each earned All-SEC honors after the Tigers were crowned SEC Champions for the 2014-15 season with their victory at the SEC Men’s Golf Championships. Like Buddy Alexander in 1986 and Britt Harrison in 1989 before him, Winstead became the third head coach of the LSU Men’s Golf program to be recognized as the SEC Coach of the Year in coaching the Tigers to the SEC team title. On the strength of their performance this season, Jolly, Wright, Pierce and Ricard were each named Second-Team All-SEC selections in a vote of the league’s head coaches following the SEC Championships. It marked the first time in team history for four Tigers to earn All-SEC honors in the same season.

TAYLOR WINS FIRST COLLEGIATE TITLE AT DAVID TOMS Senior All-American Ben Taylor made it an LSU sweep of individual and team titles at the 2014 David Toms Intercollegiate as his steady play made sure a late run by Mercer’s Emmanuel Kountakis wouldn’t be enough to prevent a three-shot win at 2-under par 214. The native of Surrey, England, followed a 2-over 74 in the first round with scores of 3-under 69 in the second round and 1-under 71 in the third round as he wrapped up his first collegiate title with the Tigers as the only player in the field to break par for 54 holes. Taylor became just the second LSU Tiger in the tournament’s six seasons to win the individual title at the David Toms Intercollegiate, joining 2010 champion Austin Gutgsell in taking home the first-place trophy.

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2015 NCAA Champions

National Champions!

Tigers Tame Trojans for NCAA Championship

Just as he did in the national semifinal against Georgia, LSU’s senior All-American Ben Taylor scored the deciding point by rolling in a nine-foot par putt at the par-four 18th hole to claim a 1-up victory over USC’s Bobby Gojuangco and hand the Tigers their fifth national championship with a 4-1 victory over the Trojans. With All-SEC standouts Zach Wright and Brandon Pierce already in the clubhouse with match wins of their own and watching nearby, Taylor made it 3-for-3 for the Tigers in the 2015 NCAA Championship Match by coming from behind on the back nine to defeat Gojuangco on the final hole and seal LSU’s victory. Pierce put the first point on the board for the Tigers with a 2-and-1 win over Rico Hoey, while Wright followed with a 3-and-2 victory over Sean Crocker to push LSU’s advantage to 2-0 as Taylor played the 18th hole. With All-SEC sophomore Eric Ricard defeating Jonah Texeira by a 1-up margin and senior All-American Stewart Jolly going 1-down to Eric Sugimoto, the Tigers were crowned national champions for the fifth time in team history with a 4-1 victory over the No. 5-seeded Trojans in the title match. They captured their first NCAA Championship in 60 years after also being crowned champions in 1940, 1942, 1947 and 1955. “I’m just so proud of these guys,” said LSU head coach Chuck Winstead of his team winning the national championship for the 2015 season. “It’s hard to get into a position to even have a chance to win this tournament, and then when you show up out here today and you still have the resolve to play the way we did, I’m very proud of the guys on this team.

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“There are a lot of people at LSU that care about men’s golf, and really the athletic department, so having graduated from LSU and being a Tiger, it’s very special. The supporters at LSU and the administration have very much supported us these 10 years. We didn’t do this by ourselves, so I think it means quite a lot. They’ve invested.” Taylor scored the third and deciding point to send the Tigers into the NCAA Championship Match a day before when he defeated Georgia’s Zach Healy by a 2-up margin on the 18th green in their semifinal match. The 18th hole was again the site of LSU’s match decider when Taylor rolled in his par putt from nine feet to close out his match with Gojuangco by a narrow 1-up scoreline and deliver the title to Baton Rouge for the first time in 60 years. But it was a match very much in the balance as Taylor found himself 1-down to his Trojan opponent after 16 holes and both players heading to the par-five 17th. Taylor went up by as many as two holes early on the back nine as he opened the side with a par at the par-four 10th hole to extend his lead, then dropped three-straight at Nos. 11-13 to fall 1-down to Gojuangco late in the match. That’s where he remained as both players put their drives in good positions in the fairway on the reachable 17th. Knowing that his opponent would likely make birdie, Taylor addressed his ball and fired a 4-iron from 258 yards to within five feet of the hole where he would knock down his putt for eagle and square the match. “Surprisingly not too bad,” Taylor said of his nerves as he prepared to hit his second shot into the 17th green. “Before I hit my shot Coach (Chuck

2015 NCAA Champions Winstead) asked me, ‘Are you having fun?’ It was hard to say no because it was a lot of fun. It was a perfect club, a perfect yardage, and we knew it was going to be a good shot. To see it run up that tier and go to the back of that green by that back pin was pretty special.” Gojuangco’s bogey at No. 18 then opened the door for Taylor to seal the title for the Tigers as he buried his par putt after leaving his first putt well short of the cup from the back-left side of the green. “It was a perfect moment to end a perfect college career, and I couldn’t be happier. I’m emotional and don’t even know what else to say. It’s been a great day, and what a finish to my college career. I’m so happy, just a great feeling,” Taylor shared with Golf Channel’s Angela Hamann after the victory. “At first on the birdie putt, we knew that a two-putt was likely going to be good enough to win the national championship, but it was obviously a very fast putt that I left short. I had that putt in the practice round, about 10 feet down the hill. We had the line and I just had to put a good stroke on it.” Like Taylor, Pierce and Wright both ended their time at Concession Golf Club unbeaten in match play at the NCAA Championships to help lead the Tigers to the team title on a Wednesday afternoon that will live long in the memory. Pierce took down Hoey 2-and-1 to finish 2-0-1, while Wright closed out Crocker 3-and-2 to match Taylor’s perfect 3-0 record for the week. Pierce trailed only briefly in his match after making bogey at the parfour second hole to go 1-down to Hoey early on. He rebounded quickly with a birdie at the par-four fifth hole, before extending his lead to 2-up with a birdie at the par-four 12th hole and 3-up with an eagle at the par-five 13th hole. Despite falling back to 2-up with a bogey at the par-four 15th, Pierce held on for a 2-and-1 win for LSU’s first point in the match. Pierce handed Hoey his only defeat in three matches while running his own record to 2-0-1 after also defeating Vanderbilt’s Theo Humphrey 1-up in the quarterfinal round and squaring his match with Georgia’s Sepp Straka after 18 holes in the semifinal. It was an exclamation point onto the end of what was an All-American spring season for the Tiger sophomore. Wright led the Tigers into the final eight of match play at the NCAA Championships in each of the 2014 and 2015 seasons while posting a perfect 5-0 mark against the nation’s best. With his match against Crocker remaining all square through 13 holes, it was clear that Wright would have a say in which team would take home the national championship when he stepped up for his tee shot at No. 14 with just five holes to play. Wright then stormed to victory down the stretch when he made back-to-back pars at No. 14 and No. 15 and a birdie at the par-four 16th hole for a comfortable 3-and-2 win in the end. It proved to be an outstanding championship for Wright as he not only tied for 11th place to match Pierce as the top Tiger in 72 holes of stroke play, but he also captured LSU’s highest winning margins in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of match play on Tuesday with a 4-and-2 win over Vanderbilt’s Carson Jacobs and a 7-and-6 victory over Georgia’s Mookie DeMoss en route to the championship match. “Absolutely. I mean, I can be more aggressive so it definitely is not like a fear of losing,” Wright said of his ability to play his best golf in match play. “Because you only lose one hole, you don’t lose multiple strokes to the field. We came here on a mission to try and win this.” A fourth LSU Tiger in the lineup also remained unbeaten in match play as Ricard showed the nerves of a seasoned veteran while playing in his first career NCAA Championship. After finishing all square with Vanderbilt’s Zack Jaworski in the quarterfinal and scoring a decisive 4-and-3 victory over Georgia’s Greyson Sigg in the semifinal round, Ricard finished the title match against Texeira 1-up as they were called off the course after 16 holes once Taylor had sealed the match and the championship for the Tigers. Ricard also left Concession Golf Club with an unbeaten 2-0-1 mark in his NCAA Championship debut as he will team with Pierce and Wright in providing the Tigers with a strong foundation in the lineup as they look to be NCAA Champions once again in 2016 as they are sure to return one of the strongest teams in all of college golf in the spring. Jolly might have dropped his match to USC’s Sugimoto in the final, but the two-time All-SEC pick and All-American had nothing but great memories when looking back on his final NCAA Championship. “It means a lot,” Jolly shared of going out a national champion in his final tournament as a Tiger. “I’m out there playing with my brothers, and just couldn’t be more proud of them. This is what we worked for all year this year. We’ve worked so hard for this. The semifinals last year definitely stung a bit, and we came out here with a chip on our shoulder and got it

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done this year.” The Tigers not only made history by winning their fifth national championship on the links in school history, but they also tied a team record with five wins in a season as they matched their single-season mark with five wins that was previously set during the 1959-60 season. The 2015 SEC Champions and NCAA Champions also took home the title from the Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-16), David Toms Intercollegiate (Oct. 4-5) and Talis Park Challenge (March 15-16) during the 2014-15 campaign. By taking home the team title in the 2015 NCAA Championship Match, the Tigers also won LSU’s 47th national championship in school history as one of the most decorated athletic programs in all of college athletics.

NCAA Championship Match Final Results – No. 7 LSU def. No. 5 USC, 4-1 Brandon Pierce (LSU) def. Rico Hoey (USC), 2&1 Ben Taylor (LSU) def. Bobby Gojuangco (USC), 1-up Zach Wright (LSU) def. Sean Crocker (USC), 3&2 Eric Ricard (LSU) def. Jonah Texeira (USC), 1-up Eric Sugimoto (USC) def. Stewart Jolly (LSU), 1-up

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NCAA Semifinals: LSU vs. Georgia

National Champions!

Tigers Defeat Bulldogs in National Semifinals

After knocking off No. 2 seed Vanderbilt by a 3.5-1.5 margin in the national quarterfinals earlier in the day, the Tigers defeated No. 3 seed Georgia by the same scoreline in their semifinal match in the afternoon to advance to the NCAA Championship Match at the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. The Tigers earned the right to play for their first NCAA title in 60 years where they would meet the No. 5-seeded USC Trojans in the NCAA Championship Match airing live on Golf Channel. The Trojans defeated No. 1 seed Illinois by an identical score of 3.5-1.5 in their national semifinal to set up a title tilt with LSU in the final. While competing as the No. 5 seed in match play, USC opened with a comfortable 4-0 win over No. 4 seed Texas in the quarterfinal round.

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Senior All-American Ben Taylor scored the deciding point for the Tigers to send the team into the NCAA Championship Match as he defeated Georgia’s Zach Healy by a 2-up margin with a strong finish on the back nine. Second-Team All-SEC performers Zach Wright and Eric Ricard both cruised to comfortable victories over their Bulldog rivals as Wright scored a decisive 7-and-6 win over Mookie Demoss and Ricard followed with his 4-and-3 win over Greyson Sigg to score the three points needed to win the match for the Tigers. Sophomore Brandon Pierce battled back from a threehole deficit on the back nine to finish all square with Sepp Straka, while senior Stewart Jolly rounded out the semifinals with a narrow 2-and-1 defeat to Georgia’s Lee McCoy.

NCAA Semifinals: LSU vs. Georgia “I’m so proud of the guys,” said LSU head coach Chuck Winstead following his team’s semifinal victory. “This day was a long day. It takes a lot of focus and a lot of determination to play this much golf in these conditions, and you just have to kind of hang in there and keep playing. Our guys have had a nice year and have done some great things. They’ve worked really hard and are looking forward to tomorrow. “USC has a great team. Not only do they have a great team, but they’re playing really well here too. We’re playing well, so I know we’re all looking forward to getting out there and getting after it.” All eyes were on Taylor as he and Healy went to the back nine all square in their match that proved to be the decider in sending either the Tigers or Bulldogs to the championship finale. Taylor went 1-down in the match when he opened the back nine with a double bogey on the par-four 10th hole to hand the advantage over to Georgia. But the Tiger All-American ground out the required result after he again squared the match with a par at the par-four 12th before taking his first lead of the afternoon by rolling in a clutch six-foot putt for par at the par-four 15th. After halving Nos. 16 and 17, Taylor fired a 6-iron from 196 yards to within three feet of the pin for a tap-in birdie and a 2-up victory for LSU’s clinching third point. “The front nine was a massive grind. It was quite windy and really raining, so it was pretty tough to win holes and not give any away,” Taylor said of their front nine. “It cleared up on the back nine and we started hitting some proper golf shots. We had to go out and make birdies to win holes. The 17th was a good example because right when I made a birdie, (Zach Healy) came back and made birdie to extend the match. “That was huge and got us to the final for the first time in school history,” Taylor added of his 6-iron into the 18th green. “It was 196 yards downwind with the pin back left, and I just fired it right in there at the pin.” Wright’s match was never in doubt as he took an early 1-up lead with a par at the par-four second hole and never looked back while cruising to an easy victory in his match with DeMoss. He put together a run of four in a row as he went 4-up with pars at the par-five third, par-three fourth and par-four fifth holes. Wright dropped his only hole of the day with a bogey at the par-five seventh hole as his lead was cut to 3-up. But order was restored when Wright made par at the par-four eighth

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hole before closing out his match 7-and-6 with consecutive wins with a birdie at No. 10 and back-to-back pars at Nos. 11 and 12. With his 7-and-6 win over DeMoss, Wright remained unbeaten at 4-0 in his four career matches in match play at the NCAA Championships. He also defeated Vanderbilt’s Carson Jacobs by a 4-and-2 margin in their quarterfinals match, while also earning wins over UCLA’s Matt Pinizzotto (2-and-1) in the quarterfinal and Alabama’s Cory Whitsett (1-up) in the semifinal a season before in 2014. Like Wright, Ricard never trailed in his match against Sigg as he was quickly 1-up thanks to a par at the par-four first hole before extending his lead to 4-up with just six holes to play with a birdie at No. 7, par at No. 9 and birdie at No. 12. After trading the 13th and 14th holes, Ricard closed out the match 4-and-3 when he drained a lengthy birdie putt at the par-four 15th hole. “On this golf course, you have to be good off the tee and not make any silly mistakes to give a hole away. You have to make the other person beat you,” Taylor added. “That was my mindset. I was able to do that great on the back nine today. We’ll approach it the same way as we did today, same routing as we’ve had yesterday , the day before and really what we’ve done all year to get to the final.”

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NCAA Quarterfinals: LSU vs. Vanderbilt

National Champions!

