Brinker Closes Career with Top-10 Finish at NCAA Championship

Monday, May 20

Carlsbad, Calif.

Duke University

NCAA Championship

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Brinker Closes Career with Top-10 Finish at NCAA Championship

5/21/2024 1:24:00 AM | Women's Golf

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CARLSBAD, Calif. – Duke women's golf senior Phoebe Brinker carded a final round of even-par, 72, on Monday to conclude action at the NCAA Championship in a tie for 10th, which was being contested at the 6,297-yard, par-72 Omni La Costa Resort & Spa North Course in Carlsbad, Calif.

With her finish, Brinker became just the 10th Blue Devil to register multiple top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championship joining a list of former and current Duke alumnae in the professional ranks -- Gina Kim, Leona Maguire, Celine Boutier, Lindy Duncan, Amanda Blumenherst, Jennie Lee, Anna Grzebien, Virada Nirapathpongporn and Candy Hannemann.

Brinker, a native of Wilmington, Del., carded rounds of 69, 73, 74 and 72 for an even-par, 288, over the four days.

As a team, Duke placed tied for 14th, which marked Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks' 30th top-15 finish of his career in NCAA Championship action.

How It Happened

Phoebe Brinker opened her day with a 5-footer for birdie on No. 10 and then held tough with an up-and-down par on No. 12 and a sand save for par on No. 13 to remain in the red. She then hit her 50-degree wedge from 100 yards to three feet for birdie on the 386-yard, par-4 14th. Brinker had another sand save for par on No. 15 and up-and-down par on No. 16 to remain at 2-under-par. She rolled in a 4-footer for birdie on No. 17, but got in trouble with her second shot on the par-5 No. 18 and finished with a bogey. Brinker then dropped a total of four shots over a span of six holes to fall to 1-over for the day. She got up-and-down for par on No. 6 and then hit her 54-degree wedge from 100 yards for birdie on No. 7 to get back to even and parred the final two holes to finish with a 72. She hit 12 fairways, nine greens and had a team-best 28 putts.
Senior Anne Chen signed for a 2-over, 74, in the final round and placed tied for 43rd overall with a 297.She parred the first four holes and then hit her pitching wedge from 128 yards to one foot for birdie on No. 14.She suffered bogeys on No. 16 and No. 2 to fall to 1-over, but came back to hit her 50-degree wedge to six feet from 107 yards on No. 4 to notch another birdie.After a bogey on No. 5, Chen once again got back to even with a 2-footer for birdie on No. 7.The Sugar Land, Texas native closed the day with back-to-back bogeys to finish with a 74.She hit 13 fairways, 12 greens and had 31 putts on the day.
Rookie Katie Li carded 13 pars on Monday and finished with a 77.She was limited to only one birdie, which came on her final hole – No. 9.Li, who is from Basking Ridge, N.J., hit her 9-iron from 119 yards to five feet for the birdie.She hit 11 greens, nine fairways and had 33 putts on the day.
Both Emma McMyler and Andie Smith closed the event with a 78.
McMyler, who is from San Antonio, Texas, couldn't get things going in the final round as she was held to only one birdie, which came on her final collegiate hole.In her last approach shot as a college golfer, she couldn't have asked for a much better shot as she hit her 8-iron from 134 yards to less than a foot for birdie on the 364-yard, par-4 ninth hole.She hit 12 greens, seven fairways and had 34 putts.
After turning in an even-par, 72, in the second round, Smith struggled to finish the event the last two days.She collected six up-and-downs on the day, but couldn't sink a birdie as she finished with 32 putts, 10 greens and 11 fairways.

Notes

Phoebe Brinker concluded her career with 351 birdies to finish in a tie for fifth along with Anna Grzebien (351) on Duke's all-time charts.
Brinker also finished seventh with 16 rounds in the 60s, first in eagles (10) and seventh with 53 even or under par rounds.

Over four seasons, Brinker totaled 14 top-10 finishes and 20 top-20 placements.She also finished with a pair of victories, including the 2022 ACC Championship.
Brinker's 15 birdies ranked tied for sixth among the field.
As a team, Duke placed 14th overall with rounds of 286, 293, 304 and 301 for a total of 1,184.
Stanford (1,154) and LSU (1,154) finished in a tie for first, while Texas A&M (1,157), Southern California (1,165), Clemson (1,170), UCLA (1,171), Oregon (1,171) and Auburn (1,172) finished in the top eight to advance to match play.
Duke finished the week in a tie for last with an 18-over-par score on par-5 holes, after finishing the NCAA Regional at 28-under-par.The Blue Devils entered the week with a 106-under-par score on par-5 holes on the year.
The Blue Devils finished with 46 birdies for the week, but only had nine in the final round.
Emma McMyler tied for first on the par-3 holes with a 2-under-par score.
In her first appearance in the NCAA Championship, McMyler tied for 43rd with rounds of 71, 73, 76 and 78 for a 298.

