Louisiana State University (LSU) Men's Golf

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. They nearly defended their national championship a year ago while returning to the Match Play Eight for the third year in a row as quarterfinalists at the 2016 NCAA Championships held at Eugene (Ore.) Country Club. Thats where and capped their debut season as All-Americans by tying for 13 place nationally as the top Tigers in the NCAA field. Winstead has led a program that has produced 16 All-American selections, 10 All-SEC performers with 17 all-conference honors, two Academic All-Americans and 17 individual tournament champions in his tenure. The Tigers have also competed in nine-straight NCAA Regionals from 2008-16 while claiming a spot in the NCAA Championships in six of the last seven seasons in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. Winstead is the winningest coach in the programs history with 25 tournament championships in his 11 years as head coach. Ten Tigers have also captured 17 medalist honors since Winsteads first season as head coach in 2005-06. LSUs rise to the top of college golf was first felt at the 2011 NCAA Championships when claimed the programs first individual championship in 70 years with his winning performance at Oklahoma States Karsten Creek Golf Club. Thats when the former three-time All-American and emerging PGA TOUR standout fired a 5-under par 211 for three rounds of stroke play 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 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 2016-17 while earning more than $2 million since turning professional following his senior season in 2011. , 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 2016-17 season as he retained his TOUR card thanks to his performance this past season. Loupe, who became the second former LSU Tiger to win a Web.com Tour event title in 2015 with his victory at the Nationwide Childrens Hospital Championship, has earned six career top-10 finishes on the PGA TOUR while approaching $2 million in career earnings. Another former student under Winsteads teaching at LSU is also off to a flying start in his PGA TOUR career as is already an emerging star after wrapping up his rookie season in 2015-16 with more than $2.5 million in earnings on the year. Kaufmans rookie season was highlighted by his first career victory at the 2015 Shriners Hospital for Children Open in just his fifth career PGA TOUR start along with four top-10 and 10 top-25 finishes. Kaufman, a former PING All-Southeast Region performer and member of LSUs 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. Winsteads reputation as one of the top golf teachers in the country has been reflected in LSUs performance on the course over the past 10 seasons as the teams 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. LSUs team averaged was even more impressive the last three years at 287.3 in 2013-14, 285.8 in 2014-15 and 286.9 in 2015-16. His instructional skills have been recognized by many of the leading golf publications nationally throughout his career, including the honor of being selected as a Golf Magazine Top 100 Instructor in America since 2005. Golf Digest has also recognized Winsteads instructional prowess as one of the nations 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, LSUs student-athletes have also achieved great success in the classroom with a total of 62 selections to the SEC Academic Honor Roll during Winsteads 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. In support of this effort, Winstead provided the vision and oversight for a multi-million dollar renovation project to The University Club golf course and LSUs Bilyeu Golf Practice Facility in 2010. The course is now recognized as one of the best in the country and will host an NCAA Mens Golf Regional in 2017 after already hosting the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional in May 2013. 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 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. After graduating from LSU in 1991, Winstead embarked 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, 18, and David, 15 and are active members of First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge.

Runions first season back in Baton Rouge proved to be another strong campaign for the Tigers as they again qualified for the 2013 NCAA Championships. LSU tied for 23 place at the NCAA Championship held at Atlantas 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 four-straight teams to earn a spot in the 30-team NCAA field as LSU has qualified in six of the last seven years in 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. The Tigers have also been rewarded for their outstanding performance on the course, led by Curtis Thompsons 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 Second-Team All-SEC performer in 2014 as three Tigers were recognized as All-Americans following the teams historic Final Four run. Jolly took Third-Team 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 in 2015, but they joined Jolly as second-team selections after leading the Tigers to the SEC Championship that season. Wright followed with a First-Team All-SEC selection in a senior season in 2016 in which he also claimed a Second-Team All-America honor from both PING and Golfweek. In all, the Tigers have captured 11 team and 11 individual titles in tournament play along with 10 All-American selections and nine All-SEC honors since Runions return to Baton Rouge in the fall of 2012. 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 title match held on 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 programs 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 four-time 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 Americas National Advisory Board. Runion and his wife, Meghan, have one son, Reid Shaffer Runion, aka Rocket, who was born on March 20, 2015.