LSU Advances to Second-Straight NCAA Semifinal

Brandon Pierce, Ben Taylor and Zach Wright were the first Tigers to tee off in LSU’s national quarterfinal match against Vanderbilt, and each defeated their Commodore rival to send the SEC Champions back to the Final Four of match play at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships for the second-straight season. Pierce put the first point on the board for the Tigers with a narrow 1-up victory over Vanderbilt’s Theo Humphrey, while Taylor followed with a 3-and2 victory over All-American Matthias Schwab and Wright kept his match play record undefeated with a 4-and-2 victory over Carson Jacobs as No. 7-seeded LSU earned a 3.5-1.5 win over the No. 2-seeded Commodores in the national quarterfinals. LSU’s All-SEC sophomore Eric Ricard played Zack Jaworski all square for 18 holes, while Stewart Jolly dropped a 3-and-2 decision to Vanderbilt’s SEC Player of the Year Hunter Stewart in their morning match. The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Final Four for the second-straight season where they set up an SEC showdown with No. 3 seed Georgia in their semifinal match after the Bulldogs closed out No. 6-seed South Florida by a decisive 4-1 margin in the quarterfinal round. LSU teed off against Georgia with experience on its side after advancing to the Final Four of match play the season before for its best finish at the NCAA Championships in 47 years. The Tigers, competing as the No. 3 seed after trying for second place in stroke play a year ago, took down No. 6 seed UCLA by a 4-1 margin in the national quarterfinals before falling to No. 2 seed and eventual national champion Alabama by the same score in the

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semifinal round. It marked LSU’s best NCAA finish since finishing in third place in 1967. Pierce put the first point on the board for the Tigers in the 2015 quarterfinal as he never trailed Humphrey before winning 1-up in 18 holes. He took a 1-up lead early in the match with a birdie at the par-five third hole before falling back to all square after dropping the par-three sixth hole with a bogey. Pierce then made back-to-back birdies at the par-four ninth and par-four 10th holes to take a 2-up lead to the back nine. After trading holes by dropping the par-three 11th and winning the parthree 14th, Pierce’s lead was erased when Humphrey birdied consecutive holes at the par-four 15th and par-four 16th holes to square the match on the back nine. Pierce seized control again when he chipped in for eagle from more than 50 feet on the par-five 17th hole before picking up for par at the par-four 18th hole for a 1-up win. Like Pierce, Taylor never trailed in his match with Schwab as he fired out of the gate by taking five of the first seven holes to make the turn with a commanding 5-up lead. Schwab would only manage to cut Taylor’s lead to 3-up on the back nine after the Tiger All-American dropped two holes with a par at the par-five 13th and bogey at the par-three 14th. Taylor improved his record to 2-1 in match play at the NCAA Championships as an LSU Tiger when he matched Schwab with a birdie at No. 15 and par at No. 16 to claim a 3-and-2 victory for LSU’s second win of the day. Wright, who won both of his matches in match play at the NCAA Championships a year ago, moved to 3-0 in his career with a 4-and-2 win over

NCAA Quarterfinals: LSU vs. Vanderbilt Jacobs in the deciding match to send the Tigers to the NCAA semifinals to play Georgia. Wright actually fell 2-down in the match after just four holes, but rebounded to square the match with consecutive pars at No. 5 and No. 6 where they remained going to the back nine. LSU’s Second-Team All-SEC selection then won four-straight holes on the back nine at Nos. 13-16 to seal the victory for the Tigers. The Tigers earned the No. 7 seed in match play following the final round with a final score of 17-over par 1,169 in stroke-play qualifying at the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships that was held at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. After teeing off in the fourth round of stroke play in third place overall, the Tigers sealed their spot in the “Race for the Eight” for match play with a team score of 10-over par 298 in the final round to finish seventh in the field and take the No. 7 seed into the national quarterfinals to face the second seed Vanderbilt Commodores in the opening round of match play. Illinois, the NCAA runner-up in 2013, earned the top seed in match play after posting the lowest 72-hole score in the field at 3-over 1,155. Vanderbilt followed two shots back in second place at 5-over 1,157, while Texas and Georgia finished three shots off the pace in a tie for third place at 6-over 1,158. USC (1,161), South Florida (1,168), LSU (1,169) and UCLA (1,172) rounded out the eight-team field in the match play competition. Two Tigers nearly cracked the Top 10 of the leaderboard with their performance at the 2015 NCAA Championships as Wright and Pierce tied for 11th place in the final stroke-play standings. Pierce posted a 1-over par 73 and Wright added a 3-over par 75 in the final round as the two Second-Team All-SEC performers finished off matching 72-hole scores of 1-over par 289. Ricard was impressive in his NCAA Championship debut as he added a counting score of 6-over 78 for the Tigers in the final round for a total of 4-over 292 to tie for 27th place overall.

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NCAA Match Play Quarterfinals Final Results – No. 7 LSU def. No. 2 Vanderbilt, 3.5-1.5 Brandon Pierce (LSU) def. Theo Humphrey (VU), 1-up Ben Taylor (LSU) def. Matthias Schwab (VU), 3&2 Zach Wright (LSU) def. Carson Jacobs (VU), 4&2 Eric Ricard (LSU) vs. Zach Jaworski (VU), A/S Hunter Stewart (VU) def. Stewart Jolly (LSU), 3&2

NCAA Stroke Play Leaderboard Final Team Results (Top 10 Only) 1. Illinois 2. Vanderbilt T3. Georgia T3. Texas 5. Southern California 6. South Florida 7. LSU 8. UCLA 9. Georgia Tech 10. TCU

286-292-296-282 – 1155 +3 301-284-287-285 – 1157 +5 288-293-286-291 – 1158 +6 294-300-280-284 – 1158 +6 289-285-296-291 – 1161 +9 294-291-292-291 – 1168 +16 292-289-290 -298 – 1169 +17 294-304-280-294 – 1172 +20 293-295-290-297 – 1175 +23 296-293-291-299 – 1179 +27

NCAA Stroke Play Leaderboard Final Individual Results (Top 10 Only) 1. Bryson Dechambeau, SMU 2. Cheng-Tsung Pan, Washington T3. Thomas Detry, Illinois T3. Hunter Stewart, Vanderbilt 5. Paul Dunne, UAB 6. Claudio Correa, South Florida 7. Andrew Presley, TCU T8. Doug Ghim, Texas T8. Riley Davenport, Charlotte 10. Beau Hossler, Texas

70-67-72-71 – 280 -8 72-70-72-67 – 281 -7 68-71-73-70 – 282 -6 74-69-71-68 – 282 -6 72-69-69-73 – 283 -5 68-75-69-72 – 284 -4 73-70-72-70 – 285 -3 72-73-70-71 – 286 -2 70-74-72-70 – 286 -2 72-75-69-71 – 287 -1

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2015 SEC Championships

SEC Champions!

Tigers Win First SEC Crown Since 1987

The LSU Tigers lifted the SEC Championship trophy for the first time in 28 seasons when they turned a three-shot deficit entering the final round into a three-shot victory with a winning score of 13-under par 827 at the 2015 SEC Men’s Golf Championships held at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course. Not since the sophomore season of the great David Toms in 1986-87 had the Tigers been crowned SEC Champions on the links, but the team of seniors Stewart Jolly and Ben Taylor, junior Zach Wright and sophomores Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard earned their place in history as the champion golfers of the year for the 2014-15 season. They claimed the 16th SEC Championship in the program’s history to rank second all-time behind the 26 titles won by the Georgia Bulldogs while snapping Alabama’s run of three-straight wins from 2012-14. But the 2014 SEC runners-up appeared set for a second-straight silver-medal-winning finish at the championship as they fell five shots behind in second place to both three-time defending champion Alabama and title-challenging Vanderbilt on the back nine. They trailed the Crimson Tide by five shots as groups in the final wave began to make the turn before also falling five shots back of Vanderbilt late in the day. Closing at 1-under par as a team on the back nine and 2-under par over the final four holes, the Tigers staked their claim as SEC Champions as Alabama came in at 10-over par on the back nine with Vanderbilt posting its score of 4-over par on the final nine holes of the championship, including a cumulative 5-over par as a team through holes Nos. 15-18.

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With Jolly leading the way with a 1-under par 69, Taylor and Wright both firing matching scores of even-par 70 and Pierce adding a 2-over par 72 toward LSU’s team score in the final round, the Tigers took home the title with a total of 1-over 281 in the final round and winning effort of 13-under 827 in 54 holes played at the Seaside Course. The Commodores and South Carolina Gamecocks trailed three back in a tie for second place at 10-under 830 as each ended with an even-par 280 in the final round. Rounding out the Top 5 of the final team standings as this year’s SEC Men’s Golf Championships were Alabama and Auburn in a tie for fourth place at 7-under par 833. “It came down to the end, and our guys just kept playing,” said LSU head coach Chuck Winstead of his team’s performance late in the final round. “They really outplayed some great teams down the stretch. The course was tougher today, you could see that in the scores. It took a great amount of focus to get through it. They did that and competed very well all the way through the 54th hole. “The guys are thrilled, and I’m happy for them. They’ve worked hard to achieve something like this and certainly deserve it. We have five guys here who are not just very good players, but they’re all really competitive as a group. When you put our five guys up against some great teams that are here, they’re very competitive and want to take on the challenge of playing in a great championship event like we have here.” Jolly proved to be a catalyst in LSU’s charge on the back nine as he was the only Tiger to break par in the final round, firing a 1-under 69 to tie for

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fourth place at 5-under par 205 for the weekend. After making the turn at 2-over par for his round with bogeys at the par-four fourth and par-five seventh holes, Jolly ignited a furious finish to the championship when he holed a 4-iron from the fairway on the par-five 15th hole for eagle before carding a birdie at the par-three 17th hole en route to a team-low round of 69 on the afternoon. He cracked the Top 10 of the final SEC leaderboard for the first time in his four SEC starts with the Tigers as he eclipsed his previous best tournament finish when he tied for 21st place as a junior in 2014. “It’s huge for us,” Jolly exclaimed following the team trophy presentation. “I couldn’t be prouder of my teammates. We’ve had a good year, and this makes it a great year. I couldn’t be happier. It’s great that we all put it together when it mattered most. This is an awesome feeling.” Jolly talked about the shot that sparked his outstanding finish to the championship when he holed a 4-iron from 199 yards into the 15th green to level his score at even-par before finishing the day at 1-under. “I actually hit a bad drive into the fairway bunker, didn’t get a very good lie, so I had to lay it up into the fairway from there,” Jolly explained. “I’ve been hitting my irons pretty well lately, and the pin was back left of the green, so it set up a right-to-left shot shape. It suited my ball flight like I hit it. I had a really good number (yardage), it was a good 4-iron if I hit it correctly. “Coach (Winstead) and I were both talking to it like, ‘Please be good!’ He was having a little bit of fun saying, ‘Be the right club today!’ It was just perfect. It was the most amped up I’ve ever been on a golf course.” Jolly was among three Tigers to break into the Top 10 of the final leaderboard following the final round at the SEC Championships as Wright followed in a tie for sixth place at 4-under par 206 to claim his best finish in three career appearances and Pierce wrapped up the weekend in a tie for ninth place at 3-under par 207 while making his championship debut with the Tigers. After firing the lowest round of the weekend for the Tigers with his 4-under 66 in the second round, Wright closed out a top-10 finish with two birdies and two bogeys for an even-par round of 70 in the final round to improve his two prior finishes of tying for 36th place at the SEC Championships as a freshman in 2013 and as a sophomore in 2014. Pierce’s 2-over 72 was the final counting score for the Tigers in securing the team title. Both Taylor and Ricard tied one another for 31st place on the final leaderboard with matching tournament scores of 3-over par 213 for the championship. Like Wright, Taylor canceled out two birdies with two bogeys for an even-par 70 in the final round to his second-round output after opening the tournament with a 3-over par 73 in the first round. While making his SEC Championship debut alongside Pierce, Ricard counted a score of 1-under 69 before adding rounds of 1-over 71 and 3-over 73 to finish the event at 3-over 213. South Carolina’s Matthew NeSmith led wire-to-wire in claiming the SEC individual title as he followed rounds of 5-under 65 and 6-under 64 with a final-round 3-under 67 to take home a comfortable six-shot victory with a final score of 14-under par 196 for the championship. Auburn’s Ben Schlottman followed six shots back in second place with a 54-hole score of 8-under par 202. “There are so many people who have helped LSU Golf get back to this level during our time here. I’m happy for all of those who have given us so much support,” Winstead added. “Whether it be alumni, past members of our team, the administration and others, there are just so many people who have played a major part in this. We can’t thank them enough for helping us along the way.” Their victory at the 2015 SEC Men’s Golf Championships marked the fourth time during the 2014-15 season for the Tigers to be crowned team champions in their 10 tournament starts on the year. They also claimed team titles at the Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 14-16) and David Toms Intercollegiate (Oct. 4-5) in the 2014 fall season and the Talis Park Challenge (March 15-16) earlier in the spring.

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2014-15 Final Statistics & Results

Brandon Pierce broke David Toms’ single-season scoring record at LSU with a career-low 71.16 stroke average in 2014-15.

2014-15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS PLAYER

TOURNAMENTS

ROUNDS

STROKES

AVERAGE

LOW ROUND

RDS PAR OR BETTER

TOP 10s

TOP 20s

Brandon Pierce Zach Wright Eric Ricard Ben Taylor Stewart Jolly Myles Lewis Blake Caldwell Rhyne Jones

8 11 12 11 11 4 4 1

25 34 37 34 34 12 11 3

1,779 2,449 2,668 2,469 2,471 883 838 231

71.16 72.03 72.11 72.62 72.68 73.58 76.18 77.00

65 66 66 65 66 65 73 75

15 19 17 15 17 4 4 0

3 3 4 3 3 1 0 0

7 9 5 6 4 1 0 0

2014-15 TOURNAMENT RESULTS DATE

Sept. 5-7 Sept. 14-16 Oct. 4-5 Oct. 17-19 Feb. 16-18 March 1-3 March 15-16 March 23-24 April 4-5 April 17-19 May 14-16 May 29-June 3

TOURNAMENT

Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Champion: South Carolina Golfweek Conference Challenge Champion: LSU David Toms Intercollegiate Champion: LSU U.S. Collegiate Championship Champion: Texas The Prestige at PGA West Champion: Arizona State Querencia Cabo Collegiate Champion: Florida State Talis Park Challenge Champion: LSU Valspar Invitational at Floridian Champion: Florida State Aggie Invitational Champion: Oklahoma SEC Men’s Golf Championships Champion: LSU NCAA New Haven Regional Champion: South Florida NCAA Men’s Golf Championships Champion: LSU

LSU FINISH

T-6th (14) Host: The Farm Golf Club 1st (12) Host: Iowa 1st (12) Host: LSU 3rd (15) Host: Georgia Tech T-4th (14) Host: UC-Davis T-7th (14) Host: SMU 1st (15) Host: Ball State 2nd (13) Host: Arkansas & Lamar 4th (13) Host: Texas A&M 1st (14) Host: SEC 5th (14) Host: Yale 1st (30) Host: South Florida

* - Defeated Vanderbilt, 3.5-1.5; Defeated Georgia, 3.5-1.5; Defeated USC, 4-1, in Match Play.

