Singh Opens Strong at Tar Heel Invitational

Friday, October 14

Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Duke University

Day One at Tar Heel Invitational

Singh Opens Strong at Tar Heel Invitational

10/14/2016 6:13:00 PM | Women's Golf

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By: Duke Sports Information

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Behind four birdies over her first 10 holes, Duke University junior Gurbani Singh opened the first round of the Tar Heel Invitational Friday with a season-best two-under-par, 70, at the 6,379-yard, par 72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.

A native of New Delhi, India, Singh will enter the second round tied seventh overall, after leading the field with a four-under-par ledger through 10 holes early. She suffered her only bogeys on holes No. 15 and No. 18 on the way into the clubhouse. Singh netted birdies on No. 3, No. 6, rolled a 30-foot putt on No. 8 and carded her fourth birdie on No. 10. She hit 14 greens, 12 fairways and rolled 30 putts.

Taking the opening round lead was Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho with a six-under-par, 66, and a total of 16 golfers shot under par Friday.

As a team, Duke totaled a four-over-par, 292, and is tied sixth overall along with South Carolina. Wake Forest carded a six-under-par, 282, and leads by one stroke over Ohio State. Alabama (285), Arkansas (286), NC State (288), South Carolina (292), Duke (292) Tennessee (294), Louisville (295), Vanderbilt (296) and Michigan (296) rounded out the top 10.

Freshman Ana Belac of the Blue Devils signed for a collegiate best even-par, 72, in round one as she is competing in her second collegiate tournament. Belac, who hails from Portoroz, Slovenia, played her final 14 holes at one-under-par with birdies on No. 7, No. 8 and No. 18. She rolled in a 17-foot birdie on the 18th to get back to even par for the day. Belac had 32 putts, while hitting 13 greens and 12 fairways.

Duke's lone senior Sandy Choi carded four birdies on the day, but two double-bogeys on the back nine brought her score down to a 74. A product of Seoul, South Korea, Choi opened with three-putt bogeys on No. 1 and No. 2, but settled down to birdie the fifth and eighth holes. She suffered a double-bogey on the 388-yard, par four 11th hole, but came back with back-to-back birdies on the 12th and 13th holes to get back to even par. She missed the green on the 165-yard, par three 14th and ended up finishing with a double-bogey to fall back to two-over. Choi went on to par the final four holes. She hit 13 fairways, 13 greens and rolled 30 putts on the day.

After opening with a six-over-par ledger through 13 holes, sophomore Virginia Elena Carta was able to finish strong with back-to-back birdies on No. 15 and No. 16, while lipping out for birdie on No. 18 on her way to closing with a 76.

Lisa Maguire, a junior from Cavan, Ireland, turned in a six-over, 78, Friday in the first round and is tied 76th overall.

Duke will tee off Saturday beginning at 9:09 a.m., along with Tennessee and Louisville.

Admission is free. Live scoring will be available via www.GolfStat.com as well.

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Duke Results
- T7 Gurbani Singh Duke 70 -2
- T17 Ana Belac Duke 72 E
- T35 Sandy Choi Duke 74 +2
- T57 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 76 +4
- T77 Lisa Maguire Duke 78 +6

1 Team Scores
1 Wake Forest 282 -6
2 Ohio State 283 -5
3 Alabama 285 -3
4 Arkansas 286 -2
5 North Carolina State 288 E
T6 South Carolina 292 +4
T6 Duke 292 +4
8 Tennessee 294 +6
9 Louisville 295 +7
T10 Vanderbilt 296 +8
T10 Michigan 296 +8
T12 North Carolina 297 +9
T12 Virginia 297 +9
14 LSU 302 +14
15 North Carolina 304 +16
16 Rollins College 307 +19
17 Michigan State 309 +21
18 UNC Wilmington 315 +27

