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5/4/2015 9:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
2015 NCAA Regional - South Bend
May 7-9, 2015
Notre Dame, Ind. • Warren Golf Course
54-Holes • 18 Holes Each Day
DUKE HEADS TO NCAA REGIONAL IN SOUTH BEND
The sixth-ranked Duke women's golf team will travel to Notre Dame, Ind., to compete in the 2015 NCAA South Bend Regional May 7-9 at the 6,301-yard, par 72 Warren Golf Course, which will be hosted by Notre Dame.
Participating in the regional will be-- Arizona (5), Duke (6), Oklahoma State (11), Wake Forest (14), UC-Davis (21), Pepperdine (22), Tulane (32), Notre Dame (36), Purdue (39), Kent State (35), Louisville (33), San Jose State (45), North Carolina (47), Kentucky, Harvard, Troy, Eastern Kentucky and Youngstown State. The following individuals will also be competing – Madchen Ly (California State), Elizabeth Tong (Indiana), Martina Edberg (California State), Leilanie Kim (Idaho), Gabby Yurik (Michigan State) and Michaela Fletcher (Memphis). The teams are listed in seed order and the rankings in parentheses are from the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
The top three seeds in the other regions were – Raleigh (South Carolina, LSU, Mississippi State), San Antonio (UCLA, Washington, Texas A&M) and St. George (Southern California, Arkansas, Virginia). A record nine ACC squads received invitations to regionals – Duke, Virginia, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Florida State and Miami.
Duke will tee off Thursday, May 7 at 9:39 a.m. in the first round off No. 1. Tee times for Friday and Saturday will be determined by standings. Fans can follow the action live on the web at www.GolfStat.com.
The regional will be a three-day, 54-hole tournament with 18 holes played each day. The top six teams and top two individuals (not on one of those six teams) advance to the NCAA Championship to be played May 22-27 at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.
REGIONAL EXPERIENCE
Duke will send three freshmen (Leona Maguire, Lisa Maguire, Gurbani Singh) to the NCAA Regional in South Bend, while also featuring a junior (Celine Boutier) and a sophomore (Sandy Choi).
Boutier has turned in a tied for 24th and tied 30th finishes in two NCAA regionals, while Choi added a tied seventh placement last season in Tallahassee, Fla., as a rookie.
It will mark only the second time in school history Duke has traveled three freshmen to the NCAA regional. The only other time was 2010 with Lindy Duncan, Stacey Kim and Courtney Ellenbogen as Duke finished tied third.
TRENDS/NOTES
• If the season ended today, freshman Leona Maguire would break the Duke record for single-season stroke average as she features a 70.68 stroke average. The previous record is held by Amanda Blumenherst (71.00 in 2007-08 and 2006-07).
• Leona Maguire and Celine Boutier are in the running for the ANNIKA Award as the National Player of the Year.
• As a team, Duke has won two tournaments this season and has finished in the top five six times.
• Duke features two golfers who have won tournaments this season -- Leona Maguire (2) and Sandy Choi (1). It marks the second time since the 2007-08 campaign (Alison Whitaker, Amanda Blumenherst) the Blue Devils have multiple winners in a season (2013-14 - Celine Boutier, Yu Liu).
• The Blue Devils have three out of the top nine stroke averages in the ACC this season, including two out of the top three -- Leona Maguire (1st, 70.7 Celine Boutier (3rd, 72.4) and Sandy Choi (9th, 73.1).
• Duke's eight NCAA Regional titles is the most by a school -- 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2013.
• The Blue Devils are listed sixth in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. In the Golfweek individual rankings, Leona Maguire (1), Celine Boutier (10), Sandy Choi (56) and Gurbani Singh (84) are listed in the top 100. Duke and UCLA are the only schools in the nation with two golfers in the top 10 of the rankings.
• Head coach Dan Brooks has collected at least one team victory in 30 of his 31 years at Duke, including two in 2014-15.
• Sophomore Sandy Choi leads Duke with three eagles on the season.
