SARASOTA, Fla. – Behind 1-under par 71s from sophomore Samantha Brown and freshman Luana Valero, Purdue Women’s Golf recorded an even-par 288 in the final round of the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational. The Boilermakers (+38) shaved 27 strokes off of their second round team score and ended the tournament in seventh place.
After the scoring average eclipsed 78 over the first two rounds at Palm Aire Country Club on Sunday, the final round scoring average dropped to 74 on Monday. Along with Brown and Valero reaching red figures, Lauren Timpf added a 72 (E), and Ashley Kim carded a 74 (+2). The even-par total as a team marked Purdue’s best final round of the 2025-26 season.
Brown produced the best finish of her career, tying for fifth with a 2-over 218 (71-76-71). The Westfield, Indiana, native played the par 5s 4-under throughout the week to rank fourth in the field in par-5 scoring. During the final round, Brown birdied three of the course’s four par 5s. With her pair of 71s, she has shot par-or-better in 11 of her 20 rounds this season to lead the Boilermakers.
Valero matched her lowest round of the season with a 71 that featured four birdies. Back-to-back birdies on her final two holes of the tournament pushed the Purdue freshman into red figures and into the Top 25. Valero placed 23rd on the individual leaderboard at 9-over (74-80-71—225), tying the best finish of her career.
Timpf made a team-high 14 pars in the final round, countering two bogeys with a pair of birdies to lead to her even-par day. Kim birdied two par 5s and carded matching 37s to equal the field’s scoring average.
After two tournaments kicked off the spring season, the Boilermakers are finished with competition for the month of February. Up next, Purdue competes in the one-day Shootout at Wachesaw at Murrells Inlet in Byrd’s home state of South Carolina (March 9) before remaining in the state for the Briar’s Creek Invitational on Johns Island (March 16-17).
BOILERMAKERS
T-5. Samantha Brown: 71-76-71—218 (+2)
T-23. Luana Valero: 74-80-71—225 (+9)
T-31. Ashley Kim: 76-78-74—228 (+12)
T-41. Lauren Timpf: 78-81-72—229 (+13)
72. Ella Weber: 80-83-78—241 (+25)
*T-39: Michaela Headlee: 78-76-76—230 (+14)
*Competing as an individual
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. #23 Northwestern: 294-306-284—884 (+20)
2. Oklahoma: 299-303-286—888 (+24)
3. Ohio State: 305-303-287—895 (+31)
4. Michigan State: 308-306-284—898 (+34)
T-5. #25 Kent State: 300-315-285—900 (+36)
T-5. Maryland: 303-304-293—900 (+36)
7. Purdue: 299-315-288—902 (+38)
8. Kentucky: 296-317-294—907 (+43)
9. Michigan: 296-311-303—910 (+46)
10. College of Charleston: 302-312-298—912 (+48)
T-11. Illinois: 305-315-298—918 (+54)
T-11. Clemson: 310-316-291—918 (+54)
13. Iowa: 306-325-293—924 (+60)
14. FIU: 310-323-298—931 (+67)
15. Princeton: 319-335-298—952 (+88)
