Sekne’s Record-Breaking Round Fuels Boilermakers in Big Ten Golf Championships

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• Purdue posted the fourth-best round of the day at 4-under par 280 to jump five spots in the team rankings after 36 holes.
• Purdue’s score of 280 is the second-lowest score by the Boilermakers in Big Ten Championships history, and the lowest in 21 years.
• Herman Sekne’s round of 62 was the lowest score in Purdue school history, the lowest score in Big Ten Championships history and the lowest score in Galloway National Golf Club history (opened in 1996). The previous course record was 67.
• Sekne’s 62 broke Purdue’s Big Ten Championship record by two shots (Fred Wampler – 64; 1950). More recently, the best round by a Boilermaker in Big Ten Championships history was a 66 by Pariya Junhasavasdikul in 2006.
• Sekne jumped 38 spots in the individual standings, from 47^th to 9^th overall.
• Sekne recorded his 24^th career round in the 60s, tying Austin Eoff for career rounds in the 60s with 24.

GALLOWAY, N.J. – Herman Sekne’s record-breaking round fueled a Boilermaker surge as the Purdue men’s golf team jumped five spots in round two at the Big Ten Championships held at Galloway National Golf Club on the outskirts of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
 
The Boilermakers totaled a 4-under par 280 to finish 36 holes in seventh place at 28-over par 596 (316-280), just 10 shots out of fourth place and seven shots out of fifth place. As more weather is predicted to arrive tomorrow morning, the Boilermakers will go out first, teeing off on the back nine and in a twosome with Minnesota, giving the Boilermakers a chance to post an early score. 
 
A day after the scoring average was an astronomical 78.49, nearly perfect weather greeted the teams in round two, and the results were impressive. The scoring average was 72.06, and after zero rounds in the 60s on Friday, 15 players tallied scores in the 60s, including 12 at 68 or lower.
 
The story of the day was Sekne. The junior from Oslo, Norway, posted a clean card with nine birdies, nine pars and zero bogeys, and was never really threatened for a negative number during his round. He broke the 18-hole Big Ten Championships scoring record by one shot (Illinois’ Dylan Meyer in 2017) and the Purdue…