WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team wraps up its fourth straight week of competition by hosting the Purdue Fall Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Kampen-Cosler Course, starting at 8:45 a.m. ET.
The Boilermakers will be playing their fourth straight week after competing in the Olympia Fields Invitational, the Windon Memorial Classic and the Fighting Irish Classic. After this week, Purdue will close out its fall portion of the schedule on Oct. 25 and 26, in Loxley, Alabama.
It marks the third-of-four straight weeks with tournaments for the Boilermakers, who have competed at the loaded Olympia Fields Invitational and the Windon Memorial Classic. Following this week, Purdue will host its own tournament on Oct. 13 and 14, and then conclude the fall season on Oct. 25 and 26 in Loxley, Alabama.
The Boilermakers bounced back last week against a strong field in South Bend, finishing fifth place at the Fighting Irish Classic. The Boilermakers defeated strong teams in Tennessee, Oklahoma State, Georgia Southern and Little Rock en route to their fifth-place finish.
This week’s field includes many local teams, including four other teams from the state of Indiana (Butler, Ball State, Purdue Fort Wayne, Valparaiso).
THE FIELD (Final 2025 Clippd Rankings)
38 Purdue
83 Nebraska
121 Toledo
123 Illinois State
137 Northern Illinois
141 Ball State
174 Butler
175 Western Kentucky
179 South Dakota State
181 Southern Illinois
195 Loyola Chicago
207 Valparaiso
210 Oakland
237 Purdue Fort Wayne
242 Ohio
TEAM NOTES
• Purdue continues to avoid the big numbers on its counting team. Purdue’s top six players have accounted for just 13 double-bogeys in 1,188 holes played. Two of the five players (Supapon Amormchaichan, Kentaro Nanayama) have yet to record a double-bogey or worse through the first four tournaments (216 holes played).
• In the opener, The Boilermakers’ score of 49-under par 815 was the second-lowest, 54-hole score in school history. It featured a second-round tally of 24-under par 264, the lowest 18-hole score in school history.
• Purdue has shot 280 or better in all three rounds in a tournament seven times in school history. Three of the occurrences have come under head coach Andrew Sapp.
PURDUE LINEUP
• Sam Easterbrook (Jr. / Tomworth, England)
... 2025 First-team All-Big Ten honoree.
... Owns 10 top-10 finishes in just 29 career events, needing one more top-10 finish to move into the top 10 in school history.
... Has a 72.30 career stroke average, good for second all-time behind All-American Herman Sekne (71.42).
... Owns 18 career rounds in the 60s and 39 of his 84 career rounds have been even or under par.
... Finished T-6th at the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate at 12-under par 204 (71-66-67); was 11-under par 133 over his final two rounds.
• Supapon Amornchaichan (So. / Bangkok, Thailand)
... 43 of his 52 career rounds have been 75 or lower, including 25 of his last 26 rounds.
... Ten of his 12 rounds so far this season have been between 69 and 73.
... Finished T-9th at the NCAA Championships, the highest finish for a Boilermaker since 1961.
... Finished T-15 at the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate, his third straight top-15 finish dating to his freshman season.
... Surged to a T-12 finish at the Fighting Irish Classic and leads the team with two top-20 showings.
• Andre Zhu (R-Fr. / Richmond Hill, Ontario)
... Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Sept. 4) following a T-3 showing at the Island Resort Intercollegiate, in his first career event (68-65-68=201; -15).
... All 12 of his rounds have been 75 or lower.
... The 201 in the opener was the third-lowest, 54-hole score in Purdue history, and the lowest by five shots by a freshman.
... Became the fourth player in school history to have three rounds of 68 or better (Herman Sekne, Cole Bradley, Pariya Junhasavasdikul).
... Redshirted a year ago at the University of South Carolina, under previous Purdue head coach Rob Bradley.
• Kentaro Nanayama (Sr. / Jakarta, Indonesia)
... Totaled a 6-under par 210 (69-71-70) to finish T-23 at the Island Resort Intercollegiate.
... Seven of his 12 rounds this season have been even- or under-par; 12 of his last 21 rounds dating to last year have been even- or under-par.
... Has a 72.30 career stroke average in 60 rounds, despite playing just 28 rounds on the counting team.
... Owns three career top-20 finishes, including a T-18 finish at the Boilermaker Invitational where he was in the top five after 36 holes.
... Won the Badger Individual to start his redshirt freshman year in Sept. 2022.
• Jenson Forrester (Jr. / Wolverhampton, England)
... Owns four rounds of par or better through his first three tournaments.
... Four top-10 finishes in 16 career events.
... Inserted into the starting lineup at Notre Dame and finished T-23 at 4-over par 214, his second straight top-25 showing at Notre Dame.
PREVIOUSLY AT THE PURDUE FALL INVITATIONAL
The Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex has hosted the Purdue Fall Invitational for each of the last four seasons, starting in 2021. Purdue is aiming for just its second victory in the event, winning in 2023 at Ackerman-Allen Course. The 2021 event (2nd), 2022 tournament (3rd) and 2024 tournament (4th) have been held at Kampen-Cosler. In 2021, Herman Sekne won medalist honors at 11-under par, the lowest score in relation to par in tournament history.
THE COURSE
The Kampen-Cosler Course, a Pete Dye design, is an 18-hole, links-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with vast sand bunkers, native grasslands, ponds and a natural celery bog. Kampen offers five sets of tees with the championship tees playing over 7,400 yards and the forward tees playing at 5,300 yards.
Kampen-Cosler is rated one of the top collegiate courses in the nation and has been awarded 4.5 stars on Golf Digest’s “Places to Play.” Kampen receives high marks as it is ranked as one of the most difficult golf courses in Indiana.
WEATHER FORECAST
Monday: Partly Cloudy, 77 degrees; ENE winds 5 MPH
Tuesday: Partly Cloudy, 76 degrees; NNE 5-10 MPH