WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The No. 23-ranked Purdue men's golf team starts a busy stretch this weekend, when it resumes play at the Hootie at Bulls Bay Golf Club in Awendaw, South Carolina.
Action gets underway Sunday at the difficult Bulls Bay Golf Club as 16 descend on the South Carolina low-country. The teams will play 18 holes on three straight days, beginning Sunday and ending Tuesday.
THE FIELD (Golfstat Rankings)
13 Auburn
22 Ole Miss
23 Purdue
27 New Mexico
28 East Tennessee State
29 South Carolina
35 North Carolina State
44 Kent State
48 College of Charleston
55 West Virginia
59 Missouri
63 Kentucky
79 Iowa State
94 Furman
102 Wisconsin
--- Limestone
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers started their spring season on a high note, finishing fourth at the elite Puerto Rico Classic, shooting a 54-hole score and a school record 46-under par 818. Herman Sekne led the Boilermakers with a T-6th finish, Cole Bradley was T-9th and Joe Weiler finished tied for 19th. The Boilermakers have now finished first, second, tied for third and fourth in its last four events.
PURDUE LINEUP
THE COURSE
A private enclave set against the Atlantic Ocean and its tidal salt marshes, Bulls Bay personifies the vision of its owner: Joe Rice, and the imagination of its artistic designer, the late Mike Strantz. An accomplished professional artist as well as golf architect, Strantz transformed a once flat stretch of Lowcountry coastline into a landscape reminiscent of the great links courses of Scotland and Ireland.
Roughly two million cubic yards of earth were moved to reshape the site. And while other courses, especially modern courses, have required as much earth moving, few, if any, architects have transformed a site with such dramatic results.
HOOTIE AT BULLS BAY HISTORY
This marks Purdue's fourth appearance in the Hootie at Bull's Bay, having finished T-7th, 11th and 11th in its previous three appearances. Hosted by country singer Darius Rucker and former lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish, the victor receives a custom guitar from Rucker. Last year, Cole Bradley finished tied for 10th, while Nick Dentino and Joe Weiler were 33rd and 38th respectively.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Sunny, 65 degrees; NW wind 10-15 MPH.
Monday: Sunny, 65 degrees; NW wind 10-15 MPH.
Tuesday: Sunny, 73 degrees; E wind 10-15 MPH.
LIVE STATS
Will be available on Golfstat.com.
Action gets underway Sunday at the difficult Bulls Bay Golf Club as 16 descend on the South Carolina low-country. The teams will play 18 holes on three straight days, beginning Sunday and ending Tuesday.
THE FIELD (Golfstat Rankings)
13 Auburn
22 Ole Miss
23 Purdue
27 New Mexico
28 East Tennessee State
29 South Carolina
35 North Carolina State
44 Kent State
48 College of Charleston
55 West Virginia
59 Missouri
63 Kentucky
79 Iowa State
94 Furman
102 Wisconsin
--- Limestone
LAST TIME OUT
The Boilermakers started their spring season on a high note, finishing fourth at the elite Puerto Rico Classic, shooting a 54-hole score and a school record 46-under par 818. Herman Sekne led the Boilermakers with a T-6th finish, Cole Bradley was T-9th and Joe Weiler finished tied for 19th. The Boilermakers have now finished first, second, tied for third and fourth in its last four events.
PURDUE LINEUP
- Herman Sekne / Sophomore / Oslo, Norway
- Sekne has had an outstanding season, leading the team with a 69.20 stroke average and four top-20 finishes in five events.
- Has placed first, first and tied for sixth in his last three events, owning a cumulative 36-under par in those three events (68.00 strokes / 18 holes).
- Owns 12 rounds (out of 15) of even-par or better, including nine straight rounds of even-par or better, the second-longest streak in school history.
- Has three tournaments of 205 or better already this season. No other individual in school history has more than two (Adam Schenk, Cole Bradley).
- Joe Weiler / Senior / Bloomington, Indiana
- Second on the team in stroke average (70.07) and rounds of par or better (11).
- Has had a counting score in all 15 rounds this season.
- Has just four double-bogeys or worse in 270 holes.
- Leads the team with three top-10, and five top-20 showings.
- Lowest finish of the season was a T-12th showing at Olympia Fields.
- Owns the third-lowest career stroke average in school history (73.00).
- Cole Bradley / Senior / West Lafayette, Indiana
- Owns a 71.40 stroke average with a top-10 finish at Erin Hills and Puerto Rico.
- Has had a counting score in eight consecutive rounds.
- Has a 69.40 stroke average in the final round.
- Owns the fifth-best career stroke average in school history (73.28).
- Recorded three rounds in the 60s in Puerto Rico – only the second player ever to have three rounds in the 60s in the same event.
- Nick Dentino / Junior / Carmel, Indiana
- Owns a 72.43 stroke average with five rounds of par or better.
- Has four career top-20 showings in 19 events.
- Posted a 2-1-0 record at the Big Ten Match Play Championships.
- Andrew Farraye / Junior / St. Augustine, Florida
- Owns a 72.83 stroke average and a cumulative 10-over par tally.
- Has six top-20 performances in 21 career events.
- Career-low 18-hole, and 54-hole scores at the Puerto Rico Classic.
- Posted a 2-0-1 with a pair of dominating wins at the Big Ten Match Play Championships.
THE COURSE
A private enclave set against the Atlantic Ocean and its tidal salt marshes, Bulls Bay personifies the vision of its owner: Joe Rice, and the imagination of its artistic designer, the late Mike Strantz. An accomplished professional artist as well as golf architect, Strantz transformed a once flat stretch of Lowcountry coastline into a landscape reminiscent of the great links courses of Scotland and Ireland.
Roughly two million cubic yards of earth were moved to reshape the site. And while other courses, especially modern courses, have required as much earth moving, few, if any, architects have transformed a site with such dramatic results.
HOOTIE AT BULLS BAY HISTORY
This marks Purdue's fourth appearance in the Hootie at Bull's Bay, having finished T-7th, 11th and 11th in its previous three appearances. Hosted by country singer Darius Rucker and former lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish, the victor receives a custom guitar from Rucker. Last year, Cole Bradley finished tied for 10th, while Nick Dentino and Joe Weiler were 33rd and 38th respectively.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Sunny, 65 degrees; NW wind 10-15 MPH.
Monday: Sunny, 65 degrees; NW wind 10-15 MPH.
Tuesday: Sunny, 73 degrees; E wind 10-15 MPH.
LIVE STATS
Will be available on Golfstat.com.