WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue will be well-represented in next week's playing of the U.S. Amateur, as three current Boilermakers begin play Monday looking to become America's Amateur champion.
Seniors Herman Sekne and Nick Dentino and junior Luke Prall will all begin play Monday at the Colorado Golf Club, then will close out stroke play on Tuesday at Cherry Hills Golf Club.
The three qualifiers are believed to be the most Boilermakers in a field in U.S. Amateur history.
Sekne, from Oslo, Norway, will open play Monday at 9:11 a.m. ET, and play Tuesday at 2:41 p.m. ET, off No. 10 at Cherry Hills. The third-team All-American is ranked No. 27 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and will begin his season ranked No. 17 in the PGA Tour U. rankings.
In May, Sekne became Purdue's first All-American since 2002 and competed this summer in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup and Bollanack Trophy. He is one of the top-25 players ranked in the field.
Sekne earned an exempt spot in the field by ranking in the WAGR's top 50.
Dentino, a fifth-year senior in 2023-24, will play in his second U.S. Amateur after playing in the 2021 event at Oakmont. He will tee off at 3:25 p.m. ET on Monday off hole No. 10 at the Colorado Golf Club, then Tuesday off No. 1 at Cherry Hills at 9:55 a.m. ET.
Dentino qualified by finishing as the runner-up medalist in qualifying in Lansing, Michigan.
Dentino played all 11 events this last season at Purdue, registering a 72.90 stroke average with two top-10 finishes and 13 rounds of even-par or better.
Prall, a junior, will tee off Monday at 10:50 a.m. ET, off No. 1 on the Colorado Golf Club layout, then will finish stroke play Tuesday with a 4:20 p.m. ET tee time off No. 10 on Cherry Hills.
Prall fired a 9-under par 135 (69-66) to win medalist honors at U.S. Amateur qualifying in Kentucky, rallying to win the qualifier with a blistering final round, 6-under par 66. He entered the second 18 in a sixth-place tie out of the qualifying seeds (top two), but responded with a 66, including a big eagle on the par-5 16th hole to help him advance.
Live scoring will be provided on USGA.org, with streaming starting Wednesday when match-play begins. Television coverage also begins Wednesday on the Golf Channel, with NBC picking up the semifinals and finals on Saturday and Sunday.
Seniors Herman Sekne and Nick Dentino and junior Luke Prall will all begin play Monday at the Colorado Golf Club, then will close out stroke play on Tuesday at Cherry Hills Golf Club.
The three qualifiers are believed to be the most Boilermakers in a field in U.S. Amateur history.
Sekne, from Oslo, Norway, will open play Monday at 9:11 a.m. ET, and play Tuesday at 2:41 p.m. ET, off No. 10 at Cherry Hills. The third-team All-American is ranked No. 27 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and will begin his season ranked No. 17 in the PGA Tour U. rankings.
In May, Sekne became Purdue's first All-American since 2002 and competed this summer in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup and Bollanack Trophy. He is one of the top-25 players ranked in the field.
Sekne earned an exempt spot in the field by ranking in the WAGR's top 50.
Dentino, a fifth-year senior in 2023-24, will play in his second U.S. Amateur after playing in the 2021 event at Oakmont. He will tee off at 3:25 p.m. ET on Monday off hole No. 10 at the Colorado Golf Club, then Tuesday off No. 1 at Cherry Hills at 9:55 a.m. ET.
Dentino qualified by finishing as the runner-up medalist in qualifying in Lansing, Michigan.
Dentino played all 11 events this last season at Purdue, registering a 72.90 stroke average with two top-10 finishes and 13 rounds of even-par or better.
Prall, a junior, will tee off Monday at 10:50 a.m. ET, off No. 1 on the Colorado Golf Club layout, then will finish stroke play Tuesday with a 4:20 p.m. ET tee time off No. 10 on Cherry Hills.
Prall fired a 9-under par 135 (69-66) to win medalist honors at U.S. Amateur qualifying in Kentucky, rallying to win the qualifier with a blistering final round, 6-under par 66. He entered the second 18 in a sixth-place tie out of the qualifying seeds (top two), but responded with a 66, including a big eagle on the par-5 16th hole to help him advance.
Live scoring will be provided on USGA.org, with streaming starting Wednesday when match-play begins. Television coverage also begins Wednesday on the Golf Channel, with NBC picking up the semifinals and finals on Saturday and Sunday.