TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Purdue Women’s Golf carded a 10-over 298 for the third straight day to finish 10th at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional. The Boilermakers (+30) saw their season come to an end, as the top five teams advanced to the 2026 NCAA Championships.
Lauren Timpf led Purdue for the second straight day, firing a 1-under 71 for the team’s best round of the tournament. The sophomore paced the Boilermakers throughout the regional, tying for 23rd on the individual leaderboard (76-73-71—220). Making a team-high 36 pars over three rounds, Timpf ranked sixth in the field.
Fellow sophomore Samantha Brown was right behind her classmate at 5-over (72-76-73—221). Luana Valero (+13), Michaela Headlee (+14) and Ashley Kim (+15) rounded out the Purdue lineup at Seminole Legacy Golf Club.
While the Boilermakers could not make a third straight trip to the NCAA Championships, the young team, consisting mostly of underclassmen, had a strong year. Purdue finished in the Top 3 in each of the last three tournaments ahead of NCAA postseason play, starting with a title defense at the Coach Mo Classic. Winning the event for the second straight year marked the sixth victory under head coach Zack Byrd and assistant coach Lauren Guiao, the most in a four-year span since winning 10 from 2011-14. Purdue followed up the win with a runner-up performance at the Boilermaker Spring Classic before finishing third at the Big Ten Championships. The third-place showing was the Boilermakers’ best finish at the conference tournament since 2019.
Individually, Brown tied a single-season program record with six rounds in the 60s on her way to Second Team All-Big Ten honors. Timpf and Valero made the Big Ten All-Championships Team, while Valero also earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
BOILERMAKERS
T-23. Lauren Timpf: 76-73-71—220 (+4)
T-26. Samantha Brown: 72-76-73—221 (+5)
T-45. Luana Valero: 79-74-76—229 (+13)
T-48. Michaela Headlee: 74-78-78—230 (+14)
T-50. Ashley Kim: 76-75-80—231 (+15)
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. #9 Wake Forest: 285-293-278—856 (-8)
2. #25 Florida State: 285-287-288—860 (-4)
3. #3 Florida: 283-288-290—861 (-3)
4. Eastern Michigan: 287-293-289—869 (+5)
5. Kentucky: 291-300-279—870 (+6)
6. #15 UCLA: 290-294-289—873 (+9)
7. North Florida: 296-298-286—880 (+16)
8: ULM: 287-294-309—890 (+26)
9. Clemson: 291-307-293—891 (+27)
10. Purdue: 298-298-298—894 (+30)
11. UTRGV: 301-337-306—944 (+80)
12. Little Rock: 315-327-312—954 (+90)