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282-287-286 -- 855 -9 Course: The Farm Golf Club 278-281-290 -- 849 -15 Course: Spirit Hollow Golf Course 302-294-295 -- 891 +27 Course: University Club 296-279-282 -- 857 -7 Course: The Country Club of Georgia 284-286-273 -- 843 -21 Course: PGA West (Greg Norman Course) 292-293-281 -- 866 +14 Course: Querencia Golf Club 286-276-276 -- 838 -14 Course: Talis Park Golf Club 273-280-287 -- 840 -12 Course: Floridian Golf Club 297-298-296 -- 891 +27 Course: Traditions Golf Club 274-272-281 -- 827 -13 Course: Sea Island Golf Club 294-287-268 -- 849 +9 Course: The Course at Yale 292-289-290-298 -- 1169 +17* Course: Concession Golf Club

2014-15 Round-by-Round Results

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BEN TAYLOR Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate United States Collegiate Championship The Prestige at PGA West Talis Park Challenge Valspar Invitational at Floridian Aggie Invitational SEC Championships NCAA New Haven Regional NCAA Championships

67-73-73 -- 213 (t16) 71-72-72 -- 215 (t5) 74-69-71 -- 214 (1) 74-71-74 -- 219 (t39) 73-76-74 -- 223 (t56) 70-73-67 -- 210 (t8) 71-69-71 -- 211 (t11) 80-73-76 -- 229 (t32) 73-70-70 -- 213 (t31) 73-73-65 -- 211 (t17) 79-74-76-82 -- 311 (80)

ZACH WRIGHT

Eric Ricard

BLAKE CALDWELL Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate The Prestige at PGA West

77-74-WD -- 151 73-79-73 -- 225 (t29) 82-74-77 -- 233 (t38) 81-75-73 -- 229 (t71)

STEWART JOLLY Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate United States Collegiate Championship Querencia Cabo Collegiate Talis Park Challenge Valspar Invitational at Floridian Aggie Invitational SEC Championships NCAA New Haven Regional NCAA Championships

71-70-66 -- 207 (3) 67-66-74 -- 207 (1) 81-76-74 -- 231 (t30) 76-76-69 -- 221 (t50) 74-78-70 -- 222 (t46) 73-70-70 -- 213 (t16) 68-72-74 -- 214 (t23) 79-75-72 -- 226 (t26) 68-68-69 -- 205 (t4) 74-69-69 -- 212 (t22) 82-82-77-72 -- 313 (81)

Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate United States Collegiate Championship Querencia Cabo Collegiate Talis Park Challenge Valspar Invitational at Floridian Aggie Invitational SEC Championships NCAA New Haven Regional NCAA Championships

71-70-72 -- 213 (t16) 71-72-78 -- 221 (t13) 73-73-80 -- 226 (t13) 72-67-74 -- 213 (t13) 72-71-69 -- 212 (t10) 72-67-74 -- 213 (t16) 69-69-78 -- 216 (t27) 69-76-75 -- 220 (t5) 70-66-70 -- 206 (t6) 74-78-69 -- 221 (t53) 70-70-73-75 -- 288 (t11)

OVERALL RECORD: 135-30-3 (NCAA CHAMPIONS) Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate U.S. Collegiate Championship The Prestige at PGA West Querencia Cabo Collegiate Talis Park Challenge Valspar Invitational at Floridian Aggie Invitational SEC Championships NCAA New Haven Regional NCAA Championships

282-287-286 -- 855 -9 278-281-290 -- 849 -15 302-294-295 -- 891 +27 296-279-282 -- 857 -7 284-286-273 -- 843 -21 292-293-281 -- 866 +14 286-276-276 -- 838 -14 273-280-287 -- 840 -12 297-298-296 -- 891 +27 274-272-281 -- 827 -13 294-287-268 -- 849 +9 292-289-290-298 -- 1169 +17

T-6th of 14 1st of 12 1st of 12 3rd of 15 T-4th of 14 T-7th of 14 1st of 15 2nd of 13 4th of 13 1st of 14 5th of 14 1st of 30*

* - Defeated Vanderbilt, 3.5-1.5; Georgia, 3.5-1.5; USC, 4-1 in Match Play.

RHYNE JONES David Toms Intercollegiate

79-75-77 -- 231 (t30)

MYLES LEWIS David Toms Intercollegiate United States Collegiate Championship The Prestige at PGA West Querencia Cabo Collegiate

75-80-74 -- 229 (t25) 76-73-70 -- 219 (t30) 72-69-65 -- 206 (t4) 73-81-75 -- 229 (t62)

BRANDON PIERCE The Prestige at PGA West Querencia Cabo Collegiate Talis Park Challenge Valspar Invitational at Floridian Aggie Invitational SEC Championships NCAA New Haven Regional NCAA Championships

68-72-69 -- 209 (t10) 73-72-71 -- 216 (t20) 71-71-70 -- 212 (t13) 69-70-71 -- 210 (t6) 75-78-73 -- 226 (t26) 67-68-72 -- 207 (t9) 73-73-65 -- 211 (t17) 71-71-73-73 -- 288 (t11)

ERIC RICARD Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate United States Collegiate Championship The Prestige at PGA West Querencia Cabo Collegiate Talis Park Challenge Valspar Invitational at Floridian Aggie Invitational SEC Championships NCAA New Haven Regional NCAA Championships

73-74-75 -- 222 (t48) 69-71-71 -- 211 (2) 80-76-76 -- 232 (t33) 74-68-69 -- 211 (t8) 71-70-66 -- 207 (t7) 75-72-71 -- 218 (t31) 73-68-69 -- 210 (t8) 67-74-71 -- 212 (t16) 74-74-77 -- 225 (t21) 69-71-73 -- 213 (t31) 74-72-69 -- 215 (t34) 72-74-68-78 -- 292 (t27)

Stewart Jolly

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CARPET CAPITAL COLLEGIATE CLASSIC

UNITED STATES COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Sept. 5-7, 2014 Rocky Face, Georgia The Farm Golf Club (Par 72) Stewart Jolly kicked off what proved to be an All-SEC senior season with the Tigers at the Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic where he placed third on the final leaderboard for the second-straight season with a 54-hole tournament score of 9-under par 207 in the event held at The Farm Golf Club. Highlighted by a career-low 6-under 66 in the final round, Jolly captured his first of three top-10 finishes on the season while finishing three shots off the pace of Georgia Tech’s individual champion Ollie Schniederjans. Senior Ben Taylor and junior Zach Wright also cracked the tournament’s Top 20 with matching scores of 3-under 213 to tie for 16th place. The Tigers were seven shots off the top spot in the team standings with a tournament score of 9-under 855 to tie Clemson for sixth place after 54 holes.

Oct. 17-19, 2014 Alpharetta, Georgia The Golf Club of Georgia (Par 72) In the wake of back-to-back tournament wins at the Golfweek Conference Challenge and David Toms Intercollegiate, the high-flying Tigers wrapped up their 2014 fall season with another impressive performance at the ninthannual United States Collegiate Championship hosted by Georgia Tech at The Golf Club of Georgia. Firing rounds of 9-under 279 in the second round and 6-uunder 282 in the final round, the Tigers placed third in the event with a final score of 7-under par 857. Texas finished one shot above Virginia with an impressive total of 21-under par 843 to win the team crown. Sophomore Eric Ricard cracked the Top 10 of the leaderboard for the second time in four fall appearances by tying for eighth place at 5-under par 211.

TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1. 2. T3. T3. 5. T6.

South Carolina Georgia Tech Auburn Kennesaw State Alabama LSU

291-281-276 -- 848 -16 293-276-280 -- 849 -15 294-275-283 -- 852 -12 281-288-283 -- 852 -12 296-283-284 -- 853 -11 282-287-286 -- 855 -9

GOLFWEEK CONFERENCE CHALLENGE Sept. 14-16, 2014 Burlington, Iowa Spirit Hollow Golf Course (Par 72) The 2014-15 season was certainly one for the ages for the LSU Tigers as they tied a team record with five tournament titles on the season, and their first win came in their second tournament of the 2014 fall season at the Golfweek Conference Challenge. The Tigers blitzed the field with an 11-stroke victory as they followed a 10-under 278 in the opening round with a 7-under 281 in the second round and 2-over 290 in the final round to finish 11 shots clear of SMU in second place with a winning score of 15-under par 849 for 54 holes. The Tigers actually swept team and individual titles as Stewart Jolly defended his individual title in the event with his third collegiate win while posting his second-straight tournament score of 9-under 207 to kick off his senior season. Sophomore Eric Ricard and senior Ben Taylor also finished in the Top 5 in second place and tied for fifth place, respectively. TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. T4. T4.

LSU SMU Iowa Southeastern Louisiana Oregon State

278-281-290 -- 849 -15 287-289-284 -- 860 -4 286-301-287 -- 874 +10 295-296-294 -- 885 +21 301-294-290 -- 885 +21

DAVID TOMS INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct. 4-5, 2014 Baton Rouge, Louisiana University Club (Par 72) After finishing a disappointing seventh place in their home event during the 2013 fall season, the Tigers were crowned champions for the fourth time at the David Toms Intercollegiate in 2014 while posting a chart-topping score of 27-over par 891 in the sixth-annual event held once again at the University Club in Baton Rouge. The Tigers finished two shots in front of in-state foe Southeastern Louisiana to win their second team title in as many tournament appearances following their first team title of the season at the Golfweek Conference Challenge just three weeks before. The Tigers and Lions actually teed off in the final round tied for the top spot on the leaderboard with LSU claiming the title with a score of 7-over 295 in the final round. Southeastern Louisiana slipped to second place with a 9-over 297 for the tournament finale. The Tigers also swept team and individual titles for the second-straight tournament as Ben Taylor won his first collegiate title at LSU as the only player to break par for 54 holes with his winning score of 2-under par 214. Taylor’s effort featured rounds of 3-under 69 in the second round and 1-under 71 in the final round en route to a three-shot victory. TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

LSU Southeastern Louisiana Mercer Winthrop Central Arkansas

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304-294-295 -- 891 +27 299-297-297 -- 893 +29 309-307-286 -- 902 +38 305-306-298 -- 909 +45 319-299-299 -- 917 +53

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Texas Virginia LSU Wake Forest UCLA

278-288-277 -- 843 -21 272-295-277 -- 844 -20 296-279-282 -- 857 -7 288-284-286 -- 858 -6 287-294-279 -- 860 -4

THE PRESTIGE AT PGA WEST Feb. 16-18, 2015 La Quinta, California PGA West - Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course (Par 72) The Tigers turned in a dazzling display in the final round at the 16th-annual Prestige at PGA West as they lit up the Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course with a season-low round of 15-under par 273 and a school-record tournament score of 21-under par 843 to tie for fourth place overall in their 2015 spring season opener. It marked LSU’s lowest 54-hole tournament score in relation to par since at least 1985, eclipsing their previous best of 17-under 263 set in a runner-up finish at the 2014 SEC Men’s Golf Championships. Myles Lewis’ bogey-free round of 7-under 65 propelled him into a tie for fourth place on the leaderboard as he matched his career-low tournament score of 10-under par 206, while Eric Ricard tied for sixth place overall with a career-low score of 9-under 207. While making his 2014-15 debut for the Tigers, Brandon Pierce kicked off an All-American sophomore season by tying for 10th place at 7-under par 209 for the tournament. Pierce missed the entire fall season while recovering from a back injury that prematurely ended his freshman season during the spring semester of 2014. TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. T4. T4.

Arizona State Stanford San Diego State LSU Oklahoma State

279-274-280 -- 833 -31 288-281-268 -- 837 -27 284-280-277 -- 841 -23 284-286-273 -- 843 -21 280-275-288 -- 843 -21

QUERENCIA CABO COLLEGIATE March 1-3, 2015 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Querencia Golf Club (Par 71) The No. 3-ranked Tigers were among just three teams to break par in the final round at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate as they closed strong with a team score of 3-under par 281 to catapult themselves six spots up the final team standings and into a tie for seventh place in the event. With junior standout Zach Wright leading the way once again with a team-low round of 2-under par 69, the Tigers broke par for the first time in the tournament to tie the Baylor Bears for seventh place overall with their 54-hole score of 14-over par 866. No. 2-ranked Florida State outlasted the field to take home an eight-shot victory over No. 9-ranked Vanderbilt with a winning score of 13-under par 839, including a 7-under par 277 in the final round. Wright cracked the Top 10 of the leaderboard for the first time during the 2014-15 season as he followed his 1-over 72 in the first round and even-par 71 in the second round with a 2-under 69 on Tuesday afternoon for a three-day total of 1-under par 212 to finish the week in a tie for 10th place. TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. T7.

Florida State Vanderbilt South Florida Washington Stanford LSU

275-287-277 -- 839 -13 287-287-273 -- 847 -5 276-283-289 -- 848 -4 282-281-287 -- 850 -2 282-278-294 -- 854 +2 292-293-281 -- 866 +14

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TALIS PARK CHALLENGE

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March 15-16, 2015 Naples, Florida Talis Park Golf Club (Par 71) With senior Ben Taylor firing a 4-under 67 and sophomore Eric Ricard adding a 2-under 69 in the final round, the Tigers outlasted the Vanderbilt Commodores to claim a four-shot victory for their third team title of the 2014-15 season at the Talis Park Challenge. The Tigers matched their second-round effort with a tournament-low 8-under 276 in the final round to finish with a winning 14-under par 838 to take the title over the defending champions. The Commodores were the only other team in the field of 15 to break par with their performance in the final round as they finished four shots off the pace with a 2-under 282 on the day and 10-under 842 for the week as the silver medalists. Ricard and Taylor returned to the Top 10 of the leaderboard thanks to their outstanding final rounds as Ricard earned his fourth top-10 finish in seven starts on the year and Taylor added to his All-America resume with a third top-10 finish in six starts in 2014-15. Stewart Jolly and Brandon Pierce each posted matching scores of 1-under 70 toward LSU’s 8-under 276 in the final round as Pierce finished the championship in a tie for 13th place on the leaderboard with a final score of 1-under par 212 and Jolly climbed into a tie for 16th place overall with a level-par score of 213 for the week. Junior Zach Wright carded a 3-over 74 in the final round to tie Jolly for 16th place in the event.

April 17-19, 2015 St. Simons Island, Georgia Sea Island Golf Club (Par 70) The LSU Tigers lifted the SEC Championship trophy for the first time in 28 seasons as they turned a three-shot deficit entering final round into a threeshot victory with a winning score of 13-under par 827 at the 2015 SEC Men’s Golf Championships held at Sea Island Golf Club’s Seaside Course. Not since the sophomore season of the great David Toms in 1986-87 had the Tigers been crowned SEC Champions on the links, but the team of seniors Stewart Jolly and Ben Taylor, junior Zach Wright and sophomores Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard earned their place in history as the champion golfers of the year for the 2014-15 season. They claimed the 16th SEC Championship in the program’s history to rank second all-time behind the 26 titles won by the Georgia Bulldogs while snapping Alabama’s run of three-straight wins from 2012-14. With Jolly (T4) leading the way with a 1-under par 69, Wright (T6) and Taylor (T31) both firing matching scores of even-par 70 and Pierce (T9) adding a 2-over par 72 toward LSU’s team score in the final round, the Tigers took home the title with a total of 1-over 281 in the final round and winning effort of 13-under 827 in 54 holes played at the Seaside Course.

TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

LSU Vanderbilt Wichita State Texas A&M Northern Illinois

286-276-276 -- 838 -14 276-284-282 -- 842 -10 276-290-284 -- 850 -2 284-283-291 -- 858 +6 282-290-297 -- 869 +17

VALSPAR INVITATIONAL AT FLORIDIAN March 23-24, 2015 Palm City, Florida Floridian Golf Club (Par 71) Led by matching scores of even-par 71 in the final round by Ben Taylor, Brandon Pierce and Eric Ricard, the Tigers were five shots off the pace in the of champion Florida State (835) as they wrapped up the Valspar Invitational at Floridian with a team score of 3-over par 287 in the final round and a three-round score of 12-under par 840 for the tournament. For the second time in his four starts this spring, Pierce cracked the Top 10 of the final leaderboard while finishing as the top Tiger in the field while tying for sixth place at 3-under 210 for the week. Taylor nearly joined Pierce in the Top 10 as he tied for 11th place at 2-under 211 for the tournament. TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Florida State LSU South Carolina South Florida Texas A&M

278-276-281 -- 835 -17 273-280-287 -- 840 -12 285-279-277 -- 841 -11 281-287-287 -- 855 +3 290-289-277 -- 856 +4

AGGIE INVITATIONAL April 4-5, 2015 Bryan, Texas Traditions Golf Club (Par 72) Junior standout Zach Wright wrapped up his best finish of the 2014-15 season by tying for fifth place with a 54-hole score of 4-over par 220 to lead the No. 6-ranked Tigers to a fourth-place finish in their regular-season finale at Texas A&M’s Aggie Invitational held at Traditions Golf Club. After opening the championship with scores of 3-under 69 in the first round and 4-over 76 in the second round on Saturday, Wright finished off the weekend with a 3-over 75 on Sunday to climb two places into a tie for fifth-place on the final individual leaderboard for the best finish of his junior season while earning his second top-10 finish on the campaign. The Tigers posted a team score of 8-over 296 to move one spot up the standings on the final day of the and finish alone in fourth place at 27-over par 891 in their regular-season finale. TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Oklahoma Texas Tech Arkansas LSU Texas A&M

302-288-294 -- 884 +20 308-291-288 -- 887 +23 298-293-297 -- 888 +24 297-298-296 -- 891 +27 303-287-304 -- 894 +30

TEAM RESULTS

1. T2. T2. T4. T4.

LSU Vanderbilt South Carolina Auburn Alabama

274-272-281 -- 827 -13 276-274-280 -- 830 -10 275-275-280 -- 830 -10 275-276-282 -- 833 -7 269-274-290 -- 833 -7

NCAA NEW HAVEN REGIONAL May 14-16, 2015 New Haven, Connecticut The Course at Yale (Par 70) Despite facing an 11-shot deficit for NCAA Championship qualification when teeing off in the final round at The Course at Yale, the No. 2-seeded LSU Tigers turned around their fortunes and fired a tournament-low team score of 12-under par 268 to claim a fifth-place team finish at the NCAA New Haven Regional. When the dust settled on Saturday afternoon, the 2015 SEC Champions claimed the fifth and final qualifying place into the field for the NCAA Championships by a single shot with their final 54-hole team score of 9-over par 849. It marked the fifth time in six seasons in which the Tigers qualified to tee off at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships after advancing to the NCAA Semifinals of match play during the 2014 championship. Ben Taylor and Brandon Pierce led the charge in the final round by firing matching scores of 5-under par 65, and Stewart Jolly, Zach Wright and Eric Ricard each shot counting scores of 1-under par 69 for LSU’s final team score of 12-under par 268, finishing the day just one shot clear of No. 7 seed Iowa and No. 8 seed NC State. TEAM RESULTS

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

South Florida San Diego State Oklahoma State Vanderbilt LSU

281-276-269 -- 826 -14 284-283-273 -- 840 E 286-284-272 -- 842 +2 285-282-277 -- 844 +4 294-287-268 -- 849 +9

NCAA MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS May 29-June 3, 2015 Bradenton, Florida Concession Golf Club (Par 72) Just as he did in the national semifinal against Georgia the day before, LSU’s Ben Taylor scored the deciding point by rolling in a nine-foot par putt at the par-four 18th hole to claim a 1-up victory over USC’s Bobby Gojuangco and hand the Tigers their fifth national championship with a 4-1 victory over the Trojans in the NCAA Championship Match on June 3 to wrap up the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. With All-SEC standouts Zach Wright and Brandon Pierce already in the clubhouse with match wins of their own and watching nearby, Taylor made it 3-for-3 for the Tigers in Wednesday’s NCAA Championship Match by coming from behind on the back nine to defeat Gojuangco on the final hole and seal LSU’s victory. With Eric Ricard winning his match, 1-up, and Stewart Jolly going 1-down in his final match, the Tigers were crowned national champions for the fifth time in team history with a 4-1 victory over the No. 5-seeded Trojans in the title match. They captured their first NCAA Championship in 60 years after also being crowned champions in 1940, 1942, 1947 and 1955.

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2015 ALL-SEC TEAM Brandon Pierce, LSU Eric Ricard, LSU* J.D. Tomlinson, Florida Zach Wright, LSU

FIRST TEAM Matthew NeSmith, South Carolina Matt Gilchrest, Auburn Lee McCoy, Georgia Ben Schlottman, Auburn Matthias Schwab, Vanderbilt Robby Shelton, Alabama Will Starke, South Carolina Hunter Stewart, Vanderbilt

SEC COACH OF THE YEAR Chuck Winstead, LSU

SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR

* - Indicates a tie in the voting.

SEC FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Jonathan Hardee, Alabama Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt Tyler “Chip” McDaniel, Kentucky Ben Schlottman, Auburn Alejandro Tosti, Florida

SECOND TEAM Theo Humphrey, Vanderbilt Carson Jacobs, Vanderbilt Michael Johnson, Auburn* Stewart Jolly, LSU Taylor Moore, Arkansas

Hunter Stewart, Vanderbilt

Ben Schlottman, Auburn

SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Forrest Gamble, Ole Miss

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SETTING THE STANDARD FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS IN GOLF

Throughout the rich history of the Southeastern Conference the league has provided a strong tradition of excellence on the links with its men’s golf programs, and the 2014-15 season was no different as six of the SEC’s 14 programs made an appearance at the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships held at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Florida. That’s where the LSU Tigers returned to the pinnacle of college golf while being crowned NCAA Champions with their 4-1 defeat of the USC Trojans in the NCAA Championship Match on June 3. It marked the third-straight national championship won by an SEC program as Alabama was crowned back-to-back national champion in 2013 and 2014. It also marked the fifthstraight season that an SEC team appeared in the national championship match since 2011.

MEN’S GOLF NOTES 6 13 SEC teams finished the season ranked in the final Golfweek Top 25, including four in the Top 10, along with a total of 21 individuals ranked in the final Golfweek Top 100 in 2015.

NCAA team titles and seven NCAA individual champions all-time.

The Tigers won their fifth national championship all-time and first in 60 years since 1955 after also defeating two SEC rivals in the first two rounds of match play with matching 3.5-1.5 victories over Vanderbilt in the quarterfinals and Georgia in the semifinals en route to the championship match. While LSU, Georgia and Vanderbilt all qualified among the eight teams in match play, Auburn finished 12th, South Carolina finished 13th and Florida tied for 28th in stroke play qualifying. The conference has captured 13 NCAA team titles in its history with LSU owning a league-leading five national championships all-time, including 1940, 1942, 1947, 1955 and 2015. Florida follows the Tigers with four national championships all-time. In addition, seven SEC golfers have won the individual title the NCAA Championships since the spring season in 1985.

Top 10 team finishes at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships since 1985.

Individuals have placed in the Top 10 of the leaderboard at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships since 1985.

First-Team All-Americans since 1990.

2015 SEC RESULTS 1. T2. T2. T4. T4. 6. T7. T7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

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LSU Vanderbilt South Carolina Auburn Alabama Arkansas Georgia Florida Ole Miss Texas A&M Kentucky Tennessee Missouri Mississippi State

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS 274-272-281 -- 827 -13 276-274-280 -- 830 -10 275-275-280 -- 830 -10 275-276-282 -- 833 -7 269-274-290 -- 833 -7 279-275-280 -- 834 -6 282-277-283 -- 842 +2 282-276-284 -- 842 +2 288-278-283 -- 849 +9 286-282-287 -- 855 +15 284-284-288 -- 856 +16 284-292-284 -- 860 +20 287-283-291 -- 861 +21 289-297-299 -- 885 +45

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Matthew NeSmith, South Carolina Ben Schlottman, Auburn Robby Shelton, Alabama Stewart Jolly, LSU Hunter Stewart, Vanderbilt Zach Wright, LSU Tayor Moore, Arkansas Ryan Benton, Auburn Brandon Pierce, LSU Zack Jaworski, Vanderbilt

65-64-67 -- 196 -14 67-65-70 -- 202 -8 65-65-74 -- 204 -6 68-68-69 -- 205 -5 70-67-68 -- 205 -5 70-66-70 -- 206 -4 73-66-67 -- 206 -4 69-66-71 -- 206 -4 67-68-72 -- 207 -3 69-70-68 -- 207 -3

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DAVID TOMS

Turned Professional: 1989 Joined PGA TOUR: 1992 Best Finish: 1st (13 times) Career Earnings: $41,644,851

PGA TOUR VICTORIES 1997 Quad City Classic 1999 Sprint International 1999 Buick Challenge 2000 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill 2001 Compaq Classic of New Orleans 2001 PGA Championship 2001 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill 2003 Wachovia Championship 2003 FebEx St. Jude Classic 2004 Feb Ex St. Jude Classic 2005 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship 2006 Sony Open 2011 Crowne Plaza Invitational

13 career PGA TOUR victories 2001 PGA Champion 2002, 2004 and 2006 Ryder Cup team member 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2011 Presidents Cup team member Led the U.S. squad with a 4-0-1 record at The Presidents Cup in 2007 Has finished Top 10 in major championships 11 times in his PGA TOUR career Ranks No. 7 in career PGA TOUR earnings with $41,644,851 as of Dec. 15, 2015.

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ANDREW LOUPE Turned Professional: 2011 Joined PGA TOUR: 2013 Best PGA Finish: T-4th (2014 Valero Texas Open) Best Web.com Finish: 1st (2015 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship) Career Earnings: $1,348,598

JOHN PETERSON Turned Professional: 2011 Joined PGA TOUR: 2013 Best Finish: T-4th (2012 U.S. Open) Career Earnings: $2,117,208

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SMYLIE KAUFMAN Turned Professional: 2014 Joined PGA TOUR: 2015 Best PGA Finish: 1st (2015 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) Best Web.com Finish: 1st (2015 United Leasing Championship Presented by PTI) Career Earnings: $1,631,392

CURTIS THOMPSON Turned Professional: 2014 Joined Web.com Tour: 2014 Best Finish: T-4th (2014 WinCo Foods Portland Open presented by Kraft Heinz) Career Earnings: $112,015

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Tigers in Major Championships LSU Tigers have enjoyed tremendous success in major championships over the years as six program alums have accounted for 30 top-10 finishes since former NCAA champion Fred Haas, Jr., advanced to the quarterfinal round of match play at the 1952 PGA Championship held at Big Spring Country Club in Jefferson County, Kentucky. LSU great David Toms has claimed a school-record 11 top-10 finishes in major championships during his illustrious PGA TOUR career, including a win at the PGA Championship during the 2001 season. Tiger great Jay Hebert was also crowned a PGA Champion during his professional career in 1960 while totaling 10 top-10 finishes in majors in a career that spanned nearly a quarter century. Below are a listing of all top-10 finishes by LSU Tigers in major championships. The Masters Place Player Year 10 Jay Hebert 1957 T9 Jay Hebert 1958 T8 Jay Hebert 1959 T10 Jay Hebert 1966 T6 David Toms 1998 T8 David Toms 2003 9 David Toms 2007 The U.S. Open Place Player Year T9 Jay Hebert 1953 T5 Fred Haas, Jr. 1954 T7 Jay Hebert 1958 T9 Gardner Dickinson 1961 T9 Johnny Pott 1964 T6 Gardner Dickinson 1967 T5 David Toms 2003 T5 David Toms 2007 T4 David Toms 2012 T4 John Peterson 2012 The British Open Place Player Year T4 David Toms 2000 The PGA Championship Place Player Year Quarterfinals Fred Haas, Jr. 1952 7 Jay Hebert 1957 T5 Jay Hebert 1958 1 Jay Hebert 1960 T4 Johnny Pott 1961 10 Jay Hebert 1962 T8 Gardner Dickinson 1963 5 Gardner Dickinson 1965 1 David Toms 2001 T10 David Toms 2005 T4 David Toms 2011 7 David Toms 2013

Gardner Dickinson

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Fred Haas, Jr.

Johnny Pott

2012 U.S. Open Championship LSU GREATS MAKE HISTORY AT 112TH U.S. OPEN Two LSU Tigers finished among the Top 10 of the leaderboard in a major championship for the first time in program history when LSU greats David Toms and John Peterson matched one another with 72-hole scores of 3-over par 283 in four rounds at The Olympic Club to tie for fourth place at the 112th United States Open Championship held June 14-17, 2012. After playing alongside one another in the second to last pairing in Saturday’s third round, Toms wrapped up the championship with a 2-under par 68 and Peterson carded an even-par 70 on Father’s Day to tie Jim Furyk, Padraig Harrington and Jason Dufner for fourth place overall. They finished just two shots off the pace as Webb Simpson was crowned the 2012 U.S. Open champion after having a 1-over par 281 to become the 14th different major champion in a run of 14-straight majors. With their performance, both Toms and Peterson earned an exemption into the field for the 2013 Masters Tournament and 2013 U.S. Open Championship. Toms earned his best career finish at the U.S. Open and took home his 10th career top-10 finish in a major championship by tying for fourth place for the weekend. Toms had twice tied for fifth place at the U.S. Open in 2003 and 2007 as he posted his third top-10 finish in 16 career starts in the event. Toms was brilliant in firing the second-lowest round of Sunday’s finale as he quickly rebounded from his bogey at the par-four fifth hole with a birdie at the par-four seventh hole before making the turn at even in his round. He then made two birdies on the back nine at the par-four 12th and par-five 17th holes to card an impressive 2-under 68 and finish with a 72-hole score of 3-over 283. Toms was actually tied for the U.S. Open lead after 36 holes while entering the weekend sitting at the top of the leaderboard along with Tiger Woods and Furyk. “You battle a lot of emotions and put a lot of pressure on yourself to keep up,” Toms said of sharing the 36-hole lead. “Leading or being tied for the lead in the golf tournament, in the U.S. Open, was great. To be able to turn it around and play really solid golf after the way I played actually the last several tournaments has been nice, to be back in the hunt.” While Toms made 53 major championship appearances during his illustrious career on the PGA TOUR with his start at the 112th U.S. Open, Peterson made the most of his major championship debut after posting 1-over 71, even-par 70, 2-over 72 and even-par 70 for his 3-over par 283 for the championship. Peterson’s scorecard featured four birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey as he put himself in position to win the event, even dropping as low as 2-over par for the tournament with his birdie at the par-four 10th hole on the back nine of the final round. “I had my dad there (on Sunday), and it was Father’s Day,” Peterson said of his father, David. “It was tough because my grandmother (David’s mother) passed away the week before. He always told me that a great Father’s Day present would be for me to be playing (on Sunday) in the U.S. Open. So, that’s a thing I guess I’ll treasure the most from the week, him being there with me.” Peterson even provided one of the highlights of the weekend when he put himself in contention to win the U.S. Open title when he aced the par-three 13th hole with a 7-iron from 182 yards for what proved to be the only hole-in-one for the championship. “I never made one,” Peterson said. “I knew I had my yardage right when I hit it. When it landed it landed perfectly. You never expect it to go in though.” It marked the eighth time in U.S. Open history for an LSU Tiger to finish among the Top 10 of the leaderboard. Fred Haas, Jr., the 1937 NCAA champion, was the first to do so after tying for fifth place back in 1954, while Gardner Dickinson twice cracked the U.S. Open Top 10 by tying for ninth place back in 1961 and tying for sixth place in 1967. Johnny Pott also tied for ninth place in 1964. And while LSU Tigers have earned a total of 20 top-10 finishes in the history of major championship golf on the PGA TOUR, Toms and Peterson are the first to do so on the same weekend.

