The LSU Tigers golf team represents the

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

in the sport of

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...

. The Tigers compete in Division I of the

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(NCAA) and the

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(SEC). They play their home matches on the

University Club of Baton Rouge The University Club of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the home of the LSU Tigers and LSU Lady Tigers golf teams and serves as the host site for all of LSU's tournaments. The University Club is a private facility that was built to be th ...

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and are currently coached by

Chuck Winstead Chuck Winstead is an American college golf coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the men's golf team at Louisiana State University. Coaching career Winstead has been the head coach of the LSU since 2006. During his time le ...

. The LSU Tigers golf program has won five NCAA national tournament championships and sixteen SEC championships.

Team honors

The LSU Tigers golf program begun competition in 1932. The Tigers have won five NCAA tournament national championships in 1940 (co-champion with

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), 1942 (co-champion with Stanford), 1947, 1955 and 2015. The Tigers have won sixteen SEC conference championships in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1986, 1987 and 2015.

Individual honors

Three LSU Tigers have won three NCAA individual national championships. They are

Fred Haas Frederick Theodore Haas Jr. (January 3, 1916 – January 26, 2004) was an American professional golfer. Amateur career Haas was born in Portland, Arkansas. After graduating from Dermott High School, he graduated from Louisiana State University ...

(1937), Earl Stewart (1941) and John Peterson (2011). Thirteen LSU Tigers have won eighteen SEC individual titles. They are

(1937), Henry Castillo (1939, 39, 40), Earl Stewart (1941), Joe Moore (1947), Eddie Merrins (1953, 54), Don Essig (1960), Howard Fraser (1961), B.R. McLendon (1965, 66, 67), Vaughn Moise (1969), Wayne DeFrancesco (1979), John Salamon (1981),

Emlyn Aubrey Emlyn Aubrey (born January 28, 1964) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and the predecessor to the Asian Tour. College career Aubrey attended Louisiana State University where he was an honorable ment ...

(1984) and

David Toms David Wayne Toms (born January 4, 1967) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. From 1992 to 2017, Toms was a member of the PGA Tour, where he won 13 events, including one major, the 2001 PGA Championship ...

(1987)

Notable players

Brian Bateman Brian Bateman (born February 25, 1973) is an American professional golfer, who played on the PGA Tour. Bateman was born in Monroe, Louisiana. He played collegiately at Louisiana State University (LSU) where he graduated in 1996 with a degree in m ...

, 1 career PGA tour victory *

Gardner Dickinson Gardner Edward Dickinson, Jr. (September 14, 1927 – April 19, 1998) was an American professional golfer. Born in Dothan, Alabama, Dickinson was a student of Ben Hogan and crafted his swing in the Hogan tradition. He played college golf at Louis ...

, 7 career PGA tour victories *

, 5 career PGA tour victories *

Jay Hebert Junius Joseph "Jay" Hebert (February 14, 1923 – May 25, 1997) was an American professional golfer. He won seven times on the PGA Tour including the 1960 PGA Championship. His younger brother, Lionel Hebert, also won the PGA Championship, in 1 ...

, winner of

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, 7 career PGA tour victories *

Smylie Kaufman Carter Smylie Kaufman (born November 30, 1991) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. Early life and career Kaufman was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Vestavia Hills High School. His middle name is a tribute t ...

, 1 career PGA tour victory * Mac McLendon, 4 career PGA tour victories *

Johnny Pott John Francis Pott (born November 6, 1935) is an American professional golfer. Pott was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and reared in southern Mississippi, where he learned to play golf on the course where his father was the club professional. He ...

, 5 career PGA tour victories * Earl Stewart, 3 career PGA tour victories *

, winner of

2001 PGA Championship The 2001 PGA Championship was the 83rd PGA Championship, held August 16–19 at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb northeast of Atlanta. David Toms won his only major championship, one stroke ahead of runner-up Phil Mickelso ...

, 2018

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, 13 career PGA tour victories

Coaching staff

is the head coach of the LSU Tigers golf team. He has been head coach since 2006. He was also a member of the LSU golf team from 1989-1991.

Facilities

The University Club (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

University Club of Baton Rouge

The

, is the home of the LSU Tigers and

LSU Lady Tigers The LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers are the athletic teams representing Louisiana State University (LSU), a state university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. LSU competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as a ...

teams and serves as the host site for all of LSU's tournaments. The University Club is a

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facility that was built to be the permanent home of LSU Golf. It has a 7,700 yard, par-72 championship-caliber, 300-acre course.

Mary and Woody Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility

The Mary and Woody Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility functions as the golf-learning center for the LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers golf teams. The

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and team

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showcases the

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of both the men’s and women’s golf programs at LSU. The facility also contains locker rooms for the men's and women's teams and an office for each coach. The practice facility features a 100-yard-long

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and 10,000-square-foot

putting green A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...

with bunkers around it.

References

External links

Official website
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