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- The Boilermakers now have four top-five team finishes in seven stroke-play tournaments this year. Purdue now has finished runner-up in four tournaments over the last two years (20 events).
- After struggling in the fall season to make birdies, Purdue led the field with 57 birdies.
- Purdue's final-round tally of 283 was a season-best score.
- Purdue had four golfers finish in the top 15 for the first time during the Rob Bradley era, and for the first time since the Boilermaker Invitational on April 10-11, 2004.
- Brian Carlson's final-round 66 (-6) tied for the 14th-best round in school history. It was the fourth-best 18-hole score by a freshman in school history (three players - 65).
Brian Carlson recorded the fourth-best 18-hole score by a freshman in school history with his 66.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Purdue men's golf team closed out an impressive effort over the final 36 holes and finished in a tie for second at the inaugural Desert Mountain Intercollegiate at the Outlaw Course at Desert Mountain.
The Boilermakers finished with a 9-over par 873 (300-291-285) to tie Michigan for second place, 12 shots behind No. 12-ranked Oregon (297-286-278=861). No. 36-ranked Florida was in fourth at 10-over par 874, while St. Mary's was fifth at 21-over par 885.
TEAM LEADERBOARD (TOP HALF)1) Oregon 297-286-278 861 -32) PURDUE 300-290-283 873 +9 Michigan 297-291-285 873 +94) Florida 302-285-287 874 +105) St. Mary's 293-298-294 885 +216) Ohio State 296-306-295 897 +32
The story of the day for the Boilermakers was the play of freshman Brian Carlson. The Connecticut native posted the 14th-best round in school history, and fourth-best round by a Purdue freshman in school history, with a 6-under par 66. He recorded one eagle, six birdies and two bogeys on his round and played the final 12 holes in 7-under par.
He finished the tournament tied for ninth at 1-over par 217 (78-73-66). The 66 matched the tournament's low round.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD (PURDUE FINISHES)1) Aaron Wise, Oregon 69 69 69 207 -92) Chris O'Neill, Michigan 72 72 66 210 -63) Seb Crookall-Nixon, San Fran. 69 71 71 211 -5 Thomas Lim, Oregon 74 66 71 211 -55) Obe Ayton, St. John's 73 71 70 214 -2----------------------------------------------------------------------------7) Austin Eoff, Purdue 73 70 73 216 Even9) Brian Carlson, Purdue 78 73 66 217 +112) Stuart Macdonald, Purdue 73 75 71 219 +315) Ben-Marvin Egel, Purdue 76 72 73 221 +541) Enzo Perez, Purdue 84 75 73 232 +1656 - I) Fernando Barco, Purdue 83 81 75 239 +23
Austin Eoff was actually Purdue's top finisher, placing seventh at even-par 216 (73-70-73). Eoff was 2-under par through nine holes, but a double-bogey on No. 10 dropped him to even par. Eoff would still be even-par through 16 holes before a bogey on No. 17, dropped him to 1-over par.
Nonetheless, it was his second top-10 finish of the season and fifth of his career.
Junior Stuart Macdonald finished in 12th place at 3-over par 219 (73-75-71). Macdonald had an up-and-down front nine with four birdies, two bogeys, one double-bogey and two pars, before recording eight pars and one birdie for his 1-under par round.
Ben-Marvin Egel placed 15th at 5-over par 221 (76-72-73). Egel was 3-over par through 15 holes, but registered birdies on Nos. 16 and 18 to move to 1-over par and record his fourth top-20 finish of the season.
Enzo Perez finished tied for 41st at 16-over par 232 (84-75-73). Individually, Fernando Barco was 56th at 23-over par 239 (83-81-75).
Purdue will be in action next at the Linger Longer Invitational on March 21-22, in Lake Oconee, Georgia.
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