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112th U.S. Open Leaderboard 1. Webb Simpson T2. Graeme McDowell T2. Michael Thompson T4. John Peterson T4. David Toms T4. Jason Dufner T4. Jim Furyk T4. Padraig Harrington 9. Ernie Els T10. Kevin Chappell T10. Retief Goosen T10. John Senden T10. Lee Westwood T10. Casey Wittenberg

281 +1 282 +2 282 +2 283 +3 283 +3 283 +3 283 +3 283 +3 284 +4 285 +5 285 +5 285 +5 285 +5 285 +5

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HISTORY YEAR

LSU FINISH (SCORE)

CHAMPION (SCORE)

1937 1st (614) LSU (614) 1938 1st (608) LSU (608) 1939 1st (604) LSU (604) 1940 1st (601) LSU (601) 1941 Georgia (616) 1942 1st (597) LSU (597) 1943-45 No Tournaments- World War II 1946 1st (604) LSU (604) 1947 1st (633) LSU (633) 1948 1st (303) LSU (303) 1949 Georgia Tech (303) 1950 Georgia (1200) 1951 Georgia (579) 1952 Georgia (591) 1953 1st (586) LSU (586) 1954 1st (576) LSU (576) 1955 Florida (575) 1956 Florida (591) 1957 Georgia (590) 1958 Georgia (593) 1959 Georgia (583) 1960 1st (573) LSU (573) 1961 Georgia (570) 1962 Georgia (1170) 1963 Georgia (589) 1964 Georgia (581) 1965 T3rd (596) Georgia (575) 1966 1st (854) LSU (854) 1967 1st (872) LSU (872) 1968 9th (898) Florida (848) 1969 3rd (1108) Georgia (1099) 1970 2nd (1106) Georgia (1105) 1971 4th (1132) Georgia (1099) 1972 5th (1159) Georiga (1117) 1973 4th (1134) Florida (1099) 1974 2nd (1128) Florida (1104) 1975 2nd (1112) Florida (1101) 1976 3rd (1101) Auburn (1094) 1977 4th (1092) Georgia (1073) 1978 3rd (1164) Georgia (1142) 1979 5th (895) Alabama (876) 1980 6th (912) Tennessee (884) 1981 T3rd (887) Auburn (884) 1982 7th (904) Georgia (873) 1983 6th (898) Georgia (881) 1984 2nd (885) Ole Miss (881) 1985 6th (889) Florida (868) 1986 1st (871) LSU (871) 1987 1st (869) LSU (869) 1988 2nd (872) Georgia (854) 1989 2nd (890) Florida (874) 1990 9th (896) Tennessee (866) 1991 5th (879) Florida (860) 1992 4th (881) Florida (876) 1993 4th (885) Florida (847) 1994 7th (889) Florida (860) 1995 7th (874) Arkansas (855) 1996 9th (883) Miss. State (859) 1997 3rd (889) Miss. State (879) 1998 8th (588) Georgia (567) 1999 T6th (982) Florida (901) 2000 5th (882) Georgia (852) 2001 8th (887) Georgia (841) 2002 T4th (874) Auburn (857) 2003 12th (917) Florida (856) 2004 8th (875) Georgia (843) 2005 T6th (899) Kentucky (875) 2006 6th (868) Georgia (827) 2007 9th (892) Tennessee (869) 2008 T8th (888) Alabama (853) 2009 T4th (872) Georgia (849) 2010 5th (856) Georgia (844) 2011 5th (865) Florida (848) 2012 11th (877) Alabama (828) 2013 11th (881) Alabama (848) 2014 2nd (822) Alabama (806) 2015 1st (827) LSU (827)

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Vincent D’Antoni, Tennessee Henry Castillo, LSU Sonny Swift, Georgia Henry Castillo, LSU Earl Stewart, LSU Arnold Blum, Georgia

Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga.

George Hamer, Georgia Joe Moore, LSU Albert Swann, Georgia Tech Hal Spears, Georgia John Owens, Kentucky Griffin Moody, Georgia Bobby Hill, Alabama Eddie Merrins, LSU Eddie Merrins, LSU Lester Kelly, Georgia Dave Ragan, Florida Tom Aaron, Florida Tom Aaron, Florida Bob Moser, Georgia Doug Essig, LSU/Cobby Ware, Georgia Howell Fraser, LSU David Boyd, Georgia Jim Gabrielsen, Georgia/Jack Oliver, Georgia Bert Greene, Tennessee B.R. McLendon, LSU (282) B.R. McLendon, LSU (210) B.R. McLendon, LSU (212) Steven Melnyk, Florida (204) Vaughn Moise, LSU (212) Tommy Valentine, Georgia (213) Jimmy McQuillian, Florida (215) Mickey Mabry, Tennessee (217) Gary Koch, Florida (212) Gary Koch, Florida (214) Phil Hancock, Florida (214) Phil Hancock, Florida (207) Sam Trahan, Florida (209) Larry Rinker, Florida (222) Wayne DeFrancesco, LSU (212) Rick Pearson, Florida (215) John Salamone, LSU (211) Randy Watkins, Ole Miss (211) Dave Peege, Ole Miss (213) Emlyn Aubrey, LSU (213) Peter Persons, Georgia (213) Chip Sullivan, Ole Miss (210) David Toms, LSU (205) Lan Gooch, Ole Miss (209) Chris DiMarco, Florida (215) Mike Sposa, Tennessee (210) Jimmy Green, Auburn (205) Brian Gay, Florida (211) Guy Hill, Florida (206) Brian Gay, Florida (213) Bud Still, Arkansas (206) Graham Davidson, Miss. State (205) Bryant MacKellar, Auburn (210) Eric Ecker, South Carolina (136) Camilo Bendetti, Florida (212) Roland Thatcher, Auburn (208) Bryant Odom, Georgia (207) Camilo Benedetti, Florida (210) Brett Stegmaier, Florida (203) Brendon Todd, Georgia (207) David Skinns, Tennessee (210) Brett Stegmaier, Florida (205) Patton Kizzire, Auburn (211) Michael Thompson, Alabama (208) Billy Horschel, Florida (206) Russell Henley, Georgia (204) Andres Echavarria, Florida (209) Justin Thomas, Alabama (203) Sebastian Cappelen, Arkansas (202) Bobby Wyatt, Alabama (192) Matthew NeSmith, South Carolina (196)

Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Baton Rouge, La. Gainesville, Fla. Knoxville, Tenn. Athens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Callaway Gardens, Ga. Dothan, Ala. Dothan, Ala. Decatur, Ala. Decatur, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Ala. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. Louisville, Ky. Jackson, Miss. West Point, Miss. St. Francisville, La. Jacksonville, Fla. Fairfield Glade,Tenn. Nashville, Tenn. Birmingham, Ala. Opelika, Ala. Athens, Ga. Lexington, Ky. Killen, Ala. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga. St. Simons Island, Ga.

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LSU’S SEC TEAM CHAMPIONS YEAR SCORE COACHES

1937 614 1938 608 1939 604 1940 601 1942 597 1946 604 1947 633 1948 303 1953 586 1954 576 1960 573 1966 854 1967 872 1986 871 1987 869 2015 827

Maj. J. Perry Cole Maj. J. Perry Cole Maj. J. Perry Cole Maj. J. Perry Cole Maj. J. Perry Cole T.P. Heard T.P. Heard Mike Barbato Mike Barbato Mike Barbato Mike Barbato Harry Taylor Harry Taylor Buddy Alexander Buddy Alexander Chuck Winstead

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Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Baton Rouge, La. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Athens, Ga. Baton Rouge, La. Gainesville, Fla. Florence, Ala. Florence, Ala. St. Simons Is., Ga.

ALL-TIME SEC TEAM TITLES 1. Georgia 2. LSU 3. Florida 4. Alabama 5. Tennessee 6. Auburn Mississippi State 8. Arkansas Georgia Tech Kentucky Ole Miss

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1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1946 1947 1948 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1966 1967 1984 1985 1986 1989 2014 2015

5th T-1st 2nd T-1st 3rd 5th 1st 2nd 7th 3rd 4th 1st 9th T-8th 3rd T-6th T-9th 10th T-8th T-3rd 1st

617 601 599 590 621 629 606 588 602 581 582 574 613 607 591 1162 1196 1175 1173 836 1169

Stanford (612) LSU, Princeton (601) Stanford (580) LSU, Princeton (590) Yale (614) Stanford (619) LSU (606) San Jose State (579) North Texas State (573) Stanford (578) SMU (572) LSU (574) Houston (601) Houston (582) Houston (585) Houston (1145) Houston (1172) Wake Forest (1156) Oklahoma (1139) Alabama (def. Oklahoma State, 4-1) LSU (def. Southern California, 4-1)

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LSU’S TEAM NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS (SINCE 1985)

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1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 2010 2011 2014 2015

Rob McNamara Emlyn Aubrey Rob McNamara David Toms Greg Lesher Fredrik Lindgren Fredrik Lindgren Perry Moss Scott Sterling John Peterson John Peterson Ben Taylor Smylie Kaufman Curtis Thompson Brandon Pierce Zach Wright

T-10th T-3rd 16th 5th T-16th T-19th T-17th T-4th T-18th T-6th 1st T-6th T-19th T-19th T-11th T-11th

291 287 293 288 293 294 289 212 218 211 211 206 209 209 288 288

YEAR

FINISH

SCORE

1986 1987 1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1997 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015

10th T-14th T-20th T-8th 30th 22nd T-17th 22nd 18th 24th 21st T-23rd T-3rd 1st

1175 Winston-Salem, N.C. 1200 Columbus, Ohio 907 Thousand Oaks, Calif. 1173 Edmond, Okla. 1228 New Haven, Conn. 588 Albuquerque, N.M. 597 Lexington, Ky. 591 McKinney, Texas 590 Lake Forest, Ill. 883 Chattanooga, Tenn. 905 Stillwater, Okla. 854 Atlanta, Ga. 836 (NCAA Semifinalists) Hutchinson, Kan. 1169 (4-1 in Final Match) Bradenton, Fla.

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LSU’S NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONS YEAR SCORE COACH

1940 1942 1947 1955 2015

601 590 606 574 4-1

Maj. J. Perry Cole Maj. J. Perry Cole T.P. Heard Mike Barbato Chuck Winstead

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Fred Haas, Jr. • 1937 NCAA Champion

1940 National Champions

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Fred Haas, Jr. Earl Stewart John Peterson

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Earl Stewart • 1941 NCAA Champion

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John Peterson: 2011 NCAA Champion

A member of the LSU men’s golf program was crowned individual medalist at the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships for the first time in 70 years as senior All-American John Peterson put an exclamation point onto the end of a heralded career on June 2, 2011, with a national championship after firing a 54-hole score of 5-under par 211 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma. After firing a competitive course record 7-under 65 in the second round, Peterson finished with an even-par 72 in the final round for a dramatic one-shot victory over UCLA’s Patrick Cantlay. Peterson joined LSU greats Fred Haas, Jr. (1937) and Earl Stewart (1941) as an NCAA champion as he was the team’s top NCAA finisher since Perry Moss tied for fourth place in 1991.

The LSU golf program actually made history with Peterson’s victory as it became the first school during the history of the NCAA Championships to sweep the men’s and women’s individual crowns in the same season. Lady Tiger freshman Austin Ernst took home the NCAA women’s crown nearly two weeks before in the event hosted by Texas A&M at The Traditions Golf Club in College Station. “This is an unbelievable feeling. I can’t really describe it. It hasn’t sunk in for me yet,” Peterson said after his victory. “I’m probably most excited about getting to walk out to the 50-yard line in Tiger Stadium one night next year at a football game. If they let me do that, I want to walk out there in front of 90,000 people with Chuck (Winstead) and Shane (Warren) and these guys who’ve helped me.

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“I’m just so proud of this team and how far we’ve come these last four years. I know we would have liked to play better as a team this week, but we’ve had a great season.” After wrapping up his round at approximately 1:30 p.m. CDT with a one-shot lead over Georgia Tech star James White and a two-shot advantage over the contending trio of Cantlay, Harris English of Georgia and Luke Guthrie of Illinois, Peterson endured many anxious moments in the clubhouse while he watched the contenders try to match his number in the afternoon round at Karsten Creek. After White made bogey on the par-three No. 3 to drop to 3-under par for the championship, no one at the top of the leaderboard would pull to within one shot of Peterson again until the final group approached the par-five 18th hole when Cantlay stood over a 16-foot eagle putt trailing Peterson by two shots at 3-under par. Cantlay, the National Player of the Year who birdied the par-four 17th hole to draw to within two shots of Peterson’s lead, fired a 4-iron to within 16 feet of the flag on the 18th green to give himself a left-to-right putt back up the hill for his eagle attempt. The UCLA freshman burned the right side of the cup before holing out with a birdie and ending a single stroke behind Peterson on the leaderboard with a score of 4-under 212 for three rounds. Five golfers finished four shots back in a tie for third place at 1-under 215, while White was five back in a tie for eighth place at even-par 216 and English tied for 10th place at 1-over par 217. There’s no doubt that the championship was won on the back nine, which Peterson played at 13-under par for the tournament after playing the front nine at a combined 8-over par during his three rounds. “We went back to the hotel after the round,” Peterson said. “I just tried to keep my mind off of it as much as I could, but I had to charge up my phone because I was hitting refresh so many times. I probably won’t be able to even go to sleep tonight. I’m feeling so many different things right now.”

John Peterson: 2011 NCAA Champion

Despite teeing off at 8:10 a.m. CDT as part of the very first wave of the day with a one-stroke lead for the first 36 holes, the final round proved to be anything but a smooth ride to the finish for Peterson as his national title hopes appeared dashed after turning with a 4-over 40 on his front nine. As the only championship contender on the course in the morning round, Peterson then found himself in a tie for 10th place as he headed to the back nine with a score of 1-under for the championship. But as he had done throughout his collegiate career, Peterson stormed back to retake the lead thanks to his near perfect back nine in which he carded four birdies with no bogeys for a 4-under par 32. After crawling back to 3-under par with birdies at the par-three 11th hole and par-five 14th hole, Peterson went out in style in his final round as an LSU Tiger with back-to-back birdies at the par-four 17th and par-five 18th holes. On the 17th hole, Peterson fired a 4-iron into the wind from 180 yards to within seven feet of the cup as he finished with a birdie. He then followed by hitting his second shot on the par-five 18th hole over the green with the ball coming to rest in the long rough. But he then took a full-swing flop shot that rolled five feet past the hole for yet another birdie opportunity. Peterson’s putt circled all 360 degrees of the cup before falling for a birdie, eliciting an emotional fist pump from the Tiger senior as he regained the overall lead. All Peterson could do at that point was just sit and wait as the rest of those trailing him on the leaderboard prepared to begin their rounds. It would be another six hours before Peterson learned his fate with Cantlay rolling his eagle putt wide right of the cup on the 54th and final hole of medal play. Peterson was actually on the driving range warming up for a potential playoff with Cantlay when he heard the news that the putt was missed and he had finally won his national

championship. A playoff for the NCAA title would have been a fitting end to Peterson’s senior season after competing in three already that spring. Peterson defeated teen phenom Jordan Speith to take home the Jones Cup before the start of the collegiate spring season in February 2011. He also dropped a pair of playoffs to Florida standout Andres Echavarria for the SEC individual title and teammate Andrew Loupe for a spot in the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic leading up to NCAA postseason play. “I knew he (Patrick Cantlay) was going to make that putt and we would be going to a playoff. That is how this season has been for me this year,” Peterson said. “It’s funny how that seems to happen to me this year in the biggest tournaments. It was a great feeling when he missed his putt.” By winning the 2011 NCAA individual crown, Peterson capped one of the most prolific careers for an LSU Tiger as he became the fifth threetime All-American in program history, joining a list with the likes of Eddie Merrins (1952-54), B.R. McLendon (1965-67), Rob McNamara (1984-87) and David Toms (1986-89). Peterson led the way for the No. 9-ranked and No. 10-seeded Tigers throughout the week as LSU earned a 21st-place finish in the final team standings with a 54-hole team score of 41-over par 905. The Tigers improved upon their 24th-place finish at the NCAA Championships the season before with their top finish in the tournament since an 18th-finish in 1997. Junior Sang Yi carded his lowest score of the tournament in the final round with a 2-under par 70. Yi posted a total of four birdies to go along with just two bogeys to climb into a tie for 88th place in the final standings with a 54-hole score of 13-over 229. The Tigers also counted scores of 9-over par 81 by senior Ken Looper and 10-over par 82 by junior Austin Gutgsell as part of its team score of 17-over 305 in the final round. Looper wrapped up

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in a tie for 125th place at 21-over 237 on the week, while Gutgsell followed one shot back in 128th place at 22-over 238. Senior All-American Andrew Loupe shot an 18-over 90 in the final round to finish the event in a tie for 141st place overall in the event. Loupe still earned All-America honors as one of the nation’s top players of 2011. “We didn’t drive the ball straight enough this week to be successful as a team on this golf course,” said LSU head coach Chuck Winstead. “But you can’t take away from what this group has done for LSU Golf. I love these guys and wish this week would have gone better for them as a group. They’ve done things for their time here to restore this program to where it should be. I’m proud of each and every one of them.” Peterson also talked about his fellow seniors and the recognition they helped bring back to one of the most storied programs in all of college golf during their four years together. “It makes me extremely glad that I came to LSU,” Peterson said. “When I was coming out of high school, I was a pretty good player, but I wasn’t a great player by any means. We weren’t even that good when we got here four years ago. Andrew and I and the rest of this senior class have really pushed ourselves toward this point. It’s been an unbelievable time for us and we know this program is only going to get better.”

