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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The No. 13 Purdue women's golf team opens the spring season Sunday, hosting the 15th-annual Lady Puerto Rico Classic at the Rio Mar Country Club River Course in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. The Boilermakers aim to pick up where they left off in the fall, placing two individuals in the top-10 of three straight tournaments, including a fourth-place effort at the Landfall Tradition.
THE FIELD
The 2017 Lady Puerto Rico Classic features another stacked field, including three of the top-10 teams in the nation, six of the top-25 and 12 of the top-50. Sixth-ranked Georgia, No. 7 Furman and 10th-ranked Arkansas highlight the field, while the Boilermakers are the fourth-highest ranked team in the tournament. Purdue has already gone head-to-head this season with seven squads in the 15-team field, posting a 5-2-1 record in those tournaments.
| Team | GolfWeek | GolfStat |
| Georgia | 6 | 5 |
| Furman | 7 | 8 |
| Arkansas | 10 | 9 |
| Purdue | 13 | 12 |
| Kent State | 15 | 15 |
| Baylor | 23 | 21 |
| North Carolina State | 29 | 31 |
| TCU | 31 | 34 |
| Michigan | 40 | 33 |
| Texas Tech | 41 | 38 |
| Iowa State | 46 | 51 |
| Augusta | 48 | 42 |
| Vanderbilt | 54 | 54 |
| Maryland | 62 | 68 |
| LSU | 80 | 91 |
THE COURSE: Rio Mar Country Club River Course
The Lady Puerto Rico Classic will be played in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico for the ninth straight year, moving there from San Juan in 2009, and will be hosted by the Rio Mar Country Club's River Course for the seventh straight year, after moving from the Trump International Championship Course in 2011. PGA legend Greg Norman designed the Rio Mar Country Club River Course along the Mameyes. Married with the lay of the land, the island itself dictates the holes. The result is a course for all skill levels, full of native foliage, generous fairways and shallow bunkers.
AT THIS EVENT
The Boilermakers have won their host tournament just once in the 14-year history, taking the crown in 2009, and has six top-five showings, most recently in 2015. Purdue struggled against the field last season, taking 14th in the 16-team field, including a 26th-place individual effort from Cova SanJuan. Arkansas set a single-round tournament record with a team score of seven-under, 281, on the second day, while Georgia captured the team crown at three-over, 867. Arkansas' Maria Fassi earned medalist honors at eight-under, 208, matching the lowest 54-hole score in tournament history.
THE PLAYERS (Career Stats)
| PLAYER | HOMETOWN | RDS. | AVG. | TOP 10 | LOW 18 | LOW 54 |
| Micaela Farah | Lima, Peru | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 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 |
| Hashilla Rivai | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3 | 77.0 | -- | 76 | 231 |
| Cova SanJuan | Aviles, Spain | 25 | 75.5 | 1 | 69 | 214 |
#BOILERNOTES
- The Boilermakers finished the fall season in the top-20 for the second straight year wrapping up the fall ranked 13th by GolfWeek.com and 12th by GolfStat.com.
- 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 three straight tournaments, marking the first time since 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
- Purdue finished the fall by shooting eight-over, 872, at the Landfall Tradition and taking fourth place in an impressive field in Wilmington, North Carolina
- Among the teams to finish below the Boilermakers at Landfall were then top-ranked Alabama, No. 15 North Carolina, No. 21 UCF and No. 23 Oklahoma
- Senior August Kim advanced to Stage III of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in the fall, one-of-11 amateurs to reach the final stage
- Kim is currently ranked eighth in the GolfWeek.com individual rankings and sixth on GolfStat.com
- GolfWeek.com's Lance Ringler picked the Boilermakers to win the Big Ten Conference this season.
- Three teams in the field feature former Boilermaker assistants as their head coaches: Greg Robertson, Kent State, JoJo Robertson, Texas Tech, and Caroline Hegg, Augusta
- Purdue has four players currently on the LPGA Tour, including tour rookie Laura Gonzalez Escallon who tied for eighth at the 2017 season-opening LPGA Pure Silk Bahamas event