WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Entering his fifth season leading Purdue Women’s Golf, head coach Zack Byrd announced the 2026-27 schedule that features a pair of home tournaments along with international trips to the Dominican Republic and Mexico.
Purdue starts the season off at home with the Boilermaker Classic (Aug. 31-Sept. 1). The 54-hole stroke play tournament will be contested on the Kampen-Cosler Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. The Boilermakers have won the event twice over the past three years.
After the season-opening home tournament, Purdue heads to Tennessee to compete in the Mason Rudolph Championship just outside of Nashville (Sept. 18-20). One weeks later, the Boilermakers travel north for the Fighting Irish Classic in South Bend, Indiana (Sept. 26-27).
Kicking off the month of October, Purdue returns to the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 5-6) as three-time tournament champions (2008, 2009, 2010). The Boilermakers conclude the fall by going to Texas for the Abilene Christian Intercollegiate (Oct. 19-21), which will be broadcast live on Golf Channel.
Flipping the calendar to 2027, the Boilermakers serve as hosts of the Golf Reservation Center Dominican Republic Classic in Punta Cana (Jan. 31-Feb. 2). The tournament replaces the annual Purdue Puerto Rico Classic, as the Boilermakers welcome teams to Cocotal Country Club for the international event.
Purdue returns to two more tournaments that were on the schedule the past three seasons, both in the state of Florida. The Boilermakers tee it up at the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational in Sarasota (Feb. 14-15) and the Coach Mo Classic in St. Augustine (March 29-30) as the reigning two-time defending champions. Nestled in between the two events is the Puerto Vallarta Invitational in Mexico (March 19-21).
Serving as the final tune-up before the conference championship, Purdue returns to West Lafayette for the Boilermaker Spring Classic. The spring tournament will take place on the other BBGC Pete Dye course, Ackerman-Allen (April 11-12).
After venturing more than 2,000 miles west for last year’s conference tournament, Purdue travels east for the 2026 Big Ten Championships at the prestigious Nemacolin Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania (April 23-25). Last year, the Boilermakers placed third at B1G Championships for their best conference finish since 2019.
Rounding out the schedule, the Boilermakers plan to hear their names called for postseason play in one of six NCAA Regionals (May 10-12) with sights set on a return to the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, California (May 21-26).
Purdue returns a veteran squad for the 2026-27 campaign. Seven Boilermakers played in at least nine tournaments a season ago, including four that competed in all 13 events. That returning cast includes All-Big Ten golfer Samantha Brown, who tied a school record with six rounds in the 60s last year, as well as a pair of Big Ten All-Championships Team honorees in Lauren Timpf and Luana Valero. Valero was also Big Ten All-Freshman after one of the best freshman seasons in program history.