2011 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Final Medal Play Leaderboard 1. John Peterson, LSU 2. Patrick Cantlay, UCLA T3. Lion Kim, Michigan T3. Cameron Peck, Texas A&M T3. Patrick Reed, Augusta State T3. J.J. Spaun, San Diego State T3. Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State T8. Michael Weaver, California T8. Michael White, Georgia Tech T10. Todd Baek, San Diego State T10. Austin Cook, Arkansas

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74-65-72 – 211 -5 72-69-71 – 212 -4 72-70-73 – 215 -1 68-74-73 – 215 -1 69-75-71 – 215 -1 69-75-71 – 215 -1 73-69-73 – 215 -1 71-71-74 – 216 E 67-73-76 – 216 E 72-72-73 – 217 +1 70-74-73 – 217 +1

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2014 NCAA Semifinalists

Tigers Compete for National Championship in Match Play The LSU Tigers gave themselves an opportunity to win their first national championship in nearly 60 years after firing a team score of 4-under par 836 in 54 holes of medal play at the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships while earning the No. 3 seed in the eight-team match-play tournament for the title in the event held May 23-28 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas. It marked the first time in six seasons of the current format that the Tigers qualified for the eight-team, single-elimination tournament for the national championship dating back to NCAA’s adoption of match play since the 2008-09 season. Sparked by final rounds of 2-under par 70 by junior Ben Taylor and 1-under par 69 by senior Smylie Kaufman, the Tigers capped their third round of stroke-play qualifying with a team score of 1-under par 279 to finish as the runners-up to the No. 3-ranked Stanford Cardinal and in a tie for second place with the No. 1-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide among the 30 teams in medal play. Stanford ran away from the field with a 54-hole score of 13-under par 827 to claim the No. 1 seed in the match play quarterfinals. Alabama earned the No. 2 seed over the Tigers in match play with the second tiebreaker established by the NCAA of highest 54-hole score by one golfer in the lineup after both teams’ non-counting scores over the three rounds totaled 11-over par. LSU broke par in each of its three rounds in stroke play to clinch its first top-10 team finish at the NCAA Championships in 25 years, sandwiching scores of 1-under 279 in the first and third rounds around a 2-under 278 in the second round for a 54-hole score of 4-under par 836. The Tigers last cracked the Top 10 of the final team standings at the NCAA Championships in 1989 when they tied for eighth place nationally. It was the 20th time in the program’s history that the Tigers took home a top-10 team finish at the NCAA Championships, including four national titles claimed in 1940, 1942, 1947 and 1955. Their performance set up a quarterfinal match with No. 21-ranked UCLA as the Bruins nabbed the No. 6 seed thanks to an unbelievable display of putting on their back nine to finish off a round of 1-over 281 in the final round for a score of 4-over 844 for sixth place overall in stroke-play qualifying. No. 1 seed Stanford faced No. 8 seed Illinois after the Fighting Illini tied the SMU Mustangs for seventh place in the team standings at 5-over par 845 after 54 holes. No. 2 seed Alabama battled No. 7 seed SMU, and No. 4 seed Oklahoma State and No. 5 seed Georgia Tech featured in the remaining match after the Cowboys finished at even-par 840 and the Yellow Jackets ended at 1-over par 841. “Our guys are excited. They have worked hard this year, and are excited for the opportunity to play for a national championship,” LSU head coach Chuck Winstead said of his team’s qualification. “The reality of the NCAA Championships is that it is two tournaments here. We played very well in stroke play to put ourselves in this position, and now we’ll go to match play with the mindset to win. The teams we’ve brought here in the past few years have all had it in them to get to this point, but I’m so proud of these guys for believing in themselves and taking that next step up.

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“These guys are developing into a very good team. We’ll keep playing the type of golf we’ve been working toward, and see if we can’t get a little bit better every day. We’re looking forward to it.” After opening the championship with a 1-over 71, Taylor caught fire to finish as the top Tiger in the individual competition as he played his final 36 holes at 5-under par with scores of 3-under 67 and 2-under 68 to tie for sixth place on the final leaderboard at 4-under par 206 for the championship. It was the third time in five years for an LSU Tiger to crack the Top 10 of the final NCAA standing after three-time All-American John Peterson tied for sixth place as a junior in 2010 before being crowned the NCAA Champion as a senior in 2011. Taylor played a nearly flawless final round with three birdies and one bogey on his scorecard. After opening with six-straight pars, he reeled off three birdies over a four-hole stretch around the turn at the par-five seventh, par-four eighth and par-three 10th holes before making his lone bogey of the day at the par-four 13th hole to cap his afternoon with a team-leading 2-under par 68. It was an outstanding individual finish in the NCAA Championship

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FINAL TOP 10 TEAM LEADERBOARD

1. Stanford T2. LSU T2. Alabama 4. Oklahoma State 5. Georgia Tech 6. UCLA T7. SMU T7. Illinois 9. South Carolina 10. Houston

281-267-279 – 827 -13 279-278-279 – 836 -4 274-278-284 – 836 -4 277-279-284 – 840 E 277-282-282 – 841 +1 279-284-281 – 844 +4 275-285-285 – 845 +5 285-280-280 – 845 +5 272-292-282 – 846 +6 284-285-279 – 848 +8

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FINAL TOP 10 INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD

1. Cameron Wilson, Stanford 2. Ollie Schniederjans, Ga. Tech T3. David Boote, Stanford T3. James Ross, Houston T3. Robby Shelton, Alabama T6. Ben Taylor, LSU T6. Denny McCarthy, Virginia T6. Seth Reeves, Ga. Tech T9. Brian Campbell, Illinois T9. Sebastian Cappelen, Ark. T9. Lorens Chan, UCLA T9. Bryson Dechambeau, SMU T9. Toni Hakula, Texas T9. Ryan Zech, Missouri

71-63-70 – 204 -6 71-65-68 – 204 -6 73-67-65 – 205 -5 70-69-66 – 205 -5 72-65-68 – 205 -5 71-67-68 – 206 -4 65-71-70 – 206 -4 66-72-68 – 206 -4 70-74-63 – 207 -3 68-71-68 – 207 -3 70-70-67 – 207 -3 69-69-69 – 207 -3 72-68-67 – 209 -3 70-69-68 – 207 -3

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Tigers Make Historic Run to NCAA Final Four debut for the junior from Leatherhead, Surrey, England, as Taylor joined the program in the summer of 2013 as a two-time NCAA Division II All-American. Kaufman and junior Curtis Thompson also broke par for 54 holes to lead the Tigers into match play as they tied one another for 19th place on the leaderboard at 1-under par 209 for the championship. Kaufman trailed Taylor by just one shot in the final round with his 1-under par 69 that featured an eagle at No. 7 and a birdie at the par-four 14th hole along with bogeys at the par-four ninth and par-four 16th holes. Thompson carded three birdies and three bogeys in the last round to take home his best career NCAA finish with an even-par 70 in Monday’s final round. Junior First-Team All-SEC and All-American standout Stewart Jolly added a 2-over 72 toward LSU’s team score in the final round as he finished off the individual competition in a tie for 55th place at 4-over 214 for the championship. Sophomore Zach Wright rounded out the lineup in a tie for 105th place at 9-over 219 that featured a 4-over 74 on the day. Stanford’s Cameron Wilson was crowned the 2014 NCAA Champion after defeating Georgia Tech standout Ollie Schniederjans in a three-hole, suddendeath playoff after the two All-Americans tied one another with matching 54-hole scores of 6-under par 204 in medal play. After earning the No. 3 seed in 54 holes of medal play, the Tigers made history in advancing to the NCAA Final Four of match play after scoring a decisive 4-1 victory over the No. 6-seeded UCLA Bruins in their quarterfinal match to set up an SEC showdown with No. 2 seed and defending national champion Alabama in the semifinal round at the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. Kaufman, Taylor, Thompson and Wright each put the Tigers on the scoreboard with wins in their respective matches as LSU cruised to the NCAA Semifinals to face the Crimson Tide with just one match separating them from a chance to play for their fifth national championship in the program’s history. Kaufman clinched the win for the Tigers with his 2-up victory over UCLA’s Jonathan Garrick in Match 3. In what proved to be a tight match throughout, neither led by more than one hole until Kaufman’s par at the par-four ninth hole that sealed his 2-up victory and gave the Tigers a clinching 3-1 advantage in the match with only Wright still on the course. Kaufman took the lead for good in his match with an eagle 3 at the parfive seventh hole to take a 1-up lead with just two holes to play. He finished his round at No. 9 after teeing off from the back nine to start the day. Taylor, the team’s top performer in stroke play qualifying, scored the first point for the Tigers in the quarterfinal as he stormed to a 4&3 victory over Bruin standout Anton Arboleda as they played only 15 holes in their match. Taylor was actually 2-down to Arboleda through 3 holes after teeing off from the back nine, but quickly squared the match with pars at the par-four 13th and par-three 15th holes. After grabbing a lead for the first time with a par at the par-four third hole, Taylor sealed the match by a score of 4&3 as he won four-straight holes at Nos. 3-6 to put the Tigers on the scoreboard. The Bruins won their only point for the match when Loren Chan drew UCLA level at 1-1 in with a 4&3 victory of his own over Tiger junior Stewart Jolly as they also picked up after 15 holes. But Thompson gave the Tigers a lead they would not relinquish thanks

to his 1-up victory over Preston Valder as LSU regained the lead by a 2-1 margin. The match came down to the final hole after they played 17 holes at all square. A par by Thompson and a double bogey by Valder on No. 9 gave the point to the Tigers for a crucial 2-1 advantage. After Kaufman clinched the quarterfinal victory for the Tigers, Wright polished off the win with his 2&1 victory over Matt Pinizzotto in Match 5. Wright found himself 2-down after just three holes, but bounced back for a 1-up lead at the turn with a birdie at the par-four 14th, a par at the par-three 15th and a birdie at the par-four 18th hole. Wright and Pinizzotto traded holes at No. 1 and No. 2, before Wright made birdie at No. 7 and par at No. 8 to finish his 2&1 victory in the match. Alabama, which also scored a 3-2 win in its quarterfinal match against No. 7 seed SMU, featured in the national championship match in each of the previous two seasons. The Crimson Tide won the program’s first national championship in 2013 with a 4-1 victory over Illinois in the national championship match after finishing as the NCAA runner-up to Texas in 2012. It’s a national semifinal that also featured the top two teams from the SEC Championship earlier in April 2014 when Alabama won its third-straight conference crown with the Tigers finishing as the SEC runners-up for the 2013-14 season. LSU and Alabama squared off on live television as Golf Channel broadcast both national semifinal matches on May 27, 2014, that also featured No. 1 seed Stanford against No. 4 seed Oklahoma State. The SEC rivals finished 54 holes of stroke play qualifying in a tie for second place in the team standings as both LSU and Alabama fired teams scores of 4-under par 836 in three rounds to earn their spot in the matchplay competition. They had certainly matched one another shot-for-shot through five days of action at Prairie Dunes Country Club after advancing to the NCAA Final Four. LSU’s historic 2013-14 season came to an end for the Tigers as they went down by a 4-1 score to Alabama in the NCAA Semifinals. Wright was the lone Tiger to win his semifinal match as he scored a 1-up victory over Alabama’s senior All-American Cory Whitsett to put the Tigers on the scoreboard after the Crimson Tide had already clinched their spot in the national championship match. Alabama advanced to battle No. 4 seed Oklahoma State in the title match to wrap up the 2013-14 collegiate season, defeating the Cowboys by a 4-1 score to win its second-straight national championship. With their run to the NCAA Final Four, the Tigers earned their best team finish at the NCAA Championships since earning a third-place national finish in 1967, while they also finished among the nation’s top-10 teams for the first time in 25 years when they tied for eighth place in the event in David Toms’ senior season in 1989. Their performance capped an outstanding postseason run that featured a victory at Texas A&M’s Aggie Invitational in their regular-season finale before finishing as the SEC runners-up at the SEC Championships and tying for fourth place at the NCAA Columbia (Mo.) Regional in 2014.

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TOP 20 CAREER STROKE AVERAGES (SINCE 1982)

TOP 20 STROKE AVERAGES (SINCE 1982)

1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

PLAYER

Alan Morgan (1999-2001) John Peterson (2007-11) Stewart Jolly (2011-15) Curtis Thompson (2011-14) Heath West (2002-05) David Toms (1985-89) Fredrik Lindgren (1987-89) Andrew Loupe (2007-11) Chris Wells (2004-07) Rob McNamara (1983-87) Brian Bateman (1993-96) Sang Yi (2008-12) John Humphries (1999-2003) Zach Wright (2012-present) Andrew Presley (2010-14) Greg Lesher (1986-90) P.J. Smith (1995-97) Perry Moss (1987-91) Scott Sterling (1990-94) Emlyn Aubrey (1982-86)

AVG. RDS.

72.17 72.58 72.80 72.81 72.81 72.93 73.00 73.01 73.16 73.20 73.22 73.28 73.31 73.32 73.33 73.36 73.51 73.65 73.91 73.92

75 146 133 102 132 160 76 143 99 143 143 138 141 99 105 141 130 119 139 130

PLAYER

Brandon Pierce David Toms Stewart Jolly John Peterson Alan Morgan Sang Yi Scott Sterling Curtis Thompson Craig Webb Ben Taylor Andrew Loupe Emlyn Aubrey Zach Wright Eric Ricard Smylie Kaufman Greg Lesher John Peterson John Humphries Heath West Fredrik Lindgren

RDS.

25 43 36 39 39 34 35 36 35 24 38 40 34 37 30 43 38 38 34 37

AVG.

71.16 71.27 71.50 71.53 71.54 71.56 71.60 71.78 71.91 72.00 72.00 72.00 72.03 72.11 72.20 72.23 72.29 72.32 72.35 72.43

YEARLY STROKE AVG. LEADERS (SINCE 1985)

YEAR

1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

2015 1989 2014 2011 2001 2012 1993 2014 1993 2014 2010 1986 2015 2015 2014 1988 2010 2003 2002 1989

* - minimum 70 rounds

CAREER TOP-10 FINISHES (SINCE 1982) PLAYER

1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 13. 15. 18.

David Toms (1985-89) Rob McNamara (1983-87) Emlyn Aubrey (1982-86) John Peterson (2007-11) Brian Bateman (1993-96) Andrew Loupe (2007-11) Greg Lesher (1986-90) Sang Yi (2008-12) Jeremy Wilkinson (1996-99) Stewart Jolly (2011-15) P.J. Smith (1995-97) Andrew Presley (2010-14) John Humphries (1999-2003) Bob Friend (1982-86) Scott Sterling (1990-94) Rett Crowder (1988-92) Fredrik Lindgren (1987-89) Curtis Thompson (2011-14) Chris Wells (2004-07) Heath West (2002-05) Alan Morgan (1999-2001)

NO.

