Round One Results / Live Results
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Purdue women's golf team got off to a solid start at The Blessings Golf Club on Friday, shooting 20-over par, 312, in the opening round of the 2019 NCAA Championships. The Boilermakers are in 10th place after 18 holes, while sophomore Inez Wanamarta is tied for fourth place in the individual standings, shooting one-over 74 in her first 18 of the championships.
The Boilermakers had to overcome a tough start to Friday's round, opening play on the back nine and surrendering eight strokes over their first three holes. Wanamarta and senior Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri stole the first strokes back from The Blessings, posting birdies on No. 14 and No. 15, respectively, but the team still made the turn at 14-over par.
They rebounded on the front nine, making a combined 10 birdies on holes No. 3 through 8 and finishing just six-over par over their last nine holes. They went five-for-five on No. 6, with every player on the team sinking a birdie.
Wanamarta shot one-over on the back-nine, and then came home even par with a trio of birdies on the front. She dropped one on No. 4 and then after a bogey on No. 5 rebounded with back-to-back birdies on 6 and 7. She's tied with Washington's Sarah Rhee and Arizona State's Alessandra Fanali on the individual leaderboard and should hold one of the top scores at the end of the round.
Putri had Purdue's No. 2 scores at five-over 78, making one birdie on the back and two more on the front, and junior Micaela Farah logged the Boilermakers' No. 3 score at six-over 79, sinking all three of her birdies for the round on the front nine. Purdue's fourth and final team score came from freshman Danielle du Toit, shooting eight-over 81. She struggled on her first nine holes but rallied down the stretch, finishing one-over par for the front nine with seven pars and a birdie.
Texas and NCAA host Arkansas share the team lead at 10-over par, 302, while Stanford (+12), Arizona (+12) and Duke (+13) round out the top five. Arizona's Bianca Pagdanganan tops the individual leaderboard after an impressive first-round score of four-under 69. Only four players in the field shot under par Friday, while Wanamarta is one-of-eight players tied at one-over par.
The Boilermakers resume play Saturday at approximately 2:01 p.m. ET, paired again with Mississippi and San Jose State, but starting off the front nine for the second round.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The Purdue women's golf team got off to a solid start at The Blessings Golf Club on Friday, shooting 20-over par, 312, in the opening round of the 2019 NCAA Championships. The Boilermakers are in 10th place after 18 holes, while sophomore Inez Wanamarta is tied for fourth place in the individual standings, shooting one-over 74 in her first 18 of the championships.
The Boilermakers had to overcome a tough start to Friday's round, opening play on the back nine and surrendering eight strokes over their first three holes. Wanamarta and senior Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri stole the first strokes back from The Blessings, posting birdies on No. 14 and No. 15, respectively, but the team still made the turn at 14-over par.
They rebounded on the front nine, making a combined 10 birdies on holes No. 3 through 8 and finishing just six-over par over their last nine holes. They went five-for-five on No. 6, with every player on the team sinking a birdie.
Wanamarta shot one-over on the back-nine, and then came home even par with a trio of birdies on the front. She dropped one on No. 4 and then after a bogey on No. 5 rebounded with back-to-back birdies on 6 and 7. She's tied with Washington's Sarah Rhee and Arizona State's Alessandra Fanali on the individual leaderboard and should hold one of the top scores at the end of the round.
Putri had Purdue's No. 2 scores at five-over 78, making one birdie on the back and two more on the front, and junior Micaela Farah logged the Boilermakers' No. 3 score at six-over 79, sinking all three of her birdies for the round on the front nine. Purdue's fourth and final team score came from freshman Danielle du Toit, shooting eight-over 81. She struggled on her first nine holes but rallied down the stretch, finishing one-over par for the front nine with seven pars and a birdie.
Texas and NCAA host Arkansas share the team lead at 10-over par, 302, while Stanford (+12), Arizona (+12) and Duke (+13) round out the top five. Arizona's Bianca Pagdanganan tops the individual leaderboard after an impressive first-round score of four-under 69. Only four players in the field shot under par Friday, while Wanamarta is one-of-eight players tied at one-over par.
The Boilermakers resume play Saturday at approximately 2:01 p.m. ET, paired again with Mississippi and San Jose State, but starting off the front nine for the second round.