SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – For the fifth time out of six years since match play was instituted at the NCAA Women's Golf Championship, Duke has advanced to the match play portion as the Blue Devils placed second in stroke play with a 3-over-par 1,155 at the 6,399-yard, par 72 Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club.
Duke carded the tied for third-best round Monday with a 1-over, 289, and finished behind Stanford (1,142). Rounding out the top eight teams to advance to match play was Oklahoma State (1,157), Ole Miss (1,159), Texas (1,161), Auburn (1,170), Arizona State (1,173) and Arizona (1,173).
The Blue Devils earned the No. 2 seed and will face No. 7 seed Arizona State, the host of the 2021 championship. Duke and the Sun Devils will have a quick turnaround as they will begin the match at 6:20 a.m., local time (9:20 a.m. ET) Tuesday, May 25. Fans will be able to watch the action live on the Golf Channel from 12-2:30 p.m. (ET).
If Duke advances, the Blue Devils will face the winner of the No. 3 seed Oklahoma State versus No. 6 seed Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. The Golf Channel will cover that match from 5-9 p.m. (ET).
Duke's five appearances in match play is tied for the second most in NCAA action along with Southern California, while Stanford leads with six.
Over the 72 holes, freshman
Phoebe Brinker and junior
Gina Kim paced the Blue Devils as the duo finished in a tie for fifth with a 2-under, 286.
Kim, a product of Chapel Hill, N.C., turned in her second straight top-10 finish at the NCAA Championship as she was tied for 10th as a freshman in 2019. She joins only Duke standouts Celine Boutier, Amanda Blumenherst and Jennie Lee to notch back-to-back top-10 placements in the championship in their first two appearances.
On Monday, Kim was up-and-down over the first nine holes as she carded two birdies, but made the turn at 2-over, 38. She caught fire on the back nine as she hit her 54-degree wedge to 33 feet and rolled in her third birdie of the day on the par-5. Kim added a 7-foot birdie on No. 14 and then rolled in a 4-footer on No. 17 to get to 1-under-par for the day. On No. 18, she tried to go for the green in two and knocked it in the water, before finishing with a double-bogey to close with a 73.
Over the four days, Kim played holes 10-18 at 4-under-par with nine birdies.
Brinker became just the sixth Blue Devil rookie to finish in the top-5 of the NCAA Championship as she posted rounds of 73, 70, 72 and 71. A native of Wilmington, Del., Brinker bogeyed the first hole, but came back to birdie the 500-yard, par-5 No. 4, which played as the second-hardest hole on the course Monday. She added a 30-footer for birdie on No. 8 to get to red digits. After back-to-back bogeys on No. 10 and No. 11, Brinker closed the final seven holes at 2-under-par with birdies on No. 13 and No. 18. Her round of 1-under, 71, was a team best to close stroke play.
Blue Devil senior
Jaravee Boonchant posted a 73 on Monday, on her way to finishing the stroke play portion tied for 20th with a 3-over, 291. It marked her second consecutive top-20 finish in the NCAA Championship as she placed tied for seventh in 2019. Over the first seven holes, Boonchant had six pars, but got in a little trouble off the tee on No. 4 as she finished with a double-bogey. She turned it around on No. 8 and No. 9 as she sank 12-foot and 27-foot birdies, respectively, to make the turn at even par. After an unlucky break on No. 10, which led to a bogey, she knocked her 54-degree wedge from 70 yards to six feet and rolled in the birdie. Boonchant suffered bogeys on No. 13 and No. 16, before rolling in an 8-foot birdie on No. 17. She hit 13 greens on the day.
In her first appearance in the NCAA Championship, sophomore
Erica Shepherd tied for 36th with rounds of 73, 73, 74 and 74 for a 294. She parred the first nine holes on Monday, but got unlucky on her drive on No. 10 as it was close to the hazard and she was standing on the down slope to hit the ball. Shepherd, who is from Greenwood, Ind., nearly lost her footing as she swung and went in the desert area, where she had to take an unplayable. She made double-bogey, but closed the back nine at even-par as she rolled in a 6-foot birdie on No. 18 to conclude her round.
After turning in rounds of 76, 77 and 75 the first three days, freshman
Anne Chen was solid on the final day as she posted three birdies and finished with an even-par, 72. Chen, a product of Sugar Land, Texas, opened her day with a birdie on No. 1 as she hit her pitching wedge from 115 yards to six feet. She added five pars, two bogeys and made an 18-footer for birdie on No. 7 to close the front nine at even. Chen hit her 60-degree wedge from 78 yards on No. 11 and connected on the 5-foot birdie putt to get to 1-under. She closed with six pars and a bogey on No. 15 to finish even for the day. Chen hit a season-best 17 greens in the final round and 12 fairways.
