RIO GRANDE, P.R. – Just like the first day of the Purdue Puerto Rico Classic, the final round featured another career best by a Boilermaker. Twenty-four hours after Samantha Brown carded a 68 (-4), fellow sophomore Lauren Timpf fired a career-low 68 of her own to soar up the leaderboard and lead the Purdue Women’s Golf team at Grand Reserve Golf Club.
The Boilermakers (-1) finished under par as a team for the first time this season, placing 10th out a competitive 18-team field. No. 4 Arkansas (-23) captured the team title, besting No. 10 Vanderbilt and No. 15 Ole Miss by six shots.
Despite the conclusion of the tournament getting moved up due to heavy rain in the forecast, the showers stayed away for most of Monday morning to allow the event to be completed. Timpf took advantage, playing the best golf of her collegiate career and matching Brown for Purdue’s lowest round of the 2025-26 season.
Timpf finished tied for 24th at 2-under (75-71-68—214), leaping 33 spots up the leaderboard on the last day. The Macomb, Michigan, native made six birdies during the round, including three deuces on the par-3s. She played the short holes 3-under throughout the tournament to rank fourth in the 101-player field in par-3 scoring.
After shooting even par in the first two rounds, Ashley Kim and Ella Weber carded rounds of 73 (+1) and 75 (+3), respectively. Kim’s final round was highlighted by an eagle at the par-4 14th, finding the bottom of the cup with an 8-iron from 133 yards out. It was her first eagle as a Boilermaker. Following a rocky start, Weber bounced back by playing her final eight holes bogey free while adding a pair of birdies along the way.
Freshman Luana Valero contributed to the team’s final round tally, shooting a 73 (+1) for the second consecutive round. She began her day 2-under through the first nine holes without making a bogey.
Up next, the Boilermakers have two weeks off before teeing it up at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational in Sarasota, Florida (Feb. 15-16).
BOILERMAKERS
T-24. Lauren Timpf: 75-71-68—214 (-2)
T-36. Ashley Kim: 72-72-73—217 (+1)
T-44. Samantha Brown: 68-72-78—218 (+2)
T-49. Ella Weber: 72-72-75—219 (+3)
T-68. Luana Valero: 76-73-73—222 (+6)
*T-68: Michaela Headlee: 76-73-73—222 (+6)
*T-83. Ida Lindqvist: 75-76-75—226 (+10)
*Competing as an individual
TEAM LEADERBOARD
- #4 Arkansas: 279-275-287—841 (-23)
T2. #15 Ole Miss: 285-281-281—847 (-17)
T2. #10 Vanderbilt: 288-280-279—847 (-17)
4. LSU: 283-279-288—850 (-14)
5. #14 North Carolina: 276-279-297—852 (-12)
6. Kansas State: 284-284-289—857 (-7)
7. #20 Northwestern: 281-284-294—859 (-5)
8. Michigan State: 283-284-294—861 (-3)
9. North Florida: 285-290-287—862 (-2)
10. Purdue: 287-287-289—863 (-1)
11. North Texas: 286-287-292—865 (+1)
12. Iowa: 286-293-290—869 (+5)
T13. Minnesota: 289-291-294—874 (+10)
T13. UNCW: 290-290-294—874 (+10)
15. Iowa State: 287-292-299—878 (+14)
16. Michigan: 291-293-303—887 (+23)
17. Furman: 293-295-301—889 (+25)
18. Georgia Southern: 294-296-302—892 (+28)