Women’s Golf Concludes Fall Season with Landfall Tradition

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After winning two of the first three tournaments of the season, followed by an entire month off, Purdue Women's Golf returns to the links. The Boilermakers close out their fall season in familiar fashion, traveling to Wilmington, North Carolina for the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 27-29).
 
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 27: Round 1 (Tee Times starting at 8:30 a.m. ET)
Saturday, Oct. 28: Round 2 (Tee Times starting at 8:30 a.m. ET)
Sunday, Oct. 29: Round 3 (8:45 a.m. ET Shotgun Start)
 
THE LINEUP
Ashley Kozlowski – Sr. (9:51 AM ET off No. 10)

• Playing in her 32nd tournament as a Boilermaker, more than anyone on the current team; also her third appearance in the Landfall Tradition
• Last time out, paced the Boilermakers with a 208 (72-70-66) at the Schooner Fall Classic, the seventh-best 54-hole total in program history; her final round 66 was a new career low and the fifth-lowest for a Boilermaker
• Led Purdue to a win in the Mary Fossum Invitational, finishing runner-up individually for the second time in her career with a 214 (73-71-70)
• Holds a 71.44 stroke average
• Big Ten Preseason Watch List
• Appeared in 11 of the 12 tournaments a season ago, ranking second on the team with a 73.75 stroke average
• Made a team-best four eagles throughout last season
• Tied for fourth at the NCAA Raleigh Regional with a season-low 213 (-3), nearly qualifying for the national championships as an individual
• Named B1G Women's Golfer of the Week (Feb. 15), becoming the first Boilermaker to earn the honor since 2019 after leading Purdue to a win at the Tulane Classic and placing runner-up for the best finish of her career
• Starred in the classroom as an aeronautical and astronautical engineering major, earning several academic honors: WGCAA All-American Scholar Team, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten

Kan Bunnabodee – Sr. (9:42 AM ET off No. 10)

• Leads the team in stroke average (70.22), team-low rounds (4), rounds in the 60s (4) and birdies (34)
• Holds three of the 10-lowest 54-hole scores in school history
• Led Purdue to a team victory at the season-opening Boilermaker Classic, placing a career-best runner-up on the individual leaderboard with a 9-under 207 (75-63-69), tying for the third-lowest 54-hole total in program history
• Became the first Boilermaker in school history to shoot 63 (-9), breaking current LPGA member Paula Reto's 11-year old record of 64
• Big Ten Preseason Watch List
• Is making her 31st appearance as a Boilermaker
• Tied for fourth at the 2021 Landfall Tradition with a 3-under 213 (71-70-72), earning her first career Top 5 finish
• 2021-22 First Team All-Big Ten
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten

 
Jocelyn Bruch – Sr. (9:33 AM ET off No. 10)

• Making her 24th appearance as a Boilermaker
• Last time out, fired a career-low 209 (69-70-70) at the Schooner Fall Classic for the 10th-best three-round total in school history
• Holds a 70.89 stroke average with the help of three rounds in the 60s, ranking second on the team in both categories
• Seven of her nine rounds have been par-or-better, a team high
• Paced the field in par-4 scoring (-3) to help the Boilermakers win the Mary Fossum Invitational, tying for seventh on the individual leaderboard for her second career Top 10 (76-70-71—217)
• Cracked the Top 10 for the first time in her career, tying for sixth with a 4-under 212 (69-69-74) to help Purdue win the Boilermaker Classic
• Recorded the team-low round three times throughout last season and has already matched that total this season
• Won the Hoosier Amateur over the summer
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten

 
Natasha Kiel – Jr. (9:24 AM ET off No. 10)

• Making her fourth appearance as a Boilermaker, but playing in her 16th collegiate tournament
• Holds a 72.78 stroke average
• Last time out, tied for 29th at the Schooner Fall Classic with a 213 (71-72-70), her best 54-hole total as a Boilermaker
• Ranked second in par-4 scoring (-1) and tied for ninth (73-72-73—218) to help the Boilermakers win the Mary Fossum Invitational
• In her Purdue debut, tied for 37th (79-74-71—224) to help the team win the Boilermaker Classic
• Transferred to Purdue after two seasons at Vanderbilt
• Last season, played in eight tournaments and produced a 74.4 stroke average
• Fired a career-low 66 in the second round of the Mason Rudolph Championship last fall
• Landed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll at the conclusion of last season
• Named to the 2021-22 SEC All-Freshman Team

