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Table of Contents/Quick Facts 2003-04 MEN’S GOLF SCHEDULE UNIVERSITY Location: Baton Rouge, La. Founded: 1860 Fall Schedule Enrollment: 31,582 INTRO Sept. 22-23 Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate Nashville, Tenn. Nickname: Fighting Tigers Course: The Legends Club of Tennessee Mascot: Mike V (Live Bengal Tiger) Sept. 29-30 Baylor Intercollegiate Invitational Waco,Texas Colors: Purple (PMS 268) and Gold (PMS 123) Course: Bear Ridge Golf Club President: Dr. William L. Jenkins Oct. 6-7 Windon Memorial Classic Glenview, Ill. Chancellor: Dr. Mark A. Emmert Course: North Shore Country Club Faculty Representative: Dr. Kenneth Carpenter Oct. 20-21 Gary Koch/Cleveland Golf Intercollegiate Tampa, Fla. Course: Holston Hills Country Club Oct. 27-28 Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate Baton Rouge, La. DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS Course: Country Club of Louisiana Director of Athletics: Stanley "Skip" Bertman PREVIEW Sr. Associate AD: Dan Radakovich Spring Schedule Associate AD/Olympic Sports: Judy Southard Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. Associate AD/Operations: Verge Ausberry Course: University of Florida Golf Course Associate AD/Internal Affairs: Bo Bahnsen Feb. 8-10 Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship Ponte Vedra, Fla. Associate AD/External Affairs: Herb Vincent Course: Sawgrass Country Club Associate AD/Business Affairs: Mark Ewing March 8-9 Cajun Classic Lafayette, La. Assistant AD/Television: Kevin Wagner Course: Oakborne Country Club Assistant AD/Radio: Jim Hawthorne March 20-21 Schenkel/E-Z-Go Invitational Statesboro, Ga. Course: Forest Heights Country Club CO MEN’S GOLF STAFF April 2-4 LSU Spring Invitational Baton Rouge, La. A Course: University Club Head Coach: Greg Jones CHE April 16-18 SEC Championships Sea Island, Ga. Alma Mater: South Alabama (1987) Course: Sea Island Golf Club-Seaside Course Year at LSU: Fifth S May 20-22 NCAA Regional TBA Assistant Coach: Blaine Lindsly Course: TBA Alma Mater: LSU (1991) May 28-31 NCAA Championships Hot Springs,Va. Year at LSU: Third Course: The Homestead-Lower Cascades Course SPORTS INFORMATION PL Sports Information Director: Michael Bonnette A CONTENTS Sr. Associate SID: Kent Lowe YERS Associate SID: Bill Franques 1 Contents/Quickfacts/Schedule Associate SID: Melissa Reynaud 2 Season Preview/2003-04 Roster Associate SID: Brian Miller 4 2003-04 Tournament Information Associate SID: Laurie Cannon 6 Facilities/Support Staff Publications Coordinator: Jason Feirman 7 SEC Opponents Graphic Design Coordinator: David Hurd 8 Head Coach Greg Jones/Assistant Blaine Lindsly Photographer: Steve Franz 10 Garrett Prather Secretary: Pat Fredericks REVIEW 12 Heath West Men’s Golf Contact: Patrick Meehan 14 Brandon Aydlett/Jeff Riemann 15 David Pollet/Jason Horrell PHONE DIRECTORY 16 Justin Sevier/Aaron Smith (area code 225) 17 Chad Bailey/Ivan Brannan LSU Department of Athletics: 578-8001 18 Andrew Lanahan/Garrett Runion Sports Information Department: 578-8226 19 Jake Shaw/Jeremiah Shields/Greg Mason Sports Information FAX: 578-1861 20 Season Review Patrick Meehan Home: 761-9995 22 2002-03 Final Stats and Results Patrick Meehan Cell: 247-0839 RECORDS 23 2002-03 Round-by-Round Results Michael Bonnette Home: 923-2426 24 2002-03 Tournament Summaries Men’s Golf Office: 578-0494 26 2002-03 SEC Recap Head Coach Greg Jones: 578-1280 27 2003 LSU Spring Invitational Results Marketing and Promotions: 578-6629 28 Record Book Ticket Office: 578-2184 29 All-time Tournament Titles 30 CCLA Records MEDIA INFORMATION 31 LSU Spring Invitational Records The 2003-04 LSU men’s golf media guide has been written 32 LSU in the SEC Championships 33 LSU in the NCAA Championships to provide members of the media with statistics and infor- HIST 34 All-SEC/All-America Selections mation needed to adequately cover the LSU men’s golf team. If you need further information on the team, photo- 35 Letterwinners OR 36 Touring Tigers graphs or wish to set up interviews with head coach Greg Y 37 This is LSU Jones or any of the players, please contact Patrick Meehan in 48 Athletics Director Skip Bertman the LSU Sports Information office at (225) 578-8226. MAILING ADDRESS LSU Sports Information THIS IS LSU CREDITS P.O. Box 25095 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 The 2003-04 LSU Men’s Golf media guide is a production of the LSU Sports Information Office. Editor: Patrick Meehan OVERNIGHT MAILING ADDRESS Layout and Design: Annie Martin Room 501, LSU Athletic Admin. Building Production Assistance: Jason Feirman, Melissa Giardina North Stadium Dr. at Nicholson Dr. Editorial Assistance: Michael Bonnette, Todd Politz, Melissa Reynaud Photography: Steve Franz Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Printing: EBSCO Media- Birmingham, Ala. 2003 LSU MEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 1 Season Preview INTRO PREVIEW CHES A CO “A ROSTER FULL OF PROMISE" YERS A That is what LSU Conferece title last —Greg Jones, PL head coach Greg season. Head Coach Jones sees for the Shields attended upcoming season. Arkansas State With just the right amount of instruction, effort and University last season and will be a sophomore this year. commitment, that promise will translate into perform- He had five top-10 finishes for the Indians in his fresh- ance for the 2003-04 season. A "fresh new look" is how man campaign and also won one tournament, firing a 2- REVIEW Jones described his team that includes several new faces. over-par 218 to claim medalist honors at the Nestle This season's squad consists of seven juniors, three Purina Classic. Shields, a native of Ontario, Canada, tied sophomores, three freshmen, and only two seniors. for 34th place at the Sun Belt Conference Three true freshmen join four transfers for a total of Championships and posted a 74.4 stroke average last seven newcomers this season. season. "We have a lot of new faces," said Jones. "We have Lanahan is a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and played young guys, some experienced guys, and it is just a fresh at Midland Junior College last season where he was a RECORDS new look and a fresh start for all of these guys, especial- second-team Junior College All-American, as he posted ly all of our transfers." 14 top-10 finishes. Jake Shaw, Greg Mason, Jeremiah Shields and Jones also signed three highly decorated high Y Andrew Lanahan all transferred to LSU in the offseason school players and expects each to be able to contribute OR and each brings something unique to the program. immediately. Chad Bailey, a Ruston, La., native, was run- Shaw, a native of Cordova, Tenn., attended Faulkner ner-up at the 2002 Louisiana Golf Association State HIST State Community College last season and helped lead Junior Amateur Championship for Ruston High School. the team to the NJCAA national championship by tying He was a two-time all-state selection and was all-district for sixth place at the championships held in Scottsdale, three times. Ariz. Shaw also attended Midland Junior College in Ivan Brannan, a Panama City, Fla., native, is a prod- 2001-02 before going to Faulkner State. He was a junior uct of Arnold High School. Brannan won five tourna- college All-American last season. ments while in high school and he also shot a course- Mason comes to LSU from Oral Roberts University record 8-under 62 at the University of Florida Golf THIS IS LSU and will be a junior this season. Mason, a Tulsa, Okla., Course. Garrett Runion is a native of Orlando, Fla., and native, helped lead ORU to the Mid-Continent attended Olympia High School. He was the Florida state 2 2003 LSU MEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE Junior Amateur Champion last season and also won the naments as a true freshman and six of LSU's final seven American Junior Golf Association Shell World Golf tournaments and finished the year with a 78.0 stroke Village Junior Championship in July 2002. average. Junior Jason Horrell appeared in four tourna- INTRO Senior Garrett Prather, a native of Crowley, La., and ments and had one Top-20 finish to go along with a 76.2 junior Heath West, a native of Dothan, Ala., highlight the stroke average. Senior Justin Sevier and sophomore list of returning players. Prather sat out last season to David Pollet each played in the LSU Spring Invitational concentrate on school and improve his game. He will be last season, with Pollet making his first career start, fin- the Tigers' captain this season. He is a three-year letter- ishing in a tie for 53rd place. PREVIEW winner and was a member of the 2002 SEC Academic "We have depth, talent at the top, and we are going Honor Roll. He enters this season with 13 career rounds to have serious competition throughout the year. I am of par or better, one top-10 finish and a 76.0 stroke aver- really looking forward to this season. This team could be age. anything. They could be as good as they want to be," "I have no doubt that Garrett Prather can do any- Jones said. thing in this game that he wants to do because his skills LSU's schedule this season is very similar to that of are so good," Jones said. "I am really looking forward to recent seasons. The Tigers will open the season Sept. 22- CO A the leadership of Garrett this year." 23 with the Mason Rudolph Intercollegiate in Nashville, CHE West, by virtue of competing last season, is LSU's Tenn., and then head to Waco, Texas, on Sept. 29-30 for S most experienced player on the roster. He participated in the Baylor Intercollegiate Invitational. LSU will partici- 11 tournaments last year and posted a 73.3 stroke aver- pate in the Windon Memorial Classic for the second- age, five Top-20 finishes and two Top 10s.