LAKE FOREST, Ill. – The Purdue men’s golf team couldn’t generate any momentum on the opening day of the Windon Memorial Classic, sitting in 11th place after 36 holes at the Knollwood Club.
The Boilermakers posted a pair of identical rounds of 2-under par 286, to finish the opening day at 4-under par 572, good for 11th place out of 16 teams. Purdue is five shots behind eighth-place Michigan State (-9), four behind Ohio State (-8) and one back of Marquette (-5).
Illinois leads at 24-under par, while Notre Dame and Kansas are tied for second at 20-under par.
Purdue is eighth in the field in birdies with 36 (just five off the lead), but had just 105 pars, which ranked 13th in the tournament after the opening day. Unfortunately, Purdue was third in the field after 36 holes with 37 bogeys.
Supapon Amornchaichan leads Purdue in 28th place at 2-under par 142 (71-71).
Kentaro Nanayama had a nice bounceback effort in the second round, sitting in 33rd place at 1-under par 143 (75-68).
Andre Zhu is also tied for 33rd at 1-under par 143 (70-73).
Sam Easterbrook is 68th at 4-over par 148 (70-78), while Will Harvey is 75th at 5-over par 149 (75-74).
Purdue will be paired with USF and Minnesota in Tuesday’s final round and will tee off at 9:45 a.m. ET, off hole 10 at the Knollwood Club.