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Micaela Farah Season 2018-19

YearJunior
HometownLima, Peru

2019-20 / AS A SENIOR (ABBREVIATED SEASON)

  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Appeared in all six varsity tournaments
  • Averaged 73.28 strokes per round over 18 rounds
  • Finished par or better a team-high eight times
  • Led the team with 50 birdies on the season
  • Best finish was a tie for 12th at the ICON Invitational with an even par 216 (72-73-71)
  • Low round of the season was a 3-under par 69 at the UCF Challenge
  • Shot an even-par 216 (75-72-69) at the UCF Challenge for finish tied 28th


2018-19 / AS A JUNIOR

  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Averaged 74.08 strokes over 13 varsity events and 36 rounds
  • Posted the Boilermakers’ low score in 12-of-36 rounds and had the team’s low tournament score three times, including the NCAA Norman Regional
  • Had two top-10 tournament performances and six top-20 efforts, shooting 13 rounds of par or better
  • Tied Purdue’s single-season record with six rounds in the 60’s, including a career-low mark of five-under 67 in the opening round of the Illini Women’s Invitational
  • Led the team with 418 pars, and posted the squad’s low average on par 3’s, logging 3.02 strokes per hole
  • Tied for fifth place at the NCAA Norman Regional, finishing three-under par (70-69-74=213)
  • Shot a career-low 54-hole score of seven-under par (69-69-71=209) to tie for fifth place at the UCF Challenge
  • Counted a team score in 83.1 percent of her rounds (29.9/36)
     

2017-18 / AS A SOPHOMORE 

  • Named Second Team All-Big Ten 
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten 
  • Appeared in 12 varsity events, averaging 73.97 strokes over 33 rounds 
  • Posted eight rounds of par or better, including three top-10 finishes and six tournaments in the top 20 
  • Put up a team-low total in eight rounds and four tournaments on the season, counting a team score in 26 of 33 rounds 
  • Finished third on the team with 74 birdies 
  • Tied for 18th at the Landfall Tradition, shooting 70-75=145 (+1) for her top fall performance 
  • Tied for second at The Dickson, shooting a season-best, three-under 69 
  • Placed seventh at the 3M Augusta Invitational, posting a season-best 54-hole mark of 71-70-73=214 (-2) 
  • Tied for fourth at the Lady Boilermaker Classic, logging three straight rounds of one-over 73 
     

2016-17 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • First Team All-Big Ten, becoming Purdue's first freshman all-conference player since 2010
  • Alongside teammate August Kim, gave Purdue two First Team All-Big Ten honorees for the first time since 2013
  • Averaged 76.2 strokes over 22 rounds and eight events, logging a team score in 20-of-22 rounds for a team-best 90.9 percent
  • Made 38 birdies and 254 pars
  • Finished 2-3-1 in match play
  • Posted the Boilermakers' second-best par 3 scoring average (3.14)
  • Posted her top individual performance at the 3M Augusta Invitational, tying for 11th place at five-over, 221, and helping the squad to the team title
  • Turned in the team's No. 2 score at the Big Ten Championships, finishing eight-over, 224

AMATEUR INFO

  • Two-time Peruvian National Junior Champion (2015 & 2016)
  • Placed sixth at the 2016 South American Amateur Championship, shooting two-under, 286 (71-75-71-69)
  • Represented Peru at the 2016 World Amateur Team Championship
  • Shot a career-best eight-under 64 at the I Summer Tournament in Lima, Peru on her way to the event title
  • Has been a member of five straight Peruvian national teams (2012-16), and represented her home country at 12 team championship events
  • Helped the Peruvian national team to a runner-up finish at the 2016 Copa Andes
  • Won the 2015 Hurricane Junior Golf Tour Championship in Jacksonville, Florida and the 2015 IMG Junior Golf Tour Copa Camilo Villegas in Medellin, Columbia
  • Coached by Alan Fort
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