Blue Devils Complete First Day at Valspar Collegiate

Monday, March 27

Palm Beach, Fla.

Duke University

Rounds 1 & 2 at Valspar Collegiate Invitational

Blue Devils Complete First Day at Valspar Collegiate

3/27/2023 8:47:00 PM | Men's Golf

Day 1 Results (PDF)Seahawk Intercollegiate Final Results (PDF)Round 3 Live Scoring

PALM CITY, Fla. – After two rounds of action at the Valspar Collegiate, the Duke men's golf team is tied for 11th place with a 36-hole score of 4-over, 572. William Love is the Blue Devils' low golfer after a second-round 67 moved the freshman into a tie for eighth place at 5-under, 137.

HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND ONE

Duke shot a 5-under, 279, as a team in the first round.
Jimmy Zheng placed himself at the top of the leaderboard to start the day, carding a birdie on his first hole, No. 17, and was 5-under through his first nine holes to claim a tie for first place. After two late bogeys, Zheng finished the opening 18 holes in a tie for 14th place with a 2-under, 69.
Three different Blue Devils carded a 1-under, 70, and sat in a tie for 23rd place to start the tournament. William Love used an early birdie on the par-4 17th and then back-to-back birdies on holes No. 5 and 6 to bounce back from a bogey on No. 4, to help him start his tournament under-par. Kelly Chinn made nine pars on the front nine and erased a late bogey with a birdie on the par-5 13th to secure an under-par opening round. Luke Sample stormed back from four early bogeys with five birdies over his final eight holes to reach red numbers in the first round.
Also for Duke, Ian Siebers signed for a 2-over, 73, in the first round.

HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND TWO

The Blue Devils wrapped up the first day of competition with a team score of 9-over, 293, in the second round.
William Love moved into the top-10 on the leaderboard with a 4-under, 67, in the second round. The freshman heads into the final day of competition in a tie for eighth place at 5-under for the tournament. Love played the front nine bogey-free while rolling in two birdies and then carded birdies on two of his final three holes to finish in the 60's for the seventh time this season.
Birdies on both of the front-nine par-5's helped Jimmy Zheng to a 3-over, 74, in the second round. The Auckland, New Zealand native enters Tuesday's action in a tie for 31st at 1-over through 36 holes.
Luke Sample signed for a 4-over, 75, for his second round. The sophomore played his final two holes at 2-under par, including a birdie 4 on his final hole of the day – the par-5 13th. Sample enters the third round in a tie for 47th.
Ian Siebers rounded out the team's scoring on Monday afternoon with a 6-over, 77. He birdied his first hole of the day, the par-5 13th, along with No. 5, a 635-yard par-5. The Bellevue, Wash., native is tied for 75th after 36 holes.
Also for Duke, Kelly Chinn signed for an 11-over, 82, in the second round.

NOTES

Duke had the fifth-best team score on par-5's on Monday, going 13-under on those holes.
William Love's 4-under matches his third-best score to par in a round this season, trailing his rounds of 9-under and 7-under at the Dorado Beach Collegiate.
The Blue Devils have made 38 birdies through the first two rounds.
Love is tied for third-best individual scoring on both par-4's and par-5's, going 2-under and 6-under on those holes, respectively.

UP NEXT

Duke's final round starts at 8:30 a.m., with a shotgun start. The Blue Devils start on holes No. 9 through 12, playing alongside Georgia Southern, Northwestern and Wake Forest. Live scoring is available on Golfstat.

HOW IT HAPPENED: SEAHAWK INTERCOLLEGIATE

Duke had four individuals participate in the Seahawk Intercollegiate, held on the Dye Course at the CC of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.
John Peters was the low Blue Devil for the event, finishing with a 54-hole score of 1-under, 215, and in a tie for 28th place. The Carlisle, Pa., native scattered two bogeys throughout his final round while rolling in two birdies on both the front and back nine.
On Sunday, Daniel Choi closed his first day of competition strong, making seven birdies – including four straight to start the back-nine – prior to his second round being suspended due to darkness on Sunday night. The freshman went on to finish at 2-over, 218, for the tournament and in a tie for 40th place.
Ethan Evans and Daniel Uranga rounded out Duke's showing in Wilmington. Evans finished at 4-over, 220, while Uranga ended his tournament at 8-over, 224. Evans tied for 50th place while Uranga ended in 65th place for the tournament.

QUOTES

"Highlight of the week was holing out on hole 10 in the second round. I hadn't made a lot of mid-long range putts, so it was nice to make eagle from off the green. Overall, it was a solid week and I'm hoping to build on this moving forward" – Duke sophomore John Peters

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