LSU men’s golf wins its first national championship in 60 years, defeats Southern Cal

SmashMouth · 06-04-2015, 08:49 PM

In his final competition as a member of the LSU golf team, Ben Taylor couldn’t have written a better script than the one he came up with on back-to-back days at the NCAA championships.

On Tuesday, Taylor closed out LSU’s 4-1 semifinal victory against Georgia with a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole after a pin-seeking approach shot wound up 3 feet from the cup.

In Wednesday’s match-play finals, he came from behind in the final five holes and slammed the door on Southern Cal with a 9-foot par putt on the 18th green to clinch LSU’s fifth NCAA golf title — and first in 60 years — at The Concession Golf Club.

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SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,550 Blog Entries: 29	LSU men’s golf wins its first national championship in 60 years, defeats Southern Cal In his final competition as a member of the LSU golf team, Ben Taylor couldn’t have written a better script than the one he came up with on back-to-back days at the NCAA championships. On Tuesday, Taylor closed out LSU’s 4-1 semifinal victory against Georgia with a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole after a pin-seeking approach shot wound up 3 feet from the cup. In Wednesday’s match-play finals, he came from behind in the final five holes and slammed the door on Southern Cal with a 9-foot par putt on the 18th green to clinch LSU’s fifth NCAA golf title — and first in 60 years — at The Concession Golf Club. read more