Blue Devils, Maguire Sweep Tar Heel Invite Titles

Sunday, October 15

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Day Three at Ruth Chris Tar Heel Invitational

Blue Devils, Maguire Sweep Tar Heel Invite Titles

10/15/2017 8:43:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Against a stellar field, the Duke women's golf team swept both the team and individual Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational titles Sunday in record fashion. The Blue Devils shot the second-lowest 54-hole ledger in school history with a 31-under-par, 833, while senior Leona Maguire turned in a tournament-record 12-under-par, 204, at the 6,379-yard, par 72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Duke was in a battle for the team title with second-ranked Alabama the entire day. Even though the Blue Devils held a 10-stroke lead heading into the final round, the Crimson Tide went low Sunday with an 18-under-par, 270. After leading most of the day, Duke suffered five bogeys over a stretch of holes 14-16, and Alabama took a two stroke advantage.

The Blue Devils pulled it together and connected on six birdies over their final four holes to claim the title. Trailing by one stroke late, junior Virginia Elena Carta tapped in for birdie on No. 17 and freshman Miranda Wang turned in birdies on three out of her final four holes to help push the Blue Devils to the victory.

Duke signed for rounds of 283, 271 and 279 for a 31-under-par, 833, to finish one stroke ahead of Alabama (834). South Carolina (846), Arkansas (851), North Carolina (856), Wake Forest (862), NC State (863), Louisville (867), Virginia (868) and Vanderbilt (872) rounded out the top 10 teams. It marked the 15th time in school history the Blue Devils have won the Tar Heel Invite.

"Well, you know, you learn about your team as the season goes along," commented Duke head coach Dan Brooks." You learn a lot when there's situations like this when you find out what they're capable of. I was just extremely pleased with what I saw this weekend."

A native of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire claimed her ninth career victory and her second straight Tar Heel Invitational title with rounds of 69, 66 and 69 for a tournament-record 12-under-par, 204. She won by one stroke over Ainhoa Olarra of South Carolina (205).

“I'm really proud of both the team and my individual performance this week,” said Maguire. “We played some true Duke golf this weekend against a very high quality field. Everyone really dug deep coming down the stretch to hold off Alabama and it gives us great confidence leading into our final event of the fall.”

Maguire opened the final round with a par, bogey and birdie, before reeling off six straight pars that included a tough up-and-down on No. 6. She featured back-to-back birdies to open the back nine to get to two-under for the day. Maguire added a sand save par on the 481-yard, par five 13th and then rolled in a birdie on No. 14. Her second bogey of the day occurred on No. 15, but once again responded with her fifth birdie on the 361-yard, par four 16th to get back to three-under. Maguire had a par on 17 and then hit her approach on No. 18 into the greenside bunker. She blasted an amazing shot to within inches and sealed the victory with the par. Maguire finished the day with eight fairways, 12 greens and a team-best 26 putts.

A two-time National Player of the Year, Maguire totaled her second victory of the season and ninth of her career. She owns five rounds in the 60s so far this season and has 27 over her career.

Carta, who hails from Udine, Italy, was bogey-free for the first 14 holes that included birdies on No. 5 and No. 13 to get to two-under. After a bogey on the 15th, Carta closed with two huge birdies on No. 17 and No. 18 to finish with a three-under, 69. She stuck her approach on the 17th to four foot and on 18 she sunk her six-foot birdie attempt. Her eight-under, 208, was the lowest 54-hole output since her record-breaking NCAA Championship ledger of 203 as a freshman. Carta finished ninth overall hit a team-best 17 greens Sunday.

"I was with her, walking with her the last two holes, she put some of the best swings I've ever seen her take on the shots coming in on her last two holes," said Brooks. "That's under that kind of pressure. You can bet she knew that we were close and yet she puts some great, rhythmic swings on the shots, so I was very impressed by that."

Freshman Jaravee Boonchant collected rounds of 72, 68 and 71 for a five-under, 211, to finish tied 13th. A native of Bangkok, Thailand, Boonchant had four consecutive pars to start the day and then rolled in a 10-footer for par on the 505-yard, par five sixth hole. She then suffered her lone bogey of the day on the seventh and then connected on her second birdie on the 10th to get back to one-under. Boonchant closed with nine straight pars to finish with a 71 and her third straight top 15 placement to open her collegiate career.

With the best start to the day for the Blue Devils, sophomore Ana Belac carded three birdies over her first five holes to move to three-under. She had her putter going from the start by rolling in 15-foot putts on No. 2 and No. 5. Belac had a bogey on No. 7, a four-foot birdie on No. 10 and a bogey on No. 11. She held a two-under score through 14 and had a bogey on No. 15, but drilled a 25-footer for birdie on the 18th and closed with a bogey on No. 1 to finish with a one-under, 71. She hit 14 greens, 11 fairways and had 31 putts.