29 22 20 19 19 18 16 15 14 13 13 12 11 11 10 10 10 9 9 9 9

BEST TEAM ROUNDS (SINCE 1985) SCORE

-17 -15 -14 -13 -12 -12 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -10 -10 -10 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9 -9

263 273 274 275 268 276 273 277 277 273 277 277 277 281 278 278 278 279 279 279 275 279 279 279 279 279 283

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SEC Championships, 2014, 3rd rd. The Prestige at PGA West, 2015, 3rd rd. NCAA Columbia Regional, 2014, 3rd rd. Gary Koch Invitational, 2009, 1st rd. NCAA New Haven Regional, 2015, 3rd rd. David Toms Intercollegiate, 2010, 2nd rd. Valspar Invitational at Floridian, 2015, 1st rd. Schenkel Invitational, 2011, 2nd rd. Louisiana Classics, 2010, 2nd rd. David Toms Intercollegiate, 2009, 2nd rd. SEC Championships, 2009, 3rd rd. CCLA Intercollegiate, 2000, 2nd rd. Chris Schenkel Invitational, 1986, 2nd rd. Tar Heel Invitational, 1986, 2nd rd. Golfweek Conference Challenge, 2014, 1st rd. University Club Intercollegiate, 2004, 2nd rd. Billy Hitchcock Invitational, 1992, 2nd rd. U.S. Collegiate Championship, 2014, 2nd rd. LSU National Invitational, 2012, 3rd rd. Louisiana Classics, 2012, 2nd rd. Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, 2009, 2nd rd. Bank of America Intercollegiate, 2008, 2nd rd. LSU Spring Invitational, 2002, 1st rd. CCLA Intercollegiate, 2001, 2nd rd. Gary Koch Invitational, 2000, 3rd rd. Henry Homberg Invitational, 1987, 1st rd. Tar Heel Invitational, 1986, 2nd rd.

CAREER TOP-20 FINISHES (SINCE 1985) PLAYER

1. 2. 4. 5. 7. 9. 10. 11. 12. 14. 15. 18. 19.

David Toms (1985-89) Andrew Loupe (2007-11) P.J. Smith (1995-97) Brian Bateman (1993-96) John Peterson (2007-11) Greg Lesher (1986-90) Sang Yi (2008-12) Heath West (2002-05) Scott Sterling (1990-94) Stewart Jolly (2011-15) Curtis Thompson (2011-14) Rett Crowder (1989-92) Perry Moss (1987-91) Andrew Presley (2010-13) John Humphries (1999-2003) Alan Morgan (1999-2001) Jeremy Wilkinson (1996-99) Fredrik Lindgren (1987-89) Zach Wright (2012-present) Chris Wells (2004-07)

NO.

37 29 29 28 27 27 25 25 23 22 21 20 20 19 18 18 18 17 15 15

PLAYER

Rob McNamara Emlyn Aubrey Rob McNamara David Toms David Toms Perry Moss Perry Moss Rett Crowder Scott Sterling Scott Sterling Brian Bateman Brian Bateman P.J. Smith P.J. Smith Jeremy Wilkinson Alan Morgan Nathan Goulding Heath West John Humphries Heath West Chris Wells Andrew Lanahan Chris Wells Andrew Loupe John Peterson Andrew Loupe John Peterson Sang Yi Curtis Thompson Stewart Jolly Brandon Pierce

AVG.

73.32 72.00 73.38 72.61 71.27 72.81 72.64 73.57 71.60 73.54 73.25 72.84 72.67 73.08 73.21 72.86 72.77 72.35 72.31 72.80 72.83 73.37 73.00 74.06 72.48 72.00 71.53 71.56 73.00 71.50 71.16

RDS.

40 40 37 39 43 32 42 40 35 35 35 38 37 37 32 36 27 34 38 35 36 27 30 33 33 38 39 34 38 36 25

CAREER TOURNAMENT WINS (SINCE 1982) PLAYER

1. 2. 3. 4. 9.

NO.

David Toms (1985-89) Rob McNamara (1983-87) Stewart Jolly (2011-15) Andrew Presley (2010-13) Austin Gutgsell (2008-12) John Peterson (2007-11) Alan Morgan (1999-2001) Perry Moss (1987-91) Ben Taylor (2013-15) Zach Wright (2012-present) Myles Lewis (2011-15) Curtis Thompson (2011-14) Andrew Loupe (2007-11) Beck Troutman (2004-08) John Humphries (1999-2003) Brian Bateman (1992-96) Scott Sterling (1990-94) Greg Lesher (1986-90) Tommie Mudd (1983-87) Emlyn Aubrey (1982-86)

6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

BEST TEAM TOURNAMENT SCORES (SINCE 1985)

BEST IND. TOURNAMENT SCORES (SINCE 1985)

SCORE

SCORE PLAYER

-21 -19 -18 -17 -16 -16 -15 -15 -15 -15 -14 -13 -13 -13 -12 -12 -12 -11 -11 -11 -9 -9 -9 -9 -8 -8 -8 -7 -7 -7 -7

843 845 822 847 848 848 849 849 849 849 838 827 851 851 840 852 852 853 853 853 855 843 855 855 844 856 856 857 845 857 857

TOURNAMENT

The Prestige at PGA West, 2015 Louisiana Classics, 2014 SEC Championships, 2014 Louisiana Classics, 2012 David Toms Intercollegiate, 2010 University Club Intercollegiate, 2004 Golfweek Conference Challenge, 2014 NCAA Columbia Regional, 2014 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate, 1994 Chris Schenkel Invitational, 1986 Talis Park Challenge, 2015 SEC Championships, 2015 LSU Spring Invitational, 2004 Tournament of Champions, 2000 Valspar Invitational at Floridian, 2015 Chris Schenkel Invitational, 1989 Henry Homberg Invitational, 1987 LSU National Invitational, 2012 Squire Creek Invitational, 2008 LSU National Invitational, 1990 Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic, 2014 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate, 2006 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, 2001 Country Club of Jackson Invitational, 1987 David Toms Intercollegiate, 2009 Bank of America Intercollegiate, 2008 CCLA Intercollegiate, 2000 United States Collegiate Championship, 2014 Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, 2010 CCLA Intercollegiate, 2003 Henry Homberg Invitational, 1986

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204 John Peterson (Gary Koch Invite, 2009) 199 Smylie Kaufman (SEC Championships, 2014) 205 Perry Moss (LSU National Invite, 1990) 205 David Toms (SEC Championships, 1987) 206 Myles Lewis (The Prestige at PGA West, 2015) 203 Stewart Jolly (Valspar Invitational at Floridian, 2014) 206 Myles Lewis (Louisiana Classics, 2014) 206 Andrew Presley (Louisiana Classics, 2012) 206 Austin Gutgsell (David Toms Intercollegiate, 2010) 206 Chris Wells (UC Intercollegiate, 2004) 206 Alan Morgan (CCLA Intercollegiate, 2000) 206 David Toms (Golf Digest Collegiate, 1988) 207 Eric Ricard (The Prestige at PGA West, 2015) 207 Stewart Jolly (Golfweek Conference Challenge, 2014) 207 Stewart Jolly (Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic, 2014) 207 Austin Gutgsell (LSU National Invitational, 2012) 207 Greg Lesher (LSU National Invite, 1989) 208 Andrew Presley (Argent Financial Classic, 2013) 208 Andrew Loupe (Louisiana Classics, 2010) 205 John Peterson (David Toms Intercollegiate, 2009) 205 John Peterson (Hootie at Bulls Bay, 2009) 205 Chris Wells (Jerry Pate Intercollegiate, 2006) 208 Alan Morgan (ASU Invitational, 2001) 208 Greg Lesher (Chris Schenkel Invite, 1988) 208 David Toms (Jerry Pate Intercollegiate, 1988) 208 Emlyn Aubrey (Chris Schenkel Invite, 1986)

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TOURNAMENT

SCORE

1985 1985 1987 1987 1987 1987 1988 1989 1989 1989 1989 1991 1994 1996 2001 2001 2003 2005 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014

University of New Orleans Invitational Country Club of Jackson Invitational LSU National Invitational Miami-Doral Park National Invitational Country Club of Jackson Invitational SEC Championships Jerry Pate Intercollegiate Golf Digest Collegiate Invitational Florida Southern-Imperial Lakes Classic Gator Invitational LSU National Invitational LSU National Invitational Southeastern Intercollegiate PING-Tulsa Invitational Tennessee Tournament of Champions Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate LSU Spring Invitational LSU Spring Invitational John Hayt Invitational David Toms Intercollegiate Louisiana Classics NCAA Championships LSU National Invitational Louisiana Classics Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Shoal Creek Intercollegiate David Toms Intercollegiate Louisiana Classics Golfweek Conference Challenge Louisiana Classics Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate

139 207 212 213 210 205 208 206 205 204 207 205 209 216 209 206 211 211 214 206 208 211 207 206 210 210 220 209 210 206 207 214

Rob McNamara Rob McNamara David Toms Rob McNamara Tommie Mudd David Toms David Toms David Toms David Toms David Toms Greg Lesher Perry Moss Scott Sterling Brian Bateman Alan Morgan Alan Morgan John Humphries Beck Troutman John Peterson Austin Gutgsell Andrew Loupe John Peterson Austin Gutgsell Andrew Presley Stewart Jolly Curtis Thompson Andrew Presley Zach Wright Stewart Jolly Myles Lewis Stewart Jolly Ben Taylor

Beck Troutman

LOW ROUNDS (SINCE 1985) PLAYER

CLASS

SCORE

Tommie Mudd Greg Lesher Brandon Pierce Ben Taylor Myles Lewis Austin Gutgsell Smylie Kaufman John Peterson Clayton Rotz Andrew Loupe Garrett Runion Jeremy Wilkinson Scott Sterling Perry Moss Perry Moss Rett Crowder Perry Moss David Toms

So. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. So. So. So.

63 72 64 70 65 70 65 70 65 72 65 72 65 72 65 72 65 72 65 70 65 71 65 72 65 72 65 72 65 70 65 65 72 65 72

PAR

TOURNAMENT

DATE

LSU Invitational Gator Invitional NCAA New Haven Regional NCAA New Haven Regional The Prestige at PGA West LSU National Invitational Argent Financial Classic NCAA Championships SEC Championships Gator Invitational Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate Tennessee Tournament of Champions Carpet Capital Collegiate Classic Southern Intercollegiate Gator Invitational Taylor Made/Doral Park Florida Southern Invitational SEC Championships

1985 Sherwood Forest Country Club - Baton Rouge, La. 2/10/89 University Course - Gainesville, Fla. 5/16/15 The Course at Yale - New Haven, Conn. 5/16/15 The Course at Yale - New Haven, Conn. 2/18/15 PGA West (Norman Course) - La Quinta, Calif. 4/1/12 The University Club - Baton Rouge, La. 3/11/12 Squire Creek Country Club - Choudrant, La. 6/1/11 Karsten Creek Golf Club - Stillwater, Okla. 4/19/09 Frederica Golf Club - St. Simons Island, Ga. 2/9/08 Mark Bostic Golf Course - Gainesville, Fla. 9/27/04 Vanderbilt Legends Club - Nashville, Tenn. 9/30/97 Holston Hills Country Club - Knoxville, Tenn. 9/21/91 The Farm Golf Club - Rocky Face, Ga. 11/11/90 Athens Country Club - Athens, Ga. 2/11/90 University Course - Gainesville, Fla. 2/24/90 Doral Park Country Club - Miami, Fla. 3/3-5/89 Imperial Lakes Country Club - Lakeland, Fla. 5/17/87 Turtle Point Yacht Club - Florence, Ala.

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HISTORY

1987 SEC CHAMPIONS 1935-36 Southern Intercollegiate

1955-56 All-America (Team Match)

1936-37 SEC Championships Southern Intercollegiate

1958-59 All-America (Two Ball)

2005 SHOAL CREEK INTERCOLLEGIATE

1959-60 All-America (Team Match) All-America (Best Ball) Southern Intercollegiate SEC Championships All-America (Two Ball)

1937-38 SEC Championships Southern Intercollegiate 1938-39 SEC Championships

1960-61 LSU Invitational

1939-40 SEC Championships Southern Intercollegiate NCAA Championships 1941-42 SEC Championships Southern Intercollegiate NCAA Championships 1945-46 SEC Championships 1946-47 SEC Championships NCAA Championships

1973-74 Louisiana Intercollegiate Jim Corbett Classic

1987-88 Gator Invitational Jerry Pate Invitational

1974-75 LSU Invitational Centenary Classic Jim Corbett Classic

1988-89 LSU National Invitational Florida Southern Invitational Golf Digest Collegiate Invitational Chris Schenkel Invitational

2004-05 LSU Spring Invitational

1990-91 Taylor Made Doral Park Intercollegiate

2008-09 Gopher Invitational John Hayt Invitational Reunion Intercollegiate

1976-77 Seminole Classic Jim Corbett Classic

1964-65 Buckhaults Invitational

1977-78 Louisiana Intercollegiate

1965-66 LSU Invitational Southern Intercollegiate SEC Championships

1978-79 Southern Mississippi Invitational Broadwater Beach Invitational

1966-67 B.O. Van Hook Invitational L.R. Goldman Invitational SEC Championships

1948-49 Gulf Coast Invitational

1967-68 B.O. Van Hook Invitational

1949-50 Gulf Coast Invitational

1968-69 B.O. Van Hook Invitational

1952-53 SEC Championships

1969-70 LSU Invitational Tulane Invitational Louisiana Intercollegiate

1980-81 Seminole Classic New Orleans Invitational 1983-84 Yale Fall Intercollegiate Morton Braswell Intercollegiate Louisiana Intercollegiate Orange Lake Intercollegiate 1984-85 USM-Laurel C.C. Invitational UNO Invitational 1985-86 USM-Laurel C.C. Invitational Gator Invitational Country Club of Jackson Invitational SEC Championships

1970-71 McNeese Invitational

1954-55 NCAA Championships

1986-87 Country Club of Jackson Invitational SEC Championships

1963-64 Buckhaults Invitational

1947-48 SEC Championships Southern Intercollegiate

1953-54 Southern Intercollegiate SEC Championships

1972-73 Louisiana Intercollegiate Port Malabar Invitational Jim Corbett Classic

1975-76 LSU-Tulane Invitational Florida Invitational

1961-62 LSU Invitational

1971-72 Jim Corbett Classic

2009 JOHN HAYT INVITATIONAL 2002-03 LSU Spring Invitational 2003-04 Baylor Invitational Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate LSU Spring Invitational

1991-92 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate

2005-06 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate

2009-10 David Toms Intercollegiate Louisiana Classics Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate

1993-94 Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate Southeastern Intercollegiate Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate

2010-11 Gopher Invitational David Toms Intercollegiate Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate LSU National Invitational

1994-95 Louisiana Classic All-American Intercollegiate

2011-12 Louisiana Classics Argent Financial Classic LSU National Invitational

1995-1996 Reliastar Classic Ping-Tulsa Invitational Blue-Gray Intercollegiate

2012-13 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate David Toms Intercollegiate

1998-99 The Bridges All-American 2000-01 Tennessee Tournament of Champions Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate LSU Spring Invitational

2013-14 Aggie Invitational 2014-15 Golfweek Conference Challenge David Toms Intercollegiate Talis Park Challenge SEC Championships NCAA Championships

