ARDMORE, Okla. – Despite a rough start Sunday morning, Purdue Women’s Golf finished strong to place third out of 15 teams at The Bruzzy. With Danielle du Toit’s 68 (-2) leading the way, the Boilermakers (+28) fired a final round 289 (+9) to edge out Texas Tech (+29) and No. 17 UCF (+31) for the last spot in the Top 3.
North Texas (+16) won the team title as the hosts finished just two strokes ahead of Tulsa (+18).
Du Toit carded her best round of the tournament, as well as her fourth round in the 60s this season. Her 68 matched medalist Lilly Thomas of Tulsa for the lowest round of the day. After a bogey to start her day, the South African got the stroke back with a birdie at the fifth. She played her final 13 holes bogey free, making a trio of birdies along the way. Du Toit moved from 25th into a tie for seventh on the individual leaderboard, securing her second Top-10 finish of the spring.
Momo Sugiyama ended The Bruzzy at 9-over following a final round 74 (+4). She birdied No. 1, her last hole of the day, to crack the Top 20 for the fifth time this year.
Kan Bunnabodee shot 72 (+2) for the second consecutive round, tying du Toit with a team-high four birdies Sunday. At 10-over for the tournament, the Purdue senior tied for 24th in the 84-player field.
Ashley Kozlowski placed 31st (+12), her tournament highlighted by a 68 (-2) in the second round. Jocelyn Bruch, who fired a team-best 71 (+1) in round one, contributed to Purdue’s final round tally with a 75 (+5).
Following three straight weekends of competition, the Boilermaker have a week off before returning to the links for the Lady Buckeye Invitational (April 15-16). That tournament in Columbus marks the final tune-up ahead of the Big Ten Championship at Fox Chapel Golf Club in Pittsburgh (April 21-23).
BOILERMAKERS
T7. Danielle du Toit: 75-72-68—215 (+5)
T20. Momo Sugiyama: 72-73-74—219 (+9)
T24. Kan Bunnabodee: 76-72-72—220 (+10)
T31. Ashley Kozlowski: 76-68-78—222 (+12)
T51. Jocelyn Bruch: 71-80-75—226 (+16)
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. North Texas: 286-277-293—856 (+16)
2. Tulsa: 291-280-287—858 (+18)
3. Purdue: 294-285-289—868 (+28)
4. Texas Tech:…
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