HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Duke women's golf team carded a 3-under-par, 281, on Monday in the opening round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at the 6,369-yard, par-71, Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.
The Blue Devils sit tied for second overall as all five Duke golfers shot even par or better, led by sophomore
Andie Smith's 2-under-par, 69.
How It Happened
- Boosted by a team-best five birdies on the day, sophomore Andie Smith led the Blue Devils with a 2-under, 69, and is tied for seventh overall through 18 holes.She kicked off her day with three birdies over her first five holes and led the field.Smith, a product of Hobe Sound, Fla., got things started on No. 2 as she hit her 6-iron from 161 yards to eight feet for birdie.She then drained a 6-foot birdie on No. 4 and a 20-footer for birdie on No. 5 to get to 3-under.After a bogey on No. 6, Smith hit her 9-iron from 137 yards on the eighth hole to 10 feet and sank another birdie.She suffered a bogey on No. 11, but quickly got to 4-under-par with an 8-foot birdie and 4-foot birdie on holes No. 12 and No. 13, respectively.Smith closed the day with three pars and two bogeys to finish with a 69.
- With a 1-under-par, 70, senior Anne Chen is tied for 15th overall.She opened her day with a 1-under-par, 35, on the front nine with birdies on No. 3 and No. 8.Chen, a product of Sugar Land, Texas, hit a half 50-degree wedge from 96 yards in the fairway bunker to 14 feet for birdie on No. 3.She also hit her 8-iron on No. 8 from 137 yards that hit the left side of the green and eventually settled to four feet from the cup for birdie.On the back nine, Chen shot even par with five pars, two birdies and two bogeys.She rolled in a 13-footer for birdie on No. 13 and an 11-footer on No. 17.
- Graduate student Emma McMyler opened her day with three pars, before suffering a bogey on No. 4.She came back on the par-5 sixth hole and hit her approach from 84 yards to nine feet for birdie to get back to even.McMyler, who is from San Antonio, Texas, dropped a shot on No. 8, but went on to close her day with a 1-under-par score over her final 10 holes.She notched her second birdie of the afternoon on No. 12 as she rolled in a 12-footer to finish with an even-par, 71.
- After five pars to start her round, freshman Katie Li got hot as she got up-and-down on the par-5 sixth hole for birdie and then rolled in a 10-footer for birdie on the 137-yard, par-3 eighth hole to get to 2-under.Li, a native of Basking Ridge, N.J., had a tough start to the back nine as she was 4-over-par during holes 10-14.She regrouped and closed in impressive fashion as she hit it to five feet from 104 yards out for birdie on No. 15 and then hit a knockdown 9-iron from 127 yards that hit the flag and settled 20 feet from the cup, before rolling in the birdie.Li signed for an even-par, 71.
- Senior Phoebe Brinker carded 18 pars on Monday en route to an even-par, 71.She was the only golfer in the field to register 18 pars on the day.Brinker, who hails from Wilmington, Del., has now registered 26 straight holes without a bogey dating back to the Moon Golf Invitational.
- Arizona State leads the team standings with a 6-under, 278, with Duke (281) and Northwestern (281) tied for second.South Carolina (282), LSU (283) and Mississippi State (283) are tied for fifth.
Notes
- Duke has shot 10-under-par over its last two rounds of golf dating back to the Moon Golf Invitational.
- Andie Smith totaled her seventh career round in the 60s and 16th even or under par ledger. She hit 11 fairways, 12 greens and rolled a tied for team-best 28 putts.
- Smith's six birdies tied for a first round best for the field.
- Anne Chen collected her 32nd career round of even or under par. She hit a team-best 16 greens and 13 fairways on the day. Chen's 3-under score on par-3 holes on Monday was tied for a tournament best.
- As a team, Duke tied for a team-best with a 5-under-par score on par-3 holes.
- Katie Li has posted eight rounds of even or under par on the season.
- Emma McMyler tied for a team best with 28 putts.
- Duke registered 16 birdies on the day.
- Ingrid Lindblad (LSU) and Julia Lopez Ramirez (Mississippi State) lead individually with a 4-under, 67.
What is Next
- Duke will tee off on Tuesday beginning at 11 a.m., off hole No. 10 along with Texas and Mississippi State.
