Dec. 28, 2010

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue women's golf team's national championship was chosen by Golfweek as the top storyline for 2010.

On May 21, the seventh-ranked Boilermakers recorded the second-lowest four-round team score in NCAA Championships history to win its first team title in women's golf. Purdue fired a 295 in the final round to finish with a one-over par 1153, a school record total for 72 holes.

Just one stroke separated the Boilermakers from second-place Southern California in the final standings and it came down to the final group on the last hole before Purdue's fate was decided.

Purdue held a two-stroke lead when Maude-Aimee LeBlanc bogeyed the par-five 18th hole. Southern California's Jennifer Song had a 10-foot birdie putt to force a playoff, but missed it to give Purdue the win. LeBlanc finished one-under par for the day with a 71 and was the low golfer for the Boilermakers, tying for third place as an individual with a four-round total of 281. Her cumulative score tied for the second lowest in school history for a 72-hole tournament.

Gulyanamitta tied for ninth place with a two-under par 286. Freshman Laura Gonzalez-Escallon finished tied for 21st with a 292. Thea Hoffmeister tied for 67th and Paula Reto tied for 76th.

Purdue became just the third team east of the Mississippi (joining Duke and Georgia) to win a national championship on the women's side.

For the full story about the top storylines of 2010 on Golfweek.com, click here.

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