• Freshman Leona Maguire has counted all 25 rounds she has competed in as a Blue Devil since arriving this past fall.
• Freshman Leona Maguire placed in the top five of her first two collegiate tournaments becoming only the third Blue Devil in school history to do so -- Amanda Blumenherst (2005-06) and Beth Bauer (1998-99).
• Freshman Gurbani Singh missed the first two tournaments of the season playing in the Asian Games and the Women's World Amateur Team Championship. Junior Celine Boutier missed the Cougar Classic also playing in the WATC.
• At the Liz Murphey Collegiate, placed fourth overall in stroke play qualifying before advancing to match play. Defeated Baylor (3-2), lost to Southern California (4-1) and defeated Northwestern (4-1) to finish third overall.
DUKE IN THE OVERALL STATISTICS
Leona Maguire leads the nation with a 70.68 stroke average, while also ranking No. 1 in par four scoring (3.99), No. 1 in percentage of greens hit in regulation (77.8), No. 1 in number of putts on the green (1.773), No. 4 in par five scoring (4.72) and tied sixth in par three scoring (3.01).
Sophomore Sandy Choi ranks No. 1 nationally in percentage of fairway's hit (93.5), while ranking No. 10 in percentage of greens hit in regulation (70.2) and No. 9 in percentage of sand saves (47.1).
Junior Celine Boutier ranks No. 2 in percentage of greens hit in regulation (76.6).
MAGUIRE HAVING RECORD-BREAKING SEASON
Duke freshman Leona Maguire, who is currently the top-ranked golfer in the nation, is quietly having a record-breaking season. She features a 70.68 stroke average, which would be a school record. Maguire also has turned in 19 rounds of even or under par, seven top five finishes and eight top 10 placements on the season.
In the Blue Devil freshman record books, Maguire is moving up the charts very quickly. She owns eight rounds in the 60s this season.
Maguire enters the NCAA Regionals posting a 69.70 stroke average over her final four tournaments, including five rounds in the 60s out of 10.
INTERNATIONAL ROSTER
Duke features a very international flare to its 2014-15 roster with one golfer from China (Yi Xiao), France (Celine Boutier), Canada (Irene Jung), South Korea (Sandy Choi) and India (Gurbani Singh), while two from Ireland (Lisa & Leona Maguire) .
Assistant coach Jeanne Cho speaks four languages -- English, Spanish, French and Korean.
ACC GOLFER OF THE MONTH
For the second straight month, Duke freshman Leona Maguire has been named the ACC Women's Golfer of the Month, after winning the ACC Championship in a playoff and tying for third place in the PING/ASU Invitational.
It is the second straight monthly honor for the Cavan, Ireland, native who was also named the ACC Women's Golfer of the Month for March.
Maguire collected a 69.50 stroke average while posting her two strong tournament showings. Her win came on the second playoff hole in the ACC Championship as she netted a birdie on No. 18. She also placed tied third against one of the top fields nationally at the PING/ASU Invitational with rounds of 66, 74 and 71 for a total of 211. Maguire collected rounds of 68, 68 and 70 at the ACC Championship for a total of 206. She now owns two wins this season and seven top five finishes. She has posted four straight finishes in the top three or better.
SINGH ENTERS NCAA REGIONALS COMING OFF BEST FINISH
Duke freshman Gurbani Singh will enter NCAA Regional action coming off her best finish of the season at the ACC Championship. Singh, who hails from New Delhi, India, collected rounds of 70, 69 and 72 over the three days to total a 54-hole ledger of 211, which was sixth overall.
LAST TIME AT NOTRE DAME
Duke will travel to Notre Dame for a NCAA Regional for the second time over the last five years. The Blue Devils didn't have a fun experience at the last regional at Notre Dame as Duke placed ninth out of 24 teams and failed to advance to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 1997. It broke an incredible 13-year streak.
Over the three days, Duke shot rounds of 302, 314 and 297 to finish with a 913, which was 49-over-par.
The Blue Devils were also a No. 2 seed in 2011.
