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Day One at Northrop Grumman Challenge
Blue Devils Open in Second at Northrop Grumman
2/7/2016 10:18:00 PM | Women's Golf
PALOS VERDES, Calif. – The second-ranked Duke women's golf team opened the 2016 spring campaign Sunday with a one-over-par, 285, and is tied second overall at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge played at the 6,017-yard, par 71 Palos Verdes Golf Club.
Alabama opened with a six-under-par, 278, to take the team lead, while Duke (285), Washington (285), Florida (287), North Carolina (288), Arizona State (291), UCLA (293), Southern California (295), Oklahoma State (299) and Arizona (300) rounded out the top 10.
Duke's Leona Maguire, currently the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world, paced the Blue Devils with a two-under-par, 69, Sunday and is tied third overall. She is only one shot off individual leader Lexi Harkins of North Carolina (68).
Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, tallied four straight pars before she collected her first eagle of the season and third collegiately on the 475-yard, par five fifth hole. She featured an 80-yard blind shot into the green and hit her 52-degree wedge that went in for eagle. Maguire suffered her first bogey on No. 9 to make the turn, but went to three-under-par, after totaling birdies on No. 11 and No. 14. She closed with a bogey on No. 18 to finish with a 69. She hit 13 fairways, 13 greens and had 29 putts on the day.
A native of Montrouge, France, Celine Boutier carded an even-par, 71, to kick off her spring action. She registered an even-par front nine with two birdies, two bogeys and five pars. Boutier then went under-par with a birdie on the 404-yard, par four 13th. She also had a bogey on her final hole to drop her back to even par for the day and is tied 11th.
Junior Sandy Choi fired a 72 and freshman Virginia Elena Carta added a 73 in round one for the Blue Devils. Choi, who is from Seoul, South Korea, had bogeys on No. 1 and No. 3 to open her day, but turned it around to play the final 15 holes at even par. She totaled birdies on No. 7, No. 13 and No. 18. Choi hit 12 fairways, nine greens and had 27 putts in her first round.
Carta, from Udine, Italy, played her first 13 holes at even par, but suffered back-to-back bogeys on No. 14 and No. 15. Choi is tied 17th overall, while Carta is tied 23rd.
Sophomore Gurbani Singh turned in a six-over-par, 77, and is tied 50th. Playing as an individual, freshman Lisa Maguire is tied 65th with a 79.
As a team, Duke netted 12 birdies on the day along with one eagle.
Duke will open the second round beginning at 1:12 p.m. (ET) along with Alabama and Washington.
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Duke Results
- T3 Leona Maguire Duke 69 -2
- T11 Celine Boutier Duke 71 E
- T17 Sandy Choi Duke 72 +1
- T23 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 73 +2
- T50 Gurbani Singh Duke 77 +6
- T65 Lisa Maguire * Duke 79 +8
1 Team Scores
1 Alabama 278 -6
T2 Duke 285 +1
T2 Washington 285 +1
4 Florida 287 +3
5 North Carolina 288 +4
6 Arizona State 291 +7
7 UCLA 293 +9
8 Southern California 295 +11
9 Oklahoma State 299 +15
10 Arizona 300 +16
11 Ohio State 301 +17
12 Baylor 303 +19
T13 Michigan State 309 +25
T13 Pepperdine 309 +25
15 UNLV 311 +27
16 Wake Forest 313 +29
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 68 -3
- T1 Janie Jackson Alabama 68 -3
- T3 Leona Maguire Duke 69 -2
- T3 Lakareber Abe Alabama 69 -2
- T3 Charlotte Thomas Washington 69 -2
- T6 Samantha Wagner Florida 70 -1
- T6 Kelly Grassel Florida 70 -1
- T6 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 70 -1
- T6 Monica Vaughn Arizona State 70 -1
- T6 Wanasa Zhou Arizona 70 -1
- T11 Celine Boutier Duke 71 E
- T11 Bronte Law UCLA 71 E
- T11 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 71 E
- T11 Emma Talley Alabama 71 E
- T11 Laura Lonardi Baylor 71 E
- T11 Ying Luo Washington 71 E
- T17 Robynn Ree Southern California 72 +1
- T17 Kyung Kim Southern California 72 +1
- T17 Karolina Vlckova Florida 72 +1
- T17 Sandy Choi Duke 72 +1
- T17 Wenyung Keh Washington 72 +1
- T17 Linnea Strom Arizona State 72 +1
- T23 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 73 +2
- T23 Julianne Alvarez Washington 73 +2
- T23 Kenzie Neisen Oklahoma State 73 +2
- T23 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 73 +2
- T27 Erin Choi UCLA 74 +3
- T27 Lilia Vu UCLA 74 +3
- T27 Bethany Wu UCLA 74 +3
- T27 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 74 +3
