Purdue Notes and Stats / Live Scoring
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Missing a key part of its lineup, the Purdue men's golf team looks to showcase its depth this weekend at the Windon Memorial Classic.
Boilermakers Wrap up Busy Stretch at Windon Memorial Classic
- The Purdue men's golf team wraps up its busy opening-season stretch with its third tournament in as many weeks to open the 2016-17 season. Action in the Windon Memorial Classic will get underway Sunday with 36 holes, followed by 18 holes on the 7,103-yard, par-72 North Shore Country Club layout.
- The field includes six of the nation's top-76 teams from last year's final Golfweek rankings, including No. 10-ranked Florida. Big Ten members Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern (host), Indiana, Wisconsin and Rutgers are also in the event.
Purdue at This Event
- The Boilermakers dominated last year's event, going wire-to-wire en route to a 15-shot victory over Michigan. Purdue shot a 22-under par 830 at Lake Shore Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois, having four players finish in the top three of the individual race. The 830 score was the lowest, 54-hole score in school history, and Brian Carlson earned his first career victory by two shots.
- This marks the fourth straight year that Purdue will compete in the event, finishing 1st, T-6th and T-4th in the previous three events. This year's tournament will be played at the North Shore Country Club in Glenview, Illinois, the first time since 2010 the course has hosted the event.
Purdue Team Notes
- Purdue finished tied for eighth at last weekend's OFCC / Fighting Illini Invitational with a score of 874 (291-298-285), rallying in the final round with the third-best team score of the day.
- The Boilermakers were T-11th after 36 holes, but used a strong finish to rally to their eighth-place showing. Austin Eoff shot a 2-under par 68 for the third-best individual score of the day and Fernando Barco and Brian Carlson both shot 1-over par 71s to aid Purdue's surge.
- Purdue will be playing this weekend without Barco, who is representing Peru in the World Amateur Team Championships at Riviera Maya, Mexico. AJGA junior All-American Thomas Lewis will take his place in the lineup.
- It's early, but Purdue is averaging 289.60 strokes per 18 holes. The school record for strokes / 18 holes is 288.19 during the 2001-02 season.
- Three of the top nine in the Purdue career stroke average list are currently on the roster (Eoff - 1st; Carlson - 7th; Barco - 9th).
- Entering this weekend's event, Purdue has finished in the top five in 13-of-17 fall events during the Rob Bradley era.
Purdue Individual Notes
- Austin Eoff ... school-record holder in career stroke average (72.75) ... three-time All-Big Ten honoree (second-team twice; first-team once) ... school-record holder for consecutive top-10 placings (8) ... his 14 career top-10 finishes are fourth in school history ... Golfweek's National Player of the Week (Nov. 2, 2015) ... has recorded 18 rounds in the 60s and has 52 rounds of par or better (118 career rounds) ... has placed in the top 20 in 23-of-40 career events ... has yet to record a double-bogey or worse this year (90 holes) ... hasn't finished lower than 14th in his last 10 fall events dating to Sept. 2014.
- Brian Carlson ... second-team All-Big Ten as a sophomore ... owns a 73.68 career stroke average to rank seventh in school history ... two-time Big Ten Golfer of the Week last year (Sept. 30, March 10) ... owns five top-three finishes for his career ... 1-of-3 players in school history to have two 54-hole tournament scores of 207 or better (Adam Schenk, Peter Richardson, Carlson) ... owns seven rounds in the 60s and 22 rounds of even par or better ... scores have counted in 21 straight rounds dating to last year ... yet to make a double-bogey or worse this year (90 holes) ... top-25 finishes in five straight regular-season events.
- Jarle Volden ... showed steady improvement last year and played his best late in the year ... was T-8th after two rounds at the 2016 NCAA Stillwater Regional ... finished T-23rd at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, his sixth career top-25 finish ... his 65 at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate last year equaled the lowest round by a freshman in school history ... had eight rounds of even or under par scores and four rounds in the 60s.
- Timmy Hildebrand ... showed improvement last year and had a great summer, finishing second at the Indiana Open after winning it in 2015 ... had a strong performance in just his second tournament on the counting team, finishing T-18th at the Wolf Run Intercollegiate, his best career placing ... ranked second in the tournament field in birdies at Wolf Run (9) ... his opening-round 70 at Wolf Run was his lowest career round.
- Thomas Lewis ... will compete in his first career tournament this weekend at the Windon Memorial Classic ... was ranked No. 62 among high school seniors by Golfweek in 2016 ... Lewis (and Timmy Hildebrand) led Westfield High School to Indiana state titles in 2013 and 2015 ... was a 2015 Rolex Junior All-American after posting five top-5 AJGA finishes ... the 2014 Indiana Junior Player of the Year.
Success Under Coach Bradley
- In 40 events during the Rob Bradley era (fourth year), Purdue has placed in the top five in 24 of them. In the six full previous years (2007-08 to 2012-13) prior to his arrival, Purdue had 25 top-five finishes in 72 events played.
- Bradley is the first coach in school history to make three straight NCAA appearances to start his career. Purdue has made three straight NCAA appearances for the first time since making four straight from 2004-07. Purdue and Illinois are the only Big Ten teams to make NCAA Nationals during the last three years.
- Purdue's 277 in the opening round of the Wolf Run Intercollegiate marked the 14th time in school history that Purdue has shot 277 or better. Seven of the occurrences have come during the Rob Bradley era.
- There have been 25 rounds in the 270s (or lower) in Purdue history. Nine of them have come during the Bradley era.
- There have been 17 individual rounds of 65 or lower in Purdue history. Seven of them have come in the Bradley era.
- Four of the five lowest 54-hole team scores have come during the Rob Bradley era.
- Four of the top nine players in career stroke average came during the Bradley era.
- Three of the top five single-season team stroke average totals have come under Bradley.
