Blue Devils, Li Win FSU Match Up Titles

Saturday, March 16

Tallahassee, Fla.

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Florida State Match Up

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Blue Devils, Li Win FSU Match Up Titles

3/16/2024 9:34:00 PM | Women's Golf

Scoring

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Duke women's golf team carded the second-lowest 54-hole score in school history with a 30-under-par, 834, and freshman Katie Li won her first collegiate tournament with a 12-under, 204, to close the FSU Match Up at the 6,250-yard, par-72 Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Blue Devils registered rounds of 281, 264 and 289 for a tournament-record, 30-under, 834, to win by 10 strokes over host Florida State. It marked the second win of the season for Duke and the 30-under, 834, were both tournament records.

Li, who hails from Basking Ridge, N.J., carded rounds of 66, 66 and 72 for a 12-under-par, 204, to win by three strokes. The 204 was tied for the third-lowest 54-hole score in Duke history on a par-72 course and became the first Blue Devil freshman to win a tournament since Gina Kim in 2018-19. Li is the 16th freshman to win an event in Duke history.

Duke finished the event with four golfers in the top 13 – Li (1st), Emma McMyler (T9), Anne Chen (T9) and Andie Smith (T13).

How It Happened

Katie Li opened her day by going par, bogey and par, but then went for the par-5 fourth green in two, but went over the green. After chipping to nine feet, she drained her first birdie of the day. Li parred the next three holes and then dropped two shots over the following three holes. She was able to once again take advantage of the par five with a birdie on No. 11 and then sank back-to-back 15-footers for birdie on No. 14 and No. 15 to get into the red for the first time on Saturday. Li parred the 16th and 17th holes, before closing with a bogey to finish with an even-par, 72. She hit eight fairways, 15 greens and rolled 34 putts in the final round.
Both Emma McMyler and Anne Chen closed the tournament in a tie for ninth place with a 4-under-par, 212.
McMyler registered an even-par, 72, on Saturday as she closed the final 14 holes with a 1-under-par score with three birdies.She parred the first three holes and then suffered a bogey on No. 4. McMyler, who is from San Antonio, Texas, then hit her 50-degree wedge from 104 yards to four feet for birdie on the 345-yard, par-4 seventh hole to return to even.Over her next 11 holes, she played even-par golf.McMyler added a birdie on the par-5 14th as she hit the green in two and 2-putted followed by her third birdie of the day on No. 17 as she sank an 8-footer.She hit 12 fairways and 16 greens on the day.
After bogeying the first hole, Chen used a half pitching wedge from 106 yards to 17 feet from the cup.She rolled in her lone birdie and then parred the next 10 holes.She closed with a pair of bogeys and four pars to finish with a 74.She hit 14 greens and 14 fairways on the day.
Coming off a 7-under, 65, the day before, sophomore Andie Smith closed with a 77 to finish with a 2-under, 214, which was tied for 13th.She birdied one par-5 on both nines, while hitting 12 fairways and 12 greens.
For the second time over the last two days, senior Phoebe Brinker signed for a 1-under, 71, to close the tournament.She finished with a 3-over, 219, which was tied for 24th.She opened the day with a bogey on No. 1, but came back to register back-to-back birdies on No. 3 and No. 4 to get to 1-under.On the par-3, 160-yard third hole, Brinker hit her 8-iron to five feet for birdie and then on the par-5 fourth she went for the green in two and was just short.Brinker, who is from Wilmington, Del., got it up-and-down for birdie.She bogeyed No. 5 and No. 6, but closed strong going 2-under over her final 12 holes.Brinker birdied both par-5's on the back to finish with a 71.She finished the day hitting 15 greens and 12 fairways.
Playing as an individual, junior Rylie Heflin closed the tournament with a 3-over, 219, which was a season-best tied for 24th.She collected five birdies in the final round as she finished with a 75.Heflin, a native of Avondale, Pa., opened the day on No. 10 and nearly hit the green in two on No. 11, before chipping to a tap-in range for birdie.She had a hot streak on her back nine as she was 2-under over a span of six holes with birdies on No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5.Heflin rolled in a 10-footer on No. 1, before hitting her 54-degree wedge from 95 yards to eight feet for birdie on No. 5.She then sank a 15-footer for birdie on No. 5.

