WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Duke women's golf team opened its final tournament of the fall on Friday at the Landfall Tradition, which is being held at the 6,150-yard, par-72 Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.
The Blue Devils were paced by
Anne Chen and
Phoebe Brinker with rounds of 73, while
Erica Shepherd added a 74 for Duke, which sits in a tie for 14th overall with 36 holes remaining.
How It Happened
• Junior
Anne Chen carded a team-best five birdies on the day. She opened with a par and then drained a 14-footer for birdie on No. 12. Chen played the next four holes at 2-under as she sank a 12-foot birdie on No. 15 and a 9-foot for birdie on No. 16. She bogeyed the final two holes before making the turn and then fell to 2-over with a couple more bogeys. Chen collected back-to-back birdies on No. 7 and No. 8 to return to even, but bogeyed her final hole, No. 9, to finish with a 73. She hit 15 greens and 12 fairways on the day and is tied for 39th.
• After making par on her first hole, No. 10,
Phoebe Brinker rolled in back-to-back birdies on No. 11 and No. 12 to move into the red early. Brinker dropped three shots over the next three holes and then played her final 12 holes at even par to finish with a 73. She finished with three birdies on the day, all which occurred over her first nine holes. She hit 13 fairways, 12 greens and had 31 putts.
• Senior
Erica Shepherd was even-par during her first six holes as she drained a 10-foot birdie on No. 16. She bogeyed No. 17 and made par on No. 18 to make the turn at 1-over, 37. After sinking a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 1 to get back to even, she closed the afternoon with six pars and two bogeys to finish with a 74. She is tied for 47th overall, after hitting 14 greens.
• With a birdie on her opening hole, freshman
Andie Smith was the only Blue Devil to birdie No. 10 on Friday. She parred four out of the next five holes, before adding a second birdie to return to 1-under for the day. Smith made the turn with a 1-under, 35, but was 4-over, 40, on the back to finish with a 75.
• Sophomore
Rylie Heflin collected one birdie on Friday en route to shooting a 78.
• As a team, Duke shot 7-over-par, 295, and is tied for 14th. San Jose State leads the action with a 10-under, 278.
Notes
• For the first time this season, the Blue Devils did not have at least one under-par round by any of the five Duke golfers competing.
• Duke featured 13 birdies as a team, which is the second-fewest birdies in the first round this season by the Blue Devils.
•
Anne Chen played the par-3 holes at 2-under-par, which was tied for first among the field.
Up Next
Duke will open round two on Saturday beginning at 9:15 a.m., along with host UNC Wilmington and Furman.
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Duke Results
- T39
Anne Chen Duke 73 +1
- T39
Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 +1
- T47
Erica Shepherd Duke 74 +2
- T56
Andie Smith Duke 75 +3
- T77
Rylie Heflin Duke 78 +6
1 Team Scores
1 San Jose State 278 -10
2 Wake Forest 279 -9
3 Florida State 281 -7
4 UCF 284 -4
5 North Carolina State 285 -3
T6 South Carolina 286 -2
T6 Michigan 286 -2
8 Michigan State 289 +1
T9 Tennessee 292 +4
T9 Purdue 292 +4
T9 North Carolina 292 +4
12 Alabama 293 +5
13 UNCW 294 +6
T14 Duke 295 +7
T14 Furman 295 +7
T14 Maryland 295 +7
17 Virginia Tech 302 +14
18 Penn State 309 +21
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 66 -6
- T1 Charlotte Heath Florida State 66 -6
- T3 Krista Junkkari North Carolina 67 -5
- T3 Lottie Woad Florida State 67 -5
- T3 Louisa Carlbom San Jose State 67 -5