2001-02 Gator Invitational LSU Spring Invitational

LSU’S WINNINGEST COACHES COACH

YEARS

TOURNAMENT TITLES

COACH

YEARS

TOURNAMENT TITLES

COACH

YEARS

TOURNAMENT TITLES

Chuck Winstead

Maj. J. Perry Cole

Buddy Alexander

Britt Harrison

Bill Brogden

Harry Taylor

Mike Barbato

Greg Jones

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HISTORY

1961-1992, 2011-12

1993-2003

YEAR

TEAM CHAMPION (SCORE)

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION (SCORE)

YEAR

1961

LSU (591)

Howell Fraser, LSU (145)

1993 LSU (879)

Ryan Perna, North Florida (215)

1962 LSU (578)

Roy Pace, Louisiana Tech (142)

1994 Tennessee (884)

Jamie Neher, Tennessee (213)

1963

Buddy Short, Southwestern La. (138)

1995

Simon Cooke, Virginia (214)

1964 LSU (584)

John Lamey, Alabama (142)

1996 Auburn (865)

Michael Connell, Mississippi State (207)

1965 LSU (591)

Pat O’Brien, McNeese State (140)

1997

Jeremy Parrot, Georgia (207)

1966 LSU (577)

B.R. McLendon, LSU (141)

1998 E. Tenn. State (862)

David Christensen, E. Tenn. State (209)

1967 Houston (849)

B.R. McLendon, LSU (208)

1999 North Florida (880)

David Bennett, North Florida (211)

1968 Memphis State (573)

Jimmy Day, LSU (133)

2000 LSU (856)

Alan Morgan, LSU (206)

1969 Houston (849)

John Mahaffey, Houston (208)

2001 UAB (856)

Graeme McDowell, UAB (204)

1970 LSU (1,340)

Gary Bennett, Memphis State (279)

2002 No Tournament

No Tournament

1971

Jim McLean, Houston (282)

2003 LSU (851)

Michael Thompson, Tulane (207)

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Memphis State (579)

Houston (1,439)

1972 Houston (1,430)

Mike Drury, LSU (278)

1973

Houston (1,073)

Bill Rogers, Houston (208)

1974

Houston (1,076)

Bruce Douglass, Murray State (207)

1976 LSU (592)

Allen Ritchie, Alabama (144)

1977

Houston (1,082)

Jerry Anderson, Texas (212)

1978

Oklahoma State (1,067) Mark Tinder, Oral Roberts (207)

1979

Oral Roberts (842)

Georgia (881) Georgia (857)

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION (SCORE)

Mark Tinder, Oral Roberts (204)

1980 Houston (854)

Hal Sutton, Centenary (208)

1981

Oral Roberts (858)

Joe Rassett, Oral Roberts (206)

1982

UCLA (831)

Jay Delsing, UCLA (202)

1983

Texas (562)

Mark Brooks, Texas (138)

1984 Houston (847)

John Slaughter, Houston (206)

1985

David Peege, Ole Miss (210)

1986 Florida (856)

Philip Jonas, Lamar (206)

1987 LSU (863)

David Toms, LSU (212)

1988 Arizona State (1,091)

Dave Miley, Ole Miss (210)

1989 LSU (862)

Greg Lesher, LSU (207)

1990 Clemson (875)

Oswald Drawdy, Clemson (209)

1991

Florida (846)

Perry Moss, LSU (205)

1992

Florida (896)

Carl Paulson, South Carolina (215)

2011

LSU (886)

Stephan Jaeger, Chattanooga (209)

2012 LSU (853)

TEAM CHAMPION (SCORE)

Keith Fergus, Houston (212)

1975 LSU (1,063)

Oklahoma (870)

Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate

Austin Gutgsell, LSU (207)

2009-Present

David Toms Intercollegiate YEAR

TEAM CHAMPION (SCORE)

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION (SCORE)

2009 LSU (844)

Jade Scott, Rice (204)

2010 LSU (848)

Austin Gutgsell, LSU (206)

2011

Andrew Noto, Louisiana-Lafayette (208)

Oklahoma (862)

2012 LSU (897)

Andrew Presley, LSU (220)

2013

Grady Brame, Southeastern La. (209)

Southeastern La. (860)

2014 LSU (891)

Ben Taylor, LSU (214)

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All-Time Honors

ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS YEAR GOLFER

SELECTION

1937 1941 1943 1948 1952 1953 1954 1955 1962 1965 1966 1967 1969 1970 1973 1974 1975 1979 1980 1981 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1996 1997 2001 2003 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

First Team First Team First Team First Team

Fred Haas, Jr. Earl Stewart Sonny Ellis Gardner Dickinson Eddie Merrins Eddie Merrins Eddie Merrins Johnny Pott Howell Fraser B.R. McLendon B.R. McLendon B.R. McLendon Randy Wolff Vaughn Moise Jimmy Wittenberg Dick Clark Stan Lee Stan Lee Wayne DeFrancesco John Salamone John Salamone Emlyn Aubrey Fred Dupre Rob McNamara Emlyn Aubrey Rob McNamara Rob McNamara David Toms Greg Lesher Fredrik Lindgren David Toms Greg Lesher David Toms Perry Moss Perry Moss Rett Crowder Scott Sterling Brian Bateman P.J. Smith Alan Morgan John Humphries John Peterson Andrew Loupe John Peterson Andrew Loupe John Peterson Sang Yi Curtis Thompson Stewart Jolly Ben Taylor Curtis Thompson Brandon Pierce Eric Ricard Zach Wright

First Team Second Team Honorable Mention Second Team First Team Honorable Mention Third Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Second Team Second Team First Team Honorable Mention Second Team Honorable Mention Third Team Honorable Mention Third Team Honorable Mention Second Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention First Team Second Team First Team Honorable Mention Second Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Third Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Second Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Honorable Mention First Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Third Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Third Team Honorable Mention Honorable Mention

Eddie Merrins

B.R. McLendon

David Toms

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS YEAR

GOLFER

1989 1991 1995 1996 2011

Greg Lesher Fredrik Lindgren Rett Crowder Brian Bateman Chip McDonald Austin Gutgsell Sang Yi

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All-Time Honors

HISTORY

ALL-SEC SELECTIONS YEAR GOLFER

1970 Tommy Evans Vaughn Moise Jimmy Wittenberg 1971 Mike Drury Jimmy Wittenberg 1972 Shelby Houston 1974 Dick Clark Stan Lee 1975 Jim Adams Louis Lee Stan Lee 1976 Frank Gusmus Louis Lee 1977 Steve Cromwell 1978 Louis Lee Gary Marlowe 1979 Wayne DeFrancesco John Salamone 1982 Dudley Bienvenu 1983 Emlyn Aubrey Fred DuPre 1984 Emlyn Aubrey Fred DuPre Rob McNamara 1985 Rob McNamara 1986 Emlyn Aubrey Rob McNamara David Toms 1987 Rob McNamara David Toms 1988 Greg Lesher David Toms

SELECTION

Second Team First Team First Team Second Team First Team First Team First Team First Team Second Team Second Team First Team Second Team Second Team First Team Second Team Second Team Freshman of the Year First Team First Team Player of the Year Second Team Second Team First Team First Team First Team Second Team Freshman of the Year First Team First Team First Team Freshman of the Year First Team Player of the Year First Team Second Team First Team Player of the Year

John Humphries

Chris Wells YEAR GOLFER

1989 Greg Lesher Fredrik Lindgren David Toms 1990 Greg Lesher Perry Moss 1991 Rett Crowder Perry Moss 1992 Rett Crowder 1993 Scott Sterling 1994 Brian Bateman Scott Sterling 1995 Brian Bateman 1996 Brian Bateman 1997 P.J. Smith 1998 P.J. Smith 1999 Jeremy Wilkinson 2000 Alan Morgan 2001 John Humphries Alan Morgan 2002 Nathan Goulding Heath West 2003 John Humphries 2004 Heath West 2005 Chris Wells 2007 Chris Wells 2008 Andrew Loupe John Peterson Clayton Rotz 2009 John Peterson Sang Yi 2010 Andrew Loupe 2011 Andrew Loupe John Peterson 2012 Andrew Presley Sang Yi 2013 Andrew Presley Curtis Thompson 2014 Stewart Jolly Curtis Thompson 2015 Stewart Jolly Brandon Pierce Eric Ricard Zach Wright

SELECTION

First Team Second Team First Team Player of the Year Second Team Second Team Second Team First Team Player of the Year First Team Second Team Second Team First Team Second Team First Team First Team Second Team Second Team Second Team Second Team First Team Second Team Second Team First Team Second Team Second Team Second Team All-Freshman Team All-Freshman Team All-Freshman Team First Team All-Freshman Team First Team First Team First Team Second Team First Team Second Team First Team First Team Second Team Second Team Second Team Second Team Second Team

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Letterwinners

Adams, Jim (1973-74-75-76) Adams, Wright Jr. (1934-37) Aitchison, David (2003) Amerman, Wink (1999) Anthony, Richard (1966) Aubrey, Emlyn (1983-84-85-86) Aydlett, Brandon (2003-04-05)

Barsamian, Jarrod (2006-07-08-09) Bateman, Brian (1993-94-95) Beard, Tommy (1953-54-55-56) Beckers, Michael (2000) Biancalana, Roy (1980-81-82) Bienvenu, Dudley (1982) Bigham, Neil (1957) Blaum, Brent (2007) Bourgeois, Jason (1993-94) Byman, Pete (1980-81-82-83)

Caldwell, Bill (1972) Caldwell, Blake (2015) Calhoun, Cecil (1953-54-55-56) Carmichael, Sam (1959-60-61) Castillo, Henry (1938-39-40) Castro, Franco (2011-12) Clark, Dick (1972-73-74-75) Clark, Frank (1950-51) Cole, Henry (1965-66-67) Collier, Jo (1971-72) Crowder, Rett (1989-90-91-92) Cuthbert, Tommy (1969)

Daigle, William (1968-69) Day, Jimmy (1966-67-68) DeBaus, Claude (1951) DeFrancesco, Wayne (1979-80) Dickinson, Gardner (1948) Dodson, Bill (1957) Doss, Jackie (1952) Downie, Michael (1964-65) Dressler, Billy (2000-01) Drury, Mike (1970-71-72) DuPre, Fred (1980-81-83-84)

Elkins, Tommy (1965-66) Ellis, Sonny (1948) Ervin, Tucker (2002-03) Essig, Don (1958-59-60) Evans, Tommy (1970)

Faulds, Thomas (1980) Ferrell, William (1962-63) Finkelstein, Maury (1962-63-64) Finney, Michael (1987-88-89) Fraser, Howell (1960-61-62) Friend, Bob (1983-84-85-86)

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Gatlin, Butch (1963-64) Gaudin, Russ (1962-63-64) Goodwin, Mark (1972) Goulding, Nathan (2001) Guido, Paul (1979) Gusmus, Frank (1974-75-76) Gutgsell, Austin (2010-11-12)

Haas, Fred (1935-36-37) Harrell, Bobby (1952) Harris, Billy (1979-80) Harris, Chad (1995) Hebert, Junius (1948) Henriksen, Steve (1977-78) Hitchcock, Brett (1998-99) Hoffman, Tico (1977-78-79) Holmes, Jim (1975-77) Hoover, Tom (1962-63) Horrell, Jason (2002-03-04) Houston, Shelby (1973-74-75) Huguet, Marty (1969) Humphries, Earl (1971-72-73) Humphries, Jason (1998-99-00) Humphries, John (2000-01-02-03)

Inman, Scott (1981-83-84)

Jolly, Stewart (2012-13-14-15) Jones, Josh (2009-10) Jordan, Mart (1950)

Kaufman, Jeff (1984) Kaufman, Smylie (2012-13-14) Keck, Mike (1966-67) Kendall, John (1993-94) Kennedy, Ian (1997-98) Killeen, Rob (1981)

LaBauve, Mike (1975) Lach, Bryant (2007-08) Lanahan, Andrew (2004-05-06) Lanier, William (1987-88-89) LaPonzina, Johnny (1967-68-69) Larson, Jason (1992) Lee, Chip (2001) Lee, Louis (1975-76-77-78) Lee, Stan (1974-75) Leoffler, Ed (1950) LeSage, Tony (1951) Lesher, Greg (1987-88-89-90) Leveille, Dave (1982-83) Lewis, Myles (2012-13-14-15) Lindgren, Fredrik (1988-89) Little, Judge (1991-92-93-94) Loe, Lamar (1952-54) Looper, Ken (2011) Lorio, Duane (1987) Loupe, Andrew (2008-09-10-11) Loupe, Chris (1998-99)

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Love, Sam (1958-59-60) Lyons, Eddie (1975-76) Lyons, Landon (2012-12-13-14)

Magee, Gary (1970) Mangum, James (1954-55-56) Manuel, Adam (1995-96-97-98) Marlowe, Gary (1979) Martin, Bill (1964) Mason, Greg (2004) McDonald, Chip (1995-96) McDonald, Maxwell (1968-69-70) McLendon, B.R. “Mac” (1965-66-67) McNamara, Rob (1984-85-86-87) Merrins, Eddie (1952-53-54) Miller, Bo (1994-95) Moise, Vaughn (1968-69-70) Morgan, Alan (2000-01) Morrow, Tommy (1952-53-54) Moss, Perry (1989-90-91) Mudd, Tommie (1984-85-86-87)

Nevils, Rich (1964-65) Noonan, Brian (2006-07-08) Nutt, Julio (1992-93-94)

O’Neill, Jack (1960-61) Osberg, Rick (1971)

Park, Don (1952) Peterson, John (2008-09-10-11) Pierce, Brandon (2014-15) Poerschke, Fred (1951) Points, D.A. (1996) Pollett, David (2003-04) Pott, Johnny (1953-54-55) Prather, Garrett (2000-01-02-04) Presley, Andrew (2011-12-13) Purnell, Andy (1987)

Raulerson, Charles (1985) Rheams, David (1955) Ricard, Eric (2014-15) Rickles, Jay (1971-72) Riemann, Jeff (2003-04-05) Rivers, Jack (1971-72) Ross, Eddie (1959-60-61) Rotz, Clayton (2008-09-10-11) Runion, Garrett (2004-05)

Salamone, John (1978-79-80-81) Sample, John (1959-61-62) Schmitt, Phil (1993-94-95) Schroeder, Mike (1972-73-75) Self, Neil (2002) Shaw, Jake (2004-05) Shaw, Robert (1973) Silman, Teddy (1970-71-72) Silvers, Mark (1965) Smith, Aaron (2003-04-05-06) Smith, P.J. (1995-96-97-98) Spencer, John (1958-59-60-61) Spiller, Lindsey (1975) Sterling, Scott (1991-92-93) Stewart, Earl (1940-41-42) Stewart, Travis (1999) Struthers, Brent (2005-06)

Taylor, Ben (2014-15) Taylor, Craig (2000-01) Thomas, Phil (1964) Thompson, Curtis (2012-13-14) Thornton, Pressly (1948) Timbrook Bud (1948-49-50) Todd, Ray (1959) Toms, David (1986-87-88-89) Torda, Jay (1975) Troutman, Beck (2005-06-07-08)

Vallillo, Michael (1998-99-2000)

Weaver, Bert (1952-53) Weaver, Bret (1978) Webb, Chris (1985) Webb, Craig (1990-91-92) Wells, Chris (2005-06-07) West, Heath (2002-03-04-05) Wienerwitz, Trae, (1997-98-99) Wilkinson, Jeremy (1997-98-99-2000) Willie, Jep (1969) Winstead, Chuck (1991) Wittenberg, Jimmy (1969-70-71) Wolff, Randy (1965-66-67) Wright, Zach (2013-14-15) Wulff, Tommy (1956-57-58)

Yerger, Dave (1986)

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