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Monday, February 26
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Day One
Blumenherst Leads Wildcat Invitational After Day One; Duke Second
2/26/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
TUCSON, ARIZ. ? With 36 holes completed on day one of the Wildcat Invitational, sophomore Amanda Blumenherst holds the individual lead and third-ranked Duke opened in second place with a 36-hole total of 588, which was being played at the 6,238-yard, Par 71 Arizona National Golf Club in Tucson, Arizona.
Blumenherst, a product of Scottsdale, Ariz., carded rounds of 70 and 69 to open with total 139. She owns a two-stroke lead over Jennifer Osborn (141). The reigning National Player of the Year, Blumenherst carded eight birdies on her way to a season-best 36-hole total. As a freshman, Blumenherst won a team-best three tournaments, but had not won in five tournaments during the fall.
Arizona State (577) carded a seven-under-par, 277, in the second round on Monday to jump out to an 11-stroke lead over the Blue Devils (588). Rounding out the top-five are Southern California (590), New Mexico (595) and Pepperdine (597). Duke opened action with rounds of 296 and 292
After 18 holes of action, Pepperdine led the team competition with a total of 295, while UCLA (296), Brigham Young (296), Southern California (296), Duke (296), New Mexico (299), Stanford (299), Arizona State (300), UNLV (300) and Washington (301) rounded out the top 10. With a one-under-par round of 70, Blumenherst led the individual action by one stroke over Natalia Jimenez of Brigham Young and Angela Oh of Tennessee (71).
Other Blue Devil scores in the first round were Jennie Lee (73), Anna Grzebien (75), Alison Whitaker (78) and Jennifer Pandolfi (78). Freshman Rebecca Kim played as an individual and turned in a 92.
In the afternoon, Lee and Whitaker posted rounds of 74, Pandolfi had a 75 and Grzebien had a 77. Whitaker, who is from Melbourne, Australia, had a two-under-par round going through 10 holes before suffering a nine on the par-five 11th hole. She played the final seven holes at one-over-par to finish with a 74. As an individual, Kim came back with an 81 in the second round.
Both Whitaker and Grzebien enter the final round tied for 33rd with a 152, while Pandolfi is tied for 39th with a 153. Lee, who is from Henderson, Nev., totaled three birdies in each round and is tied for 11th with a 147.
The Wildcat Invitational is the spring opener for the Blue Devils. The final round will take place on Tuesday at 8:00 a.m. with 18 holes to close out the invitational.
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Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks Comments
“It is really good to get back competing again. This team has been chomping at the bit to get back out on the course. Maybe that is why we struggled a little bit today as we have such high expectations. We haven't had many good days of weather at home lately so it is going to take us a little time to get back to playing our best golf.”
“It is good to see Amanda out there getting the job done. We are going to see her player her best golf now as she really shines when she gets into competition.”
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