Danielle du Toit Season 2021

CAREER

• Played in 46 tournaments over five seasons at Purdue
• Her 127 rounds as a Boilermaker rank 10th in program history
• Produced a 74.19 stroke average, which includes a career-low 67 in her 100th round as a Boilermaker
• Recorded six Top-10 finishes and 12 Top-20 finishes, including a career-best third

 
2022-23 / FIFTH YEAR SENIOR

• One of two Boilermakers to play in all 12 tournaments
• Posted a 74.18 stroke average, which included five rounds in the 60s
• Led the team in birdies (97)
• Recorded the lowest round 11 times throughout the season
• 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
• 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
• B1G Sportsmanship Award honoree

2021-22 / SENIOR

• Appeared in 10 tournaments, recording a 75.19 stroke average 
• Led the Boilermakers at the NCAA Stanford Regional with a 2-over 215 (71-73-71), helping Purdue advance to the NCAA Championships
• Got Purdue off to a solid start at the Big Ten Championship, firing a season-low 69 (-2) in the opening round
• Tied for seventh at the Indiana Invitational (71-78-73—222), her best finish of the season and the fourth top 10 of her career
• Produced the low round eight times during the season, including two of the three rounds at the Big Ten Championship (April 22-24)
• One of five Boilermakers to record an eagle throughout the season

2021 / JUNIOR

• Appeared in five events
• Averaged 74.2 strokes per round
• Shot par or better three times in 2021
• Low round of the year was a 1-under 71 in the second round of the Valspar Invitational and at the Big Ten Championship
• Low 54-hole score was a 2-over 218 at Valspar in which she played as a an individual
• Had 160 pars on the year, 40 birdies and an eagle

2019-20 / SOPHOMORE (ABBREVIATED SEASON)

• Played all six varsity tournaments in the fall and spring
• Averaged 74.39 strokes per round of 18 rounds
• Finished par or better six times
• Best finish was a tie for 19th at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic with 4-over par 220 (76-74-70)
• Low round of the season was a 2-under 70 at the LPRC
• Posted a team-best two eagles on the year
• Second on the team with 48 birdies on the year

2018-19 / FRESHMAN

• Second Team All-Big Ten honoree, becoming the 11th Purdue rookie to earn all-conference recognition
• Played in all 13 varsity events in her rookie season, averaging 73.64 strokes over 36 rounds, good for the No. 3 freshman stroke average all-time at Purdue
• Set a Boilermaker freshman record with 17 rounds of par or better, tied for fifth-most in a season all-time at Purdue, and tied for the most rounds in the 60’s by a Purdue freshman
• Posted six top-20 individual finishes, including three top-10 performances
• Turned in the Boilermakers’ low round seven times and had the low tournament score on three occasions
• Led the team with three eagles on the season, including her final hole of the season at the NCAA Championships, and ranked second with 102 birdies
• Had the team’s lowest par 4 scoring average at 4.09
• Placed fourth at the Lady Boilermaker Classic, finishing one-over par, 145, over two rounds
• Tied for fifth at the Valspar Augusta Invitational, shooting even par
• Shot a career-low 54-hole score of six-under 210 at the Illini Women’s Invitational, tying for seventh place
• Posted a 4-under 68 in the opening round of the Clemson Invitational, going on to tie for 18th place
• Tied for 22nd at the Big Ten Championships, shooting even par in the final round
• Was the Boilermakers’ top finisher at the NCAA Championships, tying for 19th place at six-over par, and shooting even-par 73 in the second and third rounds
• Counted a team score in 82.5 percent of her rounds (29.7/36)

AMATEUR INFO

• Reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 South African Women’s Amateur Match Play Championship
• Won the WGSA 72-Hole Individual Championship, shooting 67-77-73-74=291
• Took home 2018 Western Province Women’s Amateur Championship medalist honors
• Tied for second at the 2018 Border Championship, shooting 75-74-73=222
• Won the All-Indiana Ladies Amateur in December of 2017, finishing three-over par, 75-72=147
• Topped the field at the 2017 Gauteng Junior & 36 Hole Championship, shooting even-par, 72-72=144
• Shot a career-low 54-hole score at the 2017 North West Championship, finishing 67-68-67=202