LSU golfer Arni Sveinsson reaches U.S. Amateur match play

SAN FRANCISCO — LSU golfer Arni Sveinsson advanced to the match play portion of the 125th U.S. Amateur on Monday at the famed Olympic Club.

Sveinsson, a sophomore for the Tigers this fall, shot even-par 140 in 36-hole qualifying with a 68 Monday on the Ocean course and a 72 Tuesday on the Lake course.

Four other LSU golfers were in the field of 312 trying to make it to the match play round of 64. Qualifying was not expected to finish until Wednesday morning.

“We had a pretty good game plan going into it, and hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of greens, stayed really disciplined with the tucked pins,” Sveinsson said. “Just disciplined and hitting the right shots at the right time worked out very well and managed to stay in it.”

The round of 64 will be televised at 5 p.m. on Peacock wit