Maguire, Duke Claim Darius Rucker Titles

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Day Three at Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Maguire, Duke Claim Darius Rucker Titles

3/8/2015 7:48:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – For the second straight season, the Duke women's golf team took home the team and individual titles at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Sunday at the 6,142-yard, par 71 Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.

Freshman Leona Maguire won the individual title on a one-hole playoff, while the sixth-ranked Blue Devils shot a two-under, 282, to finish with a nine stroke victory.

As a team, Duke shot a tournament-record 282 in the final round to close the weekend with a 54-hole tournament record, 858. It was four strokes better than the Blue Devils' ledger from a year ago. Rounding out the top 10 were LSU (867), Southern California (867), Tennessee (889), South Carolina (890), Wake Forest (890), Mississippi State (892), Virginia (900), Arkansas (901) and Furman (902).

“We got important contribution from everyone this weekend,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “I'm real proud of all three freshmen, particularly. Leona's back-to-back birdies on 18, for the individual win, were outstanding. One of the most impressive things I've seen as a coach.”

It is the second team title this season as Duke registered a win in Chapel Hill, N.C., at the Tar Heel Invitational in the fall. The victory is the 121st of Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks' career, which continues to be the most wins in Division I women's golf history.

“It is great,” Maguire commented about getting the victory. “I was pretty close in the fall to getting a win and to especially do it the way I did it in a playoff, it was really nice.

Maguire, who held a one-stroke lead heading into the final round Sunday, was one-over-par through 12 holes in the final round to fall behind LSU's Madeline Sagstrom by two strokes. A product of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire rolled in her third birdie of the day on No. 14 to cut the lead to one, but Sagstrom netted a birdie on No. 15 to go back up by two shots. Maguire collected a birdie on No. 16 and went into the final hole needing a birdie to send the individual title into a playoff.

She hit her five-wood from 202 yards to within 12 feet and drained a birdie to send the action to extra holes. The two golfers went back to the No. 18 tee box and Maguire hit an excellent tee shot. She then knocked her 4-iron from 167-yards to 12 feet on the green. Maguire sank the putt to claim her first collegiate title. She had 32 putts on the day, while hitting 16 greens and 13 fairways.

“I knew Madeline had been playing pretty solid all day and she hadn't made any mistakes,” said Maguire. “The 18th was playing pretty tough today into the wind and I knew I needed to make a birdie to force a playoff.”

Sophomore Sandy Choi collected her second top five finish of the season as she placed third overall with a three-day ledger of 214. Choi, who is from Seoul, South Korea, closed the tournament with a one-under-par, 70, as she totaled two birdies, one bogey and 15 pars. She kicked off her day with six straight pars and then collected a birdie on the 385-yard, par four seventh hole. After a bogey on No. 11, Choi turned in five consecutive pars before carding her second birdie at the 172-yard, par three 17th. She had a par to close the day. Choi hit 13 fairways, 14 greens and had 31 putts during the round.

With a collegiate best tied seventh placement Sunday by Gurbani Singh, she notched her first top 10 finish at Duke out of four tournaments. A native of New Delhi, India, Singh carded a career-low, two-under-par, 69, Sunday paced by a career-best five birdies. With birdies on No. 1 and No. 8, Singh held a 2-under ledger through eight holes. A bogey on No. 9 dropped her back to 1-under, but she went on to birdie three out of the next four holes to get to 4-under-par for the day. Singh suffered bogeys on No. 14 and No. 16 to close the afternoon with a 69. In the final round, she hit 12 greens, eight fairways and rolled in a career-best 25 putts.

Junior Celine Boutier concluded the weekend with a 15th place finish with rounds of 74, 72 and 74 for a total of 220. Boutier, who is from Montrouge, France, registered 10 straight pars to open the day before going bogey, double-bogey and birdie the next three holes to drop to two-over. She finished with four pars and a bogey on No. 17.

After struggling the first two days, freshman Lisa Maguire settled down and closed with a solid three-over-par, 74, Sunday. Maguire, a product of Cavan, Ireland, had six straight pars to kick off her day, before suffering bogeys on three out of her next four holes. She had six consecutive pars and then totaled her second birdie of the tournament on No. 17. Maguire had a bogey on No. 18 to finish the day.