Quotes

"I'm happy for Phoebe that she shot even par for the tournament on one of the most difficult courses we've ever played.Really a special way to wind up her career."-- Duke head coach Dan Brooks on the finish for senior Phoebe Brinker
"It's disappointing to not be playing tomorrow. We have a lot of depth, which would have helped us in match play.We had a great group this season. Very team oriented.It was a lot of fun." -- Duke head coach Dan Brooks
"I'm really happy with how I finished and overall just really happy to be leaving my college golf career on a high note. I'm really proud of myself for how I fought on this golf course. And it hasn't really been the spring that I wanted. So, to end it this way, was truly the best thing I could have imagined."-- Duke senior Phoebe Brinker

What is Next

The Blue Devils close the season and will lose the following seniors – Phoebe Brinker and Anne Chen – along with graduate student Emma McMyler to graduation.

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Duke Results
T15 T10 Phoebe Brinker Duke 69 73 74 72 288 E
T34 T45 Emma McMyler Duke 71 73 76 78 298 +10
T57 T43 Anne Chen Duke 73 75 75 74 297 +9
T86 T70 Katie Li Duke 73 75 79 77 304 +16
T98 T72 Andie Smith Duke 77 72 79 78 306 +18

1 2 3 4 Team Scores
T3 2 2 T1 Stanford 285 285 285 299 1154 +2
14 T5 3 T1 LSU 289 286 288 291 1154 +2
2 1 1 3 Texas A&M 281 284 289 303 1157 +5
T21 11 10 4 Southern California 299 283 296 287 1165 +13
1 3 4 5 Clemson 280 293 293 304 1170 +18
T15 4 6 T6 UCLA 291 283 300 297 1171 +19
17 7 T7 T6 Oregon 294 283 299 295 1171 +19
T3 T5 T7 8 Auburn 285 290 301 296 1172 +20
T18 T14 12 9 Wake Forest 295 292 297 290 1174 +22
T12 T8 9 10 Arkansas 288 290 299 300 1177 +25
T21 13 14 T11 Texas 299 286 302 295 1182 +30
T9 16 15 T11 Florida State 287 302 300 293 1182 +30
T3 T8 5 T11 Northwestern 285 293 295 309 1182 +30
T6 10 11 14 Duke 286 293 304 301 1184 +32
T9 12 13 15 Mississippi State 287 297 301 301 1186 +34

Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 68 68 68 72 276 -12
2 2 Lottie Woad Florida State 65 74 71 69 279 -9
T4 3 Paula Martin Sampedro Stanford 70 72 70 70 282 -6
3 T4 Maria Jose Marin Arkansas 72 68 71 72 283 -5
T4 T4 Aine Donegan LSU 74 67 71 71 283 -5
T4 6 Kiara Romero Oregon 75 66 71 72 284 -4
T10 7 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 69 69 75 72 285 -3
T10 8 Julia Lopez Ramirez Mississippi State 71 69 73 73 286 -2
T4 9 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 71 71 70 75 287 -1
T21 T10 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 72 72 74 70 288 E
T15 T10 Phoebe Brinker Duke 69 73 74 72 288 E
T17 T10 Zoe Campos UCLA 74 69 74 71 288 E
T17 T10 Latanna Stone LSU 71 73 73 71 288 E
12 T10 Megha Ganne Stanford 72 70 72 74 288 E
T21 15 Brianna Navarrosa Southern California 75 72 71 71 289 +1
T27 T16 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 72 75 72 71 290 +2
T4 T16 Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 68 73 71 78 290 +2
T34 18 Ashley Menne * Arizona State 70 72 78 71 291 +3
T41 T19 Bailey Shoemaker Southern California 78 69 74 71 292 +4
T17 T19 Amari Avery Southern California 73 72 72 75 292 +4
T13 T19 Kendall Todd Arkansas 72 70 73 77 292 +4
T4 T19 Ashley Yun Northwestern 71 70 71 80 292 +4
T41 T19 Anna Davis Auburn 69 72 80 71 292 +4
T27 T24 Isabella Rawl Clemson 66 80 73 74 293 +5
T17 T24 Caroline Canales UCLA 69 72 76 76 293 +5
T13 T24 Megan Schofill Auburn 71 74 70 78 293 +5
T34 T24 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 73 72 75 73 293 +5
T41 T28 Minori Nagano Oregon 75 73 73 73 294 +6
T34 T28 BaiMai Seema * Baylor 74 70 76 74 294 +6
T34 T28 Kayla Smith * North Carolina 71 72 77 74 294 +6
T27 T28 Leila Raines * Michigan State 71 73 75 75 294 +6
T15 T28 Rachel Heck Stanford 71 72 73 78 294 +6
T27 T28 Louisa Carlbom * San Jose State 68 78 73 75 294 +6
T71 T34 Angela Heo Texas 78 73 74 70 295 +7
T50 T34 Catherine Park Southern California 73 70 79 73 295 +7
T64 T34 Lauren Kim Texas 76 72 76 71 295 +7
T21 T34 Rebecca Gyllner * San Jose State 71 74 73 77 295 +7
T21 T34 Grace Kilcrease * Tulsa 76 71 71 77 295 +7
T64 T39 Lauryn Nguyen Northwestern 77 74 73 72 296 +8
T41 T39 Meghan Royal UCLA 75 69 77 75 296 +8
T27 T39 Kelly Xu Stanford 72 77 70 77 296 +8
T34 T39 Patience Rhodes * Arizona State 73 74 73 76 296 +8
T57 T43 Anne Chen Duke 73 75 75 74 297 +9
T50 T43 Ching-Tzu Chen Oregon 71 73 78 75 297 +9
T34 T45 Emma McMyler Duke 71 73 76 78 298 +10
T57 T45 Natalie Vo UCLA 74 74 75 75 298 +10
T21 T45 Sadie Englemann Stanford 73 71 74 80 298 +10
T21 T45 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 72 71 75 80 298 +10
T34 T45 Katie Lu * Michigan State 73 75 72 78 298 +10
T79 T50 Hsin Chun Liao Texas 71 78 77 73 299 +11
T86 T50 Macy Pate Wake Forest 77 74 76 72 299 +11
T50 T50 Kate Villegas UCLA 74 73 75 77 299 +11
T86 T53 Alice Hodge Florida State 72 76 79 73 300 +12
T27 T53 Farah O'Keefe Texas 76 66 77 81 300 +12
T57 T53 Sydney Roberts Clemson 74 73 76 77 300 +12
T79 T53 Anna Foster Auburn 75 74 77 74 300 +12
T71 T53 Ting-Hsuan Huang Oregon 76 71 78 75 300 +12
T86 T58 Avery Weed Mississippi State 74 79 74 74 301 +13
T64 T58 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 78 71 75 77 301 +13
T64 T58 Jiayi Wang Northwestern 72 77 75 77 301 +13
T71 T58 Casey Weidenfeld Auburn 70 70 85 76 301 +13
T98 T62 Charlotte Heath Florida State 75 77 76 74 302 +14
T27 T62 Jieni Li Northwestern 71 72 76 83 302 +14
T79 T62 Taylor Riley LSU 77 75 74 76 302 +14
T57 T65 Surapa Janthamunee Mississippi State 70 72 81 80 303 +15
T79 T65 Mirabel Ting Florida State 75 77 74 77 303 +15
T98 T65 Katie Cranston Auburn 77 77 74 75 303 +15
T50 T65 Melena Barrientos Clemson 71 76 75 81 303 +15
T101 T65 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 73 81 75 74 303 +15
T86 T70 Katie Li Duke 73 75 79 77 304 +16
T86 T70 Kajal Mistry Arkansas 73 77 77 77 304 +16
T114 T72 Chiara Horder Mississippi State 72 77 82 75 306 +18
T98 T72 Andie Smith Duke 77 72 79 78 306 +18
T86 74 Jennie Park Texas A&M 79 73 75 80 307 +19
T79 T75 Chloe Holder Clemson 81 75 70 82 308 +20
T86 T75 Karen Tsuru Oregon 73 77 77 81 308 +20
T106 T75 Miriam Ayora Arkansas 71 75 84 78 308 +20
T79 T78 Huai-Chien Hsu Texas 76 75 75 84 310 +22
T106 T78 Jennifer Cai Northwestern 71 81 78 80 310 +22
T135 T78 Reagan Zibilski Arkansas 78 80 78 74 310 +22
T124 81 Brooke Rivers Wake Forest 74 82 77 79 312 +24
T144 82 Katherine Cook Florida State 81 75 82 77 315 +27
84 Cindy Kou Southern California 78 75 72 225 +9
149 83 Samantha Whateley Mississippi State 73 79 152 +8
84 Cindy Kou Southern California 78 75 72 225 +9