- T3 Justine Fournand South Carolina 67 -5
- T7 Vania Simont North Carolina State 68 -4
- T7 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 68 -4
- T7 Momo Sugiyama Purdue 68 -4
- T10 Tunrada Piddon UCF 69 -3
- T10 Antonia Malate San Jose State 69 -3
- T12 Monet Chun Michigan 70 -2
- T12 Valentina Rossi Michigan State 70 -2
- T12 Valery Plata Michigan State 70 -2
- T12 Nicha Kanpai Maryland 70 -2
- T12 Victoria Levy UNCW 70 -2
- T12 Anne-Sterre Den Dunnen * Wake Forest 70 -2
- T12 Pimpisa Sisutham UCF 70 -2
- T12 Kajsa Arwefjall San Jose State 70 -2
- T12 Hannah Darling South Carolina 70 -2
- T21 Mikaela Schulz Michigan 71 -1
- T21 Jaclyn Kenzel North Carolina State 71 -1
- T21 Leila Raines Michigan State 71 -1
- T21 Manassanan Chotikabhukkana Tennessee 71 -1
- T21 Natalie Ambruester North Carolina State 71 -1
- T21 Sarah Edwards Alabama 71 -1
- T21 Chloe Johnson Furman 71 -1
- T21 Zoe Allaux UCF 71 -1
- T21 Danielle DuToit Purdue 71 -1
- T30 Ashley Lau Michigan 72 E
- T30 Patricie Mackova Maryland 72 E
- T30 Mathilde Delavallade Penn State 72 E
- T30 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 72 E
- T30 Kynadie Adams Alabama 72 E
- T30 Kayla Smith North Carolina 72 E
- T30 Rebecca Gyllner San Jose State 72 E
- T30 Lucia Lopez-Ortega San Jose State 72 E
- T30 Anna Morgan Furman 72 E
- T39 Anika Dy Michigan 73 +1
- T39 Vanessa Gilly Tennessee 73 +1
- T39 Jacqueline Putrino Florida State 73 +1
- T39 Mallory Fobes UNCW 73 +1
- T39 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 73 +1
- T39
Anne Chen Duke 73 +1
- T39 Louise Rydqvist South Carolina 73 +1
- T39
Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 +1
- T47 Caroline Patterson Tennessee 74 +2
- T47 Bailey Davis Tennessee 74 +2
- T47 Riley Quartermain North Carolina 74 +2
- T47 Alyssa Montgomery Virginia Tech 74 +2
- T47 Phu Khine UNCW 74 +2
- T47 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 74 +2
- T47 Morgan Ketchum Virginia Tech 74 +2
- T47 Jess Baker UCF 74 +2
- T47
Erica Shepherd Duke 74 +2
- T56 Kayla Holden Tennessee 75 +3
- T56 Panassaya Somchit Maryland 75 +3
- T56 Lauren Olivares North Carolina State 75 +3
- T56 Isha Dhruva Penn State 75 +3
- T56 Amelia Williamson Florida State 75 +3
- T56 Katherine Muzi * South Carolina 75 +3
- T56
Andie Smith Duke 75 +3
- T56 Sarah-Eve Rheaume Furman 75 +3
- T56 Anna Nordfors UCF 75 +3
- T65 Taylor Kehoe Alabama 76 +4
- T65 Symone Henriques Virginia Tech 76 +4
- T65 Vilde Marie Nystrøm * North Carolina 76 +4
- T65 Jocelyn Bruch Purdue 76 +4
- T65 Mathilde Claisse South Carolina 76 +4
- T70 Isabel Amezcua North Carolina State 77 +5
- T70 Alice Hodge Florida State 77 +5
- T70 Deborah Spair UNCW 77 +5
- T70 Jonna Hubbs * UNCW 77 +5
- T70 Mia Lussand South Carolina 77 +5
- T70 Daniela Ballesteros Purdue 77 +5
- T70 Caroline Crumrine Furman 77 +5
- T77 Maria Vittoria Corbi Maryland 78 +6
- T77 Brooke Biermann Michigan State 78 +6
- T77 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 78 +6
- T77
Rylie Heflin Duke 78 +6
- T77 Ashley Kozlowski Purdue 78 +6
- T82 Katie Lu Michigan State 79 +7
- T82 Hailey Borja Michigan 79 +7
- T82 Ginnie Lee Virginia Tech 79 +7
- T82 Crista Izuzquiza North Carolina 79 +7
- T82 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 79 +7
- T82 Liza Lapeyre Furman 79 +7
- T88 Sarah Willis Penn State 80 +8
- T88 Nicole Adam UNCW 80 +8
- T88 Faith Johnson * Furman 80 +8
- 91 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 81 +9
- T92 Drew Nienhaus Penn State 82 +10
- T92 Angela Garvin Maryland 82 +10
- T92 Michelle Cox Penn State 82 +10
- T92 Jordan Salisbury * UNCW 82 +10
- - Megan Streicher North Carolina D -