Feb. 10, 2003
PALOS VERDES, Calif. - The Purdue women's golf team is tied for sixth place at the eighth annual Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes, Calif. The event is being hosted by Ohio State, at the par-71, 5,912-yard Palos Verdes Golf Club.
The Boilermakers fired a first-round 303 and trail second-place UCLA by 11 strokes for second place. Pepperdine leads the event after a first-round 284.
Purdue was led by senior Heather Zielinski carded a one-over 72. She is tied for eighth overall.
Freshman Onnarin Sattayabanphot, who hails from Thailand, carded a first-round 76. Sattayabanphot is tied for 28th overall.
Senior Heather Suhr fired a 77 and is tied for 39th overall. Senior Kari Damron, an All-Big Ten selection last season, carded a first-round 78 and is tied for 50th.
Junior Beth Hermes fired a 79 and is tied for 58th overall.
All 18 of the teams in the field are ranked in the top 50 in the Golfweek/Sagarin Poll and 17 of the squads participated in last seasons NCAA Championships.
Live scoring can be found at www.golfstat.com.
The second round begins on Tuesday at noon EST. final will begin on Wednesday, at 11:30 a.m. EST with a shotgun start.
Place Individual 1st Rd. 2nd Rd. TotalT-8 Heather Zielinski 72 72T-28 Onnarin Sattayabanphot 76 76T-39 Heather Suhr 77 77T-50 Kari Damron 78 78T-58 Beth Hermes 79 79
Place Team 1st Rd. 2nd Rd. Total1 Pepperdine 284 2842 UCLA 292 2923 Oklahoma State 294 2944 USC 296 2965 Oklahoma 300 300T-6 Purdue 303 303T-6 Texas 303 303T-8 Arizona 305 305T-8 Tulsa 305 305T-10 California 308 308T-10 Ohio State 308 30812 Florida 310 31013 Stanford 311 31114 Michigan State 312 31215 Georgia 313 31316 Tennessee 316 31617 Arizona State 323 32318 Michigan 340 340