WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's golf team is set to start its second tournament in a week Saturday, playing at the Valspar Augusta Invitational at Forest Hills Golf Club. The Boilermakers are set for a coaching reunion as the host Jaguars are led by former Purdue assistant coach Caroline Hegg, while first-round pairing Texas Tech is coached by former Boilermaker assistant JoJo Robertson.
The Boilermakers are set to bounce back from Tuesday's ninth-place finish at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, looking to build on a second straight top-10 finish from sophomore Inez Wanamarta. After sitting out the first two tournaments of 2018-19, the Purdue second-year has steadily rounded into form, tying for sixth at the Icon Invitational and placing 10th in Arizona. She led the field at the Wildcat Invitational with 40 pars in 54 holes, shooting six-over 222.
Purdue is set to field the same lineup as last week with senior Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri, junior Micaela Farah and freshmen Danielle du Toit and RuQing Guan joining Wanamarta. Sophomore Lauren Guiao will play as an individual in Augusta for the second straight season.
THE FIELD (Rankings are Golfweek/Golfstat)
Purdue (26/33)
Texas Tech (48/41)
Augusta (50/-)
Charlotte
Coastal Carolina
East Tennessee State
South Florida
Memphis
Toledo
Central Arkansas
Princeton
Daytona State
PURDUE LINEUP
Inez Wanamarta, Sophomore: Has back-to-back top-10 individual performances, tying for sixth at the Icon Invitational in Houston and placing 10th at the Wildcat Invitational … led the tournament with 40 pars in Arizona, including 30 of her last 36 holes … averaging 73.8 strokes per round with a pair of scores at par or better and a low round of 68.
Micaela Farah, Junior: Owns the Boilermakers' top stroke average this season at 73.62, posting the team-low score in 9-of-21 rounds … Has a team-high 10 rounds of par or better with four top-20 individual finishes in seven events … made a team-most 253 pars in 2018-19 … made her second eagle of the season at the end of her final round in Arizona.
Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri, Senior: Leads Purdue with 61 birdies this season, posting seven team-low rounds in seven tournaments … averaging 73.67 strokes per round, good for second on the team … owns the Boilermakers' best average on par 5's, playing -10 on the season and 4.88 stroke per hole … has eight rounds of par or better with two top-10 showings and three individual finishes in the top-20.
RuQing Guan, Freshman: Returned to the varsity lineup at Arizona, counting a team score in all three rounds at Sewailo Golf Course … averaging 76.2 strokes per round over four events on the season with two scores of par or better … made a team-high eight birdies in Arizona, and has 29 total in 2018-19.
Danielle du Toit, Freshman: Has nine rounds of par or better in 2018-19, currently three shy of the Boilermakers' freshman record, set by Wanamarta in 2017-18 … one-of-three individuals to play in every event for the Boilermakers this season, averaging 74.05 strokes per round … second on the roster for both birdies and pars, making 55 and 247, respectively … has Purdue's best score on par 4's, averaging 4.1 strokes per hole.
Lauren Guiao, Sophomore: Will play as an individual in her fourth tournament of the spring after playing in the lineup twice in the fall … shot an opening-round 75 in Arizona, making a pair of birdies in her third-best round of the spring.
THE COURSE
Forest Hills Golf Club is the Jaguars' home course and plays par 72, 6,228 yards. It has played host to the annual event for the last 13 seasons. The course was originally designed by world renowned course architect Donald Ross, but was renovated by the Arnold Palmer Company in 2004. Forest Hills is repeatedly named "Best Public Course" by Augusta Magazine and offers traditional Southern topography with level, rolling fairways surrounded by magnificent trees.
WEATHER FORECAST
Saturday: Cloudy, 66/43 degrees; 0% chance of rain, N 8 MPH.
Sunday: AM Clouds/PM Sun, 64/41 degrees; 0% chance of rain, NNE 9 MPH.
AUGUSTA INVITATIONAL HISTORY
The Boilermakers have fared well at Augusta's annual event, taking home the team title in three of its five previous appearances, winning in 2011, 2013 and 2017, while placing second in 2018 and third in 2012. Farah was Purdue's top finisher in 2018, placing seventh at two-under 214, while Wanamarta tied for 10th at one-over 217. Farah also tied for 11th in 2017, shooting five-over 221.
THE TEE TIMES
Round 1 (Holes 1-3; 8:30 a.m. ET): Purdue, Augusta, Texas Tech
Round 2 (Holes 1-3; immediately following Rd. 1): Purdue, Augusta, Texas Tech
Round 3 (Holes TBA; shotgun start at 11 a.m. ET): To be announced
LIVE STATS
Live scoring can be found on golfstat.com.
