AURORA, Ontario – Purdue Women’s Golf jumped out to a fast start at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational, while dealing with a weather delay and a soggy Beacon Hall Golf Club on Monday (Sept. 22). The Boilermakers were 3-under early on, but some big numbers throughout the rest of the day dropped the team down the leaderboard and into ninth place (+16) after 18 holes.
Due to the delay, the first day of the tournament was reduced to one round, shortening the tournament from 54 holes to 36 holes over the two-day period.
Lauren Timpf birdied two of her first three holes on her way to a 1-under 71 to lead the Boilermakers in the opening round. After a par on her first hole of the day, the par-5 fourth, the sophomore made back-to-back birdies before rattling off 14 straight pars. Her lone miscue of the day was a bogey on her last hole, the par-3 third. The hole proved to be difficult, as all five Boilermakers made bogey. With her under-par round, Timpf finds herself in a tie for 11th on the individual leaderboard.
Carding a 74 (+2) was freshman Luana Valero. She began her round with a birdie at the par-4 sixth, and she added an eagle at the par-5 15th. Ashley Kim shot 75 (+3), recording a team-high three birdies throughout her round.
Competing as an individual, sophomore Samantha Brown fired a 70 (-2) to sit tied for sixth. The sophomore was 3-under through her first 13 holes without making a bogey.
Due to the wet course, the final round has been pushed back to a 9 a.m. ET shotgun start on Tuesday morning. The Boilermakers will be paired with Michigan State and South Florida, who are tied for seventh at 14-over.
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BOILERMAKERS
T-11. Lauren Timpf: 71 (-1)
T-22. Luana Valero: 74 (+2)
T-24. Ashley Kim: 75 (+3)
T-60. Ella Weber: 84 (+12)
T-62. Ida Lindqvist: 85 (+13)
*T-6. Samantha Brown: 70 (-2)
*Competing as an individual
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Kent State: 281 (-7)
2. Auburn: 284 (-4)
T-3. Ole Miss: 290 (+2)
T-3. Virginia: 290 (+2)
5. Michigan: 295 (+7)
6. Tennessee: 301 (+13)
T-7. Michigan State: 302 (+14)
T-7. South Florida: 302 (+14)
9. Purdue: 304 (+16)
10. Rutgers: 307 (+19)
11. British Columbia: 308 (+20)
12. Central Michigan: 321 (+33)