ACC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION
For the 17th time in Duke history, a Blue Devil golfer claimed the ACC Individual Championship as freshman Leona Maguire registered a birdie on the 29th hole of the day to win the title in a playoff against Virginia senior Briana Mao at the 6,089-yard, par 72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Maguire, who is a native of Cavan, Ireland, turned in a final round 70 on her way to carding a 10-under-par, 206, over the 54 holes. She finished in a tie with Mao, who registered a five-under, 67, in Saturday's final round. Maguire became the 13th Duke golfer to win the title and is the eighth freshman in school history to win honors.
In the final round, Maguire rolled in 10 straight pars and fell behind Mao on the back nine before notching a birdie on No. 11 to move back into a tie. Both golfers pared the next three holes, before sinking short birdies on the 445-yard, par five 15th. Two more pars by the duo and they went to the 486-yard, par five 18th to settle the tournament. They each featured birdie putts but could not drain them and it would go to a playoff.
The tandem went back to No. 18 tee box and Maguire' tee shot went down the left side, but she was able to hit her approach down to a good landing area for her third shot up at the green. Mao went for the green and hit into the left bunker next to the green. Both golfers had birdie putts but once again settled with pars. The duo went back to the 18 tee box for a third straight time.
After both golfers hit good tee shots, Maguire decided to hit five-wood into the landing area for an approach, but Mao went for the green and went into a bunker for the third straight time. Maguire placed the shot to within a couple of feet, while Mao was not as fortunate. Mao would two-putt for par and it was up to Maguire to win with a birdie on the second playoff hole. Maguire calmly sank the putt to claim her second career tournament title, both in playoffs.
As a team, Duke placed second overall with rounds of 286, 288 and 289 for a 54-hole score of one-under, 863. Virginia shot a tournament-record 27-under-par, 837. North Carolina (866), Florida State (866), Wake Forest (866), Notre Dame (876), Louisville (884), NC State (887), Clemson (887), Miami (893) and Boston College (914) rounded out the field.
BLUE DEVILS IN THE NCAA'S
This marks the 23rd consecutive year there has been a regional system for women's golf. Duke has advanced 19 of the last 21 times, finishing in the top four of the regional in 17 of the 19 years the squad has advanced.
Duke has posted four individual medalists at the regionals as Beth Bauer won the East Regional in 1999 after shooting 74-70-71=215, Virada Nirapathpongporn won in 2001 with a 65-73-71=209, Leigh Anne Hardin won in 2002 with rounds of 71-67-72=210 and Anna Grzebien won in 2005 with rounds of 73-69-67=209.
THE DUKE LINEUP
Freshman Leona Maguire is turning in one of the best individual seasons in Duke history with a 70.68 stroke average, seven top five and eight top 10 finishes. She notched playoff victories at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and the ACC Championship.
Rookie Gurbani Singh enters the NCAA Regionals with a 74.21 stroke average, but is coming off a sixth place finish at the ACC Championship. She owns two top 10 placements on the season, both in the spring.
Coming off earning National Player of the Year honors as a sophomore, Celine Boutier has registered another solid season with a 72.41 stroke average. She owns two top five, three top 10 and seven top 20 finishes. Her top finishes were at the Annika Invitational and the Tar Heel Invitational where she tied third. Boutier's 10 rounds of even or under par on the year ranks second on the Duke squad.
Sophomore Sandy Choi kicked off her 2014-15 campaign with a victory at the Cougar Classic with rounds of 69, 68 and 68 for an 11-under-par, 205. She has totaled a 73.12 stroke average with two top five and four top 20 finishes on the year. Since turning in a tied third finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Choi has not finished higher than 36th in the last three tournaments.
Going through a swing change this season with head coach Dan Brooks, Lisa Maguire has carded a 79.96 stroke average. She is coming off turning in a tied 50th finish at the ACC Championship.
DUKE FEATURES SET OF TWINS
For the first time in school history, Duke features a set of twins with the addition of rookies Leona and Lisa Maguire. The duo are from Cavan, Ireland and have both competed in an incredible amount of international competition.
