NORMAL, Ill. – After bringing home the team title at the Badger Invitational, the Redbirds take to nearby West Lafayette, Indiana, to compete in the Purdue Fall Invitational, the third event during this fall season that has been hosted by a Big Ten school.
Event:Â Purdue Fall Invitational
When: Monday, October 11 - Tuesday, October 12
Where: University Ridge Golf Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,465
Live Scoring:Â Golfstat.com
Participants: Purdue, Indiana, Minnesota, Kent State, Miami, Northern Illinois, Cincinnati, Marquette, Ball State, Illinois State, Eastern Michigan, Toledo.
Redbird Lineup: Joe Hodgson, Valentin Peugnet, Parker Wisdom, Andrew O'Brien, Alex McCulla
Tournament History: This season is the first time that Illinois State has competed in a fall Purdue event. ISU competed in the spring Boilermaker Invitational last season, placing sixth, and won the spring Boilermaker Invitational during the 2019 season.
Last Time Out: Illinois State used a record-setting second round to help propel the Redbirds to the top of the standings at the end of the 2021 Badger Invitational with a tournament score of 856 (-8) as four golfers finished inside of the top-10 at the event.
About the Course:Â The Kampen Course, a Pete Dye design, is an 18-hole, links-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with vast sand bunkers, native grasslands, ponds and a natural celery bog. Kampen offers five sets of tees with the championship tees playing over 7,400 yards and the forward tees playing at 5,300 yards.
Next Time Out: The Redbirds have a short turnaround for their final event of the 2021 fall season, as the team will travel to Little Rock, Arkansas, to compete at the Little Rock Intercollegiate.
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