April 7, 2001
The Purdue women's golf team remained in seventh place after day two of the Bryan National Collegiate in Brown Summins, N.C.
"We had good weather today, and shot a good solid round under 300," assistant head coach Rayma Fisher said. "We are looking forward to improving again tomorrow to finish off strong."
Three Purdue golfers are tied for the team lead. Kari Damron, Andrea Makauskas and Caroline Laurens are tied at 151, 26th overall. Damron shot a one over par 73 for round two, low score for the Boilermakers of round two and of the tournament thus far. Makauskas shot a 76 and Laurens shot a 74, improving three strokes from her first round total. Freshman Beth Hermes is tied for 38th overall with a total of 154. Hermes shot a 75 for day two, four strokes better than her first round score. Heather Zielinski took one stroke off her first round score, shooting a 78 in the second round.
The Boilermakers conclude play at the Bryan National tomorrow with third round play. They are 30 strokes behind leader Duke, and just six strokes behind fourth-place Tennessee. Purdue leads Big Ten rival Penn State by 15 strokes.
The Champions Course at Bryan Park was opened for play in 1990. It has received several honors and awards including being listed in America's Best Places You Can Play, ranked 3rd in the state of North Carolina. It has also received a four-star rating and honored as a Great Value 1994-95 and 1996-97 according to Golf Digest.
TEAM RESULTS1. Duke 289-288 5772. Wake Forest 294-293 5873. Oklahoma State 294-297 5914. Tennessee 314-287 6015. Furman 305-298 6036. Memphis 311-294 6057. Purdue 309-298 6078. Kentucky 306-306 6129. South Carolina 303-313 616 UNC-Chapel Hill 312-304 61611. Florida State 322-299 62112. Penn State 313-309 62213. UNC-Greensboro 315-309 624 Louisville 319-305 62415. Miami, Fla. 322-304 62616. Coll. of Charleston 327-318 64517. North Carolina State 342-313 655
INDIVIDUAL RESULTST-26. Andrea Makauskas 75-76 151T-26. Caroline Laurens 77-74 151T-26. Kari Damron 78-73 151T-38. Beth Hermes 79-75 154T-46. Heather Zielinski 79-78 157