Women’s Golf Treks to Texas for NCAA Lubbock Regional – Purdue Boilermakers

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The quest to the NCAA Championships begins for Purdue Women’s Golf, as the Boilermakers travel to West Texas to battle 11 other teams at The Rawls Course for the NCAA Lubbock Regional (May 4-7). Due to inclement weather expected on Monday, the opening round has been moved up to Sunday afternoon (May 4).
 
The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team from each regional site will advance to play in the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California (May 16-21).
 
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Sunday, May 4: Round 1 (Tee Times starting at 2:30 p.m. ET)
Tuesday, May 6: Round 2 (Tee Times starting at 9 a.m. ET)
Wednesday, May 7: Round 3 (Tee Times starting at 9 a.m. ET)
 
THE LINEUP
Momo Sugiyama – Sr.

• Two-time All-Big Ten honoree (2022-23, 2023-24)
• Ranked No. 161 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking and No. 138 in the college golf rankings
• Making her 38th appearance as a Boilermaker, cracking the lineup in every tournament since arriving in West Lafayette
• Holds a 73.08 career stroke average at Purdue, which currently ties the school record (73.08) set by national champion Maria Hernandez (2005-09)
• Has 11 career rounds in the 60s as a Boilermaker, tied with Hernandez, Kan Bunnabodee and Ashley Kozlowski for fifth in program history
• One of 10 Boilermakers all-time to post multiple rounds of 67-or-better
• Has a team-best 73.56 stroke average this season; also leads the team in rounds of par-or-better (14) and team-low round (11), while ranking second in birdies (81) and pars (364)
• Last time out, led the Boilermakers at the B1G Championships, tying for 12th (72-72-73—217)
• Tied for eighth (72-72-77—221) to help Purdue win the Coach Mo Classic and secure her 12th career Top 10
• Tied for fifth at the Briar’s Creek Invitational (70-70—140) with the third-best 36-hole score in program history
• Tied for fourth (69-74-73—216) to help Purdue win the season-opening Boilermaker Classic, matching her best finish for the Old Gold and Black
• Last year, produced a team-best 72.45 stroke average for the third-best single-season stroke average in school history; carded 19 rounds of par-or-better a year ago, the third most in a single season by a Boilermaker
• Tied Purdue’s single-season record with six rounds in the 60s during the 2022-23 campaign
• Two-time WGCA All-American Scholar, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten

 
Samantha Brown – Fr.

• Appearing in the lineup for…