WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The quest to the NCAA Championships begins for Purdue Women's Golf, as the Boilermakers travel to North Carolina to battle 11 other teams in the NCAA Raleigh Regional (May 8-10). Following 54 holes of stroke play at Lonnie Poole Golf Course, the top five teams advance to the national championship in Scottsdale, Arizona (May 19-24).
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Momo Sugiyama – So. (9:39 a.m. ET off No. 1)
1. #2 Wake Forest
2. #11 Arizona State
3. #14 Florida State
4. #21 Florida
5. Arizona
6. North Texas
7. TCU
8. NC State
9. Purdue
10. Nebraska
11. Campbell
12. Richmond
THE COURSE
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
- Monday, May 8: Round 1 (Tee Times starting at 8 a.m. ET)
- Tuesday, May 9: Round 2 (Tee Times starting at 8 a.m. ET)
- Wednesday, May 10: Round 3 (Tee Times starting at 8 a.m. ET)
Momo Sugiyama – So. (9:39 a.m. ET off No. 1)
- Ranked No. 77 in Golfstat's national rankings
- Second Team All-Big Ten
- Leads the team in stroke average (73.2), team-low round (14), rounds in the 60s (6) and pars (373)
- Her six rounds in the 60s is a single-season school record, shared with five other Boilermakers
- Has recorded three Top-5 performances this season, including at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic where she beat 13 golfers ranked in Golfstat's Top 100
- Her 142 (73-69) at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic was the second-best 36-hole total in school history
- Has led Purdue in six tournaments as a Boilermaker, including a fourth-place finish (75-74-69—218) at the Windy City Collegiate Classic
- Making her 12th appearance as a Boilermaker but playing in her 23rd 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)
- Ranked No. 194 in Golfstat's national rankings
- Playing in her 28th tournament as a Boilermaker, including her 11th of the season
- Holds a 74.0 stroke average this season, ranking second on the team
- Has made a team-best four eagles this season
- Paced Purdue at the Lady Buckeye Invitational, tying for ninth on the individual leaderboard
- Named B1G Women's Golfer of the Week (Feb. 15), becoming the first Boilermaker to earn the honor since 2019
- Led the Boilermakers to a win at the Tulane Classic, placing runner-up for the best finish of her career
- 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
- Appearing in her 27th tournament as a Boilermaker
- Made 14 birdies to lead the 87-player field at the Lady Buckeye Invitational on her way to tying for 14th with a season-best 217 (+1)
- Has cracked the Top 20 in three of seven tournaments this spring,
- 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
- 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
- Making her 20th appearance as a Boilermaker, including the ninth of the season
- Placed 18th at the Lady Buckeye Invitational for her first career Top-20 finish, carding two rounds of par-or-better
- 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 76.5 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
- 2021-22 Academic All-Big Ten
- Ranked No. 218 in Golfstat's national rankings
- Has played in 45 tournaments as a Boilermaker, the most on the team, totaling 124 rounds
- Leads the team in birdies (88)
- Paced the Boilermakers to a third-place finish at The Bruzzy, tying for seventh on the individual leaderboard for the sixth Top-10 performance of her career
- Has carded four rounds in the 60s this season
- Placed a career-best third to help Purdue win the Tulane Classic to start the spring
- Her 67 (-5) in the second round of the Illini Invitational matched a career low and is the best round of the season by a Boilermaker; it was also her 100th round at Purdue
- Led Purdue at last season's NCAA Stanford Regional, tying for 14th to help the Boilermakers advance to the NCAA Championships
- 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
- B1G Sportsmanship Award honoree
1. #2 Wake Forest
2. #11 Arizona State
3. #14 Florida State
4. #21 Florida
5. Arizona
6. North Texas
7. TCU
8. NC State
9. Purdue
10. Nebraska
11. Campbell
12. Richmond
THE COURSE
- Lonnie Poole Golf Course is a par 72 that will measure 6,324 yards for the NCAA Regional.
- The NC State course, named after the former chairman of Waste Industries, was designed by the legendary Arnold Palmer.
- The Boilermakers have reached an NCAA Regional for the 25th time out of the 26 renditions of the NCAA Championships.
- Purdue advanced to the championship stage 18 of those times, including last season as a No. 8 seed after beating Northwestern in a sudden-death playoff at Stanford.
- In 2010, the Boilermakers captured the national championship with the second-lowest four-round team score in NCAA Championships history.
