MURRELLS INLET, S.C. – Samantha Brown fired a pair of under-par rounds to lead Purdue Women’s Golf in the one-day, 36-hole Shootout at Wachesaw on Monday. The sophomore Boilermaker carded rounds of 70 (-2) and 71 (-1) at Wachesaw Plantation Club, placing fourth on the individual leaderboard and helping the Boilermakers (+8) finish fourth as a team by recoding the fourth-best 36-hole total in school history (70-71—141).
No. 18 South Carolina (-3) captured the team title in its home state, a four-shot victory over Minnesota (+1). Augusta (+7) was one stroke ahead of Purdue, while Iowa (+20), Coastal Carolina (+24) and Wisconsin (+26) rounded out the field.
Brown finished 3-under to etch her name into the school record book, cracking the Top 5 for 36-hole scores. With back-to-back under-par rounds, she increased her total to a team-high 13 par-or-better rounds this season. Her fourth-place finish was the best of her career and her second straight Top 5 performance after tying for fifth at last month’s Spartan Sun Coast Invitational. The sophomore paced the field in par-5 scoring (-2), while also ranking third in par-4 scoring (-2). Brown made seven birdies throughout the day and committed only four bogeys.
Freshman Luana Valero tied for 10th individually to earn the first Top 10 of her collegiate career. The Colombian carded a 74 (+2) to start the day before four birdies in her second round led to an even-par 72. Valero’s 2-over 146 (74-72) cracks the Top 20 for best 36-hole totals in program history, tying for 17th.
Lauren Timpf (+6) shot 73 (+1) in the afternoon to shave three strokes off her opening round. Timpf matched Brown in playing the par 5s 2-under par to lead the field.
Michaela Headlee and Ashley Kim shot 74 (+2) in the first round to contribute to the team score. Headlee’s morning featured three straight birdies, as the sophomore’s putter caught fire. Kim added a 76 (+4) in the second round, while Headlee settled for a 78 (+6).
Up next, the Boilermakers return to South Carolina for the second straight week, competing in the Briar’s Creek Invitational on Johns Island (March 16-17).
BOILERMAKERS
T-4. Samantha Brown: 70-71—141 (-3)
T-10. Luana Valero: 74-72—146 (+2)
T-16. Lauren Timpf: 76-73—149 (+5)
T-19. Ashley Kim: 74-76—150 (+6)
T-29: Michaela Headlee: 74-78—152 (+8)
*T-11. Ella Weber: 74-73—147 (+3)
*Competed as an individual
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. #18 South Carolina: 281-292—573 (-3)
2. Minnesota: 288-289—577 (+1)
3. Augusta: 291-292—583 (+7)
4. Purdue: 292-292—584 (+8)
5. Iowa: 301-295—596 (+20)
6. Coastal Carolina: 298-301—599 (+23)
7. Wisconsin: 300-302—602 (+26)