WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Coming off a victory at the Tulane Classic to start the spring, Purdue Women's Golf looks to continue winning in Las Vegas. The Boilermakers join 14 other teams for 54 holes in the desert, competing in The Show at Spanish Trail Country Club (Feb. 20-21).
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Ashley Kozlowski – Jr.
Charlotte
Denver
Furman
Kent State
#6 Mississippi State
Nevada
New Mexico
North Florida
Old Dominion
Pepperdine
Purdue
Texas State
UNLV
USF
Washington State
THE COURSE
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
- Monday, Feb. 20: Rounds 1 and 2 (Shotgun Start beginning at 11 a.m. ET)
- Tuesday, Feb. 21: Round 3 (Shotgun Start beginning at 11 a.m. ET)
Ashley Kozlowski – Jr.
- Reigning B1G Women's Golfer of the Week, becoming the first Boilermaker to earn the honor since 2019
- Led Purdue to a win at the Tulane Classic, placing runner-up for the best finish of her career
- Playing in her 22nd tournament as a Boilermaker, including her fifth of the season
- Holds a 74.2 stroke average this season after recording a 75.1 stroke average over 12 tournaments last season
- Preseason B1G honoree
- Led Purdue in birdies (86) and pars (379) throughout the 2021-22 season
- 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
- Has played in 39 tournaments as a Boilermaker, the most on the team, totaling 107 rounds
- Ranks second on the team in stroke average (73.1)
- Placed a career-best third to help Purdue win the Tulane Classic to start the spring
- Tied for the team's best performance at the Illini Invitational, placing 26th at 3-under (72-67-74—218)
- Her 67 (-5) in the second round of the Illini Invitational matched a career low and was the best round of the season by a Boilermaker; it was also her 100th round at Purdue
- Preseason B1G honoree
- Won a men's tournament over the summer, capturing the IGA Challenge Tour's Road to #5 at Akasia Golf Club in her home country of South Africa
- Ranked No. 50 in Golfstat's national rankings
- Has led Purdue in four tournaments as a Boilermaker, including a fourth-place finish (75-74-69—218) at the Windy City Collegiate Classic
- Leads the team in scoring average (72.1), birdies (51) and pars (170)
- Has produced the lowest score eight out of 15 rounds this season, including four rounds in the 60s
- Has placed in the Top 5 in two of her five tournaments for Purdue
- Making her sixth appearance as a Boilermaker but playing in her 17th collegiate tournament
- Transferred to Purdue after earning First Team All-Big West accolades as a freshman at Hawaii
- Set new Hawaii single-season records for stroke average (73.40), rounds of par-or-better (13), birdies (85) and 54-hole score (211)
- Appearing in her 21st tournament as a Boilermaker
- Made her season debut at last week's Tulane Classic, tying for 17th to help Purdue capture the team title
- Missed the entire fall due to injury
- Earned First Team All-Big Ten accolades last season, becoming the first Boilermaker to earn first team honors since 2018
- Ranked in the Top 100 of Golfstat's national rankings throughout the 2021-22 season
- Recorded a 73.69 stroke average a season ago, which included three rounds in the 60s
- 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
- Making her 15th appearance as a Boilermaker, including the fifth of the season
- Fired a career-best 70 (-2) in the second round of the Illini Invitational before leading the Boilermakers in the final round with a 1-over 73
- Holds a 75.3 stroke average after recording a 76.52 stroke average last season
- Tied for ninth at the 2022 Michigan PGA Women's Open over the summer, competing against professionals; her performance featured a hole-in-one during the opening round
- Started last spring by going 3-0 in Big Ten Match Play, helping Purdue finish runner-up
- 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
- Playing in her fifth tournament of the season, which also matches her career appearances as a Boilermaker
- Competing as an individual for the second straight event
- Tied for 26th in her Purdue debut, second best on the team, at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship with a 3-over 216 (73-71-72)
- Finished runner-up at the 2022 Pennsylvania Women's Am
- Tied for 16th at the 2022 Canadian Women's Am
- Redshirted a season ago
- Making her 14th career appearance as a Boilermaker, including the second time this season
- Cracked the lineup for the Landfall Tradition to end the fall
- Played in seven tournaments a season ago, recording a 77.65 stroke average
- Tied for 34th at last season's Columbia Classic as an individual (79-74—153), the best finish of her career
- Helped Purdue finish runner-up at 2022 Big Ten Match Play, going 2-1 in her three matches
- Won the 2022 South American Amateur Open in Ecuador
- 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
Charlotte
Denver
Furman
Kent State
#6 Mississippi State
Nevada
New Mexico
North Florida
Old Dominion
Pepperdine
Purdue
Texas State
UNLV
USF
Washington State
THE COURSE
- Designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr., Spanish Trail Country Club features three 9-hole, par 36 courses to total 27 holes.