The Maguire twins have combined to win 36 amateur events over their careers and have both played in the Curtis Cup .
ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH
Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks became the all-time winningest women's golf coach in NCAA Division I history in the fall of 2005 as he won his 92nd career tournament title at the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate on Oct. 23, 2005. Brooks passed Mark Gale of San Jose State that won 91 career tournaments from 1978-96.
Brooks now has 121 career tournament wins over his 31 seasons. He has guided Duke to at least one victory in 30 of his 31 years.
THE HEAD COACH
Dan Brooks is in his 31st season as the head coach of the Blue Devils. The 1981 graduate of Oregon State has led Duke to 23 straight NCAA Regional selections and to the NCAA Championships 19 of the last 21 years. Brooks owns the school's six National Championships in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2014.
Brooks' teams have finished with a top-20 ranking 28 times (looking for the 29th this season), while 18 of his squads have earned a top-10 finish in a NCAA Tournament-- 1987 (T7th), 1988 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1996 (7th), 1998 (4th), 1999 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (1st), 2003 (10th), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (1st), 2006 (1st), 2007 (1st), 2008 (3rd), 2009 (6th), 2010 (T8th), 2013 (2nd) and 2014 (1st).
In 31 years, his teams have won 121 tournaments, which is a NCAA record for women's golf. He was named the 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014 ACC Coach of the Year for his efforts and 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2014 National Coach of the Year. Duke has collected 18 ACC Championships during Brooks' term with the program.
SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
The Duke women's golf team will begin its quest for its seventh NCAA Championship this week in Notre Dame, Ind. The Blue Devils won their first title in 1999, a second in 2002, third in 2005, fourth in 2006, fifth in 2007 and sixth in 2014. Duke became only the second team along with Arizona State to win three straight national titles (1995-97).
Virada Nirapathpongporn (2002), Candy Hannemann (2003) and Anna Grzebien (2005) each have won individual titles.
May 7-9, 2015
Notre Dame, Ind. • Warren Golf Course
54-Holes • 18 Holes Each Day
DUKE HEADS TO NCAA REGIONAL IN SOUTH BEND
The sixth-ranked Duke women's golf team will travel to Notre Dame, Ind., to compete in the 2015 NCAA South Bend Regional May 7-9 at the 6,301-yard, par 72 Warren Golf Course, which will be hosted by Notre Dame.
Participating in the regional will be-- Arizona (5), Duke (6), Oklahoma State (11), Wake Forest (14), UC-Davis (21), Pepperdine (22), Tulane (32), Notre Dame (36), Purdue (39), Kent State (35), Louisville (33), San Jose State (45), North Carolina (47), Kentucky, Harvard, Troy, Eastern Kentucky and Youngstown State. The following individuals will also be competing – Madchen Ly (California State), Elizabeth Tong (Indiana), Martina Edberg (California State), Leilanie Kim (Idaho), Gabby Yurik (Michigan State) and Michaela Fletcher (Memphis). The teams are listed in seed order and the rankings in parentheses are from the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
The top three seeds in the other regions were – Raleigh (South Carolina, LSU, Mississippi State), San Antonio (UCLA, Washington, Texas A&M) and St. George (Southern California, Arkansas, Virginia). A record nine ACC squads received invitations to regionals – Duke, Virginia, Wake Forest, Notre Dame, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Florida State and Miami.
Duke will tee off Thursday, May 7 at 9:39 a.m. in the first round off No. 1. Tee times for Friday and Saturday will be determined by standings. Fans can follow the action live on the web at www.GolfStat.com.
The regional will be a three-day, 54-hole tournament with 18 holes played each day. The top six teams and top two individuals (not on one of those six teams) advance to the NCAA Championship to be played May 22-27 at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.
REGIONAL EXPERIENCE
Duke will send three freshmen (Leona Maguire, Lisa Maguire, Gurbani Singh) to the NCAA Regional in South Bend, while also featuring a junior (Celine Boutier) and a sophomore (Sandy Choi).