 
Momo Sugiyama – Jr. (9:15 AM ET off No. 10)

• Making her 16th appearance as a Boilermaker after playing in all 12 tournaments a season ago
• Holds a 72.22 stroke average this season
• Led Purdue at last season's Landfall Tradition, tying for 12th with a 3-under 213 (68-72-73); she paced the 96-player field in par-5 scoring (-6)
• Started the season with her fourth Top 10 as a Boilermaker, tying for ninth at the Boilermaker Classic with a 1-under 215 (73-69-73)
• Produced her eighth Top 20 finish by tying for 19th at the Mary Fossum Invitational
• Big Ten Preseason Watch List
• 2022-23 Second Team All-Big Ten
• Tied Purdue's single-season record with six rounds in the 60s last year
• Led the team in stroke average (73.31), team-low round (14), rounds in the 60s (6) and pars (410) last season
• Held a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout the 2022-23 school year, collecting several academic accolades: WGCAA All-American Scholar Team, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Academic All-Big Ten

 
THE FIELD
Alabama
Arizona
Clemson
Duke
East Carolina
Furman
Illinois
Maryland
Michigan State
NC State
Nebraska
Penn State
Purdue
SMU
Tennessee
UCF
UNCW (host)
Virginia Tech
 
THE COURSE

• The tournament will take place on the Country Club of Landfall's Dye Course, a par 72 layout measuring 6,194 yards.
• The Country Club of Landfall features 45 holes of championship golf designed by Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus.
• The Country Club of Landfall hosted the 1995 and 2010 NCAA Division I Championships.

 
HISTORY AT LANDFALL

• The Boilermakers have closed out their fall season at the Landfall Tradition every year since 2011.
• Purdue has won two of the 20 editions of the tournament, capturing team titles during the 2005-06 and 2011-12 seasons.
• Four Boilermakers have experience playing in the Landfall Tradition. Ashley Kozlowski is making her third appearance, while Jocelyn Bruch, Kan Bunnabodee and Momo Sugiyama are playing in the tournament for the second time.
• Last season, the Boilermakers placed 10th behind a 12th-place individual finish by Momo Sugiyama (68-72-73—213). Sugiyama paced the 96-player field in par-5 scoring (-6).
• As a sophomore, Kan Bunnabodee tied for fourth to lead Purdue at the 2021 Landfall Tradition, earning the first Top 5 finish of her career

 
LAST TIME OUT

• Tied for seventh heading into the final round, Purdue used a 6-under 274 to vault up the leaderboard and place third at the Schooner Fall Classic.
• The Boilermakers finished 3-under for the tournament, tying a school record with a 54-hole total of 837 (284-279-274).
• The final round 274 was the second-best team round ever, just behind the program-record 270 carded at the Boilermaker Classic earlier this season.
• For the second straight tournament, Ashley Kozlowski led the Boilermakers. Firing a career-low 66 (-4) in the final round, Kozlowski posted a three-day total of 208 (-2) to tie for the seventh-best 54-hole score in program history.
• Also cracking the Top 10 for lowest 54-hole totals all-time were Jocelyn Bruch and Kan Bunnabodee. The pair of Boilermakers tied for 14th, carding 209 (-1) through three rounds.

 
SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON

• Entering the final round eight shots back of host Michigan State, Purdue flipped the script and fired a final round 284 (-4) to win the Mary Fossum Invitational by 10 strokes.
• Purdue was 6-under (290-284-284—858) on the par 72 West Course at Forest Akers GC, the only team to finish under par and just one shot off the tournament record. The Boilermakers defeated a field of 14 other teams that included five Big Ten programs. The three-round total also cracked the Top 10 for one of the lowest 54-hole scores in program history.
• The Boilermakers played the par 4s a combined 5-over to lead all teams, including 16 shots better than Michigan State. Purdue also paced the field in par-3 scoring (-2) and birdies (47).
• Four Boilermakers finished in the Top 10 of the individual leaderboard. Ashley Kozlowski led the way, ending the tournament at 2-under to place runner-up for the second time in her career. Kan Bunnabodee earned her second Top 5 of the season, tying for fourth at even par (72-71-73—216) and leading the entire field in birdies (13) and par-3 scoring (-2). Jocelyn Bruch tied for seventh (+1) for her second Top 10 of the 2023-24 campaign.

