WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Illinois State men's golf team will look to extend its strong start to the season when it travels east to West Lafayette to take on the field at the Purdue Fall Invitational - a tournament that has a team portion of the event at the Kampen Golf Course, and an individual tournament at the Ackerman-Allen Golf Course.
Event: Purdue Fall Invitational
When: Monday, October 10 - Tuesday, October 11
Where: Kampen Golf Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,465
Live Scoring: GolfStat.com
Participants (Golfweek Rankings): Tennessee (7), LSU (33), Little Rock (44), Purdue (45), Indiana (51), Illinois State (57), Memphis (72), Nebraska (82), Louisiana Tech (99), Iowa (100), VCU (135), Ball State (148), Central Arkansas (197), Eastern Michigan (208), Maryland (218)Â Â Â Â
Redbird Lineup (starting hole):Â Valentin Peugnet (8), Felix van Dijk (9), Parker Wisdom (10A), Alex McCulla (10B), Will Troy (11)
Last Time Out: The Illinois State men's golf team closed play at the 2022 Bearcat Invitational in fourth place overall in a strong field, and ahead of two high-major schools in Rutgers and Kentucky. Alex McCulla was the team's top finisher for the tournament with a second-round 69, finishing the tournament with a 207 en route to being named Co-MVC Golfer of the Week.Â
History at the Tournament: Last season was the inaugural occurence of the Purdue Fall Invitational, the Redbirds tied for sixth overall, while Peugnet (72-71-72) and Joe Hodgson (73-75-67) tied for 11th overall in the field with rounds of 215.
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:Â The Redbirds close out the 2021 fall season with a trip to Dayton, Ohio for the Dayton Invitational on October 17-18 at the NCR South Country Club.
