- Purdue once again struggled making birdies in day one, finishing with 21 birdies through 36 holes (12th out of 14 teams). The Boilermakers were fourth in pars made (105).
- Purdue players have recorded five eagles this year. Three of them have come from Stuart Macdonald after recording two in the second round today.
- Fernando Barco is tied for sixth in par-4 scoring (even par), while Macdonald leads the field in par-5 scoring (-6).
- Purdue's second-round score of 300 was its second-highest score of the season (third round of the Northern Intercollegiate; 302).
- Austin Eoff played in his 50th competitive round of his career on Monday. He has had a counting score in 46.0 of the rounds (.920), including 21 straight rounds.
| Austin Eoff Final Results | Round 3 Live Scoring |
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| | Team | Rounds | Score | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| 1. | Illinois | 284 | 286 | 570 | -6 | |
| 2. | Auburn | 280 | 298 | 578 | +2 | |
| 3. | Northern Illinois | 289 | 301 | 590 | +14 | |
| 4. | UAB | 299 | 292 | 591 | +15 | |
| T5. | Louisville | 300 | 292 | 592 | +16 | |
| T5. | Kansas | 295 | 297 | 592 | +16 | |
| 7. | Indiana | 299 | 297 | 596 | +20 | |
| 8. | PURDUE | 298 | 300 | 598 | +22 | |
| 9. | Eastern Michigan | 302 | 302 | 604 | +28 | |
| 10. | Xavier | 311 | 296 | 607 | +31 | |
| 11. | Ball State | 310 | 302 | 612 | +36 | |
| 12. | Akron | 308 | 306 | 614 | +38 | |
| 13. | Toledo | 305 | 310 | 615 | +39 | |
| 14. | Florida Gulf Coast | 307 | 313 | 620 | +44 | |
| PURDUE LEADERS | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |||
| T12. | Austin Eoff | 73 | 74 | 147 | +3 | |
| T20. | Fernando Barco | 73 | 76 | 149 | +5 | |
| T38. | Stuart Macdonald | 78 | 74 | 152 | +8 | |
| T45. | Philippe Schweizer | 77 | 76 | 153 | +9 | |
| T57. | Ben-Marvin Egel | 75 | 82 | 157 | +13 | |
| T20. | Justin Cho (IND.) | 75 | 74 | 149 | +5 | |
The Boilermakers pieced together rounds of 298-300 to finish at 22-over par 598. However, the Boilermakers are just eight shots behind Northern Illinois (+14), which sits in third place. No. 1-ranked Illinois (-6) and No. 8-ranked Auburn (+2) are in first and second, respectively.
Sophomore Austin Eoff led the Boilermakers through 36 holes, finishing the first two rounds in 3-over par 147 (73-74), good for a 12th-place tie. In round one, Eoff birdied the first two holes and was 1-under par through 16 holes, before a double-bogey on his 17th hole (the par-4 3rd hole) dropped him to over par for his round. In round two, Eoff was even-par through 10 holes after back-to-back birdies on Nos. 14 and 15, before bogeying his 12th and 15th holes to fall to 2-over for his round. For the day, Eoff finished with six birdies, five bogeys and two double-bogeys.
Sophomore Fernando Barco had a solid day, finishing 36 holes in a 20th-place tie at 5-over par 149 (73-76). Barco started his day with bogeys on his first two holes, but battled back to get to 1-under par through eight holes. He would bogey the next two holes and finished his final eight holes in even-par for his opening-round 73. In his second round, he started off 5-over par through 10 holes, but played the final eight holes in 1-under par to finish with a 4-over par 76.
Junior Stuart Macdonald is in a 38th-place tie after rounds of 78-74=152 (+8). Macdonald bogeyed three of his first four holes and could never get going in the opening round to finish with a 78. However, he used two eagles on the front nine to finish his second round with a 2-over par 74.
Sophomore Philippe Schweizer is in a 45th-place tie at 9-over par 153 (77-76). Schweizer could manage just two birdies and he bogeyed two of his final three holes for an opening-round 77. He then bogeyed his first three holes of the second round, but played the final 15 holes in 1-over par for his second-round 76.
Senior Ben-Marvin Egel is tied for 57th at 13-over par 157 (75-82). Egel was able to just record two birdies on the day and could never recovered from a tough start.
Individually, senior Justin Cho is tied for 20th after rounds of 75-74=149 (+5). Cho had eight birdies on his day, including three straight in the second round, in his first action of the season.
Purdue will tee off the final round at 8:30 am (ET) off hole No. 1, and is paired with Indiana and Eastern Michigan.
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