Boilermakers Slip to 7th in Mississippi – Purdue Boilermakers

SAUCIER, Miss. – The Purdue men’s golf team shaved four shots off their team score, but fell one spot to seventh after 36 holes at the Fallen Oak Invitational at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Saucier, Mississippi.
 
Purdue totaled a 3-over par 291 to finish 36 holes in 10-over par 586 (295-291), to sit in seventh place out of 13 teams.
 
Ole Miss leads the tournament at 13-under par 563, while LSU is second at 9-under par 567. South Carolina (-2), Illinois (even), Georgia (+2) and Mississippi State (+5) round out the top six.
 
Kansas is eighth at 14-over par 590, four shots behind Purdue.
 
Sam Easterbrook continues to lead the Boilermakers, sitting in T-10th at 1-under par 143, four shots off the individual lead. Easterbrook had an up-and-down day, posting six birdies with three bogeys, a double bogey and eight pars. Easterbrook leads the field with 13 birdies and is six-under par on par-5’s.
 
Nels Surtani moved up 13 spots to T-16th after a 1-under par 71, good for a 36-hole total of 1-over par 145 (74-71). Surtani also posted six birdies with five bogeys and seven pars.
 
Jenson Forrester is tied for 41st at 5-over par 149 (76-73), while Supapon Amornchaichan is tied for 46th at 6-over par 150 (74-76). Kent Hsiao is tied for 53rd at 7-over par 151 (75-76).
 
Playing as an individual, Kentaro Nanayama is tied for 61st at 9-over par 153 (74-79).
 
Purdue will tee off in the final round at 9 a.m. ET on Monday, being paired with UTSA and Kansas.