WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team looks to start its postseason on a high note when it travels to the Pacific Northwest and Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club for the 106th Big Ten Championships.
Purdue will enter the tournament as the No. 4 seed and has put itself in position to win its first Big Ten Championship since 1981. The Boilermakers are ranked No. 41 in the latest Clippd national rankings and behind Illinois (#12), USC (#26) and UCLA (#33) in the national rankings. This year’s event features 16 teams ranked inside the top 100 (compared to 12 last year).
Purdue owns an 18-12-0 (.600) head-to-head record against Big Ten teams this season, having played 13 Big Ten squads.
The trip to the Pacific Northwest marks Purdue’s first appearance in the region since the 2016 NCAA Championships, played at the Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon.
THE SCHEDULE
• Friday, May 1 – 12:30 to 1:10 p.m. ET – Off hole 10, paired with Northwestern and Washington
• Saturday, May 2 – 12:30 to 2:50 p.m. ET – To Be Determined on first-round scores.
• Sunday, May 3 – 12:30 to 2:50 p.m. ET – To Be Determined on second-round scores.
THE COURSE (Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club – Witch Hollow; North Plains, Oregon)
Considered among the nation’s best classic-style courses, Bob Cupp designed the par-72, 7,017-yard Witch Hollow course to blend harmoniously with its natural surroundings in the shadows of the Cascade Mountains. Woven through a tapestry of fir, maple, oak and ash trees with dramatic views of the Tualatin Hills, the course’s undulating fairways, wide manicured greens, numerous wetland areas and variety of ponds, lakes and streams add to the layout’s mystical allure and beauty.
Witch Hollow was named by Golf Digest the “#2 Best New Private Course in the U.S.” when it opened in 1992, and continues to garner national acclaim thanks to its imaginative design and superb conditioning. In 1996, Tiger Woods brought notoriety to Witch Hollow when he won his unprecedented third consecutive U.S. Amateur Championship in a dramatic come-from-behind finish over Steve Scott.
THE FIELD (April 27, 2026 Clippd Rankings)
12 Illinois
26 USC
33 UCLA
41 Purdue
49 Northwestern
52 Washington
62 Oregon
65 Ohio State
71 Minnesota
76 Michigan State
83 Nebraska
84 Iowa
86 Rutgers
88 Michigan
97 Maryland
98 Indiana
108 Wisconsin
121 Penn State
PURDUE LINEUP
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