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Sam Easterbrook Season 2025-26

YearJunior
HometownTomworth, England

2024-25 SEASON / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Easterbrook had an outstanding season as a sophomore, being named a consensus First-Team All-Big Ten honoree and PING All-Midwest Region selection. 
• Finished his season with a 71.77 stroke average, good for the seventh-best mark in Purdue history. Also recorded a school-record 140 birdies. 
• Posted five top-10 finishes, good for the fifth most in a season in school history, and nine top-20 showings, good for second.
• Had 11 rounds in the 60s (2nd in school history) and 19 rounds of even-par or better (4th in school history).
• Won the Puerto Rico Classic with a 15-under par 201 (67-69-65), earning his first career victory and Big Ten Golfer of the Week accolades.
• Finished with 117 birdies, good for the 10th most in a season in school history.
• After a subpar finish in the second tournament of the year, Easterbrook rattled off finishes of T-5, T-25, T-17, T-17, 1, T-5, T-10, T-5, T-15, in nine straight tournaments through the Big Ten Championships.
• Recorded a pair of 65s this season, good for the 10th-best 18-hole score in Purdue history (Puerto Rico Classic, Island Resort Intercollegiate).
• Posted eight straight rounds of even-par or better, good for the third-longest streak in Purdue history (67-69-65-68-71-67-71-72).
• His four consecutive top-10 showings are tied for the second longest in school history (1, T-5, T-10, T-5).
• Finished in the top five at the Purdue Fall Invitational (T-5), Puerto Rico Classic (1) and the Boilermaker Invitational (T-5).
• Member of the Big Ten All-Academic Team.

2023-24 / AS A FRESHMAN
• A regular on the counting team, Easterbrook had a strong freshman season. 
• Averaged 73.36 strokes per round, the fourth-best average by a freshman in school history.
• Recorded two top-five finishes and three top-10 showings.
• Posted 14 rounds (out of 33) of even-par or better and five rounds in the 60s.
• Had a counting score in 24 of his 33 rounds and was team low in five rounds and two tournaments.
• Finished top five at the Calusa Cup (T-5) and Robert Kepler Intercollegiate (T-5) in back-to-back weeks.
• Placed ninth at the Purdue Fall Invitational at 3-under par 210 (73-67-70).
• Shot a 69 (-1) in the second round of the Olympia Fields Invitational.
• Recorded a season-low 67 in the second round of the Purdue Fall Invitational. 
• Placed 40th at the European Amateur Championship. 

HIGH SCHOOL
• One of Europe's top junior golfers, Easterbrook has had a sensational scholastic and amateur career.
• Finished fifth at the English Boys Amateur stroke-play championship, just two shots out of third.
• Competed at the European Boys Team Championship in July 2023 and finished 40th at the European Amateur Championship this past summer.
• Placed fourth at the Lytham Trophy and fifth at the Peter McEvoy Trophy (spring 2023).
• Won the stroke play portion of the HMC 2023 St. Andrews in March.
• Won the ISGA National Team Championship, the 2021 ISGT Scottish Championship and the SIGA Home International.
• Finished third at the Alexander Quin Invitational in October 2022.
• Reached the second round in the R&A Boys Amateur Championship in August 2022, but finished tied for seventh in the stroke-play portion.
• Advanced to the second round of the English Men's Amateur Championship in July 2022, but was the medalist in stroke play, shooting 68-67=135.
• Placed eighth at the English Boys Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship (Carris Trophy), shooting 77-70-65-70=282, six shots off medalist honors.
• Was second at the English U-18 Amateur Stroke Play Championships in June, just two shots off the individual title.
• Reached match play at the Amateur Championship in June 2022.
• Finished seventh at the 2022 Scottish Boys Open Championship.
• Reached the round of 16 at the 2021 English Men's Amateur Championship.
• Won the 2021 Scottish Boys U-16 Open Championship by two shots (70-66-65=201).

PERSONAL
• Born Jan. 13, 2005, in Sutton, England. 
• Majoring in general management, owning a 3.50 cumulative GPA.
• Chose Purdue because of top-class facilities and the schedule against the best teams.
• High school teammate of UAB's Seb Cave.

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Sophomore
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Freshman
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