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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The red-hot Purdue men's golf team looks to end its fall season on a high note this weekend as it travels to paradise for the Warrior Makai Invitational.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be contested Sunday through Tuesday at the Makai Club in Princeville, Hawai'i.
Purdue will bring six players (five counting and one individual) to the event, in hopes of turning around its fall season after a tough start. Seniors Timmy Hildebrand and Jarle Volden and sophomores Cole Bradley, Jason Hong and Joe Weiler will serve as the counting team. Freshman Andrew Lewis will compete as an individual.
The mammoth field of 20 teams features seven squads ranked in the top 100, including No. 11-ranked Pepperdine and No. 15-ranked Louisville. Purdue is ranked No. 44 in the latest Golfstat rankings, jumping 33 spots over the last two tournaments, after finishing third at the Intercollegiate at the Grove and winning the Chatham Hills Invitational two weeks ago.
The tournament is a big one in terms of wins and losses, where Purdue owns a 33-28-2 record. Teams need a minimum .500 record to qualify for the NCAA Regional competition in May.
THE FIELD (Rankings via Golfstat)
PURDUE LINEUP
THE COURSE
The Princeville Makai Golf Club measures 7,223 yards and plays 72, sitting on the north side of the island of Kauai and just a stones throw from the Pacific Ocean. It recently underwent a $6 million renovation by Robert Trent Jones and is now ranked one of the top-100 public courses in America by Golf Digest, and one of America's Top Five Golf Settings by National Geographic.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Partly sunny, 82 degrees; scattered showers.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, 82 degrees; showers likely after noon.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, 82 degrees; frequent showers.
HISTORY AT THE GROVE
This will be Purdue's first appearance in the Warrior Makai Invitational and the Boilermakers' first visit to Hawai'I since the 2006-07 season. Purdue will also play in the Puerto Rico Classic in February, meaning the Boilermakers will play on islands in both oceans.
LIVE STATS
Live scoring can be found on golfstat.com.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The red-hot Purdue men's golf team looks to end its fall season on a high note this weekend as it travels to paradise for the Warrior Makai Invitational.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be contested Sunday through Tuesday at the Makai Club in Princeville, Hawai'i.
Purdue will bring six players (five counting and one individual) to the event, in hopes of turning around its fall season after a tough start. Seniors Timmy Hildebrand and Jarle Volden and sophomores Cole Bradley, Jason Hong and Joe Weiler will serve as the counting team. Freshman Andrew Lewis will compete as an individual.
The mammoth field of 20 teams features seven squads ranked in the top 100, including No. 11-ranked Pepperdine and No. 15-ranked Louisville. Purdue is ranked No. 44 in the latest Golfstat rankings, jumping 33 spots over the last two tournaments, after finishing third at the Intercollegiate at the Grove and winning the Chatham Hills Invitational two weeks ago.
The tournament is a big one in terms of wins and losses, where Purdue owns a 33-28-2 record. Teams need a minimum .500 record to qualify for the NCAA Regional competition in May.
THE FIELD (Rankings via Golfstat)
- Pepperdine (11)
- Louisville (15)
- Mississippi (37)
- PURDUE (44)
- UAB (69)
- East Tennessee State (76)
- Missouri (81)
- Cal State Fullerton (106)
- UMKC (109)
- Louisiana (116)
- Sam Houston State (124)
- Denver (125)
- Loyola Marymount (126)
- McNeese State (162)
- Idaho (181)
- Utah Valley (195)
- Cal Poly (207)
- Hawai'I (246)
- Army (249)
- San Diego (254)
PURDUE LINEUP
- Timmy Hildebrand, Senior: Ranked No. 28 in Golfstat and No. 33 in the Golfweek national ratings … has four straight top-six finishes and has five top-11 finishes in five events this year … is a cumulative 14-under par in 15 rounds this year, good for a 70.47 stroke average … already ranks seventh on the single-season list with six rounds in the 60s … 10 of his 15 rounds this year are even or under par … owns a 73.16 career stroke average (No. 2 all time at Purdue) and 11 career top-10 finishes, the eighth most in school history.
- Cole Bradley, Sophomore: Has posted back-to-back top-10 finishes, including a third-place finish at the Chatham Hills Invite … the finishes were his first top-10 placings of his career … has posted seven consecutive rounds of even-par or better, the second-longest streak in school history (Adam Schenk – 13) … nine of his 15 rounds have been even-par or better.
- Jarle Volden, Senior: Third on the team with a 72.78 stroke average … has finished T-8th and T-22nd in the last two events … posted a 64 at the Intercollegiate at the Grove, the third-best score in school history … his 74.21 career stroke average is the 13th best in school history … four of his nine rounds this year have been even or under par.
- Joe Weiler, Sophomore: Has posted his two best finishes of his career in the last two events (T-27th, T-25th) … recorded a career-best 68 in his last round at the Chatham Hills Collegiate … now ranks 14th on the career strokes average list at Purdue (74.27) … has had a counting score in a team-best 14 of 15 rounds this year.
- Jason Hong, Sophomore: Finished tied for 12th as an individual at the Chatham Hills Collegiate … turned in a career-best 67 in the second round of the Chatham Hills Collegiate … owns five career top-20 finishes in 15 career events.
- Andrew Lewis, Freshman: Appearing in second straight tournament after placing T-52nd at the Chatham Hills Invitational … played well in the opening two rounds (71-75) … will compete as an individual.
THE COURSE
The Princeville Makai Golf Club measures 7,223 yards and plays 72, sitting on the north side of the island of Kauai and just a stones throw from the Pacific Ocean. It recently underwent a $6 million renovation by Robert Trent Jones and is now ranked one of the top-100 public courses in America by Golf Digest, and one of America's Top Five Golf Settings by National Geographic.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Partly sunny, 82 degrees; scattered showers.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, 82 degrees; showers likely after noon.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, 82 degrees; frequent showers.
HISTORY AT THE GROVE
This will be Purdue's first appearance in the Warrior Makai Invitational and the Boilermakers' first visit to Hawai'I since the 2006-07 season. Purdue will also play in the Puerto Rico Classic in February, meaning the Boilermakers will play on islands in both oceans.
LIVE STATS
Live scoring can be found on golfstat.com.