Wang, who is from Beijing, China, birdied her first hole (No. 3), bogeyed No. 4 and then birdied No. 6 to get back to one-under where she stayed until the No. 14 hole. She had bogeys on No. 14 and No. 16 to drop to one-over. Wang turned it around on the 518-yard, par five 17th as he rolled in a 15-footer for birdie. After a par on 18, she went back to the front nine to finish her round. Wang registered a 21-footer for birdie on No. 1 and then a six-footer for birdie on No. 2 to finish as a counting two-under-par, 70. She hit 15 greens and nine fairways as she finished tied 30th overall at even-par, 216.

The win for Brooks was his 130th of his coaching career and second in three tournaments this fall.

"We really showed that in this tournament," said Brooks. "I saw so much poise in the last day of this tournament. I was really, really happy with what I was seeing. When you're out there you can sense when the team has moved up on you and when things are close. They're getting the vibe from each other, they're seeing the other team play well. You can just get the sense, so they knew they were having to play well. They weren't under any false pretenses. They knew that it was close."

Duke will be off until the Blue Devils next travel to the Landfall Tradition, which will take place Oct. 27-29 in Wilmington, N.C.

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Duke Results
1 1 Leona Maguire Duke 69 66 69      204 -12
T5 9 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 71 68 69      208 -8
T10 T13 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 68 71      211 -5
T21 T20 Ana Belac Duke 73 69 71      213 -3
T40 T30 Miranda Wang Duke 71 75 70      216 E

1 2 3 Team Scores
1 1 1 Duke 283 271 279      833 -31
3 2 2 Alabama 285 279 270      834 -30
2 3 3 South Carolina 284 281 281      846 -18
T5 4 4 Arkansas 288 279 284      851 -13
T7 T5 5 North Carolina 289 283 284      856 -8
T7 T8 6 Wake Forest 289 289 284      862 -2
4 T5 7 North Carolina State 286 286 291      863 -1
T5 7 8 Louisville 288 289 290      867 +3
T12 11 9 Virginia 298 283 287      868 +4
T12 12 T10 Vanderbilt 298 284 290      872 +8
11 10 T10 Michigan State 297 282 293      872 +8
T14 13 12 Michigan 299 287 289      875 +11
9 T8 13 Ohio State 292 286 298      876 +12
18 14 14 Virginia Tech 304 287 291      882 +18
16 15 15 Tulane 300 294 295      889 +25
10 17 16 Rollins College 296 305 293      894 +30
17 18 17 UNC Wilmington 303 301 299      903 +39
T14 16 18 Iowa 299 297 312      908 +44

Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Leona Maguire Duke 69 66 69      204 -12
2 2 Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina 70 67 68      205 -11
T10 T3 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 72 68 66      206 -10
T10 T3 Ava Bergner North Carolina 70 70 66      206 -10
T5 T3 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 69 70 67      206 -10
T10 T6 Kristen Gillman Alabama 71 69 67      207 -9
T3 T6 Anna Redding Virginia 70 68 69      207 -9
T5 T6 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 66 73 68      207 -9
T5 9 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 71 68 69      208 -8
T5 10 Molly Skapik Louisville 66 73 70      209 -7
T3 T11 Maria Fassi Arkansas 73 65 72      210 -6
T15 T11 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina 71 70 69      210 -6
T15 T13 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 71 70 70      211 -5
T10 T13 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 68 71      211 -5
T21 T13 Laura Kowohl North Carolina State 73 69 69      211 -5
T32 T16 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 74 71 67      212 -4
T21 T16 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 71 71 70      212 -4
T21 T16 Alana Uriell Arkansas 70 72 70      212 -4
T21 T16 Dylan Kim Arkansas 71 71 70      212 -4
T21 T20 Ana Belac Duke 73 69 71      213 -3
T15 T20 Lakareber Abe Alabama 70 71 72      213 -3
T5 T20 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 69 70 74      213 -3
T27 T23 Marion Veysseyre South Carolina 71 72 71      214 -2
T21 T23 Courtney Zeng Vanderbilt 73 69 72      214 -2
T15 T23 Brynn Walker North Carolina 71 70 73      214 -2
T15 T26 Paz Marfa Michigan State 77 64 74      215 -1
T15 T26 Alex Wright Ohio State 71 70 74      215 -1
T32 T26 Angelica Moresco Alabama 72 73 70      215 -1
T30 T26 Beth Lillie Virginia 75 69 71      215 -1
T40 T30 Miranda Wang Duke 71 75 70      216 E
T32 T30 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 75 70 71      216 E
T32 T32 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 74 71 72      217 +1
T40 T32 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 74 72 71      217 +1
T48 T32 Katharine Patrick Virginia 75 72 70      217 +1
T27 T32 Crystal Huang North Carolina State 73 70 74      217 +1
T40 T32 Allyson Geer Michigan State 74 72 71      217 +1
T10 T37 Ashley Kim Michigan 74 66 78      218 +2
T40 T37 Morgan Baxendale Vanderbilt 74 72 72      218 +2
T32 T37 India Clyburn North Carolina State 69 76 73      218 +2
T32 T37 Ana Pelaez South Carolina 72 73 73      218 +2
T32 T37 Gabrielle Correia Tulane 73 72 73      218 +2
T54 T37 Seher Atwal Rollins College 72 76 70      218 +2
T54 T43 Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech 76 72 71      219 +3
T65 T43 Elodie Van Dievoet Michigan 75 75 69      219 +3
T30 T43 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 71 73 75      219 +3
T40 T43 Isi Nilsson * South Carolina 74 72 73      219 +3
T48 T47 Abbey Carlson Vanderbilt 77 70 73      220 +4
T58 T47 Jennifer Rosenberg Tulane 77 72 71      220 +4
T40 T49 Anita Uwadia South Carolina 74 72 75      221 +5
T58 T49 Kathy Lim Michigan 78 71 72      221 +5
T48 T51 Emily White Michigan 72 75 75      222 +6
T58 T51 Madison Lellyo Rollins College 72 77 73      222 +6
T65 T51 Elizabeth Bose Virginia Tech 80 70 72      222 +6
T58 T51 Olivia Cason Louisville 76 73 73      222 +6
T65 T55 Alexandra Farnsworth Vanderbilt 77 73 73      223 +7
T40 T55 Amanda Hollandsworth Virginia Tech 72 74 77      223 +7
T48 T55 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 74 73 76      223 +7
T40 T55 Kayla Thompson UNC Wilmington 72 74 77      223 +7
T27 T55 Kristin Glesne Iowa 70 73 80      223 +7
T70 T55 Louise Yu * Vanderbilt 74 77 72      223 +7
T48 T61 Virginia Green Vanderbilt 74 73 77      224 +8
T54 T61 Jacqueline Twitty Louisville 75 73 76      224 +8
T65 T63 Laura Munoz Tulane 75 75 75      225 +9
T81 T63 Anne Taylor Hough Virginia Tech 78 76 71      225 +9
T70 T63 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 74 77 74      225 +9
T58 T63 Kristin Engle Louisville 72 77 76      225 +9
T73 T67 Mariana Ocano North Carolina 81 71 74      226 +10
T65 T67 Abbie Cantwell Tulane 75 75 76      226 +10
T54 T67 Cecily Overbey North Carolina State 74 74 78      226 +10
T70 T67 Lexie Toth Rollins College 76 75 75      226 +10
T32 T71 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 74 71 82      227 +11
T73 T71 Elisa Suarez Iowa 79 73 75      227 +11
T58 T71 Jessica Ip Iowa 74 75 78      227 +11
T81 T71 Thao My Nguyen UNC Wilmington 75 79 73      227 +11
T81 T75 Caroline Cahill UNC Wilmington 80 74 74      228 +12
T58 T75 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech 78 71 79      228 +12
T48 T77 Roshnee Sharma * North Carolina 73 74 82      229 +13
T73 T77 Niki Schroeder Ohio State 78 74 77      229 +13
T77 T77 Katie Sharp Michigan State 77 76 76      229 +13
T86 T80 Megan Kim Michigan 79 78 73      230 +14
T77 T80 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 78 75 77      230 +14
T86 T82 Carolyn Markley Michigan State 78 79 74      231 +15
T73 T82 Ellinoora Moisio UNC Wilmington 78 74 79      231 +15
T81 T82 Julia Ford Virginia 80 74 77      231 +15
T77 85 Shawn Rennegarbe Iowa 77 76 79      232 +16
T90 T86 Selin Timur Rollins College 80 78 75      233 +17
85 T86 Sofia Seldemirova Ohio State 76 80 77      233 +17
T77 T88 Sophie Faulkner Rollins College 76 77 83      236 +20
T86 T88 Haydyn Gibson Tulane 80 77 79      236 +20
T86 T88 Cheni Xu * North Carolina 80 77 79      236 +20
T92 91 Rachael Mast UNC Wilmington 78 84 75      237 +21
95 92 Kate Harper * Virginia 81 83 75      239 +23
94 T93 Mai Dechathipat Wake Forest 83 80 79      242 +26
T90 T93 Stephanie Herzog Iowa 78 80 84      242 +26
T92 95 Monica Schumacher Wake Forest 86 76 82      244 +28
96 - Clementina Rodriguez * North Carolina 81 87 W      -     -