• Round One Results / Round Two Live Scoring
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - The Purdue men's golf team started slow and couldn't make up much ground to sit in 13th place after 18 holes at the loaded Fighting Illini / Olympia Fields Country Club Invitational.
The Boilermakers shot a 15-over par 295 to place 13th out of 14 teams after the initial round. The field consists of 10 of the nation's top-25 teams, including three of the top-four ranked teams in the country (Oklahoma State, Alabama, Texas A&M).
No. 11-ranked California (-7; 273) and top-ranked Oklahoma State (-7; 273) were the only teams at even- or under-par through the first round.
UNLV (+3), Alabama (+4), Illinois (+5), South Carolina (+5)Texas A&M (+6), USC (+7), Indiana (+8), Stanford (+9), Baylor (+12), Florida State (+13), Purdue (+15) and Air Force (+28) round out the field.
Cole Bradley and Joe Weiler both shot 73 (+3), Jarle Volden recorded a 74 (+4), while Timmy Hildebrand and Thomas Lewis opened with a 75 (+5).
Purdue will be paired with Air Force in round two, teeing off hole No. 1, from 10:30 to 11:06 a.m. ET, on Saturday.
BOILER NOTABLES
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - The Purdue men's golf team started slow and couldn't make up much ground to sit in 13th place after 18 holes at the loaded Fighting Illini / Olympia Fields Country Club Invitational.
The Boilermakers shot a 15-over par 295 to place 13th out of 14 teams after the initial round. The field consists of 10 of the nation's top-25 teams, including three of the top-four ranked teams in the country (Oklahoma State, Alabama, Texas A&M).
No. 11-ranked California (-7; 273) and top-ranked Oklahoma State (-7; 273) were the only teams at even- or under-par through the first round.
UNLV (+3), Alabama (+4), Illinois (+5), South Carolina (+5)Texas A&M (+6), USC (+7), Indiana (+8), Stanford (+9), Baylor (+12), Florida State (+13), Purdue (+15) and Air Force (+28) round out the field.
Cole Bradley and Joe Weiler both shot 73 (+3), Jarle Volden recorded a 74 (+4), while Timmy Hildebrand and Thomas Lewis opened with a 75 (+5).
Purdue will be paired with Air Force in round two, teeing off hole No. 1, from 10:30 to 11:06 a.m. ET, on Saturday.
BOILER NOTABLES
- Purdue struggled on its first nine holes of the day (the back nine), shooting a combined 13-over par. Then after righting the ship on the first six holes of the front nine (even-par), Purdue played the last three holes a combined 8-over par (one birdie, seven bogeys, one double-bogey).
- It marked just the fourth time since the start of last year (41 rounds) that Purdue failed to have a player shoot even-par or better.
- Purdue did rank fourth in the field in birdies made (14) behind just California (18), USC (16) and Illinois (16).