Boutier has turned in a tied for 24th and tied 30th finishes in two NCAA regionals, while Choi added a tied seventh placement last season in Tallahassee, Fla., as a rookie.
It will mark only the second time in school history Duke has traveled three freshmen to the NCAA regional. The only other time was 2010 with Lindy Duncan, Stacey Kim and Courtney Ellenbogen as Duke finished tied third.
TRENDS/NOTES
• If the season ended today, freshman Leona Maguire would break the Duke record for single-season stroke average as she features a 70.68 stroke average. The previous record is held by Amanda Blumenherst (71.00 in 2007-08 and 2006-07).
• Leona Maguire and Celine Boutier are in the running for the ANNIKA Award as the National Player of the Year.
• As a team, Duke has won two tournaments this season and has finished in the top five six times.
• Duke features two golfers who have won tournaments this season -- Leona Maguire (2) and Sandy Choi (1). It marks the second time since the 2007-08 campaign (Alison Whitaker, Amanda Blumenherst) the Blue Devils have multiple winners in a season (2013-14 - Celine Boutier, Yu Liu).
• The Blue Devils have three out of the top nine stroke averages in the ACC this season, including two out of the top three -- Leona Maguire (1st, 70.7 Celine Boutier (3rd, 72.4) and Sandy Choi (9th, 73.1).
• Duke's eight NCAA Regional titles is the most by a school -- 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2013.
• The Blue Devils are listed sixth in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. In the Golfweek individual rankings, Leona Maguire (1), Celine Boutier (10), Sandy Choi (56) and Gurbani Singh (84) are listed in the top 100. Duke and UCLA are the only schools in the nation with two golfers in the top 10 of the rankings.
• Head coach Dan Brooks has collected at least one team victory in 30 of his 31 years at Duke, including two in 2014-15.
• Sophomore Sandy Choi leads Duke with three eagles on the season.
• Freshman Leona Maguire has counted all 25 rounds she has competed in as a Blue Devil since arriving this past fall.
• Freshman Leona Maguire placed in the top five of her first two collegiate tournaments becoming only the third Blue Devil in school history to do so -- Amanda Blumenherst (2005-06) and Beth Bauer (1998-99).
• Freshman Gurbani Singh missed the first two tournaments of the season playing in the Asian Games and the Women's World Amateur Team Championship. Junior Celine Boutier missed the Cougar Classic also playing in the WATC.
• At the Liz Murphey Collegiate, placed fourth overall in stroke play qualifying before advancing to match play. Defeated Baylor (3-2), lost to Southern California (4-1) and defeated Northwestern (4-1) to finish third overall.
DUKE IN THE OVERALL STATISTICS
Leona Maguire leads the nation with a 70.68 stroke average, while also ranking No. 1 in par four scoring (3.99), No. 1 in percentage of greens hit in regulation (77.8), No. 1 in number of putts on the green (1.773), No. 4 in par five scoring (4.72) and tied sixth in par three scoring (3.01).
Sophomore Sandy Choi ranks No. 1 nationally in percentage of fairway's hit (93.5), while ranking No. 10 in percentage of greens hit in regulation (70.2) and No. 9 in percentage of sand saves (47.1).
Junior Celine Boutier ranks No. 2 in percentage of greens hit in regulation (76.6).
MAGUIRE HAVING RECORD-BREAKING SEASON
Duke freshman Leona Maguire, who is currently the top-ranked golfer in the nation, is quietly having a record-breaking season. She features a 70.68 stroke average, which would be a school record. Maguire also has turned in 19 rounds of even or under par, seven top five finishes and eight top 10 placements on the season.
In the Blue Devil freshman record books, Maguire is moving up the charts very quickly. She owns eight rounds in the 60s this season.
Maguire enters the NCAA Regionals posting a 69.70 stroke average over her final four tournaments, including five rounds in the 60s out of 10.
