Live Results / 2016-17 Season Stats
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's golf team continues the spring season Monday, heading back to Georgia for the second straight week for the second-annual Henssler Intercollegiate, hosted by Kennesaw State University at Pinetree Country Club. The Boilermakers are coming off a tournament victory at Forest Hills Country Club in Augusta, Georgia last weekend, and hope to make it two straight.
The Boilermakers have now logged a pair of tournament victories this season, topping the field at the season-opening Minnesota Invitational and shooting 14-over, 878, to take the 3M Augusta Invitational last weekend. It marks the first season with multiple tournament wins for the Boilermakers since 2013, when Purdue topped four event fields, including the 2013 Big Ten Championships.
Purdue has seen several of the top marks in program history already come out of the 2016-17 season, including last weekend's 878, tied for the 30th-best 54-hole mark at Purdue. Their opening round, 282, at The Dickson marked the No. 8 18-hole team score all-time for the Boilermakers, while their eight-over, 872, at the Landfall Tradition tied the 17th-best 54-hole team score in program history.
Senior August Kim has led the charge and is still in search of her first event title of the season, despite averaging just 72.3 strokes-per-round this year. She's played 12-of-18 rounds at par or better this season with four top-10 finishes, and will be one of the top-ranked individual players in the field again this weekend.
Play opens Monday, March 27, with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. ET. The field will play 36 holes Monday, and follow with the final 18 Tuesday, beginning with another 9 a.m. shotgun start.
THE FIELD
The second-annual Henssler Intercollegiate features five top-50 ranked programs, and a wealth of familiar faces for the Old Gold & Black. The Boilermakers will see repeat opponents in Kent State, Texas Tech, Augusta, Maryland, Memphis, Troy, tournament host Kennesaw State, Virginia Tech and Eastern Michigan, resulting in just four first-time opponents in the 14-team field.
| Team | GolfWeek | GolfStat |
| Kent State | 13 | 13 |
| Texas Tech | 24 | 35 |
| Illinois | 30 | 27 |
| Purdue | 31 | 24 |
| Augusta | 47 | 45 |
| Maryland | 58 | 62 |
| Memphis | 66 | 70 |
| Chattanooga | 70 | 76 |
| Southern Miss. | 79 | 73 |
| Troy | 87 | 91 |
| Kennesaw State | 94 | 88 |
| Virginia Tech | -- | 98 |
| Eastern Michigan | -- | -- |
| Georgia Southern | -- | -- |
THE COURSE: Pinetree Country Club
Pinetree Country Club was originally designed by Chick Adams and opened in 1962, Pinetree Country Club's 18-hole championship golf course has long been regarded as among the finest private golf courses in Georgia. Pinetree hosted Georgia State Amateur Championship in 1976, 1985, 2003 and most recently the 2013 Championship. The club was also selected by the Georgia PGA to host the 2014 Georgia Open, as well as qualifying for numerous Georgia and U.S. Amateur Championships.
AT THIS EVENT
Purdue will play at the Henssler Intercollegiate for the first time, but its marks the second of three straight tournaments for the Boilermakers in the Peach State. The Boilermakers won the 3M Augusta Invitational last week, and return to Athens, Georgia on April 7 for the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic.
THE PLAYERS (Season Stats)
| PLAYER | HOMETOWN | RDS. | AVG. | TOP 10 | LOW 18 | LOW 54 |
| Linn Andersson | Jonkoping, Sweden | 12 | 74.3 | 2 | 69 | 212 |
| Micaela Farah | Lima, Peru | 9 | 74.9 | 0 | 70 | 219 |
| August Kim | St. Augustine, Fla. | 18 | 72.3 | 4 | 68 | 210 |
| Marta Martin | Madrid, Spain | 18 | 75.2 | 1 | 71 | 217 |
| Cova SanJuan | Aviles, Spain | 15 | 73.9 | 1 | 70 | 218 |
#BOILERNOTES
- The Boilermakers have placed two individuals in the top-10 of four of six stroke-play tournaments this season, including three straight in the fall and the 3M Augusta Invitational last weekend
- Purdue has won a pair of tournaments this season, taking the season-opening Minnesota Invitational and earning the team title at Augusta with a 54-hole score of 14-over, 878
- Senior August Kim was named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week on Thursday after a third-place performance at Augusta, earning her second weekly conference honor of the season
- Kim has played 67 percent of her tournament rounds at par or better this season, including all three rounds last weekend, good for a team-high 12 rounds at the mark
- Kim owns the Boilermakers' only two eagles of the season, making one in each of her last two tournaments, including a 3 on the 473-yard par 5 in the final round at The Dickson
- The Boilermakers took fourth place at the Gifford Great 8 Match Play, hosted by UCLA, led by Kim's 3-0 individual mark
- Sophomore Covadonga SanJuan was the Boilermakers' top finisher in two straight tournaments, shooting four-over, 220, and tying for 16th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic and posting a two-over, 218, to tie for 18th at The Dickson in Houston
- The Boilermakers matched the eighth-best 18-hole team score in program history at The Dickson, shooting a six-under, 282, in the opening round
- Freshman Micaela Farah has turned in a qualifying team score in each of her first nine rounds as a Boilermaker, including a career-best 70 in the opening round at the 3M Augusta Invitational
- Kim advanced to Stage III of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in the fall, one-of-11 amateurs to reach the final stage
- GolfWeek.com's Lance Ringler picked the Boilermakers to win the Big Ten Conference this season.
- 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, and Maude-Aimee Leblanc who tied for seventh at the 2017 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open