- T27 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 74 +3
- T27 Katja Pogacar Ohio State 74 +3
- T27 Roberta Liti Arizona State 74 +3
- T27 Alexis Sadeghy Oklahoma State 74 +3
- T27 Maria Vesga Baylor 74 +3
- T36 Katherine Zhu * Pepperdine 75 +4
- T36 Maria Torres Florida 75 +4
- T36 Jessica Porvasnik Ohio State 75 +4
- T36 Karen Chung Southern California 75 +4
- T36 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 75 +4
- T36 Linnea Johansson Oklahoma State 75 +4
- T42 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 76 +5
- T42 Hira Naveed Pepperdine 76 +5
- T42 Tiffany Chan Southern California 76 +5
- T42 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 76 +5
- T42 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 76 +5
- T42 Krystal Quihuis Arizona 76 +5
- T42 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 76 +5
- T42 Alexandra Kaui UNLV 76 +5
- T50 Alison Knowles Michigan State 77 +6
- T50 Hannah Haythorne Pepperdine 77 +6
- T50 Carolyn Markley Michigan State 77 +6
- T50 Gurbani Singh Duke 77 +6
- T50 Gabriella Then Southern California 77 +6
- T50 Marissa Chow Pepperdine 77 +6
- T50 Harley Dubsky UNLV 77 +6
- T50 Haley Moore Arizona 77 +6
- T50 Madison Kerley Arizona State 77 +6
- T50 Lindsey Weaver Arizona 77 +6
- T50 Chih-Min Chen Oklahoma State 77 +6
- T61 Elizabeth Doty * Southern California 78 +7
- T61 Niki Schroeder * Ohio State 78 +7
- T61 Louise Ridderstrom UCLA 78 +7
- T61 Lauren Whyte Baylor 78 +7
- T65 Lisa Maguire * Duke 79 +8
- T65 Ursa Orehek * Florida 79 +8
- T65 Lydia Choi * UCLA 79 +8
- T65 Ines Laklalech Wake Forest 79 +8
- T65 Patricia Wong Pepperdine 79 +8
- T65 Shannon Oh UNLV 79 +8
- T65 Isabella Deilert Oklahoma State 79 +8
- T65 Cammie Gray Alabama 79 +8
- T65 Kaylee Benton UNLV 79 +8
- T74 Mariana Sims Wake Forest 80 +9
- T74 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 80 +9
- T74 Natalia Perez Baylor 80 +9
- T74 Jessica Vasilic Arizona 80 +9
- T74 Clementina Rodriguez Washington 80 +9
- T79 Gabby Yurik Michigan State 81 +10
- T79 Elizabeth Prior UNLV 81 +10
- T81 Hadas Libman * UCLA 82 +11
- T81 Anna Wears * Wake Forest 82 +11
- T81 Vinh-Hop Ngo Wake Forest 82 +11
- T81 Katie Sharp Michigan State 82 +11
- T81 Zoe-Beth Brake Ohio State 82 +11
- T81 Giovana Maymon Baylor 82 +11
- 87 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 83 +12
- 88 Tatiana Wijaya Pepperdine 84 +13
Alabama opened with a six-under-par, 278, to take the team lead, while Duke (285), Washington (285), Florida (287), North Carolina (288), Arizona State (291), UCLA (293), Southern California (295), Oklahoma State (299) and Arizona (300) rounded out the top 10.
Duke's Leona Maguire, currently the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world, paced the Blue Devils with a two-under-par, 69, Sunday and is tied third overall. She is only one shot off individual leader Lexi Harkins of North Carolina (68).
Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, tallied four straight pars before she collected her first eagle of the season and third collegiately on the 475-yard, par five fifth hole. She featured an 80-yard blind shot into the green and hit her 52-degree wedge that went in for eagle. Maguire suffered her first bogey on No. 9 to make the turn, but went to three-under-par, after totaling birdies on No. 11 and No. 14. She closed with a bogey on No. 18 to finish with a 69. She hit 13 fairways, 13 greens and had 29 putts on the day.
A native of Montrouge, France, Celine Boutier carded an even-par, 71, to kick off her spring action. She registered an even-par front nine with two birdies, two bogeys and five pars. Boutier then went under-par with a birdie on the 404-yard, par four 13th. She also had a bogey on her final hole to drop her back to even par for the day and is tied 11th.
Junior Sandy Choi fired a 72 and freshman Virginia Elena Carta added a 73 in round one for the Blue Devils. Choi, who is from Seoul, South Korea, had bogeys on No. 1 and No. 3 to open her day, but turned it around to play the final 15 holes at even par. She totaled birdies on No. 7, No. 13 and No. 18. Choi hit 12 fairways, nine greens and had 27 putts in her first round.
Carta, from Udine, Italy, played her first 13 holes at even par, but suffered back-to-back bogeys on No. 14 and No. 15. Choi is tied 17th overall, while Carta is tied 23rd.
Sophomore Gurbani Singh turned in a six-over-par, 77, and is tied 50th. Playing as an individual, freshman Lisa Maguire is tied 65th with a 79.
As a team, Duke netted 12 birdies on the day along with one eagle.