 
FLYING HIGH WITH BYRD

• Victorious in two of their three tournaments this fall, the Boilermakers have won multiple tournaments in a season for the first time in seven years.
• Winning the Boilermaker Classic and the Mary Fossum Invitational, Purdue won back-to-back tournaments for the first time since the 2012-13 season. The last time Purdue won its first two tournaments of the season was the start of the 2005-06 campaign.
• Purdue already has three tournament titles in just the second season under head coach Zack Byrd; the Boilermakers won three tournaments over the previous six seasons before Byrd's arrival.
• Eleven of the 50 lowest team rounds in program history have occurred under Byrd, including the school record 270 (-18) at the season-opening Boilermaker Classic earlier this month as well as the second-best round, a 274 at the Schooner Fall Classic last time out.
• This season, the Boilermakers have produced two of the lowest five team totals (54 holes) in school history, a program-best 837 at last month's Schooner Fall Classic and an 852 (fifth) at the season-opening Boilermaker Classic.

 
HOME COURSE PROTECTED

• Purdue protected its home course, starting the 2023-24 season by beating 14 other teams to win the Boilermaker Classic (Sept. 4-5).
• The Boilermakers finished the 54-hole event 12-under par (296-270-286—852) on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Complex, six shots ahead of runner-up Alabama.
• Kan Bunnabodee paced Purdue with a final round 69 (-3) to finish runner-up on the individual leaderboard at 9-under. Her 207 (75-63-69) matched her career low and tied for the third-best 54-hole total in program history with the help of a school-record 63 in the second round.
• Jocelyn Bruch cracked the Top 10 for the first time in her career. She placed sixth with a 212 (69-69-74).
• Momo Sugiyama finished another tournament in red figures, firing a 215 (-1) with a 69 sandwiched in between rounds of 73. Starting her second season as a Boilermaker, she recorded her fourth Top 10, tying for ninth on the individual leaderboard.

 
SCHOOL RECORDS BROKEN

• On the first day of the 2023-24 season, a pair of school records were broken in the second round of the Boilermaker Classic.
• The Boilermakers fired a 270 (-18) in the second round to break the program record for team-low round by five strokes, besting the previous record of 275 shot by the 2011 Boilermakers at the Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate.
• Kan Bunnabodee's 63 along with 69s (-3) from Jocelyn Bruch, Ashley Kozlowski and Momo Sugiyama produced the school-record round of 18-under par.
• Bunnabodee became the first Boilermaker in history to shoot 63, recording nine birdies and nine pars to break current LPGA member Paula Reto's record 64 that stood for 11 years.

 
PRESEASON B1G HONOREES

• A trio of Boilermakers were named Big Ten Preseason Women's Golf Watch List, the conference office announced ahead of the season. Kan Bunnabodee, Ashley Kozlowski and Momo Sugiyama received the recognition.
• Bunnabodee, a 2022 First Team All-Big Ten honoree, played in all eight spring tournaments last season after missing the fall due to injury.
• Last season, Kozlowski posted a 73.75 stroke average over 32 rounds (11 tournaments) to rank second on the team. Thirteen of those rounds were par-or-better, a team best, which included a season-low 68.
• Sugiyama earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades after leading Purdue in stroke average (73.31), team-low rounds (14), rounds in the 60 (6) and Top 5 finishes (3) throughout the 2022-23 campaign. Her six rounds in the 60s matched a single-season school record, and she fired a 2-under 142 (73-69) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic for the second-best 36-hole total in program history.

 
NEXT ON THE TEE

• After four tournaments, Purdue's successful fall comes to an end.
• The Boilermakers return to action when the calendar flips to 2024, starting the spring by hosting the Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 4-6) in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.