Duke will next compete in the Liz Murphey Collegiate March 27-29 in Athens, Ga.

Notes:

• Leona Maguire is the second straight Duke freshman to win the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate as Yu Liu won a year ago.
• Two Duke golfers have won a tournament this season as Sandy Choi took home the Cougar Classic title in the fall.

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Duke Results
1 T1 Leona Maguire Duke 73 65 69 207 -6
5 T3 Sandy Choi Duke 74 70 70 214 +1
T21 T7 Gurbani Singh Duke 72 76 69 217 +4
T9 15 Celine Boutier Duke 74 72 74 220 +7
83 T72 Lisa Maguire Duke 81 81 74 236 +23

1 2 3 Team Scores
T3 1 1 Duke 293 283 282 858 +6
2 2 T2 LSU 291 286 290 867 +15
1 3 T2 Southern California 285 296 286 867 +15
T9 6 4 Tennessee 300 294 295 889 +37
8 5 T5 South Carolina 299 293 298 890 +38
T13 7 T5 Wake Forest 303 293 294 890 +38
T9 4 7 Miss. State 300 291 301 892 +40
16 T14 8 Virginia 304 303 293 900 +48
T3 9 9 Arkansas 293 306 302 901 +49
T9 8 10 Furman 300 297 305 902 +50
T13 10 11 Alabama 303 301 299 903 +51
12 T14 12 Vanderbilt 301 306 298 905 +53
T6 13 13 Arizona State 298 308 301 907 +55
T3 T11 T14 North Carolina 293 312 303 908 +56
T6 T11 T14 Auburn 298 307 303 908 +56
17 17 16 Kentucky 310 309 298 917 +65
T13 16 17 Georgia 303 311 311 925 +73

