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Redbirds Make Short Trek to West Lafayette for Purdue Fall Invitational

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After a break between tournaments, the Redbird men's golf team is slated to close the fall season strong with two tournaments to close out the opening half of the schedule, with the first of those two tournaments - the Purdue Fall Invitational - starting on Monday.

Event: Purdue Fall Invitational
When: Monday, October 13 - Tuesday, October 14
Where: Kampen-Cosler Golf Course // West Lafayette, Ind.
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,465
Live Scoring: SCOREBOARD
 

PARTICIPANTS (2024-2025 Final Ranking)


Purdue (38), Nebraska (83), Toledo (121), Illinois State (123), Northern Illinois (137), Ball State (141), Butler (174), Western Kentucky (175), South Dakota State (179), Southern Illinois (181), Loyola Chicago (195), Valparaiso (207), Oakland (210), Purdue Fort Wayne (237), Ohio (242)
 

REDBIRD LINEUP


TJ Barger, Pietro Pontiggia, Max Faucquez, Sam Ottwell, Francis Bautista 


HISTORY AT THE EVENT


This season is the fourth consecutive fall where the Redbirds have competed in this event. First competing in the fall, 2021 season, the Redbirds have placed sixth (2021), 10th (2022) and second (2023). Two season's ago tournament was held at the Ackerman-Allen Golf Course while the Kampen Course was being prepped for the upcoming NCAA Regional.
2024: 9th / 15 (290-292-299--881)
2023: 2nd / 15 (277-283-283--843)
2022: 10th / 15 (292-298-315--905)
2021: t-6th / 12 (304-289-287--880)


ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE


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.

Running concurrent to the Purdue Fall Invitational is the Purdue Fall Individual, where individual golfers from teams will compete on Birck Boilermaker Golf Course - across the street from Kampen Cosler Golf Course.

Event: Purdue Fall Individual
When: Monday, October 13 - Tuesday, October 14
Where: Birck Boilermaker Golf Course


PARTICIPATING INDIVIDUALS


Illinois State, Western Kentucky, Ball State, Purdue Fort Wayne, Valparaiso, Loyola, Toledo, South Dakota State, Nebraska, Ohio, Northern Illinois, Southern Illinois, Butler

REDBIRD LINEUP


Gonzalo Cuellar, Aiden Cudney

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Players Mentioned

TJ Barger

TJ Barger

Redshirt Senior
Francis Bautista

Francis Bautista

Senior
Aiden Cudney

Aiden Cudney

Sophomore
Max Faucquez

Max Faucquez

Sophomore
Pietro Pontiggia

Pietro Pontiggia

Senior
Gonzalo Cuellar

Gonzalo Cuellar

Freshman
Sam Ottwell

Sam Ottwell

Freshman

Players Mentioned

TJ Barger

TJ Barger

Redshirt Senior
Francis Bautista

Francis Bautista

Senior
Aiden Cudney

Aiden Cudney

Sophomore
Max Faucquez

Max Faucquez

Sophomore
Pietro Pontiggia

Pietro Pontiggia

Senior
Gonzalo Cuellar

Gonzalo Cuellar

Freshman
Sam Ottwell

Sam Ottwell

Freshman