IUMG to Compete in Purdue Fall Invitational

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The men's golf team head just north to in-state rival Purdue to play in the Purdue Fall Invitational at the Kampen Golf Course in West Lafayette from Oct. 11-12.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Purdue Fall Invitational • West Lafayette, Ind.
Kampen Golf Course
Par 72 • 7415 yards
Live Scoring via GolfStat

TEAMS COMPETING (12)
Ball State, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Illinois State, INDIANA, Kent State, Marquette, Miami (OH), Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Purdue, Toledo

INDIANA LINEUP
1. Drew Salyers
2. Noah Gillard
3. Ethan Shepherd
4. Mitch Davis
5. Clay Merchent
* Harry Reynolds
* Ethan Chelf

*Competing as an individual

TOURNAMENT NOTES
• The 54-hole tournament will be contested over two days with 36 holes being played on Monday and 18 on Tuesday. Each team will play five players (plus individuals) with four counting towards the team total score.
• Both days will utilize a shotgun start with Monday's action teeing off at 9 a.m. ET and Tuesday beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET.
• The No. 17-ranked Purdue Boilermakers highlight the field that includes four programs inside the top-50 of the latest GolfWeek rankings.

TEAM NOTES
• Sophomore Drew Salyers has twice been named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week (Sept. 8 and Sept. 22) after winning his first tournament as a member of the Cream and Crimson at the Hoosier Collegiate and earned a second-straight top-5 finish at the Fighting Illini Invitational.
• The Hoosiers check in at No. 30 in the latest GolfWeek Collegiate Rankings.

PREVIOUSLY THIS SEASON
• Indiana opened the 2021-22 season with a third-place finish (860; +6) as hosts of the 2021 Hoosier Collegiate Invitational at The Pfau Course in Bloomington. Sophomore Drew Salyers collected Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors after winning the individual tournament with a score of 208 (68-72-68; -5) over three rounds.
• The Hoosiers played to a sixth-place finish (856; +16) against a loaded field in the Fighting Illini Invitational and topped six ranked programs. Salyers led the Hoosiers for the second time in as many tournaments to open the season and finished t-fifth after shooting a 209 (68-72-69; -1).
• IU placed 10th overall (856; +4) at the Windon Memorial Classic with both Noah Gillard and Clay Merchent (211; -2) pacing the Hoosiers with t-16th individual finishes.

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Players Mentioned

Ethan Chelf

Mitch Davis

Noah Gillard

Clay Merchent

Harry Reynolds

Drew Salyers

Ethan Shepherd

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