Purdue Men’s Golf Team Heads South to NCAA Regionals

For the 8^th time in 9 seasons (2021 being the exception), the Purdue Men’s Golf Team will play in the NCAA Regionals with a shot to make the NCAA Championship for the 4^th time in those 9 seasons. To do this, Purdue will need to finish in the top 5 of the 14 teams competing in the Clemson Region which is hosted at The Cliffs at Keowee Falls in Salem, South Carolina. By national rankings, Purdue currently is the 7^th seed in the regional at 38^th nationally. The other 13 teams in the regional are as follows: North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Texas A&M, San Diego State, Georgia Southern, Arkansas, New Mexico, Clemson, Furman, Middle Tennessee, Northern Illinois, Long Island, and Longwood.

Purdue will play with a lineup of 5 golfers under head coach Rob Bradley: Herman Sekne, Kent Hsiao, Nick Dentino, Nels Surtani, and Peyton Snoeberger. According to GolfStat, Sekne is currently ranked 21^st in the nation and 5^th in this regional behind UNC’s David Ford (5), GT’s Christo Lamprecht (7) and Ross Steelman (17), and Georgia Southern’s Ben Carr (16). Nick Dentino also cracks the GolfStat leaderboard at 250. Another name in the field that you may have heard of is TAMU’s Sam Bennett, who became the first amateur in 18 years to finish in the top 20 of The Masters this year. Bennett was also the 1^st amateur to shoot a bogey-free first round in 67 years.

Play will begin on Monday, May 15^th and continue through Wednesday, May 17^th. The top 5 finishing teams will get to play for the NCAA Championships at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona from May 26^th – May 31^st.

You can keep live updates of the scoring here and check in on the course weather here.

Good luck to our Boilermakers!