- The tournament will be contested on the Canyon Course and the Lakes Course, measuring 6,388 yards.
- The Canyon Course is the longest of the three tracks, while water comes into play for six of the nine holes on the Lakes Course.
- Spanish Trail will host an NCAA Regional in 2024.
- Purdue began the spring season on the right note, defeating 17 teams to win the Tulane Classic at English Turn Golf & Country Club in New Orleans (Feb. 12-14).
- In just the fifth tournament under first-year head coach Zack Byrd, the Boilermakers captured their first team title since winning the 2018 Illini Women's Invitational.
- The Boilermakers (+33) used Top-5 individual performances from Ashley Kozlowski (second), Danielle du Toit (third) and Momo Sugiyama (fifth) to secure a four-shot victory.
- The Boilermakers recorded 37 birdies throughout the 54-hole tournament, the most by any team. Purdue also paced the field in par-3 scoring (E) and par-5 scoring (+1) on the difficult par 72 course.
- After leading Purdue Women's Golf to a team championship at the Tulane Classic (Feb. 12-14), Ashley Kozlowski was named Big Ten Golfer of the Week.
- Kozlowski earned the weekly accolade for the first time in her career, becoming the first Boilermaker to be named B1G Golfer of the Week since Micaela Farah in 2019.
- The Purdue junior finished runner-up on the individual leaderboard at 5-over (71-72-78—221), helping the Boilermakers secure a four-shot victory and their first tournament title since 2018.
- The second-place showing was a career best for Kozlowski, as well as her third Top-10 finish as a Boilermaker.
- She dominated par 5s throughout the week, playing them 4-under to rank second in the 96-player field.
- Making her season debut and returning to the lineup, 2022 First Team All-B1G golfer Kan Bunnabodee (nicknamed "Tata") helped Purdue capture the Tulane Classic by tying for 17th and earning her seventh career Top 20 finish.
- Bunnabodee, the first Boilermaker to earn first team honors since 2018, missed the entire fall after getting surgery over the summer.
- The Chonburi, Thailand, native was ranked in Golfstat's Top 100 throughout the 2021-22 season, while dealing with her injury.
- The senior has been a staple in the Purdue lineup throughout her career, as she makes her 21st appearance for the Old Gold & Black.
- Sophomore transfer Momo Sugiyama, the first signee by Zack Byrd, has made an immediate impact since joining the Boilermakers from Hawaii, leading Purdue in four tournaments.
- Recording a 72.1 stroke average throughout the fall, Sugiyama has vaulted up Golfstats's national rankings to sit at No. 50.
- Sugiyama has made a team-high 51 birdies this season, while leading the Boilermakers in pars (170) as well.
- The Australian has produced a pair of Top 5 finishes, including a fifth-place performance last week that helped the Boilermakers win the Tulane Classic.
- Sugiyama paced Purdue at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, tying for fourth against a competitive field; her final round 69 (-3) included seven birdies.
- The Boilermakers produced a spectacular second round at the Illini Invitational (Oct. 10). Purdue fired an 11-under 277 at Medinah Country Club, the second-lowest round in school history and just two strokes off the program record.
- Danielle du Toit and Momo Sugiyama led Purdue with rounds in the 60s. Du Toit matched her career low with a 67 (-5), while Sugiyama carded a 68 (-4) to tie her best round of the year.
- Jocelyn Bruch added a career-low 70 (-2), while Ashley Kozlowski rounded out the team score with an even-par 72.
- Following the retirement of legendary coach Devon Brouse, Zack Byrd was named the new head coach of Purdue Women's Golf.
- One of the top recruiters in the country, Byrd made the move to West Lafayette after spending four seasons at Ole Miss.
- Byrd helped the Rebels capture the 2021 NCAA National Championship, the first women's team national championship in Ole Miss history.
- Prior to beginning his coaching career, Byrd spent 10 years as a professional golfer; his career featured an appearance in the 2011 U.S. Open and qualifying for the final stage of PGA Tour Q School.
- Byrd hired Lauren Guiao as assistant coach; Guiao made the move to coaching and returned to the program after playing in 20 tournaments over her Purdue career (2017-21).
- Following back-to-back tournaments to begin the spring, the Boilermakers have a month off before returning to action.
- Purdue returns to the course for the FSU Match Up in Tallahassee, Florida (March 17-19), the first of three straight weekends of competition.