WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – For the 10th time in the last 11 seasons, the Purdue men's golf team heard its name announced for the NCAA Golf Regionals, being selected to the Auburn Regional announced today on the Golf Channel.
The Boilermakers were selected as the No. 7 seed in the Auburn Regional and will be heading to the Southeast for the third time in the last four years. Purdue's seed marks the fourth straight year the Boilermakers have been a top-seven seed and for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. Purdue is looking for its second straight NCAA Championship appearance and its fifth trip since 2014.
Purdue will be joined by top seed and the nation's No. 1 team, Auburn, Texas A&M (2), UCLA (3), SMU (4), Georgia Tech (5), Oregon (6), Little Rock (8), TCU (9), Charleston (10), New Mexico State (11), Loyola, Md. (12) and USC Upstate (13).
Purdue owns a 4-6-0 head-to-head record against teams in the Auburn Regional. The Boilermakers are 1-4-0 against the top-5 seeds, featuring a head-to-head victory over UCLA. Overall, Purdue is 41-33-1 against the NCAA field.
Purdue surged into NCAA action this season with a strong spring campaign. The Boilermakers won the elite Puerto Rico Classic in its first spring action and followed it up with a playoff win in the Hootie Intercollegiate. It finished fourth at the Calusa Cup and second at the Boilermaker Invitational. It finished ninth at last week's Big Ten Championship, but owns a 57-12-1 head-to-head record this spring, including a 25-8-1 record against the NCAA field.
Purdue currently boasts an 18-hole stroke average of 285.21, the lowest average in school history, with 14 of its 33 rounds being even- or under-par. Ten of Purdue's 15 rounds this spring have ben even- or under-par.
Leading the way for the Boilermakers is sophomore Sam Easterbrook with a 70.85 stroke average and nine top-20 finishes – tied for the second most in a season in school history. Easterbrook has posted 19 rounds of even-par or better with 11 rounds in the 60s. He won the prestigious Puerto Rico Classic earlier this spring.
Kent Hsiao has a 71.79 stroke average with three top-10 finishes (in eight events) and Jenson Forrester has a 71.88 average with 14 rounds of par or lower. He has four top-10 finishes.
All six of Purdue's players have a stroke average of 73.30 or lower.
Head coach Andrew Sapp will be making a return appearance to NCAA Regionals after leading Michigan and North Carolina to NCAA action in previous stops. Sapp is one-of-three Big Ten coaches in NCAA Golf history to lead a conference member to the match play portion at the NCAA Championships.
The Boilermakers were selected as the No. 7 seed in the Auburn Regional and will be heading to the Southeast for the third time in the last four years. Purdue's seed marks the fourth straight year the Boilermakers have been a top-seven seed and for the seventh time in the last eight seasons. Purdue is looking for its second straight NCAA Championship appearance and its fifth trip since 2014.
Purdue will be joined by top seed and the nation's No. 1 team, Auburn, Texas A&M (2), UCLA (3), SMU (4), Georgia Tech (5), Oregon (6), Little Rock (8), TCU (9), Charleston (10), New Mexico State (11), Loyola, Md. (12) and USC Upstate (13).
Purdue owns a 4-6-0 head-to-head record against teams in the Auburn Regional. The Boilermakers are 1-4-0 against the top-5 seeds, featuring a head-to-head victory over UCLA. Overall, Purdue is 41-33-1 against the NCAA field.
Purdue surged into NCAA action this season with a strong spring campaign. The Boilermakers won the elite Puerto Rico Classic in its first spring action and followed it up with a playoff win in the Hootie Intercollegiate. It finished fourth at the Calusa Cup and second at the Boilermaker Invitational. It finished ninth at last week's Big Ten Championship, but owns a 57-12-1 head-to-head record this spring, including a 25-8-1 record against the NCAA field.
Purdue currently boasts an 18-hole stroke average of 285.21, the lowest average in school history, with 14 of its 33 rounds being even- or under-par. Ten of Purdue's 15 rounds this spring have ben even- or under-par.
Leading the way for the Boilermakers is sophomore Sam Easterbrook with a 70.85 stroke average and nine top-20 finishes – tied for the second most in a season in school history. Easterbrook has posted 19 rounds of even-par or better with 11 rounds in the 60s. He won the prestigious Puerto Rico Classic earlier this spring.
Kent Hsiao has a 71.79 stroke average with three top-10 finishes (in eight events) and Jenson Forrester has a 71.88 average with 14 rounds of par or lower. He has four top-10 finishes.
All six of Purdue's players have a stroke average of 73.30 or lower.
Head coach Andrew Sapp will be making a return appearance to NCAA Regionals after leading Michigan and North Carolina to NCAA action in previous stops. Sapp is one-of-three Big Ten coaches in NCAA Golf history to lead a conference member to the match play portion at the NCAA Championships.