Boilermakers Face Loaded Area at Olympia Fields – Purdue Boilermakers

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Purdue males’s golf group steps into the hearth this weekend when it heads to the Chicago suburbs for certainly one of faculty golf’s premier occasions at Olympia Fields Country Club for the Fighting Illini / Olympia Fields Invitational. 

Purdue final appeared within the match in Sept. 2023, and might be dealing with certainly one of faculty golf’s hardest fields. The Boilermakers might be competing for the second time this season after taking a three-week hiatus after the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate in Michigan.

It additionally begins a stretch of 4 straight weekends of competitors for the Boilermakers. All advised, Purdue will play 5 extra tournaments over a span of the subsequent six weeks.

Ten of the nation’s top-25 groups from final 12 months’s closing rankings, together with defending National Champion Oklahoma State, will compete this weekend at Olympia Fields. Only three of the groups (Loyola Marymount, Indiana and Baylor) completed final 12 months exterior of the highest 50. 

THE FIELD (Final 2025 Clippd Rankings)
2    Oklahoma State
3    Arizona State
5    Texas
6    Florida
10    Florida State
11    Texas A&M
13    Illinois
18    Alabama
21    Texas Tech
23    Georgia Tech
38    Purdue
41    Stanford
59    Loyola Marymount
72    Indiana
82    Baylor

TEAM NOTES
• Purdue is coming off a second-place end on the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate three weeks in the past in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. 
• The Boilermakers’ rating of 49-under par 815 was the second-lowest, 54-hole rating in class historical past. It featured a second-round tally of 24-under par 264, the bottom 18-hole rating in class historical past.
• Purdue has now shot 280 or higher in all three rounds in a match seven occasions in class historical past. Three of the occurrences have come underneath head coach Andrew Sapp. 
• The 815 shot in Michigan was one of the best 54-hole rating in a season-opening match in class historical past, surpassing the 838 on the Marquette Intercollegiate in Sept. 2021, by 23 pictures.
• Purdue’s 5 on the counting group registered no double-bogeys or worse throughout the whole match of the Island Resort Intercollegiate. 
 
PURDUE LINEUP
• Sam Easterbrook (Jr. / Tomworth, England)
… 2025 First-team All-Big Ten honoree.
… Owns 10 top-10 finishes in simply 26 profession occasions, needing yet one more top-10 end to maneuver into the highest 10 in class historical past.
… Has a 72.32 profession stroke common, good for second all-time behind All-American Herman Sekne (71.42).
… Owns 18 profession rounds within the 60s and 36 of his 75 profession rounds have been even or underneath par. 
… Finished T-Sixth on the season-opening Island Resort Intercollegiate at 12-under par 204 (71-66-67); was 11-under par 133 over his closing two rounds.

• Kentaro Nanayama (Sr. / Jakarta, Indonesia)
… Totaled a 6-under par 210 (69-71-70) to complete T-23 on the Island Resort Intercollegiate.
… Has a 72.46 profession stroke common in 54 rounds, regardless of taking part in simply 19 rounds on the counting group. 
… Owns two top-20 finishes, together with a T-18 end on the Boilermaker Invitational the place he was within the high 5 after 36 holes.
… Won the Badger Individual to begin his redshirt freshman 12 months in Sept. 2022. 
… Eight of his final 12 rounds have been even or under-par.

• Supapon Amornchaichan (So. / Bangkok, Thailand)
… 2025 Honorable Mention All-American as a freshman – certainly one of three freshmen nationally to be named to ANY All-American squad.
… Finished T-15 on the Island Resort Intercollegiate, his third straight top-15 end relationship to his freshman season. 
… Finished T-Ninth on the NCAA Championships, the best end for a Boilermaker since 1961.
… Also completed T-15 on the NCAA Auburn Regional to start a robust postseason run.
… 35 of his 43 profession rounds have been 75 or decrease, together with 17 straight rounds.

• Andre Zhu (R-Fr. / Richmond Hill, Ontario)
… Named Big Ten Golfer of the Week following a T-3 exhibiting on the Island Resort Intercollegiate, in his first profession occasion (68-65-68=201; -15).
… The 201 was the third-lowest, 54-hole rating in Purdue historical past, and the bottom by 5 pictures by a freshman.
… Became the fourth participant in class historical past to have three rounds of 68 or higher (Herman Sekne, Cole Bradley, Pariya Junhasavasdikul).
… Redshirted a 12 months in the past on the University of South Carolina, underneath earlier Purdue head coach Rob Bradley.
… Was a standout highschool golfer in Canada, incomes 4 AJGA wins as a freshman and sophomore. 

• Will Harvey (Fr. / Westfield, Indiana)
… Placed T-15 on the Island Resort Intercollegiate, capturing 8-under par 208 (70-64-74).
… His second-round 64 tied for the fourth-best spherical in Purdue historical past and was the bottom spherical in class historical past by a freshman.
… Won the 2025 Indiana High School championship by three pictures, tying the document for lowest 36-hole rating in state championship historical past.
… Was named the 2025 Hoosier Conference Athlete of the Year.
… Also a robust basketball participant, named second-team All-Conference after capturing over 46 % from 3-point vary. Attended similar highschool as Purdue Basketball’s present All-American Braden Smith. 
 
PREVIOUSLY AT THE FIGHTING ILLINI / OLYMPIA FIELDS INVITATIONAL
This marks Purdue’s Eleventh look at Olympia Fields, final competing in Sept. 2023 (T-Eleventh place; 36 holes). The Boilermakers have struggled towards the elite area, ending within the high 5 simply as soon as (2006; third) with T-Eleventh (2023), tenth (2021), twelfth (2018), T-Eighth (2016) and 14th- (2012) place showings within the final 5 journeys. Sam Easterbrook is the lone Boilermaker to play on the course, capturing 78-69=147 in 2023 as a freshman.
 
THE COURSE
One of the highest programs within the nation, Olympia Fields has hosted two U.S. Opens (1928, 2003), two PGA Championships (1925, 1961), a U.S. Amateur (2015) and two BMW Championships (2020, 2023). Known for its large clubhouse and clock tower, the course is a basic parkland course that may stretch to nearly 7,300 yards whereas taking part in simply par 70. The North course enjoys nice terrain that boasts some vital however walkable elevation adjustments, a winding creek, and its share of timber. The bunkers are deep and penal whereas the undulated greens are a formidable problem to navigate when rolling agency and quick.
 
WEATHER FORECAST
Friday: Sunny, 84 levels; SE winds 7 MPH
Saturday: Partly cloudy, 81 levels; SE winds 8 MPH
Sunday: Chance of thunderstorms, 80 levels; SSW winds 11 MPH

LIVE SCORING
Will be accessible on golfstat.com.