It’s a Southeastern Conference triple crown for Ingrid Lindblad.
The LSU golfer, and world’s No. 1-ranked women’s amateur, was named SEC co-player of the year Tuesday along with SEC champion Julia Lopez Ramirez of Mississippi State.
A fifth-year senior, Lindblad also won the award in 2020 and 2022. According to LSU, no SEC men’s golfer since 1982 or women’s golfer since 1985 has been named SEC player of the year three times.
Lindblad has won 14 individual titles in her career, also a record for an SEC men’s or women’s player, including three this season. The native of Halmstad, Sweden, is on pace to shatter her own record for best scoring average, currently at 68.54 for 24 rounds played — all at par or better. Her LSU scoring record is 70.33 set in 2020.
Fellow fifth-year senior Latanna Stone was a second-team All-SEC selection, the fourth conference honor for the Riverview, Florida, native.
The LSU women’s team returns to action Monday in an NCAA regional in Bryan, Texas.
Regional field at U-Club set
The field for the NCAA men’s regional at the University Club was announced Wednesday.
LSU will be the No. 7 seed in the 14-team field competing May 13-15 at the U-Club. The top five teams will advance to the NCAA championships on May 24-29 in Carlsbad, California.
No. 1-ranked Auburn is the top seed in the Baton Rouge regional. Other teams in the field are Virginia, Texas Tech, Oregon, Duke, Ohio State, Louisville, Houston, South Carolina, Lipscomb, Yale, Loyola (Maryland) and UAPB.
Five individual players are also in the field, including Louisiana Tech’s Nilo Maki-Petaja.