Start Finish Player Team Scores
- 1 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 67 -5
- T2 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 68 -4
- T2 Nikolette Schroeder Ohio State 68 -4
- T4 India Clyburn North Carolina State 69 -3
- T4 Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina 69 -3
- T4 Jacqueline Twitty Louisville 69 -3
- T7 Antonia Eberhard Wake Forest 70 -2
- T7 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 70 -2
- T7 Gurbani Singh Duke 70 -2
- T7 Jessica Porvasnik Ohio State 70 -2
- T7 Alana Uriell Arkansas 70 -2
- T12 Kristen Gillman Alabama 71 -1
- T12 Leonie Bettel North Carolina State 71 -1
- T12 Maria Fassi Arkansas 71 -1
- T12 Lauren Diaz-Yi Virginia 71 -1
- T12 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 71 -1
- T17 Cecily Overbey North Carolina State 72 E
- T17 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 72 E
- T17 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 72 E
- T17 Ana Belac Duke 72 E
- T17 Katja Pogacar Ohio State 72 E
- T17 Blakesly Warren Tennessee 72 E
- T17 Alison Armstrong Vanderbilt 72 E
- T24 Brynn Walker North Carolina 73 +1
- T24 Sierra Brooks Wake Forest 73 +1
- T24 Lana Hodge LSU 73 +1
- T24 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 73 +1
- T24 Elodie Van Dievoet Michigan 73 +1
- T24 Alex Wright Ohio State 73 +1
- T24 Cara Gorlei Arkansas 73 +1
- T24 Katelyn Dambaugh South Carolina 73 +1
- T24 Killian Casson North Carolina 73 +1
- T24 Abbey Carlson Vanderbilt 73 +1
- T24 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 73 +1
- T35 Mathilda Cappeliez * Wake Forest 74 +2
- T35 Megan Kim Michigan 74 +2
- T35 Grace Choi Michigan 74 +2
- T35 Sydney Cavin LSU 74 +2
- T35 Paige Lyle Rollins College 74 +2
- T35 Teleri Hughes Tennessee 74 +2
- T35 Micheala Williams Tennessee 74 +2
- T35 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 74 +2
- T35 Sandy Choi Duke 74 +2
- T35 Anna Newell Tennessee 74 +2
- T35 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 74 +2
- T35 Carolyn Markley Michigan State 74 +2
- T47 Sarah Bae * North Carolina State 75 +3
- T47 Emmie Pietila * Tennessee 75 +3
- T47 Emily White Michigan 75 +3
- T47 Erica Herr Wake Forest 75 +3
- T47 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Isi Nilsson South Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Ana Pelaez South Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Marion Veysseyre South Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Cheni Xu North Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Courtney Zeng Vanderbilt 75 +3
- T57 Crystal Huang * North Carolina State 76 +4
- T57 Jia Xin Yang * South Carolina 76 +4
- T57 Cammie Gray Alabama 76 +4
- T57 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 76 +4
- T57 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 76 +4
- T57 Laura Kowohl North Carolina State 76 +4
- T57 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 76 +4
- T57 Hannah Pietila Tennessee 76 +4
- T57 Julia Ford Virginia 76 +4
- T57 Anna Redding Virginia 76 +4
- T57 Alexandra Farnsworth Vanderbilt 76 +4
- T68 Rachel Corry * Virginia 77 +5
- T68 Kathleen Gallagher LSU 77 +5
- T68 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 77 +5
- T68 Lexie Toth Rollins College 77 +5
- T68 Shannon Gramley Louisville 77 +5
- T68 Kate Sborov Vanderbilt 77 +5
- T68 Paz Marfa Michigan State 77 +5
- T68 Mariana Ocano North Carolina 77 +5
- T68 Lyberty Anderson UNC Wilmington 77 +5
- T77 Alisa Snyder Michigan 78 +6
- T77 Claudia De Antonio LSU 78 +6
- T77 Samantha Marks Arkansas 78 +6
- T77 Viviana Vazquez Rollins College 78 +6
- T77 Selin Timur Rollins College 78 +6
- T77 Lisa Maguire Duke 78 +6
- T77 Ellinoora Moisio UNC Wilmington 78 +6
- T77 Katharine Patrick Virginia 78 +6
- T77 Molly Skapik Louisville 78 +6
- T86 Mia Landegren Alabama 79 +7
- T86 Seher Atwal Rollins College 79 +7
- T86 Rachel Jones North Carolina 79 +7
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T86 Olivia Cason Louisville 79 +7
- T86 Alaina Yeatts UNC Wilmington 79 +7
- 91 Monica Dibildox LSU 80 +8
- T92 Roshnee Sharma North Carolina 81 +9
- T92 Kayla Thompson UNC Wilmington 81 +9
- 94 Thao My Nguyen UNC Wilmington 82 +10
- T95 Priscilla Harding Michigan State 85 +13
- T95 Sybil Robinson Michigan State 85 +13