TOLEDO, Ohio - The Toledo men's golf team is heading to the Hoosier state this weekend to compete in the fourth-annual Purdue Fall Invitational in its third tournament of the season. The Rockets will be competing at the par-72, 7,546-yard Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex on Sunday-Monday, Sept. 22-23.
The tournament will consist of 54 holes, with 36 holes on Sunday and 18 more on Monday. Live scoring will be available at golfstat.com.
A tournament for individuals will also be held at Purdue's Ackerman-Allen Course on Sunday and Monday.
The Field
Toledo is part of a 15-team field that includes three other MAC schools - Ball State, Miami, Northern Illinois - and four more Big Ten members - Indiana, Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin. Also competing are Butler, Illinois State, Marquette, Purdue Fort Wayne, Southern Illinois, VCU, and Western Kentucky.
Last Time Out
Toledo finished ninth at the Inverness Intercollegiate on Sept. 9-10. The tournament field included six of the top 12 amateurs in the world. Senior
CJ van Wyk tied for 14
th place with a two-over par 209 to lead the Rockets. Junior
Mads Jensen was two strokes behind van Wyk at four-over par 211 (72-67-72) and tied for 23
rd place. Freshman Bence Bertenyi carded the Rockets' best round of the tournament in the final round by registering seven birdies to finish with a three-under par 66.
Last Time at Purdue
The Rockets posted a third-place finish at the 2021 Purdue Fall Invitational. The Rockets' 54-hole score of one-over par 865 trailed first-place Indiana by just seven strokes and the host Boilermakers by six shots. Lukas Clark led Toledo by tying for ninth place at one-under par 215. David Amm tied for 22
nd place at two-over par 218, while
Barend Botha tied for 26
th place at three-over par 219.
Tournament Lineup
This weekend's lineup will include senior
CJ van Wyk at No. 1, junior
Mads Jensen at No. 2, sophomore
Marijn Hoogeveen at No. 3, junior
Bence Kotel at No. 4, freshman
Julius Lange at No. 5. Competing in the individual tournament for the Rockets will be freshman Bence Bertenyi, senior
Jamie Butler, and sophomore
Mason Deal.
Up Next
Toledo will return to action on Monday-Tuesday, Oct. 7-8 when it travels to Lexington, Ky. for Kentucky's Cullan Brown Invitational.
2024 Purdue Fall Invitational Quick Facts
Date: September 22-23, 2024
Where: Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex - Kampen-Cosler Course in West Lafayette, Ind. (Par-72, 7,546 yards)
Teams: Ball State, Butler, Illinois State, Indiana, Iowa, Marquette, Miami (Ohio), Northern Illinois, Purdue, Purdue Fort Wayne, Southern Illinois,
TOLEDO, VCU, Western Kentucky, Wisconsin
Live Scoring: Golfstat
