WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team resumes its season for the first time in almost four months when it heads to Puerto Rico for the 32nd Puerto Rico Classic, starting Monday.
Competing against one of best fields in NCAA golf, the Boilermakers head to Puerto Rico for the 26th straight event (2021 tournament was not held). The Boilermakers are looking for their first win in the history of the event and have placed in the top three, three previous times.
The field is one of the strongest in collegiate golf as four of the nation’s top-8 ranked teams will be in the field, including No. 1 Ole Miss. The Boilermakers are the top-ranked Big Ten team among the five teams competing and all 15 teams are ranked in the top 101 of the national rankings.
Action begins Monday and will run through Wednesday, with the 15 teams playing 18 holes each day.
The Fallen Oak Invitational features nine teams ranked in the nation’s top 50 in the first installment of the Clippd Golf National Rankings released Monday. Included in the field is five SEC teams ranked in the top 29 and four Big Ten teams competing for the last time this fall.
THE FIELD (2025 Clippd Rankings)
1 Ole Miss
4 Oklahoma
7 LSU
8 Virginia
18 South Carolina
27 Tennessee
32 Georgia
36 College of Charleston
48 Marquette
51 Purdue
60 Ohio State
73 Iowa
85 Minnesota
100 North Florida
101 Wisconsin
TEAM NOTES
Competing against one of best fields in NCAA golf, the Boilermakers head to Puerto Rico for the 26th straight event (2021 tournament was not held). The Boilermakers are looking for their first win in the history of the event and have placed in the top three, three previous times.
The field is one of the strongest in collegiate golf as four of the nation’s top-8 ranked teams will be in the field, including No. 1 Ole Miss. The Boilermakers are the top-ranked Big Ten team among the five teams competing and all 15 teams are ranked in the top 101 of the national rankings.
Action begins Monday and will run through Wednesday, with the 15 teams playing 18 holes each day.
The Fallen Oak Invitational features nine teams ranked in the nation’s top 50 in the first installment of the Clippd Golf National Rankings released Monday. Included in the field is five SEC teams ranked in the top 29 and four Big Ten teams competing for the last time this fall.
THE FIELD (2025 Clippd Rankings)
1 Ole Miss
4 Oklahoma
7 LSU
8 Virginia
18 South Carolina
27 Tennessee
32 Georgia
36 College of Charleston
48 Marquette
51 Purdue
60 Ohio State
73 Iowa
85 Minnesota
100 North Florida
101 Wisconsin
TEAM NOTES
- Purdue has finished in the top four in three of its six events this fall and owns a 46-33-0 (.582) head-to-head record this fall. The Boilermakers own 10 wins over the top 50.
- The Boilermakers own a 288.00 stroke average this fall, which would currently rank as the fourth-best team average in school history behind 2022 (286.63), 2024 (287.57) and 2023 (287.77).
- Purdue owns just one individual top-five tournament finishes this season (Sam Easterbrook à T-5 at the Purdue Fall Invitational).
- Four of Purdue’s 18 team rounds have been at even- or under-par this fall.
- Purdue’s 18 rounds have come between 280 and 299 this season, showing strong consistency.
PURDUE LINEUP
- Nels Surtani – Senior; Indianapolis, Indiana
- 2024 Second-Team All-Big Ten…
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