WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men's golf team wraps up its fall season this weekend, when it travels to the Deep South for the elite Fallen Oak Invitational.
Held at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Saucier, Mississippi, the Boilermakers are looking for their second win of the season against an elite field loaded with some of the nation's best teams. The Boilermakers are coming off a strong performance at the Fighting Irish Classic two weeks ago and is aiming to carry some momentum into their offseason workouts.
Action begins Saturday and will run through Monday, with the 13 teams playing 18 holes each day.
The Fallen Oak Invitational features nine teams ranked in the nation's top 50 in the first installment of the Clippd Golf National Rankings released Monday. Included in the field is five SEC teams ranked in the top 29 and four Big Ten teams competing for the last time this fall.
THE FIELD (2025 Clippd Rankings)
2 Ole Miss
5 LSU
15 Illinois
22 Mississippi State
23 South Carolina
29 Georgia
32 UNLV
36 Kansas
48 Purdue
61 Iowa
108 Wisconsin
158 Southern Miss
184 UTSA
TEAM NOTES
PURDUE LINEUP
PREVIOUSLY AT THE FALLEN OAK INVITATIONAL
This marks Purdue's first appearance in school history at the Fallen Oak Invitational. In fact, Purdue has never played a competitive round in the state of Mississippi.
THE COURSE
Located deep in Mississippi's De Soto National Forest, Fallen Oak comes from the same Las Vegas, MGM Mirage stable as Shadow Creek. Some say that Fallen Oak, due to its natural setting, is the better of the two layouts. Both are products of the same architect, Tom Fazio.
During construction, dozens of large specimen trees were relocated, over a hundred acres of turf was laid and more than half a million cubic yards of earth was moved to accentuate the dramatic elevation changes on the property.
From the tips, Fallen Oak plays to almost 7,500 yards, thanks mainly to a collection of long, strong par fives – the 15th is over 600 yards – that begins at the left doglegged opening hole, where water hampers progress between tee and green.
WEATHER FORECAST
Saturday: Sunny, 80 degrees, ENE Wind 5-10 MPH.
Sunday: Sunny, 82 degrees, NE Wind 5-10 MPH.
Monday: Sunny, 83 degrees, E Wind 5-10 MPH.
LIVE SCORING
Will be available on golfstat.com.
Held at Fallen Oak Golf Club in Saucier, Mississippi, the Boilermakers are looking for their second win of the season against an elite field loaded with some of the nation's best teams. The Boilermakers are coming off a strong performance at the Fighting Irish Classic two weeks ago and is aiming to carry some momentum into their offseason workouts.
Action begins Saturday and will run through Monday, with the 13 teams playing 18 holes each day.
The Fallen Oak Invitational features nine teams ranked in the nation's top 50 in the first installment of the Clippd Golf National Rankings released Monday. Included in the field is five SEC teams ranked in the top 29 and four Big Ten teams competing for the last time this fall.
THE FIELD (2025 Clippd Rankings)
2 Ole Miss
5 LSU
15 Illinois
22 Mississippi State
23 South Carolina
29 Georgia
32 UNLV
36 Kansas
48 Purdue
61 Iowa
108 Wisconsin
158 Southern Miss
184 UTSA
TEAM NOTES
- Purdue has finished in the top four in three of its five events this fall and owns a 41-26-0 (.612) head-to-head record this fall. The Boilermakers own seven wins over the top 50.
- The Boilermakers own a 286.87 stroke average this fall, which would currently rank as the second-best team average in school history (286.63 à 2021-22 season).
- Purdue owns just one individual top-five tournament finishes this season (Sam Easterbrook à T-5 at the Purdue Fall Invitational).
- Four of Purdue's 15 team rounds have been at even- or under-par this fall.
- Purdue's 15 rounds have come between 280 and 299 this season, showing strong consistency.
PURDUE LINEUP
- Nels Surtani – Senior; Indianapolis, Indiana
- 2024 Second-Team All-Big Ten selection.
- Owns four top-25 showings this season.
- Owns a 72.92 career stroke average (4th in school history).
- Won the 2024 Puerto Rico Classic for only collegiate victory.
- Sam Easterbrook – Sophomore; Tomworth, England
- Has had an up-and-down season (T-6, T-73, T-5, T-25, T-17).
- Has four top-6 finishes in last seven regular-season events dating to last year.
- Posted the fourth-best freshman scoring average in school history last season (73.36).
- Twenty of his 48 career rounds have been even- or under-par.
- Supapon Amornchaichan – Freshman; Bangkok, Thailand
- Top career placing came at the Fighting Irish Classic (T-12; +1).
- Played well in season opener, posting T-15 finish at 1-under par 215; played final two rounds in 2-under par.
- Finished in the top 50 in four of five events so far this year.
- Has had a team-counting round in 14 of 15 rounds this season.
- A highly-regarded recruit, Amornchaichan was an AJGA Honorable Mention All-America honoree.
- Won four titles during the 2022-23 season, including a pair of AJGA events.
- Was fourth at the Western Junior Championship in 2023.
- Jenson Forrester – Sophomore; Wolverhampton, England
- Finished in the top 10 at the Fighting Irish Classic (T-7), his second top-10 showing in his last three events (3rd at Purdue Fall Individual).
- Has three top-35 finishes so far this year (T-33rd at Island Resort Intercollegiate).
- Was a regular a year ago at East Tennessee State, averaging 72.53 strokes per round and a pair of top-20 finishes.
- Finished T-15 at the SoCon Men's Golf Championship and T-72 at the NCAA Championships.
- Kent Hsiao – Senior; Taipei, Taiwan
- Missed the last tournament to compete in the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship (finished T-42).
- Finished T-9th at the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate.
- Has missed a pair of tournaments this season.
- Owns a 73.11 career stroke average, good for sixth in school history.
- Kentaro Nanayama – Junior; Jakarta, Indonesia
- Finished T-9th at the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate.
- Missed the Inverness Intercollegiate to play a pro event in Indonesia.
- Had two solid rounds at the Fighting Irish Classic. If you eliminate his worst round in each tournament, Nanayama is a cumulative 7-over par (8 rounds). His worst round in each tournament is a combined 24-over par (4 rounds).
- Won a pair of tournaments last summer, including the Bali International Amateur.
PREVIOUSLY AT THE FALLEN OAK INVITATIONAL
This marks Purdue's first appearance in school history at the Fallen Oak Invitational. In fact, Purdue has never played a competitive round in the state of Mississippi.
THE COURSE
Located deep in Mississippi's De Soto National Forest, Fallen Oak comes from the same Las Vegas, MGM Mirage stable as Shadow Creek. Some say that Fallen Oak, due to its natural setting, is the better of the two layouts. Both are products of the same architect, Tom Fazio.
During construction, dozens of large specimen trees were relocated, over a hundred acres of turf was laid and more than half a million cubic yards of earth was moved to accentuate the dramatic elevation changes on the property.
From the tips, Fallen Oak plays to almost 7,500 yards, thanks mainly to a collection of long, strong par fives – the 15th is over 600 yards – that begins at the left doglegged opening hole, where water hampers progress between tee and green.
WEATHER FORECAST
Saturday: Sunny, 80 degrees, ENE Wind 5-10 MPH.
Sunday: Sunny, 82 degrees, NE Wind 5-10 MPH.
Monday: Sunny, 83 degrees, E Wind 5-10 MPH.
LIVE SCORING
Will be available on golfstat.com.