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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The highly-ranked Purdue men's golf team will see where it stands this weekend at the Tavistock Collegiate Invitational in Windermere, Florida.
Boilermakers Head to Sunshine State for Elite Event
- The Purdue men's golf team faces its stiffest challenge of the season this weekend as it heads to the prestigious Tavistock Collegiate Invitational in Orlando. The event will be played at an elite course and the home of Tiger Woods, the Isleworth Golf & Country Club -- a 7,544-yard, par-72 layout designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay with a redesign in 2003 by Steve Smyers.
- Every team of the 15 squads in the field is ranked in the nation's top 100 by Golfweek.com, including four of the top seven teams in the country. Ranked No. 30, Purdue is 1-of-10 teams ranked in the nation's top 50. Purdue is 0-4-0 against teams ranked ahead of it in the field, but 3-0-0 against teams below it.
Purdue at This Event
- This will mark Purdue's first appearance in the event and be the Boilermakers' ninth straight year competing in a Florida event. However, if you take away the Big Ten Match Play Championships, it will be Purdue's first appearance to the state since the 2012-13 season and the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular (T-2nd / 18).
- The event is considered, along with the OFCC / Fighting Illini Invitational, among the top events during the fall season on the collegiate golf schedule. Purdue, Illinois, North Carolina and Arizona State are the four teams that will compete in both events.
Purdue Team Notes
- Purdue finished seventh out of 14 teams at the Windon Memorial Classic three weeks ago, Pudue's last event after a busy start to the season. The Boilermakers shot a 54-hole total of 22-over par 886 (289-295-302) to finish 25 shots behind champion Florida.
- Purdue played the event without Fernando Barco, who was representing Peru in the World Amateur Team Championships at Riviera Maya, Mexico.
- According to Golfweek, Purdue has played the 39th-toughest schedule in collegiate golf early on, ranking fourth in the Big Ten. The number will only go lower after this tournament. Purdue is 25-14-1 in head-to-head action, ahead of the .500 rule.
- It's early, but Purdue is averaging 291.75 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 - 6th; Barco - 9th).
- Entering this weekend's event, Purdue has finished in the top five in 13-of-18 fall events during the Rob Bradley era.
Purdue Individual Notes
- Austin Eoff ... school-record holder in career stroke average (72.79) ... 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 53 rounds of par or better (121 career rounds) ... has placed in the top 20 in 23-of-41 career events ... has yet to record a double-bogey or worse this year (144 holes) ... hasn't finished lower than 24th in his last 11 fall events dating to Sept. 2014.
- Brian Carlson ... second-team All-Big Ten as a sophomore ... owns a 73.65 career stroke average to rank sixth 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 25 rounds of even par or better ... scores have counted in 24 straight rounds dating to last year) ... top-25 finishes in six straight regular-season events.
- Fernando Barco ... named a Big Ten Golfer to Watch ... led the team in spring stroke average last year (72.87) ... two-time qualifier for the U.S. Amateur ... named Big Ten Golfer of the Week (April 13) ... his 74.00 career average is the ninth-lowest average in school history ... has eight career rounds in the 60s and 22 rounds of even par or better ... led the team last year in pars made (434) ... led Purdue at the NCAA Stillwater Regional last year with a T-10th showing, carrying the Boilermakers in the final round (73) ... missed the Windon Classic after competing in the World Amateur Championships.
- 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 ... fired the fourth-best final-round score at the Windon Memorial Classic (71).
- 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 ... was 21st after two rounds at the Windon Memorial Classic ... second on the team in par-3 scoring (+4) and third in birdies (20).
Success Under Coach Bradley
- In 41 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 have come during the Bradley era.
- Three of the top five single-season team stroke average totals have come under Bradley.