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Duke Results
- T7
Andie Smith Duke 69 -2
- T15
Anne Chen Duke 70 -1
- T21
Katie Li Duke 71 E
- T21
Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 E
- T21
Emma McMyler Duke 71 E
1 Team Scores
1 Arizona State 278, -6
T2 Duke 281, -3
T2 Northwestern 281, -3
4 South Carolina 282, -2
T5 LSU 283, -1
T5 Mississippi State 283, -1
T7 Texas 284, E
T7 Auburn 284, E
T7 Arkansas 284, E
T7 Wake Forest 284, E
11 Alabama 289, +5
T12 Vanderbilt 290, +6
T12 Kentucky 290, +6
T12 Georgia 290, +6
15 Ohio State 295, +11
16 Oregon 296, +12
17 Baylor 298, +14
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Julia Lopez Ramirez Mississippi State 67 -4
- T1 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 67 -4
- T3 Anna Davis Auburn 68 -3
- T3 Patience Rhodes Arizona State 68 -3
- T3 Grace Summerhays Arizona State 68 -3
- T3 Maylis Lamoure South Carolina 68 -3
- T7
Andie Smith Duke 69 -2
- T7 Caterina Don Georgia 69 -2
- T7 Jieni Li Northwestern 69 -2
- T7 Lauren Kim Texas 69 -2
- T7 Anne-Sterre Den Dunnen Wake Forest 69 -2
- T7 Vairana Heck South Carolina 69 -2
- T7 Macy Pate Wake Forest 69 -2
- T7 Laney Frye Kentucky 69 -2
- T15 Anna Foster Auburn 70 -1
- T15 Maria Jose Marin Arkansas 70 -1
- T15 Dianna Lee Northwestern 70 -1
- T15 Huai-Chien Hsu Texas 70 -1
- T15
Anne Chen Duke 70 -1
- T15 Ting Hsuan Huang Oregon 70 -1
- T21 Kendall Todd Arkansas 71 E
- T21 Beth Coulter Arizona State 71 E
- T21 Kaitlyn Schroeder Alabama 71 E
- T21 Reagan Zibilski Arkansas 71 E
- T21 Ashley Menne Arizona State 71 E
- T21 Kary Hollenbaugh Ohio State 71 E
- T21
Emma McMyler Duke 71 E
- T21 Sera Hasegawa Baylor 71 E
- T21 Avery Weed Mississippi State 71 E
- T21 Jennifer Cai Northwestern 71 E
- T21
Katie Li Duke 71 E
- T21
Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 E
- T21 Lauryn Nguyen Northwestern 71 E
- T21 Farah O'Keefe Texas 71 E
- T21 Brooke Rivers Wake Forest 71 E
- T21 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 71 E
- T21 Jensen Castle Kentucky 71 E
- T38 Elina Sinz Alabama 72 +1
- T38 Miriam Ayora Arkansas 72 +1
- T38 Casey Weidenfeld Auburn 72 +1
- T38 Caley McGinty Ohio State 72 +1
- T38 Sarah Edwards Alabama 72 +1
- T38 Emily Hummer * Ohio State 72 +1
- T38 Surapa Janthamunee Mississippi State 72 +1
- T38 Savannah De Bock Georgia 72 +1
- T38 Marissa Wenzler Kentucky 72 +1
- T38 Jordan Fischer LSU 72 +1
- T38 Virginie Ding Vanderbilt 72 +1
- T38 Hannah Darling South Carolina 72 +1
- T38 Tillie Claggett Vanderbilt 72 +1
- T51 Ana Pina Ortega Mississippi State 73 +2
- T51 Lynn Lim Vanderbilt 73 +2
- T51 Ava Merrill Vanderbilt 73 +2
- T51 Latanna Stone LSU 73 +2
- T51 Louise Rydqvist South Carolina 73 +2
- T56 Jillian Bourdage Ohio State 74 +3
- T56 Taylor Kehoe Alabama 74 +3
- T56 Harriet Lockley * Alabama 74 +3
- T56 Megan Schofill Auburn 74 +3
- T56 Isabella Holpfer Georgia 74 +3
- T56 Selina Liao Texas 74 +3
- T56 Bohyun Park Texas 74 +3
- T56 Ashleen Kaur Baylor 74 +3
- T56 Rosie Belsham Baylor 74 +3
- T56 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74 +3
- T56 Kiara Romero Oregon 74 +3
- T67 Katie Cranston Auburn 75 +4
- T67 Ashley Yun Northwestern 75 +4
- T67 LoraLie Cowart Georgia 75 +4
- T67 ÁIne Donegan LSU 75 +4
- T67 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 75 +4
- T72 Mia Sandtorv Lussand * South Carolina 76 +5
- T72 Izzy Pellot Mississippi State 76 +5
- T72 Anika Varma Oregon 76 +5
- T72 Minori Nagano Oregon 76 +5
- 76 Jiayi Wang * Northwestern 77 +6
- T77 Kailie Vongsaga Ohio State 78 +7
- T77 Ela Anacona Arkansas 78 +7
- T77 Cathryn Brown Kentucky 78 +7
- T80 Paula Schulz-Hanssen Arizona State 79 +8
- T80 Silje Ohma Baylor 79 +8
- T80 Marta Lopez Echevarria Kentucky 79 +8
- T80 Sophia Burnett South Carolina 79 +8
- T84 Mattison Frick Alabama 80 +9
- T84 Faith Choi Ohio State 80 +9
- T84 Natachanok Tunwannarux Georgia 80 +9
- 87 Ching-Tzu Chen Oregon 81 +10
- T88 Shani Waite * Prairie View A&M 83 +12
- T88 Yoonjeong Huh Baylor 83 +12