INTERNATIONAL ROSTER
Duke features a very international flare to its 2014-15 roster with one golfer from China (Yi Xiao), France (Celine Boutier), Canada (Irene Jung), South Korea (Sandy Choi) and India (Gurbani Singh), while two from Ireland (Lisa & Leona Maguire) .
Assistant coach Jeanne Cho speaks four languages -- English, Spanish, French and Korean.
ACC GOLFER OF THE MONTH
For the second straight month, Duke freshman Leona Maguire has been named the ACC Women's Golfer of the Month, after winning the ACC Championship in a playoff and tying for third place in the PING/ASU Invitational.
It is the second straight monthly honor for the Cavan, Ireland, native who was also named the ACC Women's Golfer of the Month for March.
Maguire collected a 69.50 stroke average while posting her two strong tournament showings. Her win came on the second playoff hole in the ACC Championship as she netted a birdie on No. 18. She also placed tied third against one of the top fields nationally at the PING/ASU Invitational with rounds of 66, 74 and 71 for a total of 211. Maguire collected rounds of 68, 68 and 70 at the ACC Championship for a total of 206. She now owns two wins this season and seven top five finishes. She has posted four straight finishes in the top three or better.
SINGH ENTERS NCAA REGIONALS COMING OFF BEST FINISH
Duke freshman Gurbani Singh will enter NCAA Regional action coming off her best finish of the season at the ACC Championship. Singh, who hails from New Delhi, India, collected rounds of 70, 69 and 72 over the three days to total a 54-hole ledger of 211, which was sixth overall.
LAST TIME AT NOTRE DAME
Duke will travel to Notre Dame for a NCAA Regional for the second time over the last five years. The Blue Devils didn't have a fun experience at the last regional at Notre Dame as Duke placed ninth out of 24 teams and failed to advance to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 1997. It broke an incredible 13-year streak.
Over the three days, Duke shot rounds of 302, 314 and 297 to finish with a 913, which was 49-over-par.
The Blue Devils were also a No. 2 seed in 2011.
ACC INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION
For the 17th time in Duke history, a Blue Devil golfer claimed the ACC Individual Championship as freshman Leona Maguire registered a birdie on the 29th hole of the day to win the title in a playoff against Virginia senior Briana Mao at the 6,089-yard, par 72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Maguire, who is a native of Cavan, Ireland, turned in a final round 70 on her way to carding a 10-under-par, 206, over the 54 holes. She finished in a tie with Mao, who registered a five-under, 67, in Saturday's final round. Maguire became the 13th Duke golfer to win the title and is the eighth freshman in school history to win honors.
In the final round, Maguire rolled in 10 straight pars and fell behind Mao on the back nine before notching a birdie on No. 11 to move back into a tie. Both golfers pared the next three holes, before sinking short birdies on the 445-yard, par five 15th. Two more pars by the duo and they went to the 486-yard, par five 18th to settle the tournament. They each featured birdie putts but could not drain them and it would go to a playoff.
The tandem went back to No. 18 tee box and Maguire' tee shot went down the left side, but she was able to hit her approach down to a good landing area for her third shot up at the green. Mao went for the green and hit into the left bunker next to the green. Both golfers had birdie putts but once again settled with pars. The duo went back to the 18 tee box for a third straight time.
After both golfers hit good tee shots, Maguire decided to hit five-wood into the landing area for an approach, but Mao went for the green and went into a bunker for the third straight time. Maguire placed the shot to within a couple of feet, while Mao was not as fortunate. Mao would two-putt for par and it was up to Maguire to win with a birdie on the second playoff hole. Maguire calmly sank the putt to claim her second career tournament title, both in playoffs.
As a team, Duke placed second overall with rounds of 286, 288 and 289 for a 54-hole score of one-under, 863. Virginia shot a tournament-record 27-under-par, 837. North Carolina (866), Florida State (866), Wake Forest (866), Notre Dame (876), Louisville (884), NC State (887), Clemson (887), Miami (893) and Boston College (914) rounded out the field.
