WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After over a month off, the Purdue men’s golf team returns to action on Sunday with a trip to the low-country of South Carolina and the Hootie Intercollegiate at Bulls Bay Golf Club in Awendaw, South Carolina.
The Boilermakers will be one of 13 teams in the field and are looking for its second consecutive title in the event, after defeating South Carolina last season in a playoff.
Purdue is coming off a 13th-place finish in its first competition of the spring in last month’s Puerto Rico Classic, but has finished in the top six in four of seven events this season.
Action begins Sunday and will run through Tuesday, with the 13 teams playing 18 holes each day.
THE FIELD (Clippd rankings as of March 19)
39 Kansas
40 Clemson
44 South Carolina
45 Purdue
52 West Virginia
56 Florida Gulf Coast
74 Coastal Carolina
83 Tennessee-Chattanooga
86 East Tennessee State
93 Missouri
123 Furman
140 Kent State
184 Winthrop
TEAM NOTES
- The Boilermakers are averaging a 283.05 stroke average in 20 rounds this season. The average is currently the lowest in school history.
- Purdue is a combined 51-under par through its 20 rounds this season. Thirteen of the 20 rounds have been even or under par.
- Purdue has had just four top-5 individual finishes so far this season.
- All six of Purdue’s regulars have had rounds in the 60s this season.
- With a minimum of 20 rounds played, four Boilermakers are currently in the top 12 of single-season stroke average, led by Sam Easterbrook’s 70.80 average, which ranks third on the single-season list.
- Easterbrook’s 12 top-10 finishes are tied for ninth most in a career in school history. His 72.13 career stroke average is second all time.