WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 39-ranked Purdue men’s golf team wraps up a busy week, heading to Florida on short rest for the elite Calusa Cup, hosted by the University of Iowa at Calusa Pines Golf Club.
Action gets underway Sunday at the difficult Calusa Pines as nine teams descend to Naples, Florida. The teams will play 18 holes on three straight days, beginning Sunday and ending Tuesday.
Just nine teams will be competing this weekend, but among them are four of the nation’s top-five ranked teams, and four more, including Purdue, inside the top 40. Only the host school, Iowa, is outside the nation’s top 40. Purdue is 2-5-0 in head-to-head competition against the field (0-1 vs. Texas Tech; 0-2 vs. Ohio State; 0-1 vs. Georgia; 2-1 vs. Iowa).
THE FIELD (Golfstat Rankings / as of March 31, 2023)
1 Vanderbilt
2 Texas Tech
3 North Carolina
5 Arizona State
26 Ohio State
29 Georgia
35 Wake Forest
39 Purdue
89 Iowa
LAST TIME OUT
Playing for first time in over a month, the Boilermakers pieced together one of their best performances of the season, placing fourth at the Hootie at Bulls Bay with a 30-under par 834 (274-280-280), finishing 10 shots behind champion East Tennessee State. The 834 tied for the fourth-best, 54-hole score in school history while the first-round 274 tied for the ninth-best, 18-hole score in Purdue history. Herman Sekne placed third at 15-under par 201, while Nick Dentino recorded his second-career top-10 finish at 11-under par 205, good for a sixth-place tie.
TEAM NOTES
- Purdue has finished in the top five of five of its seven tournaments played this season. Purdue is on track to make NCAA Regionals for the eighth time in nine regionals under head coach Rob Bradley.
- Purdue has had 15 tournaments in school history of 850 or lower. Twelve of them have come under head coach Rob Bradley.
- Purdue has had 12 rounds in school history of 275 or lower. Eleven of them have come under Bradley.
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