Notes

Phoebe Brinker now owns 308 birdies over her Duke career to rank 12th on the Blue Devil record charts. She needs one more birdie to move into a tie with Virginia Elena Carta (309).
Brinker now owns 47 rounds of even or under par over her career and 13 on the season. Her 47 rounds of even or under par moved into a tie for ninth on the Duke career charts.
Brinker shot 8-under on par-5 holes to rank fourth.
Anne Chen registered her second top-10 finish of the season and eighth of her career. She shot 2-under on par-4 holes to rank tied for fourth.
With her tied for 13th finish, Andie Smith notched her sixth career top-20 placement.
Graduate student Emma McMyler turned in her second top-10 finish of the season and 22nd of her collegiate career.She owns 13 rounds of even or under par on the season and 51 of her career.
Katie Li led the field with a 13-under score on par-5 holes and with 17 birdies. Prior to this tournament, she had one top-20 finish in six events. Li has now posted even or under par rounds in nine out of her last 12 rounds.
Rylie Heflin shot 2-under on par-5 holes to rank tied for second for the tournament.
Li's 12-under, 204, tied the FSU Match Up tournament record held by Beatrice Wallin of Florida State.She shot 13-under on par-5 holes, which led the field along with 17 birdies.
Duke won the team title with a 30-under, 834, with Florida State (844), Georgia (859), Baylor (861) and SMU (871) rounding out the top five.
Li won the individual title by three strokes ahead of Lottie Woad of Florida State and Rosie Belsham of Baylor with a 9-under, 207.
Duke shot 33-under on par-5 holes to lead the field and its 63 birdies led as well.The Blue Devils were 5-over on par-4 holes, which was second.

Notes

"Each player did great work with their preparation leading up to the tournament.Then they were awesome at committing to their decisions"-- Duke associate head coach Jon Whithaus
"This week just felt very smooth. My head was in a very peaceful state and if it wasn't I was able to get it back on track. I was patient the whole way and I tried really hard to not let what was happening around me affect me whatsoever. Winning obviously feels great and my first individual win feels surreal. My whole freshman season so far I've felt like my game has been a little off every single time and to be candid, it was frustrating, but this win proved something to myself. To trust the process and results will eventually follow with patience."-- Duke freshman Katie Li

What is Next

Duke will next travel to Aiken, S.C., to participate in The Old Barnwell Match Play March 25-26 at the Old Barnwell course.

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Duke Results
1 1 Katie Li Duke 66 66 72 204 -12
T12 T9 Emma McMyler Duke 72 68 72 212 -4
T6 T9 Anne Chen Duke 73 65 74 212 -4
T4 T13 Andie Smith Duke 72 65 77 214 -2
T37 T24 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 77 71 219 +3
T22 T24 Rylie Heflin * Duke 72 72 75 219 +3

1 2 3 Team Scores
2 1 1 Duke 281 264 289 834 -30
1 2 2 Florida State 278 281 285 844 -20
3 3 3 Georgia 282 283 294 859 -5
T4 4 4 Baylor 284 283 294 861 -3
9 7 5 SMU 293 285 293 871 +7
8 8 6 Ohio State 291 290 293 874 +10
7 T5 7 Alabama 289 287 300 876 +12
T4 T5 8 Nebraska 284 292 302 878 +14
6 9 T9 Indiana 286 297 308 891 +27
T10 10 T9 Kansas 298 292 301 891 +27
14 13 11 Coastal Carolina 308 300 307 915 +51
T10 11 12 Campbell 298 304 314 916 +52
13 12 13 Delaware 307 300 316 923 +59
12 14 14 Daytona St. College 306 305 318 929 +65

Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Katie Li Duke 66 66 72 204 -12
3 T2 Rosie Belsham Baylor 70 66 71 207 -9
T6 T2 Lottie Woad Florida State 70 68 69 207 -9
T4 4 Mackenzie Lee SMU 69 68 71 208 -8
T14 5 Caterina Don Georgia 72 69 69 210 -6
T6 T6 Emily Odwin SMU 71 67 73 211 -5
T6 T6 Sera Hasegawa Baylor 71 67 73 211 -5
T16 T6 Mirabel Ting Florida State 71 71 69 211 -5
2 T9 Kelli Ann Strand Nebraska 67 67 78 212 -4
T12 T9 Emma McMyler Duke 72 68 72 212 -4
T6 T9 Anne Chen Duke 73 65 74 212 -4
T10 T9 Alice Hodge Florida State 66 73 73 212 -4
T12 T13 Charlotte Heath Florida State 71 69 74 214 -2
T4 T13 Andie Smith Duke 72 65 77 214 -2
T10 T13 Napat Lertsadwattana Georgia 69 70 75 214 -2
T19 16 Caley McGinty Ohio State 72 71 72 215 -1
T22 T17 Kary Hollenbaugh Ohio State 72 72 72 216 E
T16 T17 Lily Hirst Kansas 74 68 74 216 E
T16 T17 LoraLie Cowart Georgia 68 74 74 216 E
T33 T20 Caroline Craig Indiana 71 76 70 217 +1
T28 T20 Lindsey Thiele Nebraska 70 76 71 217 +1
T19 T22 Sarah Edwards Alabama 74 69 75 218 +2
T14 T22 Elina Sinz Alabama 69 72 77 218 +2
T37 T24 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 77 71 219 +3
T19 T24 Natachanok Tunwannarux Georgia 73 70 76 219 +3
T22 T24 Rylie Heflin * Duke 72 72 75 219 +3
T25 T24 Mattison Frick * Alabama 71 74 74 219 +3
T28 T28 Harriet Lockley Alabama 72 74 74 220 +4
T22 T28 Miu Takahashi Nebraska 71 73 76 220 +4
T25 T30 Faith Johnson Indiana 71 74 76 221 +5
T33 T30 Taylor Kehoe Alabama 74 73 74 221 +5
T37 T30 Silje Ohma Baylor 73 75 73 221 +5
T44 T33 Emily Hummer Ohio State 75 74 74 223 +7
T48 T33 Tess Davenport SMU 75 75 73 223 +7
T37 T33 Alicia Olsson Campbell 75 73 75 223 +7
T28 T33 Ashley Chow * SMU 76 70 77 223 +7
T44 T37 Samantha Paradise Daytona St. College 74 75 75 224 +8
T59 T37 Alisa Khokhlova Delaware 75 77 72 224 +8
T37 T37 Katherine Cook Florida State 73 75 76 224 +8
T25 T40 Jillian Bourdage Ohio State 72 73 80 225 +9
T44 T40 Hannah Karg Coastal Carolina 75 74 76 225 +9
T33 T40 Kaitlyn Schroeder Alabama 74 73 78 225 +9
T48 T40 Bella Bugg * Florida State 73 77 75 225 +9
T55 T44 Kaylah Williams * Florida State 74 77 75 226 +10
T37 T44 Varatkarn Kunkaew Coastal Carolina 73 75 78 226 +10
T37 T44 Jordan Rothman Kansas 76 72 78 226 +10
T37 T44 Isabella Hahne Campbell 72 76 78 226 +10
T48 T44 Bernice Ilas Georgia 75 75 76 226 +10
T59 T49 Kailie Vongsaga Ohio State 76 76 75 227 +11
T48 T49 BaiMai Seema Baylor 75 75 77 227 +11
T28 T49 Johanna Ebner Kansas 73 73 81 227 +11
T55 T52 Sara Sarrion Coastal Carolina 77 74 77 228 +12
T55 T52 Yoonjeong Huh * Baylor 79 72 77 228 +12
T33 T52 Ashleen Kaur Baylor 70 77 81 228 +12
T48 T52 Christina Carroll Delaware 75 75 78 228 +12
T48 T56 Caroline Smith Indiana 75 75 79 229 +13
T28 T56 Chloe Johnson Indiana 74 72 83 229 +13
T63 T58 Ellie Szeryk SMU 79 75 76 230 +14
T71 T58 Hanna Hawks Kansas 77 80 73 230 +14
T63 T58 Lauren Clark Kansas 75 79 76 230 +14
T63 T61 Celine Chen SMU 78 76 77 231 +15
T66 T61 Lyla Louderbaugh * Kansas 79 76 76 231 +15
T59 T61 Michaela Vavrova Nebraska 76 76 79 231 +15
T44 T61 Mira Berglund Campbell 77 72 82 231 +15
T66 65 Arden Louchheim Nebraska 76 79 77 232 +16
T48 T66 Maddie May Indiana 70 80 83 233 +17
T55 T66 Marissa Malosh Delaware 76 75 82 233 +17
T69 68 Kaley Amuso Daytona St. College 78 78 78 234 +18
75 T69 Luisa Gibson Coastal Carolina 83 77 76 236 +20
T66 T69 Analiese Raath Daytona St. College 77 78 81 236 +20
T59 T69 Angelica Holman Daytona St. College 77 75 84 236 +20
T71 T69 Izabella Grimbrandt Campbell 74 83 79 236 +20
T69 73 Tylar Whiting Daytona St. College 79 77 84 240 +24
T71 74 Lilia Henkel Delaware 83 74 84 241 +25
T71 75 Oihana Etxezarreta Delaware 81 76 85 242 +26
77 76 Isabella Spinazze Coastal Carolina 87 88 78 253 +37
76 77 Sanna Lundmark Campbell 82 84 92 258 +42
78 - Madison Hewlett * Florida State 73 D 74 - -