BATON ROUGE – Four LSU golfers are part of a field of 312 that will begin Monday’s 36-hole qualifying rounds at the United States Amateur in Paramus, New Jersey.
Due to the large field, qualifying will be held on two different courses with competitors playing 18 holes each at Ridgewood Country Club (7,487 yards, par 71) and Arcola Country Club (7,256 yards, par 70).
For LSU graduate student Garrett Barber, he will be making his fifth amateur appearance in the United States. Barber qualified with a second-place finish in qualifying at Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida. Born in Stuart, Florida, the three-time Louisiana Player of the Year is coming off a season in which he averaged 71.15 with four top-five finishes on the season.
His average for 2021-22. is the third year in a row that he has averaged 71.45 or less. His career stroke average of 71.83 is the third lowest stroke average in LSU men’s golf history.
The other three Tigers in Amateur are Drew Doyle, Connor Gaunt and Cohen Trolio.
Doyle, of Louisville, Kentucky, qualified third in the regional qualifier in Columbus, Ohio.
Doyle averaged 72.33 last year, scoring a T1 finish at The Hayt with a 6-under 210 (72-72-66). He posted two other top T5 finishes at the SEC Championship Stroke Play and the NCAA Stockton Regional
Gaunt was third in qualifying for Maumelle, Arkansas, and the Cabot, Arkansas native won the Arkansas State Amateur earlier in the summer.
The senior averaged 73.13 for the Tigers in his junior season.
Trolio is coming off a strong performance in the Western Am, finishing T15 and losing in a playoff to advance to the final 16 match in the event. Trolio, from West Point, Mississippi, finished third in qualifying in Oxford, Mississippi.
Trolio was on the 2022 SEC All-Freshman Team and finished T3 in stroke play competition at the Southeastern Conference Championships. He finished the year averaging 71.30 strokes per round.
The top 64 after one round at each course on Monday and Tuesday will advance to play starting on Wednesday. Portions of the tournament will be broadcast on Peacock and The Golf Channel, Wednesday through Sunday.
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- Tiger Woods. …
- Phil Mickelson. …
- Vijay Singh. …
- Ian Poulter. …
- Rory Sabbatini. …
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