BLUE DEVILS IN THE NCAA'S
This marks the 23rd consecutive year there has been a regional system for women's golf. Duke has advanced 19 of the last 21 times, finishing in the top four of the regional in 17 of the 19 years the squad has advanced.
Duke has posted four individual medalists at the regionals as Beth Bauer won the East Regional in 1999 after shooting 74-70-71=215, Virada Nirapathpongporn won in 2001 with a 65-73-71=209, Leigh Anne Hardin won in 2002 with rounds of 71-67-72=210 and Anna Grzebien won in 2005 with rounds of 73-69-67=209.
THE DUKE LINEUP
Freshman Leona Maguire is turning in one of the best individual seasons in Duke history with a 70.68 stroke average, seven top five and eight top 10 finishes. She notched playoff victories at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and the ACC Championship.
Rookie Gurbani Singh enters the NCAA Regionals with a 74.21 stroke average, but is coming off a sixth place finish at the ACC Championship. She owns two top 10 placements on the season, both in the spring.
Coming off earning National Player of the Year honors as a sophomore, Celine Boutier has registered another solid season with a 72.41 stroke average. She owns two top five, three top 10 and seven top 20 finishes. Her top finishes were at the Annika Invitational and the Tar Heel Invitational where she tied third. Boutier's 10 rounds of even or under par on the year ranks second on the Duke squad.
Sophomore Sandy Choi kicked off her 2014-15 campaign with a victory at the Cougar Classic with rounds of 69, 68 and 68 for an 11-under-par, 205. She has totaled a 73.12 stroke average with two top five and four top 20 finishes on the year. Since turning in a tied third finish at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Choi has not finished higher than 36th in the last three tournaments.
Going through a swing change this season with head coach Dan Brooks, Lisa Maguire has carded a 79.96 stroke average. She is coming off turning in a tied 50th finish at the ACC Championship.
DUKE FEATURES SET OF TWINS
For the first time in school history, Duke features a set of twins with the addition of rookies Leona and Lisa Maguire. The duo are from Cavan, Ireland and have both competed in an incredible amount of international competition.
The Maguire twins have combined to win 36 amateur events over their careers and have both played in the Curtis Cup .
ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH
Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks became the all-time winningest women's golf coach in NCAA Division I history in the fall of 2005 as he won his 92nd career tournament title at the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate on Oct. 23, 2005. Brooks passed Mark Gale of San Jose State that won 91 career tournaments from 1978-96.
Brooks now has 121 career tournament wins over his 31 seasons. He has guided Duke to at least one victory in 30 of his 31 years.
THE HEAD COACH
Dan Brooks is in his 31st season as the head coach of the Blue Devils. The 1981 graduate of Oregon State has led Duke to 23 straight NCAA Regional selections and to the NCAA Championships 19 of the last 21 years. Brooks owns the school's six National Championships in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2014.
Brooks' teams have finished with a top-20 ranking 28 times (looking for the 29th this season), while 18 of his squads have earned a top-10 finish in a NCAA Tournament-- 1987 (T7th), 1988 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1996 (7th), 1998 (4th), 1999 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (1st), 2003 (10th), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (1st), 2006 (1st), 2007 (1st), 2008 (3rd), 2009 (6th), 2010 (T8th), 2013 (2nd) and 2014 (1st).
In 31 years, his teams have won 121 tournaments, which is a NCAA record for women's golf. He was named the 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014 ACC Coach of the Year for his efforts and 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2014 National Coach of the Year. Duke has collected 18 ACC Championships during Brooks' term with the program.
SIX-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
The Duke women's golf team will begin its quest for its seventh NCAA Championship this week in Notre Dame, Ind. The Blue Devils won their first title in 1999, a second in 2002, third in 2005, fourth in 2006, fifth in 2007 and sixth in 2014. Duke became only the second team along with Arizona State to win three straight national titles (1995-97).
Virada Nirapathpongporn (2002), Candy Hannemann (2003) and Anna Grzebien (2005) each have won individual titles.
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