Feb. 16, 2009
PARRISH, Fla. - The 15th-ranked women's golf team fired a season-low 286 (-2) in their second round of play at the Central District Invitational, and will start the third and final round in third place after carding two-round total 591 (+15). Sophomore Maude-Aimee Leblanc sits in a tie for fifth place, six strokes off the lead.
Leblanc began the afternoon at five-over-par after firing an opening round 77, but managed to erase her early mistakes and mount a comeback by knocking in an eagle on No. 15 and tapping in birdies on holes two, four, seven and eight, to give her a second round 68 (-4) and a two-round total 145 (+1).
Redshirt freshman Thea Hoffmeister finished three strokes behind Leblanc in a tie for eighth, carding an opening round 75 (+3) and a second round 73 (+1). After starting from a shot gun start on the sixth hole, Hoffmeister set herself up nicely with four birdies in her second round to get as low as two-under par, but landed back over par after a triple bogey on the second hole.
The only other Boilermaker to turn in a sub-par round was sophomore Junthima Gulyanamitta, who is in a tie for 14th with teammate Maria Hernandez. Gulyanamitta opened with a six-over-par 78 after shooting seven bogeys and one birdie in the morning. In the second round, Gulyanamitta played even-par and used birdies on holes three and 15 to finish her second round with a one-under-par 71. Hernandez opened with a 75 (+3) and shot a second round 74 (+2). Both She and Gulyanamitta have a two-round total 149 (+5).
Freshman Vaishavi Sinha is tied for 49th (157, +13). Sinha responded nicely to a first round 81 (+9) with two birdies on her second and third holes of the second round en route to a second round 76 (+4).
Ahead of the third place Boilermakers are first place Auburn (579, +3) and second place LSU (589, +13).
The 54-hole event is being hosted by Michigan State at the par-72 6,099-yard River Wilderness Country Club in Parrish, Fla.
The third and final round will begin tomorrow with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
Live scoring will be available at golfstat.com.. A final recap and results will be posted at purduesports.com. at the conclusion of tomorrow's final round.