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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 12 Purdue women's golf team will wrap up its fall season this weekend, heading to Wilmington, North Carolina for the 15th-annual Landfall Tradition, hosted by UNC Wilmington at the Country Club of Landfall. The Boilermakers are set to battle another impressive field, looking to become just the second team to earn three championships at Landfall.
THE FIELD
Landfall hosts another elite field for the 2016 event, featuring seven of the top-20 teams in the nation and 12 of the top-50. Top-ranked Alabama headlines the field, looking to follow its Landfall crown in 2013, while three-time Landfall Champion Wake Forest returns to try and win its second title in the last three years. Purdue and Virginia are the only two other teams in the field to win at Landfall as the Cavaliers won in 2006 and Purdue win in 2005 and 2011.
| Team | GolfWeek | GolfStat |
| Alabama | 1 | 1 |
| Furman | 8 | 2 |
| Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Wake Forest | 13 | 13 |
| North Carolina | 17 | 16 |
| South Carolina | 18 | 19 |
| UCF | 20 | 17 |
| Oklahoma | 23 | 24 |
| North Carolina State | 31 | 36 |
| Clemson | 35 | 47 |
| Texas Tech | 37 | 37 |
| Virginia | 40 | 45 |
| Brown | -- | -- |
| Iowa | -- | -- |
| Michigan State | -- | -- |
| Notre Dame | -- | -- |
| Penn State | -- | -- |
| UNCW | -- | -- |
THE COURSE: Pete Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall
A par-72, 6,166-yard venue, the Pete Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall has played host to all 15 Landfall Tradition events. The course has hosted the NCAA Championships on two occasions as well, first hosting the national championship in 1995, and playing host to the Boilermakers' 2010 NCAA title.
AT THIS EVENT
This weekend will be the Boilermakers' 11th all-time showing at the Landfall Tradition, playing in the inaugural event in 2002, and capturing titles in 2005 and 2011. Purdue shares the Landfall Tradition record for the lowest opening round, shooting a one-under, 287, in 2007, while current LPGA players Christel Boeljon and Paula Reto earned individual titles in 2005 and 2011, respectively.
THE PLAYERS (Career Stats)
| PLAYER | HOMETOWN | RDS. | AVG. | TOP 10 | LOW 18 | LOW 54 |
| Linn Andersson | Jonkoping, Sweden | 49 | 75.0 | 3 | 69 | 212 |
| August Kim | St. Augustine, Fla. | 104 | 75.3 | 8 | 67 | 207 |
| Marta Martin | Madrid, Spain | 71 | 75.1 | 3 | 69 | 216 |
| Melati Putri | Denpasar, Bali | 30 | 77.0 | 1 | 69 | 220 |
| Cova SanJuan | Aviles, Spain | 25 | 75.5 | 1 | 69 | 214 |
#BOILERNOTES
- The Boilermakers enter the weekend ranked 12th in the nation, looking to finish the fall season in the top-20 for the second straight year after wrapping up the fall in 19th in 2015
- Purdue won its season-opening tournament for the second straight season, tying for the team title at the Minnesota Invitational (Sept. 12-13)
- The Boilermakers have placed two individuals in the top-10 of back-to-back tournaments for the first time since the 2015 spring as August Kim finished fifth and fourth, while Linn Andersson was 10th and fourth
- Purdue last had two individuals in the top-10 of three straight tournaments in 2013, when they accomplished the feat in six consecutive outings
- The Boilermakers' sixth-place effort at the Windy City Collegiate was their best since winning the event in 2011, and marked their first tournament victory over conference rival Northwestern since the 2013 NCAA Championships
- Kim has advanced to Stage III of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament after tying for 52nd at Stage II last weekend
- Purdue already has three players currently on the LPGA Tour and Laura Gonzalez Escallon will join them next season after finishing fifth on the Symetra Tour money list this year
- Kim is currently ranked 20th in the GolfWeek.com individual rankings, followed by Andersson in 37th, and the pair are 13th and 26th, respectively, at GolfStat.com
- This weekend features the third different Purdue lineup in as many tournaments as sophomore Covadonga SanJuan replaces freshman Hashilla Rivai from the Boilermakers' Windy City lineup
- Andersson has a team-high 20 birdies through two events this season, and owns the Boilermakers' top scoring averages on par 3's (3.04) and par 5's (4.78)
- Junior Marta Martin continues to own the top career-counted round percentage of any current Boilermaker, turning in a team round 80.5 percent of the time
- Purdue matches up with Furman for the second time in the fall season, tying the eighth-ranked Paladins for the team title at Minnesota
- The other 16 teams in the field are first-time opponents for the Boilermakers this season
- Purdue will be partnered up with top-ranked Alabama and No. 37 Texas Tech for the first round of play
- Texas Tech head coach JoJo Robertson was an assistant at Purdue from 2005-09