Duke is the reigning NCAA Champions as the Blue Devils won the 2019 title in Fayetteville, Ark., and head coach
Dan Brooks has led Duke to seven overall national titles, which is the most by any coach in NCAA history.
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Notes:
• Duke has played the par-5 holes at 4.79 (-17) to lead the field through 72 holes
• The Blue Devils' 4.09 (+18) on par-4 holes ranked second
• As a team, Duke's 69 birdies led the field
•
Phoebe Brinker totaled a 4.56 scoring average (-7) on the week on par-5 holes to rank tied for third
•
Gina Kim led the field with a 3.85 (-6) scoring average on par-4 holes
•
Gina Kim's 20 birdies ranked tied for second overall, while
Phoebe Brinker (15) was tied for fifth
• Duke finished in the top-10 for the 14th time since 2004 to match Southern California for the most in that span
• The top-5 finish marks the 16th time in school history the Blue Devils have placed in the top-5, which ranks fourth nationally
• In the last 19 appearances in the NCAA Championship, Duke has placed in the top-10 in 17 of those
Duke vs. Arizona State Match - Tuesday, May 25
9:20 a.m. -
Gina Kim (DU) vs. Olivia Mehaffey (ASU)
9:30 a.m. -
Erica Shepherd (DU) vs. Linn Grant (ASU)
9:40 a.m. -
Jaravee Boonchant (DU) vs. Ashley Menne (ASU)
9:50 a.m. -
Anne Chen (DU) vs. Alessandra Fanali (ASU)
10:00 a.m. -
Phoebe Brinker (DU) vs. Amanda Linner (ASU)
All times Eastern
Duke Results
T6 T5
Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 70 72 71 286 -2
T3 T5
Gina Kim Duke 74 67 72 73 286 -2
T16 T20
Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 71 75 73 291 +3
T34 T36
Erica Shepherd Duke 73 73 74 74 294 +6
T88 T62
Anne Chen Duke 76 77 75 72 300 +12
1 2 3 4 Team Scores
3 1 1 1 Stanford 291 278 277 296 1142 -10
T4 2 2 2 Duke 292 281 293 289 1155 +3
10 6 3 3 Oklahoma State 297 289 282 289 1157 +5
T8 7 5 4 Ole Miss 296 291 288 284 1159 +7
1 3 4 5 Texas 289 288 293 291 1161 +9
18 20 14 6 Auburn 305 299 288 278 1170 +18
13 11 6 T7 Arizona State 300 291 286 296 1173 +21
T4 T9 9 T7 Arizona 292 298 292 291 1173 +21
T8 8 11 T9 LSU 296 292 296 290 1174 +22
11 4 8 T9 Florida State 298 285 298 293 1174 +22
2 T9 10 11 Oregon 290 300 293 292 1175 +23
T4 5 7 12 Wake Forest 292 293 295 298 1178 +26
24 T14 12 13 South Carolina, U of 312 288 287 293 1180 +28
T22 16 13 14 Baylor 308 293 290 291 1182 +30
T15 T12 15 15 UCLA 302 293 300 294 1189 +37
Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Rachel Heck Stanford 69 67 70 74 280 -8
T3 2 Emma Spitz UCLA 72 70 71 68 281 -7
2 3 Angelina Ye Stanford 77 69 65 71 282 -6
T3 4 Ashley Menne Arizona State 76 72 65 72 285 -3
T6 T5 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 73 71 71 71 286 -2
T16 T5 Hailey Borja * Michigan 75 71 72 68 286 -2
T6 T5
Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 70 72 71 286 -2
T3 T5
Gina Kim Duke 74 67 72 73 286 -2
T16 T9 Beth Lillie * Virginia 72 74 72 70 288 E
T34 T9 Beatrice Wallin Florida State 73 71 76 68 288 E
T16 T9 Anna Zanusso * Denver 76 72 70 70 288 E
T23 T12 Rina Tatematsu Oklahoma State 76 73 70 70 289 +1
T6 T12 Maja Stark Oklahoma State 78 69 68 74 289 +1
T10 T12 Lauren Hartlage * Louisville 73 68 75 73 289 +1
T23 T15 Kaitlyn Papp Texas 70 74 75 71 290 +2
T34 T15 Andrea Lignell Ole Miss 73 73 74 70 290 +2
T16 T15 Chiara Tamburlini Ole Miss 75 74 69 72 290 +2
T10 T15 Sara Kouskova Texas 74 70 72 74 290 +2
T34 T15 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard Oklahoma State 72 78 70 70 290 +2
T23 T20 Agathe Laisne Texas 72 74 73 72 291 +3
T50 T20 Elena Hualde Auburn 75 73 74 69 291 +3
T13 T20 Sophie Guo Texas 73 70 74 74 291 +3
