IU tees off in San Juan, Puerto Rico

After a three-month tournament layoff where a majority of practices occurred indoors, the IU women’s golf team is back in action this weekend in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic.

Purdue will be the host of the tournament, and will feature an 18-team field that will include seven ranked teams such as No. 1 Alabama and defending NCAA national champion Purdue.

But the unranked IU team will look to improve upon its 5th-place finish in the Challenge at Onion Creek in Austin, Texas — the team’s last tournament of the fall and best finish of the season.

“I think you’re going to see a much different team than what we had in the fall,” IU coach Clint Wallman said. “We’re going into a pretty loaded field (in Puerto Rico), but I expect us to play smart, be very efficient with our strokes and keep our attention on the intention.”

— Nathan Brown