WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team wraps up its fall season this weekend, when it travels to the Deep South for the elite Fallen Oak Invitational.
Held at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Saucier, Mississippi, the Boilermakers are looking for their second win of the season against an elite field loaded with some of the nation’s best teams. The Boilermakers are coming off a strong performance at the Fighting Irish Classic two weeks ago and is aiming to carry some momentum into their offseason workouts.
Action begins Saturday and will run through Monday, with the 13 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)
2 Ole Miss
5 LSU
15 Illinois
22 Mississippi State
23 South Carolina
29 Georgia
32 UNLV
36 Kansas
48 Purdue
61 Iowa
108 Wisconsin
158 Southern Miss
184 UTSA
TEAM NOTES
Held at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Saucier, Mississippi, the Boilermakers are looking for their second win of the season against an elite field loaded with some of the nation’s best teams. The Boilermakers are coming off a strong performance at the Fighting Irish Classic two weeks ago and is aiming to carry some momentum into their offseason workouts.
Action begins Saturday and will run through Monday, with the 13 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)
2 Ole Miss
5 LSU
15 Illinois
22 Mississippi State
23 South Carolina
29 Georgia
32 UNLV
36 Kansas
48 Purdue
61 Iowa
108 Wisconsin
158 Southern Miss
184 UTSA
TEAM NOTES
- Purdue has finished in the top four in three of its five events this fall and owns a 41-26-0 (.612) head-to-head record this fall. The Boilermakers own seven wins over the top 50.
- The Boilermakers own a 286.87 stroke average this fall, which would currently rank as the second-best team average in school history (286.63 à 2021-22 season).
- 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 15 team rounds have been at even- or under-par this fall.
- Purdue’s 15 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 selection.
- Owns four top-25 showings this season.
- Owns a 72.92 career stroke average (4th in school history).
- Won the 2024 Puerto Rico Classic for only collegiate victory.
- Sam Easterbrook – Sophomore; Tomworth, England
- Has had an up-and-down season (T-6, T-73, T-5, T-25, T-17).
- Has four top-6 finishes in last seven regular-season events dating to last…
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