GOLF, Ill. – Samantha Brown and Ashley Kim fired under-par rounds of 71 (-1) to pace Purdue Women’s Golf in the final round of the Windy City Collegiate Classic at Glen View Club. In an extremely talented field, the Boilermakers (+10) carded a 2-over 290 on Tuesday to leapfrog Big Ten foe Illinois (+12) and finish eighth on the leaderboard.
Returning to the lineup, Brown led the Boilermakers with an even-par 216 (69-76-71) to tie her career-low 54-hole total. The sophomore took advantage of the par 5s throughout the tournament, playing the lengthy holes 6-under to rank fourth in the field in par-5 scoring. She birdied every par 5 in the final round, including a pair that was part of four straight birdies to end her day. With birdies on holes six through nine, Brown flipped her round into red figures to finish 1-under, get back to even for 54 holes and tie for 18th. It was her second under-par round of the event following a 69 (-3) in the first round that was highlighted by her third career hole-in-one.
Kim’s 71 featured four birdies as she moved into the Top 25 of the individual leaderboard. After a bogey at the 11th, her second hole of the day, the junior got the stroke back with a birdie on No. 12. She added back-to-back birdies on No. 17 and No. 18 to card an opening 34 (-2) before making the turn. Five straight pars followed, and a birdie at the sixth pushed her to 3-under on the day. Consecutive bogeys tried to prevent Kim from recording her best round of the tournament, but she stayed 1-under with a par on the final hole.
Luana Valero (+5) and Lauren Timpf (+6) placed 35th and 40th, respectively. Timpf’s final round 73 (+1) was her lowest of the event, while Valero added a 75 (+3). Fellow freshman Ida Lindqvist shot a 75 (+3) of her own on Tuesday, tying for 50th at 9-over for the best tournament total and leaderboard finish in her collegiate career. Lindqvist found success on the par 3s, ranking second in the field in par-3 scoring (-2). During the final round, she birdied three of the four par 3s.
Duke and defending national champion Northwestern tied for the team title (-13), as the Blue Devils recorded the lowest final round of the day, a 7-under 281.
After playing in four tournaments during the month of September, Purdue takes a multiple-week break before returning to competition. The Boilermakers conclude the fall by going to Chapel Hill, North Carolina for the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Oct. 17-19).
BOILERMAKERS
T-18. Samantha Brown: 69-76-71—216 (E)
T-25. Ashley Kim: 72-75-71—218 (+2)
T-35. Luana Valero: 72-74-75—221 (+5)
T-40. Lauren Timpf: 74-75-73—222 (+6)
T-50. Ida Lindqvist: 71-79-75—225 (+9)
*T-59. Ella Weber: 74-82-76—232 (+16)
*Competing as an individual
TEAM LEADERBOARD
T-1. Duke: 283-287-281—851 (-13)
T-1. Northwestern: 278-285-288—851 (-13)
3. SMU: 282-283-293—858 (-6)
T-4. UCLA: 288-285-286—859 (-5)
T-4. Iowa State: 293-281-285—859 (-5)
T-4. Michigan State: 288-281-290—859 (-5)
7. Virginia: 290-287-288—865 (+1)
8. Purdue: 284-300-290—874 (+10)
9. Illinois: 289-287-300—876 (+12)
10. Columbia: 298-303-286—887 (+23)
11. Augusta: 307-297-299—903 (+39)