WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's golf team has its sight set on a fourth straight NCAA Championship appearance and 19th trip to the national tournament in the last 20 seasons, heading to Verona, Wisconsin and University Ridge Golf Course on Monday for the NCAA Madison Regional. The Boilermakers are the No. 6 seed in the 18-team field with the top-six finishers in the three-day, 54-hole tournament advancing to the NCAA Championships at Oklahoma State's Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma on May 18-23.
THE FIELD
The Madison regional features an outstanding field, including six top-25 squads and several familiar opponents. The Boilermakers have gone head-to-head with 10 of the 17 other teams, including the four other Big Ten squads heading to University Ridge. Purdue owns wins over No. 3 seed Arizona State, No. 4 seed Northwestern and four of the teams listed below them in the seedings.
| Team (Seed) | GolfStat | GolfWeek |
| Duke (1) | 4 | 4 |
| USC (2) | 6 | 5 |
| Arizona State (3) | 12 | 15 |
| Northwestern (4) | 13 | 11 |
| Illinois (5) | 20 | 22 |
| Purdue (6) | 23 | 31 |
| Iowa State (7) | 27 | 23 |
| Virginia (8) | 31 | 33 |
| Wisconsin (9) | 36 | 37 |
| Campbell (10) | 37 | 38 |
| Ohio State (11) | 44 | 46 |
| Notre Dame (12) | 47 | 51 |
| Old Dominion (13) | 52 | 50 |
| Oregon State (14) | 53 | 62 |
| Idaho (15) | 82 | 87 |
| Murray State (16) | 88 | 96 |
| North Dakota State (17) | -- | -- |
| IUPUI (18) | -- | -- |
THE COURSE: University Ridge Golf Course
University Ridge Golf Course has been good to the Boilermakers, as its par-72, 6,313-yard layout has played home to a pair of Big Ten Championships, and a Big Ten individual medalist. In 2000, Stacy Orschell and Kari Damron led the Boilermakers to the first conference championship in program history. Purdue dominated the field with a 27-stroke victory, shooting 15-over par, 287-289-298-293=1,167, backed by Orschell and Damron tying for second place at one-over par, 289.
The 2010 Big Ten Championship was another dominant performance, topping the second-place squad by 27 strokes again at six-over par, 289-282-294-293=1,158. The second-round score is tied for the eighth-best team round in program history and the best-ever at the conference championships, and Purdue locked up its third straight Big Ten title behind medalist honors from Laura Gonzalez Escallon. She played all four championship rounds under par, including a final-round 69 to boast the top 72-hole score all-time at Purdue.
AT THIS EVENT
Monday marks the 23rd consecutive NCAA Regional appearance for the Old Gold and Black, dating to 1997. Purdue has locked up an NCAA Championship appearance 18 times, winning the regional title in 2006, and posting a top-three finish on seven occasions. The Boilermakers outplayed a No. 7 seed in Columbus, Ohio last season, finishing fifth behind a third-place performance from Marta Martin, who shot one-over par, 217, including a final-round 71.
THE PLAYERS (Career Stats)
| PLAYER | HOMETOWN | RDS. | AVG. | TOP 10 | LOW 18 | LOW 54 |
| Micaela Farah | Lima, Peru | 52 | 74.8 | 3 | 69 | 214 |
| Marta Martin | Madrid, Spain | 126 | 75.1 | 5 | 69 | 211 |
| Mela Putri | Bali, Indonesia | 81 | 75.6 | 3 | 68 | 210 |
| Covadonga SanJuan | Aviles, Spain | 74 | 75.1 | 2 | 69 | 214 |
| Inez Wanamarta | Surabaya, Indonesia | 30 | 72.9 | 3 | 67 | 206 |
#BOILERNOTES
• Purdue has qualified for the NCAA Championships as a team in 17 of the last 19 seasons, and had an individual qualifier in 2016
• Boilermaker head coach Devon Brouse has accounted for all 18 of Purdue's NCAA appearances
• The Boilermakers have shown incredible consistency, playing 16 of their last 19 team rounds at six-over par (294) or better, including a mark of three-under par, 285, in the second round of the Big Ten Championships
• Five different Boilermakers have posted at least seven rounds of par or better this season, marking the first time since Purdue's NCAA Runner-Up squad in 2010-11
• Inez Wanamarta was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and earned first team All-Big Ten honors after tying for 12th at the conference championships
• Wanamarta has placed in the top 20 in eight of 11 tournaments this season, including medalist honors at the Minnesota Invitational
• Her 12 rounds of par or better this season are a Boilermaker-freshman record, surpassing the mark of 11 shared by Maria Hernandez (2005-06), Numa Gulyanamitta (2007-08) and Maude-Aimee LeBlanc (2007-08)
• Sophomore Micaela Farah was tabbed second team all-conference, owning the Boilermakers' second-lowest stroke average at 73.7
• Senior Marta Martin is tied for the eighth-most rounds played in program history, logging 126 heading into the regional
• Martin was Purdue's top finisher at the 2017 Columbus Regional, shooting one-over par, 217, including an opening-round 70
• Junior Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri has the second-most rounds of par or better for the Boilermakers, posting 10 this season
• Putri also leads the team with 84 birdies this season, averaging 2.8 per round
• Junior Covadonga SanJuan has played four straight rounds at par or better heading into the regional, tying Wanamarta for 12th at the Big Ten Championships at one-under par, 215