T23 T20 Ching-Tzu Chen Oregon 77 71 71 72 291 +3
T43 T20 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard South Carolina, U of 81 71 69 70 291 +3
T34 T20 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 73 71 76 71 291 +3
T6 T20 Brooke Seay Stanford 75 71 69 76 291 +3
T16 T20
Jaravee Boonchant Duke 72 71 75 73 291 +3
T59 T28 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 79 73 72 68 292 +4
T59 T28 Megan Schofill Auburn 74 74 76 68 292 +4
T34 T28 Linn Grant Arizona State 75 72 73 72 292 +4
T16 T28 Karen Fredgaard * Houston 77 70 71 74 292 +4
T50 T32 Kennedy Swann Ole Miss 75 73 74 71 293 +5
T23 T32 Elodie Chapelet Baylor 71 74 74 74 293 +5
T23 T32 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 74 72 73 74 293 +5
T13 T32 Alice Hodge Florida State 75 70 72 76 293 +5
T34 T36 Kajsa Arwefjall * San Jose State 77 71 72 74 294 +6
T70 T36 Mychael O'Berry Auburn 77 75 73 69 294 +6
T23 T36 Alyaa Abdulghany * Southern California 75 75 69 75 294 +6
T34 T36
Erica Shepherd Duke 73 73 74 74 294 +6
T16 T36 Paula Kirner South Carolina, U of 72 73 73 76 294 +6
T70 T36 Gile Bite Starkute Arizona 72 85 68 69 294 +6
T23 T36 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 72 75 72 75 294 +6
T23 T36 YuSang Hou Arizona 74 75 70 75 294 +6
T34 T44 Chloe Salort * Kent State 75 73 72 75 295 +7
T70 T44 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 74 76 75 70 295 +7
T10 T44 Briana Chacon Oregon 71 72 73 79 295 +7
T23 T44 Aline Krauter Stanford 75 71 73 76 295 +7
T43 T44 Charlotte Heath Florida State 75 71 75 74 295 +7
T43 T49 Sadie Englemann Stanford 72 73 76 75 296 +8
T43 T49 Latanna Stone LSU 77 71 73 75 296 +8
T43 T51 Annabel Wilson UCLA 74 72 75 76 297 +9
T13 T51 Lianna Bailey Oklahoma State 74 69 74 80 297 +9
T23 T53 Celina Sattelkau * Vanderbilt 75 69 75 79 298 +10
T59 T53 Rosie Belsham Baylor 78 76 70 74 298 +10
T43 T53 Olivia Mehaffey Arizona State 73 73 75 77 298 +10
T53 T53 Alden Wallace LSU 73 78 72 75 298 +10
T53 T53 Amelia Williamson Florida State 75 73 75 75 298 +10
T43 T53 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 73 75 73 77 298 +10
T82 T59 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 79 77 71 72 299 +11
T59 T59 Britta Snyder Baylor 80 70 74 75 299 +11
T53 T59 Hsin-Yu Lu Oregon 72 78 73 76 299 +11
T75 T62 Kendall Griffin LSU 76 74 76 74 300 +12
T75 T62 Mathilde Claisse South Carolina, U of 83 71 72 74 300 +12
T88 T62
Anne Chen Duke 76 77 75 72 300 +12
T75 T62 Therese Warner Arizona 73 76 77 74 300 +12
T75 T66 Amanda Linner Arizona State 76 74 76 75 301 +13
T105 T66 Tze-Han Lin Oregon 73 81 77 70 301 +13
T88 T66 Vivian Hou Arizona 74 77 77 73 301 +13
T53 T66 Ya Chun Chang Arizona 73 70 80 78 301 +13
T82 T70 Anna Foster Auburn 80 77 70 76 303 +15
T94 T70 Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen Oregon 74 79 76 74 303 +15
T97 T70 Ana Pelaez South Carolina, U of 76 73 81 73 303 +15
T88 T70 Isabella Fierro Oklahoma State 75 79 74 75 303 +15
T88 T70 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 79 72 77 75 303 +15
T94 75 Ashleigh Park Texas 80 75 74 76 305 +17
T94 76 Alessandra Fanali Arizona State 81 75 73 78 307 +19
T105 77 Taylor Roberts Florida State 79 74 78 77 308 +20
T118 78 Yuki Yoshihara UCLA 79 78 78 76 311 +23
T118 79 Hannah Karg Baylor 80 76 79 80 315 +27
122 80 Simar Singh UCLA 77 81 79 79 316 +28
132 - Emilie Paltrinieri UCLA D 73 76 74 - -
131 83 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina, U of 87 73 77 237 +21
128 82 Smilla Sonderby Ole Miss 74 74 72 220 +4
131 83 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina, U of 87 73 77 237 +21
81 Vanessa Knecht Wake Forest 74 74 +2