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Women?s Golf Claims Mason Rudolph Championship Title On Sunday
9/17/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
FRANKLIN, TENN. ? After firing under-par rounds on Friday and Saturday to take the team lead, the top-ranked Duke Women's Golf team held on for a three-stroke victory over Georgia on Sunday at the 2006 Mason Rudolph Collegiate Championship, which was being played at the 6,217-yard, Par 72 Ironhorse Course at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.
“We came into the first two days playing really strong, but we slipped a little bit in today's round,” said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. “That is why you do well the first two days so you can afford to slip a little and still win the tournament. I was very pleased with how well the team supported one another. That is really important and that allows everyone to contribute and takes pressure off of things.”
The Blue Devils took home the team title with a 54-hole total of 863, while Georgia (866), UCLA (872), Arizona (875), Purdue (881), Stanford (883), Wake Forest (884), Virginia (884), Oklahoma State (885) and Vanderbilt (895) rounded out the top-10. On Sunday, Duke turned in an eight-over-par 296 after posting rounds of 283 and 284 the first two days of action.
After moving into a tie for first in the individual race on Saturday at six-under-par, 138, sophomore Jennie Lee struggled a little on the final day finishing with a 76 to conclude the tournament tied for fourth with a 214. A Henderson, Nev., product, Lee turned in three birdies on the morning, but had five bogies and a double-bogey on the par-four 15th. Overall, she finished the weekend with a team-best 15 birdies.
“We had a good tournament and I am very excited,” said Lee on the tournament victory. “It definitely brings a lot of good vibes and confidence to the team. It lets us know that we can go out there and win, while getting us off on a good start. As far as my game today, I bogied my first two holes and had some troubles putting. I hit the ball pretty well overall though.”
Taking home individual medalist honors was Arizona's Alison Walshe with a six-under-par ledger of 210. She fired a five-under-par score of 67 on Sunday to take home the title.
Sophomore Amanda Blumenherst played a solid round on Sunday to finish tied for eighth overall with an even-par, 216. Blumenherst, a product of Scottsdale, Ariz., finished with a 74 on the final day as she notched two birdies and two bogeys, but a double-bogey on the par-three 16th hole gave her the two-over-par score on Sunday.
Duke senior Anna Grzbien had the best round of the day for the Blue Devils as she posted an even-par, 72. Grzebien, who is from Narragansett, R.I., earned a tied for 11th place finish with a 217 for the tournament. She started her day with 10 straight pars before totaling birdies on holes 13, 15 and 17, while mixing in a bogey on No. 14. Grzebien headed into her final hole, which was the par-four No. 2, and got unlucky as her ball went right at the pin and ended up trickling off the green into the hazard as she went on to double-bogey the hole.
“Anna throughout the tournament hit the ball really well,” said Brooks. “She has a tremendous short game. It was frustrating that her putts were not falling in this tournament and in particular today as she said she was knocking the pins down.”
Junior Jennifer Pandolfi closed out her weekend with a 75 and finished tied for 16th with a 219. The Navarre, Fla., native had a solid round on Sunday with three birdies on No. 7, 8 and 18 to go along with three bogies, but a triple-bogey on the par-four 11th hole led to her three-over-par ledger.
Alison Whitaker, a freshman from Melbourne, Australia, finished off her first collegiate tournament with a three-over-par, 75, and was tied for 33rd. Playing as an individual, freshman Rebecca Kim was 74th with rounds of 79, 82 and 78.
Duke will next play in the Golf Daytona Beach Women's Fall Preview from Sept. 22-24, which will be played at the LPGA International's Legends Course.
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