The Boilermakers are set to bounce back from Tuesday's ninth-place finish at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational, looking to build on a second straight top-10 finish from sophomore Inez Wanamarta. After sitting out the first two tournaments of 2018-19, the Purdue second-year has steadily rounded into form, tying for sixth at the Icon Invitational and placing 10th in Arizona. She led the field at the Wildcat Invitational with 40 pars in 54 holes, shooting six-over 222.
Purdue is set to field the same lineup as last week with senior Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri, junior Micaela Farah and freshmen Danielle du Toit and RuQing Guan joining Wanamarta. Sophomore Lauren Guiao will play as an individual in Augusta for the second straight season.
THE FIELD (Rankings are Golfweek/Golfstat)
Purdue (26/33)
Texas Tech (48/41)
Augusta (50/-)
Charlotte
Coastal Carolina
East Tennessee State
South Florida
Memphis
Toledo
Central Arkansas
Princeton
Daytona State
PURDUE LINEUP
Inez Wanamarta, Sophomore: Has back-to-back top-10 individual performances, tying for sixth at the Icon Invitational in Houston and placing 10th at the Wildcat Invitational … led the tournament with 40 pars in Arizona, including 30 of her last 36 holes … averaging 73.8 strokes per round with a pair of scores at par or better and a low round of 68.
Micaela Farah, Junior: Owns the Boilermakers' top stroke average this season at 73.62, posting the team-low score in 9-of-21 rounds … Has a team-high 10 rounds of par or better with four top-20 individual finishes in seven events … made a team-most 253 pars in 2018-19 … made her second eagle of the season at the end of her final round in Arizona.
Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri, Senior: Leads Purdue with 61 birdies this season, posting seven team-low rounds in seven tournaments … averaging 73.67 strokes per round, good for second on the team … owns the Boilermakers' best average on par 5's, playing -10 on the season and 4.88 stroke per hole … has eight rounds of par or better with two top-10 showings and three individual finishes in the top-20.
RuQing Guan, Freshman: Returned to the varsity lineup at Arizona, counting a team score in all three rounds at Sewailo Golf Course … averaging 76.2 strokes per round over four events on the season with two scores of par or better … made a team-high eight birdies in Arizona, and has 29 total in 2018-19.
Danielle du Toit, Freshman: Has nine rounds of par or better in 2018-19, currently three shy of the Boilermakers' freshman record, set by Wanamarta in 2017-18 … one-of-three individuals to play in every event for the Boilermakers this season, averaging 74.05 strokes per round … second on the roster for both birdies and pars, making 55 and 247, respectively … has Purdue's best score on par 4's, averaging 4.1 strokes per hole.
Lauren Guiao, Sophomore: Will play as an individual in her fourth tournament of the spring after playing in the lineup twice in the fall … shot an opening-round 75 in Arizona, making a pair of birdies in her third-best round of the spring.
THE COURSE
Forest Hills Golf Club is the Jaguars' home course and plays par 72, 6,228 yards. It has played host to the annual event for the last 13 seasons. The course was originally designed by world renowned course architect Donald Ross, but was renovated by the Arnold Palmer Company in 2004. Forest Hills is repeatedly named "Best Public Course" by Augusta Magazine and offers traditional Southern topography with level, rolling fairways surrounded by magnificent trees.
WEATHER FORECAST
Saturday: Cloudy, 66/43 degrees; 0% chance of rain, N 8 MPH.
Sunday: AM Clouds/PM Sun, 64/41 degrees; 0% chance of rain, NNE 9 MPH.
AUGUSTA INVITATIONAL HISTORY
The Boilermakers have fared well at Augusta's annual event, taking home the team title in three of its five previous appearances, winning in 2011, 2013 and 2017, while placing second in 2018 and third in 2012. Farah was Purdue's top finisher in 2018, placing seventh at two-under 214, while Wanamarta tied for 10th at one-over 217. Farah also tied for 11th in 2017, shooting five-over 221.
THE TEE TIMES
Round 1 (Holes 1-3; 8:30 a.m. ET): Purdue, Augusta, Texas Tech
Round 2 (Holes 1-3; immediately following Rd. 1): Purdue, Augusta, Texas Tech
Round 3 (Holes TBA; shotgun start at 11 a.m. ET): To be announced
LIVE STATS
Live scoring can be found on golfstat.com.