Justin Lowe hasn't garnered the attention he deserves as part of the University of Louisiana golf team, probably because he's on a team that includes more than its share of standout local players.

But the Pineville product is starting to change that.

Lowe, a junior-to-be on the Ragin' Cajun squad, took his second straight victory and second win in three outings on the Louisiana Amateur Golf Tour last Saturday.

Lowe turned in a 76 over the mammoth 7,567-yard Koasati Pines course in Kinder, and won a one-hole playoff with Tour points leader Britt Guillory of Lafayette to take top honors.

Lowe birdied the par-five first hole in the playoff, with he and Guillory finishing one stroke ahead of Lafayette's Ben Thibeaux. Fellow locals David Hebert of Lafayette and Brad Landry of New Iberia tied for fourth at 78 in the championship flight.

Lowe, UL's top finisher in the Sun Belt Conference Championships each of the last two seasons, has played in only one-third of the Tour's tournaments this year (three of nine). However, he still ranks eighth out of 43 listed players on the Tour's championship-flight points list.

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