WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team closes out its fall season when it travels to the prestigious Isleworth Collegiate at the Isleworth Golf and Country Club outside Orlando.
Action starts with 18 holes on Sunday and teams will play 18 holes on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday on the challenging Arnold Palmer layout. All three rounds will begin at 8 a.m. ET.
According to this year’s early Golfstat rankings, seven of the 15 teams are ranked in the top 50, with four more squads being in the top 100. Purdue has faced five teams in the field this fall, owning a 3-2-0 record with wins over Augusta, Minnesota and South Carolina. The losses are to SEC powers Auburn and LSU.
THE FIELD (Golfstat Rankings / as of Oct. 19, 2022)
3 Auburn
9 Illinois
11 Florida
24 Arizona
28 LSU
31 North Florida
42 Purdue
57 South Carolina
72 California
73 UNLV
77 Minnesota
106 Utah
107 UCF
129 Augusta
137 West Virginia
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers pieced together three solid rounds to finish third at the Purdue Fall Invitational last weekend at the Kampen Course. Purdue was only defeated by SEC powers Tennessee and LSU and in the process, edged out seven other teams ranked in the top 100. Herman Sekne continued his outstanding play, finishing second en route to Big Ten Golfer of the Week accolades, and Peyton Snoeberger (T-12) and Nels Surtani (T-16) also posted impressive top-20 finishes.
TEAM NOTES
- With its top-five finish at the Purdue Fall Invite, Purdue has played 111 tournaments under head coach Rob Bradley, finishing in the top five in 60 of them.
- Purdue has 28 rounds of 279 or better during the Rob Bradley era. Prior to his arrival, Purdue had 16 rounds of 279 or better in school history.
- Eight of the top-10 single-season team scoring averages have come in the Rob Bradley era.
- Since the start of last year, Purdue owns a 120-53-0 (.693)…
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