Oct. 27, 2001
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Purdue women's golf team is in ninth place after the first two rounds of the Lady Paladin Invitational in Greenville, S.C. The Boilermakers fired a 311 on Saturday and trail Auburn by 19 strokes for the tournament lead.
Senior Caroline Laurens is the low Boilermaker in the tournament. Laurens fired a second-round 79 and is now 11 over par for the tournament. Senior Andrea Makauskas, also at eleven over par, shot a second-round 78. Junior Kari Damron and sophomore Beth Hermes fired a pair of 77s and are in a tie for 38th place. Junior Heather Zielinski carded an 89 and finished the first day tied for 81st.
The Boilermakers trail Big Ten foes Michigan and Ohio State by two and six strokes respectively. They are the only three schools representing the conference in the tournament.
Final-round play begins at 8 a.m. EST on Sunday morning. This is the final tournament of the fall season for the Boilermakers.
Place Individual 1st Rd. 2nd Rd. 3rd Rd. Total T-26 Caroline Laurens 76 79 155T-26 Andrea Makauskas 77 78 155T-43 Kari Damron 80 77 157T-43 Beth Hermes 80 77 157T-15 Heather Zielinski 76 89 165
Place Team 1st Rd. 2nd Rd. 3rd Rd. Total1 Auburn 299 300 5992 Wake Forest 299 302 6013 LSU 302 306 6084 TCU 304 306 6105 Florida 312 299 611 Vanderbilt 308 303 6117 Michigan 311 303 6148 Ohio State 302 316 6189 Purdue 309 311 620