Lee Fires Five-Under-Par 67 On Day Two To Pace Duke Women?s Golf

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Lee Fires Five-Under-Par 67 On Day Two To Pace Duke Women?s Golf

9/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

FRANKLIN, TENN. ? Led by a five-under-par, 67, on Saturday by senior Jennie Lee, the Duke women's golf team turned in a one-under-par, 287, in the second round at the Mason Rudolph Women's Championship, which is being played at the Legends Club North Course in Franklin, Tenn.

Lee's round of 67 matches her career best, which also took place at the Mason Rudolph Championship in 2006 during the first round. With her five-under-par score, Lee now enters the final round tied for seventh with a 140.

In the team standings, Duke owns a 36-hole total of 579 and is fifth. UCLA posted a 13-under-par, 275, on Saturday to take over the lead with a 562. Oklahoma State (568), Southern California (573), Duke (579), Arizona State (580), Florida (588), Alabama (590), Purdue (596) and Arkansas (597) rounded out the top 10.

“Obviously, we have a little ways to go on our team score,” said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. “We pretty much have to stay under par to compete and win these things. But it was nice to get under par. The thing that I liked the most about today is we got pretty considerable contributions from various players. It is nice to see Jennie shooting the kind of scores we are used to seeing her shoot. [Alison] Whitaker -- she has been working a little bit on her swing and it looks like she is coming into it a little bit. I cannot say enough about Kim Donovan for the hard work she is putting in right now and developing. It is just a matter of time with what she is doing. Of course, Amanda is under par -- not as far under but she is still under par. I am looking forward to tomorrow.”

A product of Henderson, Nev., Lee turned in a very exciting round which included two eagles, three birdies and two bogeys. She kicked off her day with a birdie, but suffered two bogeys over two out of the next five holes as she fell to one-over-par. Lee responded with her fifth eagle of her career on the 465-yard, par five seventh hole. She parred the next two holes as she made the turn with a one-under-par, 35.

On the back nine, Lee parred the first five holes before closing with a birdie, par, birdie and eagle. Her eagle on the 18th came off a great fairway wood approach which landed 30 feet from the hole. Lee holed the 30-footer to close out the day.

Coming off collecting a five-under-par, 67, on Friday, senior Amanda Blumenherst posted an even-par, 72, on Saturday and now is tied for fourth with a 139 in the individual standings. A product of Scottsdale, Ariz., Blumenherst carded two bogeys over the first five holes before notching the first of four birdies on the day at No. 6. She made the turn with a one-over-par, 37, and played the final nine at one-under-par, 35, to finish with a 72.

Junior Alison Whitaker had a solid day on Saturday as she fired 16 pars, one birdie and one double-bogey to finish with a one-over-par, 73. Whitaker, who is from Melbourne, Australia, parred the first three holes before suffering a double-bogey on the fourth hole. She totaled two more pars before notching her lone birdie the 465-yard, par five No. 7. Whitaker is tied for 48th, individually, with a 151.

Building off her two straight birdies to close out Friday's round, freshman Kim Donovan fired a three-over-par, 75, on Saturday. Donovan, who is a native of Hopkinton, Mass., totaled three birdies, three bogeys and three pars on the front nine as she made the turn at even par, 36. On the back nine, Donovan notched six pars and three bogeys to finish with a three-over-par round. She will enter the final round tied for 56th with a 153.

After firing a career-best 75 in the first round, Yu Young Lee finished with a seven-over-par, 79, on Saturday and is now tied for 56th with a 153.

Leading the individual action is Vanderbilt's Megan Grehan as she posted a seven-under-par, 65, on Saturday. Grehan now owns a two-day total of 136 and leads by one stroke over Auburn's Candace Schepperle (137) and two shots over UCLA's Sydnee Michaels (138). Blumenherst is three shots off the lead, while Jennie Lee is four shots back.

As a team, Duke registered 11 birdies on day two after posting 17 birdies in the first round.

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