WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team faces a quick turnaround as it heads to Wisconsin for the second time this season for the Marquette Intercollegiate, held at the Milwaukee Country Club.
Action starts with 36 holes on Sunday and concludes with the final 18 holes on Monday. The teams will play a shotgun start on Sunday and then have tee times for Monday’s final round. This marks the first time in the nine-year history of the event that the tournament will be played at the Milwaukee Country Club after being at Erin Hills the previous eight tournaments.
According to last year’s final Golfstat rankings, eight of the 15 teams ended last year ranked in the top 100 with five being ranked in the top 50. Purdue has already faced five teams in the field this fall, owning a 4-1-0 record (lone loss to Wisconsin on its home course).
THE FIELD (Golfstat Rankings – End of 2022 season)
14 Auburn
28 Purdue
30 South Florida
34 Charlotte
50 Northwestern
63 UC Davis
93 Marquette
97 Wisconsin
103 Iowa State
110 Rutgers
137 Minnesota
140 Northern Illinois
151 Cal Poly
169 Miami, Ohio
249 Howard
LAST TIME OUT
Purdue overcame a sluggish second round to finish eighth at the highly-competitive Inverness Intercollegiate against a field that boasted 11 top-40 teams. Purdue was 11th after 36 holes, but moved up three spots with a 1-over par 285 and finish in the top half of the field for the second time in as many events this fall. Seeing his first action of the fall, Herman Sekne tied for ninth at 2-over par 215, while Nick Dentino recorded his second straight top-20 finish with a 15th-place showing at 5-over par 218.
TEAM NOTES
- With its top-five finish at the Badger Invitational, Purdue has played 109 tournaments under head coach Rob Bradley, finishing in the top five in 58 of them.
- Purdue has 28 rounds of 279 or better during the Rob Bradley era. Prior to his arrival,…
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