WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Fresh off a win in the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate, the Purdue men's golf team looks to continue its momentum against an elite field at the Inverness Intercollegiate, hosted at the well-renowned Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio.
Action begins Monday morning with 36 holes and will conclude Tuesday with an additional 18 holes.
The Boilermakers led from start to finish last week in Michigan and look to win back-to-back, 54-hole tournaments for the first time in school history. With the win last week, Purdue has won three of its six fall tournaments over the last two seasons.
It won't be easy as the Inverness field is loaded, featuring 10 squads that ranked in the top 50 of last year's final national rankings, including defending National Champion Auburn. Three of the eight teams (Auburn, Vanderbilt, Virginia) that appeared in the match play portion at the National Championships are in the field at Inverness.
THE FIELD (Final 2024 Clippd Rankings)
1 Auburn
2 Vanderbilt
8 Virginia
12 Oklahoma
14 Texas Tech
28 Wake Forest
32 Purdue
41 SMU
48 Clemson
49 Louisville
56 College of Charleston
87 Michigan
97 Toledo
110 Cal Poly
TEAM NOTES
PURDUE LINEUP
PREVIOUSLY AT THE INVERNESS INTERCOLLEGIATE
This marks Purdue's third appearance all-time at the Inverness Intercollegiate, placing eighth in 2022 and tied for fourth in 2015. Nels Surtani placed tied for 42nd (78-77-68=223) and Luke Prall placed tied for 52nd (72-76-77=225) in the 2022 event.
THE COURSE
One of America's top courses, The Inverness Club was founded in 1903 and along with the University of Toledo served as host for the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Inverness will host the 2027 U.S. Women's Open and the 2029 U.S. Amateur and the 2021 Solheim Cup and has also hosted four U.S. Opens, two U.S. Senior Opens, two PGA Championships and one U..S Amateur, one U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2021 Solheim Cup.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Sunny, 81 degrees, WSW wind 10-15 MPH.
Monday: Sunny, 85 degrees, SW wind 5-10 MPH.
LIVE SCORING
Will be available on golfstat.com.
Action begins Monday morning with 36 holes and will conclude Tuesday with an additional 18 holes.
The Boilermakers led from start to finish last week in Michigan and look to win back-to-back, 54-hole tournaments for the first time in school history. With the win last week, Purdue has won three of its six fall tournaments over the last two seasons.
It won't be easy as the Inverness field is loaded, featuring 10 squads that ranked in the top 50 of last year's final national rankings, including defending National Champion Auburn. Three of the eight teams (Auburn, Vanderbilt, Virginia) that appeared in the match play portion at the National Championships are in the field at Inverness.
THE FIELD (Final 2024 Clippd Rankings)
1 Auburn
2 Vanderbilt
8 Virginia
12 Oklahoma
14 Texas Tech
28 Wake Forest
32 Purdue
41 SMU
48 Clemson
49 Louisville
56 College of Charleston
87 Michigan
97 Toledo
110 Cal Poly
TEAM NOTES
- Purdue's win in the season-opening event last week was its first season-opening win since the 2010-11 season when it won the Turning Stone Invitational in New York.
- Head coach Andrew Sapp became the second coach in school history, and the first in 30 years, to win his first event as a head coach, joining Bob Prange in 1993-94.
- Purdue recorded its 17th, 54-hole tournament all-time with three rounds of even- or under-par scores. The 846 in the opener was the 13th-best, 54-hole score in school history. It was the eighth tournament in school history with three rounds of 284 or lower.
- Purdue's 13-stroke margin of victory was the Boilermakers' fifth-largest margin of victory in school history.
PURDUE LINEUP
- Kent Hsiao – Senior; Taipei, Taiwan
- Despite playing with a minor back injury, Hsiao finished T-9th at last week's Island Resort Intercollegiate.
- Currently ranks fifth on Purdue's career stroke average list (73.06).
- Has finished in the top 20 in five of his last six tournaments. Lone tournament he wasn't top-25, came at the NCAA Championships (T-34th after three rounds).
- Reached the round of 32 at The Amateur Championship and tied for 40th at the European Amateur Championships.
- Nels Surtani – Senior; Indianapolis, Indiana
- 2024 Second-Team All-Big Ten selection.
- Rebounded from a tough opening 18 to shoot 1-under par over his final two rounds last weekend.
- Owns a 73.10 career stroke average (6th in school history).
- Won the 2024 Puerto Rico Classic (only collegiate win).
- Sam Easterbrook – Sophomore; Tomworth, England
- Finished T-6th at last week's Island Resort Intercollegiate; third time in last six events dating to last year that he's finished in the top 10.
- Posted the fourth-best scoring average by a Purdue freshman in school history (73.36).
- Recorded back-to-back top-5 finishes in April last year (Calusa Cup, Robert Kepler).
- Fourteen of his 33 rounds last season were even- or under-par.
- Finished eighth at the Canadian Amateur in early August.
- Supapon Amornchaichan – Freshman; Bangkok, Thailand
- Played well in season opener, posting T-15 finish at 1-under par 215; played final two rounds in 2-under par.
- A highly-regarded recruit, Amornchaichan was an AJGA Honorable Mention All-America honoree.
- Won four titles during the 2022-23 season, including a pair of AJGA events.
- Was fourth at the Western Junior Championship in 2023.
- Has an older brother, Supakorn, who plays at Southern Mississippi.
- Jenson Forrester – Sophomore; Wolverhampton, England
- Played as an individual last week at Island Resort, placing T-33rd (70-77-73=220).
- Was a regular a year ago at East Tennessee State, averaging 72.53 strokes per round and a pair of top-20 finishes.
- Finished T-15 at the SoCon Men's Golf Championship and T-72 at the NCAA Championships.
- Yilin Sun – Sophomore; Shenchen, China
- Played as an individual last week at Island Resort, placing T-44th (71-80-72=223).
- Appeared in seven events a year ago, compiling a 74.17 stroke average.
- Posted a pair of top-20 finishes.
PREVIOUSLY AT THE INVERNESS INTERCOLLEGIATE
This marks Purdue's third appearance all-time at the Inverness Intercollegiate, placing eighth in 2022 and tied for fourth in 2015. Nels Surtani placed tied for 42nd (78-77-68=223) and Luke Prall placed tied for 52nd (72-76-77=225) in the 2022 event.
THE COURSE
One of America's top courses, The Inverness Club was founded in 1903 and along with the University of Toledo served as host for the 2009 NCAA Men's Golf Championships. Inverness will host the 2027 U.S. Women's Open and the 2029 U.S. Amateur and the 2021 Solheim Cup and has also hosted four U.S. Opens, two U.S. Senior Opens, two PGA Championships and one U..S Amateur, one U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2021 Solheim Cup.
WEATHER FORECAST
Sunday: Sunny, 81 degrees, WSW wind 10-15 MPH.
Monday: Sunny, 85 degrees, SW wind 5-10 MPH.
LIVE SCORING
Will be available on golfstat.com.