Start Finish Player Team Scores
2 T1 Madelene Sagstrom LSU 71 68 68 207 -6
1 T1 Leona Maguire Duke 73 65 69 207 -6
5 T3 Sandy Choi Duke 74 70 70 214 +1
3 T3 Gabriella Then Southern California 69 72 73 214 +1
T9 T5 Lauren Diaz-Yi Virginia 73 73 70 216 +3
4 T5 Noemi Jimenez Arizona State 71 72 73 216 +3
T29 T7 Kyung Kim Southern California 72 77 68 217 +4
T21 T7 Gurbani Singh Duke 72 76 69 217 +4
T9 T7 Caroline Nistrup LSU 71 75 71 217 +4
T21 T10 Marissa Dodd Wake Forest 72 76 70 218 +5
T9 T10 Emma Talley Alabama 74 72 72 218 +5
T9 T10 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 70 76 72 218 +5
T9 T13 Ally McDonald Miss. State 73 73 73 219 +6
T6 T13 Karen Chung Southern California 70 75 74 219 +6
T9 15 Celine Boutier Duke 74 72 74 220 +7
T29 T16 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 77 72 72 221 +8
T6 T16 Taylor Totland Furman 71 74 76 221 +8
T17 T16 Katelyn Dambaugh South Carolina 76 71 74 221 +8
T6 T16 Anna Newell Tennessee 70 75 76 221 +8
T17 T20 Allison Emrey Wake Forest 77 70 75 222 +9
T34 T20 Kendall Martindale Vanderbilt 75 75 72 222 +9
T34 T20 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 74 76 72 222 +9
T9 T23 Gaby Lopez Arkansas 70 76 77 223 +10
T45 T23 Lucia Polo Tennessee 78 74 71 223 +10
T21 T23 Jia Xin Yang South Carolina 72 76 75 223 +10
T34 T23 A.J. Newell Tennessee 77 73 73 223 +10
T21 T23 Carly Goldstein LSU 78 70 75 223 +10
T34 T28 Sarah Harris Kentucky 76 74 74 224 +11
T17 T28 Alex Harrell Auburn 74 73 77 224 +11
T45 T30 Regina Plasencia Arkansas 72 80 73 225 +12
T29 T30 Ainhoa Olarra * South Carolina 73 76 76 225 +12
T45 T30 Sarah Schmelzel South Carolina 77 75 73 225 +12
T40 T30 Alexandra Farnsworth Vanderbilt 75 76 74 225 +12
T17 T30 Emmie Pietila Tennessee 75 72 78 225 +12
T45 T30 Lauren Coughlin Virginia 72 80 73 225 +12
T29 T30 Cindy Ha Vanderbilt 72 77 76 225 +12
T29 T30 Nadine Dreher LSU 75 74 76 225 +12
T21 T30 Janie Jackson Alabama 74 74 77 225 +12
T21 T39 Valentina Romero Furman 74 74 78 226 +13
T66 T39 Elizabeth Szokol Virginia 79 77 70 226 +13
T21 T39 Mary Fran Hillow South Carolina 74 74 78 226 +13
T9 T39 Chieh Jessica Peng Miss. State 75 71 80 226 +13
T40 T39 Mia Landegren Alabama 73 78 75 226 +13
T45 T44 Alice Chen Furman 79 73 75 227 +14
T34 T44 Ji Eun Baik Miss. State 76 74 77 227 +14
T59 T44 Monica Vaughn Arizona State 75 79 73 227 +14
T52 T47 Summar Roachell Arkansas 75 78 75 228 +15
T74 T47 Haley Mills Kentucky 77 81 70 228 +15
T45 T47 Justine Dreher South Carolina 79 73 76 228 +15
T40 T47 Rica Tse Miss. State 76 75 77 228 +15
T72 T47 Annie Park Southern California 74 83 71 228 +15
T59 T47 Amy Lee Southern California 82 72 74 228 +15
T52 T47 Kelli Murphy Auburn 75 78 75 228 +15
T52 T54 Reona Hirai Furman 76 77 76 229 +16
T52 T54 Cheni Xu * North Carolina 79 74 76 229 +16
T34 T54 Samantha Marks Arkansas 78 72 79 229 +16
T21 T54 Elise Bradley LSU 74 74 81 229 +16
T52 T58 Vinh-Hop Ngo Wake Forest 77 76 77 230 +17
T45 T58 Isabella Skinner Georgia 75 77 78 230 +17
T52 T58 Ale Walker Kentucky 76 77 77 230 +17
T40 T58 Sammi Lee Georgia 75 76 79 230 +17
T66 T58 Blaise Carabello Miss. State 83 73 74 230 +17
T66 T58 Sophia Schubert Auburn 80 76 74 230 +17
T52 T64 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 75 78 78 231 +18
T62 T64 Maia Schechter North Carolina 75 80 76 231 +18
T40 66 Lyberty Anderson * Virginia 76 75 81 232 +19
T66 T67 Manuela Carbajo Re Georgia 74 82 77 233 +20
T66 T67 Harang Lee Georgia 79 77 77 233 +20
T66 T67 Victoria Trapani Auburn 74 82 77 233 +20
T74 T70 Roberta Liti Arizona State 77 81 77 235 +22
T62 T70 Briana Mao Virginia 80 75 80 235 +22
T77 T72 Irina Gabasa Vanderbilt 79 81 76 236 +23
83 T72 Lisa Maguire Duke 81 81 74 236 +23
T59 74 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 74 80 83 237 +24
T62 T75 Jacqueline Bendrick Furman 79 76 83 238 +25
T79 T75 Mariana Sims Wake Forest 86 75 77 238 +25
T79 T75 Jordy LaBarbera Arkansas 76 85 77 238 +25
T79 T75 Isabelle Johansson Kentucky 84 77 77 238 +25
T84 T75 Hannah Pietila Tennessee 82 81 75 238 +25
T77 80 Emilie Alonso Arizona State 81 79 79 239 +26
T84 T81 Grace Rose Kentucky 81 82 78 241 +28
76 T81 Maho Hayakawa Virginia 81 78 82 241 +28
T72 T81 Antonia Scherer Vanderbilt 79 78 84 241 +28
T79 T81 Cammie Gray Alabama 84 77 80 241 +28
88 85 Lakareber Abe Alabama 82 86 75 243 +30
87 T86 Sylvie Brick Georgia 84 81 79 244 +31
T84 T86 Ashleigh Greenham * Arizona State 81 82 81 244 +31
89 88 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 96 82 84 262 +49
T62 - Clara Baena Auburn 75 80 W - -
90 - Irene Jung * Duke W W W - -