WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men's golf team looks to bounce back from opening-weekend struggles when it heads to South Carolina for the Kiawah Island Invitational, beginning Sunday at one of America's premier golf destinations.
The 14-team field will open play Sunday at the 6,701-yard, par-72 Oak Point Golf Course at Kiawah Island Resort. The teams will play 18 holes for three straight days, starting Monday.
The Boilermakers are one of seven Big Ten teams in the field and will be joined by national powers Wake Forest, Clemson and East Tennessee State.
THE FIELD (Rankings via Golfweek)
PURDUE LINEUP
THE COURSE
Oak Point Golf Course is the proud recipient of the 2019 Charleston Golf Course Owners Association Course of the Year, Oak Point delivers a superior playing surface with its regrassing in Paspalum and greater strategic challenges through a refreshed design. Originally conceived by Clyde Johnston, a noted Southeastern golf course architect, Oak Point sits by the Kiawah River and Haulover Creek, surrounded by maritime forest.
A true shotmaker's course, Oak Point showcases undulating fairways and challenging greens on a meticulously maintained course that favors a thinking approach over raw power.
Oak Point Golf Course is part of the resort at Kiawah Island that will host the 2021 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Showers; 54 degrees; NE wind 9-12 MPH.
Monday: Chance of Showers; 61 degrees; NE wind 10-15 MPH.
Tuesday: Chance of Showers; 63 degrees; NE wind 10-15 MPH.
KIAWAH ISLAND COLLEGIATE HISTORY
This marks Purdue's first appearance in the event.
LIVE STATS
Live scoring can be found on golfstat.com.
The 14-team field will open play Sunday at the 6,701-yard, par-72 Oak Point Golf Course at Kiawah Island Resort. The teams will play 18 holes for three straight days, starting Monday.
The Boilermakers are one of seven Big Ten teams in the field and will be joined by national powers Wake Forest, Clemson and East Tennessee State.
THE FIELD (Rankings via Golfweek)
- 3 – Clemson
- 7 – Wake Forest
- 40 – Kentucky
- 48 – East Tennessee State
- 49 – Purdue
- 62 – College of Charleston
- East Carolina
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Michigan State
- Ohio State
- Rutgers
- UNC Wilmington
- Wisconsin
PURDUE LINEUP
- Joe Weiler, Junior / Bloomington, Indiana
- Named first-team All-Big Ten and PING All-Midwest Region as a sophomore.
- Finished T-4th at the Timuquana Collegiate two weeks ago in Florida (-8; 208).
- Recorded a 72.05 stroke average last season – good for fourth in school history.
- Now owns six top-20 showings in his last eight events (five top-10s).
- Since the start of his sophomore season, is averaging 71.71 strokes per round (cumulative 1-under par).
- His 73.63 career stroke average is eighth in school history.
- Cole Bradley, Junior / West Lafayette, Indiana
- Recorded a 75.24 stroke average including a top-20 finish at the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills (T-7).
- Had three rounds of even-par or better.
- Ranks 12th on the school's career stroke average list (73.84).
- Peyton Snoeberger, Freshman / Williamsport, Indiana
- Posted a 75.33 stroke average, including a top-20 showing at the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate, placing tied for 18th.
- Appeared in every event as a freshman.
- Third on the team with 228 pars and posted a season-low round of 69 at the Puerto Rico Classic.
- Had a good offseason, most recently finishing T-17 at the First Coast Amateur last weekend.
- Herman Sekne, Freshman / Oslo, Norway
- Finished T-33rd in his first career event as an individual at the Timuquana Collegiate.
- Competed in The Amateur Championship, reaching match play in Europe's premier amateur event.
- Won the Norwegian Golf Federation's International Trophy by four shots this past July.
- Finished sixth at the Portuguese International Amateur Championship in 2020.
- Finished third at the English Boys' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 2019.
- Nick Dentino, Freshman / Carmel, Indiana
- Recorded one of the best freshman seasons in Purdue history.
- Set the school record for stroke average by a freshman (73.05).
- Led the team a year ago with 20 counted rounds (out of 21).
- Had a streak of five straight rounds of even-par or better – 9th longest in school history.
- Ranked second on the team with 233 pars.
- Andrew Farraye, Sophomore / St. Augustine, Florida
- Last season, Farraye tied for the team lead in top-20 finishes (5).
- Eleven of his 21 rounds were even-par or better.
- Led the team in birdies (72).
- Had 19th-best stroke average in school history (73.00).
THE COURSE
Oak Point Golf Course is the proud recipient of the 2019 Charleston Golf Course Owners Association Course of the Year, Oak Point delivers a superior playing surface with its regrassing in Paspalum and greater strategic challenges through a refreshed design. Originally conceived by Clyde Johnston, a noted Southeastern golf course architect, Oak Point sits by the Kiawah River and Haulover Creek, surrounded by maritime forest.
A true shotmaker's course, Oak Point showcases undulating fairways and challenging greens on a meticulously maintained course that favors a thinking approach over raw power.
Oak Point Golf Course is part of the resort at Kiawah Island that will host the 2021 PGA Championship at the Ocean Course.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Showers; 54 degrees; NE wind 9-12 MPH.
Monday: Chance of Showers; 61 degrees; NE wind 10-15 MPH.
Tuesday: Chance of Showers; 63 degrees; NE wind 10-15 MPH.
KIAWAH ISLAND COLLEGIATE HISTORY
This marks Purdue's first appearance in the event.
LIVE STATS
Live scoring can be found on golfstat.com.