Boilermakers Show Improvement in Round 2 at Calusa Pines

NAPLES, Fla. – The Purdue men’s golf team shaved off 10 strokes from round one to round two and moved up one spot at the elite Calusa Cup held at the difficult Calusa Pines Golf Club.
 
The Boilermakers are in eighth place at 38-over par 614 (312-302), one shot ahead of Iowa in ninth place. No. 3-ranked North Carolina leads at even-par 576.
 
The Boilermakers are 10 shots out of seventh-place Ohio State, who sits at 28-over par 604 (288-316).
 
Four of the nation’s top-five teams are in the field and Calusa Pines is showing its teeth. The round two scoring average was a full shot worse than round one at 75.71, and through two rounds, the scoring average is 75.19. No golfer shot better than 71 in the second round and only six golfers shot even-par or better.
 
Herman Sekne moved up 11 spots into 15^th place, sitting at 4-over par 148 (75-73). He is looking for his sixth top-10 finish in seven events in tomorrow’s final round.
 
Kent Hsiao is tied for 29^th at 8-over par 152 (75-77), while Nels Surtani is tied for 34^th at 9-over par 153 (78-75). Nick Dentino and Peyton Snoeberger are tied for 43^rd at 17-over par 161 (84-77).
 
Purdue will tee off in the final round at 8 a.m. ET, off hole No. 10, being paired with Ohio State and Iowa.