WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue men’s golf team travels to Bloomington and The Pfau Course this weekend for its final tuneup before the Big Ten Championships.
Fifteen teams will gear up for the postseason and vie for crucial positioning and head-to-head results as the regular season winds down. The Boilermakers enter the event as the third-highest ranked team and will be one of 10 Big Ten teams in the field, looking to improve its standing heading into the Big Ten Championships.
The Boilermakers are currently fifth among Big Ten teams in the national rankings (Illinois – 14; USC – 30; UCLA – 33; Washington – 39).
Purdue is coming off a third-place showing at the prestigious Calusa Cup and have posted top-five finishes in each of its last two tournaments (T-4th at Hootie Intercollegiate; 3rd at Calusa Cup).
Action starts on Saturday with 36 holes, before concluding with 18 holes on Sunday in Bloomington.
THE FIELD (April 16, 2026 Clippd Rankings)
14 Illinois
40 Kansas
42 Purdue
46 Northwestern
56 Little Rock
62 Ohio State
71 Minnesota
85 Rutgers
87 Michigan
97 Indiana
103 Maryland
108 Wisconsin
145 Northern Illinois
151 Toledo
186 Ball State
TEAM NOTES
• Purdue’s stroke average of 283.23 is currently the lowest in school history.
• Purdue is a combined 76-under par through its 26 rounds this season. Seventeen of the 26 rounds have been even- or under par. The 17 even- or under-par rounds are already tied for the most in school history, with at least nine more rounds to play.
• Purdue has had just five top-5 individual finishes this season. However, all six of Purdue’s regulars have at least two top-20 placings.
• Purdue’s six regulars have between a 70.92 and 72.43 stroke average, all currently ranking in the top 18 of the single-season stroke average chart.
• All six of Purdue’s regulars have had rounds of 68 or better.
• During the spring season, Purdue is a combined 34-under par in its nine team rounds.
PURDUE LINEUP
Sam Easterbrook (Jr. / Tomworth, England)
o 70.92 stroke average; 4 top-10 finishes; 6 rounds in the 60s.
Andre Zhu (R-Fr. / Richmond Hill, Ontario)
o 71.81 stroke average; 3 top-20 showings; 12 rounds of par or better.
Will Harvey (Fr. / Westfield, Indiana)
o 71.87 stroke average; 4 top-20 showings; 2 top-5 placings; 5 rounds in the 60s.
Supapon Amornchaichan (So. / Bangkok, Thailand)
o 71.87 stroke average; 3 top-20 finishes; 15 rounds of par or better.
Kentaro Nanayama (Sr. / Jakarta, Indonesia)
o 71.96 stroke average; 3 top-20 finishes; 6 rounds in the 60s.
Jenson Forrester (Jr. / Wolverhampton, England)
o 72.43 stroke average; 1 top-10 showing; 11 rounds of par or better.