Duke will open the second round beginning at 1:12 p.m. (ET) along with Alabama and Washington.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
- T3 Leona Maguire Duke 69 -2
- T11 Celine Boutier Duke 71 E
- T17 Sandy Choi Duke 72 +1
- T23 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 73 +2
- T50 Gurbani Singh Duke 77 +6
- T65 Lisa Maguire * Duke 79 +8
1 Team Scores
1 Alabama 278 -6
T2 Duke 285 +1
T2 Washington 285 +1
4 Florida 287 +3
5 North Carolina 288 +4
6 Arizona State 291 +7
7 UCLA 293 +9
8 Southern California 295 +11
9 Oklahoma State 299 +15
10 Arizona 300 +16
11 Ohio State 301 +17
12 Baylor 303 +19
T13 Michigan State 309 +25
T13 Pepperdine 309 +25
15 UNLV 311 +27
16 Wake Forest 313 +29
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 68 -3
- T1 Janie Jackson Alabama 68 -3
- T3 Leona Maguire Duke 69 -2
- T3 Lakareber Abe Alabama 69 -2
- T3 Charlotte Thomas Washington 69 -2
- T6 Samantha Wagner Florida 70 -1
- T6 Kelly Grassel Florida 70 -1
- T6 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 70 -1
- T6 Monica Vaughn Arizona State 70 -1
- T6 Wanasa Zhou Arizona 70 -1
- T11 Celine Boutier Duke 71 E
- T11 Bronte Law UCLA 71 E
- T11 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 71 E
- T11 Emma Talley Alabama 71 E
- T11 Laura Lonardi Baylor 71 E
- T11 Ying Luo Washington 71 E
- T17 Robynn Ree Southern California 72 +1
- T17 Kyung Kim Southern California 72 +1
- T17 Karolina Vlckova Florida 72 +1
- T17 Sandy Choi Duke 72 +1
- T17 Wenyung Keh Washington 72 +1
- T17 Linnea Strom Arizona State 72 +1
- T23 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 73 +2
- T23 Julianne Alvarez Washington 73 +2
- T23 Kenzie Neisen Oklahoma State 73 +2
- T23 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 73 +2
- T27 Erin Choi UCLA 74 +3
- T27 Lilia Vu UCLA 74 +3
- T27 Bethany Wu UCLA 74 +3
- T27 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 74 +3
- T27 Sarah Burnham Michigan State 74 +3
- T27 Katja Pogacar Ohio State 74 +3
- T27 Roberta Liti Arizona State 74 +3
- T27 Alexis Sadeghy Oklahoma State 74 +3
- T27 Maria Vesga Baylor 74 +3
- T36 Katherine Zhu * Pepperdine 75 +4
- T36 Maria Torres Florida 75 +4
- T36 Jessica Porvasnik Ohio State 75 +4
- T36 Karen Chung Southern California 75 +4
- T36 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 75 +4
- T36 Linnea Johansson Oklahoma State 75 +4
- T42 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 76 +5
- T42 Hira Naveed Pepperdine 76 +5
- T42 Tiffany Chan Southern California 76 +5
- T42 Rio Watanabe Ohio State 76 +5
- T42 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 76 +5
- T42 Krystal Quihuis Arizona 76 +5
- T42 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 76 +5
- T42 Alexandra Kaui UNLV 76 +5
- T50 Alison Knowles Michigan State 77 +6
- T50 Hannah Haythorne Pepperdine 77 +6
- T50 Carolyn Markley Michigan State 77 +6
- T50 Gurbani Singh Duke 77 +6
- T50 Gabriella Then Southern California 77 +6
- T50 Marissa Chow Pepperdine 77 +6
- T50 Harley Dubsky UNLV 77 +6
- T50 Haley Moore Arizona 77 +6
- T50 Madison Kerley Arizona State 77 +6
- T50 Lindsey Weaver Arizona 77 +6
- T50 Chih-Min Chen Oklahoma State 77 +6
- T61 Elizabeth Doty * Southern California 78 +7
- T61 Niki Schroeder * Ohio State 78 +7
- T61 Louise Ridderstrom UCLA 78 +7
- T61 Lauren Whyte Baylor 78 +7
- T65 Lisa Maguire * Duke 79 +8
- T65 Ursa Orehek * Florida 79 +8
- T65 Lydia Choi * UCLA 79 +8
- T65 Ines Laklalech Wake Forest 79 +8
- T65 Patricia Wong Pepperdine 79 +8
- T65 Shannon Oh UNLV 79 +8
- T65 Isabella Deilert Oklahoma State 79 +8
- T65 Cammie Gray Alabama 79 +8
- T65 Kaylee Benton UNLV 79 +8
- T74 Mariana Sims Wake Forest 80 +9
- T74 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 80 +9
- T74 Natalia Perez Baylor 80 +9
- T74 Jessica Vasilic Arizona 80 +9
- T74 Clementina Rodriguez Washington 80 +9
- T79 Gabby Yurik Michigan State 81 +10
- T79 Elizabeth Prior UNLV 81 +10
- T81 Hadas Libman * UCLA 82 +11
- T81 Anna Wears * Wake Forest 82 +11
- T81 Vinh-Hop Ngo Wake Forest 82 +11
- T81 Katie Sharp Michigan State 82 +11
- T81 Zoe-Beth Brake Ohio State 82 +11
- T81 Giovana Maymon Baylor 82 +11
- 87 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 83 +12
- 88 Tatiana Wijaya Pepperdine 84 +13
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