- These Boilermakers are used to playing the role of underdog. Last season, Purdue entered the NCAA Stanford Regional as the No. 8 seed before cracking the Top 4 to qualify for the NCAA Championships.
- Following 54 holes of stroke play, Purdue was tied for fourth alongside Big Ten foe Northwestern, forcing a full team playoff.
- All five golfers from each team played the par-4 10th with the combined team score determining the winner. The Boilermakers' team score of 1-over par bested the Wildcats' total of 3-over on the hole to clinch Purdue's 18th trip to the national championship stage.
- Three Boilermakers in this week's lineup helped Purdue advance to the 2022 NCAA Championships: Kan Bunnabodee, Danielle du Toit and Ashley Kozlowski.
- Boilermakers come from all over the world. For the NCAA Raleigh Regional, the Purdue lineup consists of golfers from four different countries: Australia (Momo Sugiyama), South Africa (Danielle du Toit), Thailand (Kan Bunnabodee) and the United States (Jocelyn Bruch, Ashley Kozlowski).
- The Boilermakers earned their eighth straight NCAA Regional berth in the first season under head coach Zack Byrd, producing four Top 5 finishes throughout the 2022-23 campaign.
- Purdue's spring was highlighted by capturing the team title at the Tulane Classic, the first tournament victory since 2018.
- The Boilermakers have had consistency in the lineup for most of the season. Momo Sugiyama and Danielle du Toit have played in all 11 tournaments, while Ashley Kozlowski has made 10 appearances. Jocelyn Bruch has cracked the lineup nine times, while Kan Bunnabodee has competed in all seven spring tournaments after missing the fall due to injury.
- In her first season as a Boilermaker after transferring from Hawaii, Momo Sugiyama earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors.
- Ahead of NCAA postseason play, sophomore Momo Sugiyama earned Second Team All-Big Ten accolades in her first season as a Boilermaker.
- Sugiyama, the first recruit under new head coach Zack Byrd, has led Purdue throughout the 2022-23 season. The Australian has already tied a single-season school record with six rounds in the 60s this year, a mark shared by five other Boilermakers throughout program history.
- Ranked No. 77 by Golfstat, Sugiyama paces Purdue in stroke average (73.2), low rounds (14) and pars (373). In six of 11 tournaments, Sugiyama has produced Purdue's lowest individual tournament total.
- Her sophomore campaign has featured three Top-5 performances, including at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 24-25) where she beat 13 golfers ranked in Golfstat's Top 100. She finished that tournament with a two-round total of 142 (73-69), the second-best 36-hole total in school history.
- Sugiyama is no stranger to earning all-conference honors. Before transferring to Purdue, she collected First Team All-Big West accolades as a freshman at Hawaii, setting single-season school records for stroke average (73.40), rounds of par-or-better (13), birdies (85) and 54-hole score (211)
- With six rounds in the 60s, Momo Sugiyama has tied Purdue's single-season record with five Boilermakers: Maria Hernandez (2007-08), Maude-Aimee Leblanc (2009-10), Paula Reto (2012-13), Ida Ayu Indira Melati Putri (2018-19) and Micaela Farah (2018-19).
- As a team, Purdue added a pair of Top-5 performances to their record book while competing at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (March 24-25).
- Sugiyama's 142 (73-69) was the second-best 36-hole total in Purdue Women's Golf history.
- As a team, Purdue's two-day total of 583 (298-285) marked the fourth-lowest 36-hole performance by a Boilermaker squad.
- Despite a wind chill in the 30s, Purdue played its best round of the Big Ten Championship to conclude the tournament. The Boilermakers fired a 295 (+11) to finish strong, moving four spots up the leaderboard and placing eighth.
- Purdue (+46) nearly jumped six spots, finishing just one shot back of both Michigan and Michigan State who tied for sixth at 45-over.
- The Boilermakers played the par 3s better than any other team, leading the field in scoring on the short holes (+13).
- Momo Sugiyama paced the Boilermakers, tying for 13th on the individual leaderboard at 8-over 69-81-71—221).
- 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.
- For leading Purdue to victory, Kozlowski was named B1G Golfer of the Week following the tournament.
- Following the retirement of legendary coach Devon Brouse, Zack Byrd was named the new head coach of Purdue Women's Golf prior to the start of the 2022-23 campaign.
- 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).