Purdue Returns to Carlsbad for NCAA Championships Starting Friday at Omni La Costa – Purdue Boilermakers

NCAA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 23-28, 2025 | Carlsbad, California
Omni La Costa Resort (North Course) | 7,528 yards, Par 72
Round One Tee Times: Hole 10 – 7:25 to 8:09 a.m. PT (10:25 to 11:09 a.m. ET)

Purdue Returns to Carlsbad for NCAA Championships
• The Purdue men’s golf team returns to the Omni La Costa Resort for the second straight season, searching not only for the Boilermakers’ second National Championship, but for redemption as well.
• The Boilermakers are one of three Big Ten teams making the trek to the San Diego area (Illinois, UCLA), while being one of 17 teams making a return trip. Purdue finished 30th a year ago, but has four players on the roster that have played the course, hoping for a better outcome in 2025.
• Purdue earned the No. 24 seed in the Championships, its second-highest seeding since Match Play started in 2009, just behind last year’s No. 19 national seed.

First-Year Coach Making Waves
• Andrew Sapp has made a profound impact on Purdue golf in his first season in charge. 
• Sapp has led Purdue to the National Championships in his first season, one of four first-year head coaches in the field (South Carolina’s Rob Bradley; San Diego’s Evan Emerick; California’s Michael Wilson).
• This is the third team that Sapp has led to the National Championships (Michigan, North Carolina, Purdue).
• Sapp led the Boilermakers to three wins this season, equaling the most for the program since the 2010-11 season (4 wins) and the fifth-most tournament wins for a head coach in his first year in NCAA history.

The Underdog Role Fits Well
• During the 10 NCAA Regional appearances dating to 2014, Purdue has outperformed its seed in seven of them. 
• Since 2014, Purdue has advanced to the National Championships four times when outside a top-5 Regional seed, the second most in the country.

Purdue on Record-Breaking Run
• Purdue played in its 10th NCAA Regional in the last 11 chances after missing Regionals in 2021 — although we contend that Purdue would have played in Regionals if it played in the fall season of 2020. It’s the best stretch for the Boilermaker program since the 50s and 60s. 
• Purdue made 19 straight NCAA Championships appearances from 1949 to 1967, winning the National Championship in 1961. 
• Purdue’s 10 Regionals appearances in the last 11 years are the second most in the Big Ten (Illinois – 11; Purdue – 10; Ohio State – 8; Northwestern – 8). 

Boilermaker Team Notes
• Purdue’s 18-hole team average of 285.69 is the best in…