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Maguire, Carta Place in Top 10 at ACC Championship
4/17/2016 7:25:00 PM | Women's Golf
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Duke University sophomore Leona Maguire and freshman Virginia Elena Carta turned in top 10 finishes at the 2016 ACC Championship Sunday as the Blue Devils placed third overall as a team at the 6,089-yard, par 72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
For the second straight year, Virginia cruised to the ACC Championship with a 54-hole ledger of nine-under-par, 855, to win by 11 strokes over Wake Forest (866). The Blue Devils carded rounds of 294, 296 and 293 on its way to finishing third with an 883.
“We don't have any reason to hang our heads,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “We played a tough golf course and if everybody on your team is just a little bit off and the other team everybody's really hot it can look like a big gap. It is a big gap and hats off to Virginia. They had a great tournament. Second time in a row they've come in here and done this. They beat us big last year and we made it all the way to the semifinals at nationals, and that's what I told my team is that we're not in late May yet, we don't need to be great right now. We were off, but not that far off and we've got time.”
North Carolina (884), NC State (886), Clemson (894), Louisville (898), Miami (899), Florida State (901), Notre Dame (904), Boston College (923) and Virginia Tech (952) rounded out the field for the three days.
Lauren Coughlin of Virginia birdied the final hole to clinch the individual ledger with a nine-under-par, 207, while Wake Forest's Sierra Sims (209) and Jennifer Kupcho (209) were tied second. Only four golfers finished the weekend at under-par with Lauren Diaz-Yi of Virginia as the other with a 214.
Seeing action in her first ACC Championship, Carta turned in rounds of 74, 73 and 72 over the three days at Sedgefield. She opened with a bogey on No. 3, but registered her first of four birdies on the day on the 483-yard, par five fifth as she was on the green in two. Carta, who hails from Udine, Italy, went on to have three bogeys over her next four holes to make the turn at three-over, 38.
The highest ranked freshman golfer in the ACC, Carta opened the back nine with four consecutive pars, before getting hot at the end. She rolled in a 40-foot putt for birdie on the 402-yard, par four 14th and then drained a four-foot putt on No. 15 to move to one-over-par for the day. After hitting her approach into the greenside bunker on the par five 18, Carta drained a right-to-left putt for birdie to close with an even-par, 72. She hit a team-high 16 greens, seven fairways and rolled 35 putts in the final round.
“Well, the second nine today was much better because I was more focused, but all the other days I had some problems on the second nine,” said Carta. “So, I changed a little bit the strategy and I was more calm. Jon [Whithaus] helped me through the 10th, 11th and 12th and helped me a lot, so I guess that was the key.”
The top-10 finish for Carta marked the third straight outing she has finished in the top 10 and she now owns four top 10 placements on the year.
Brooks on Carta's play over the three days, “I just told her, just a minute ago, to be a freshman coming in on this golf course, the greens are rolling fast, it's a tour-level course, to shoot what she did is really good.”
A product of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire continued to struggle on the opening nine holes as she made the turn Sunday at three-over, 38. She notched a bogey on the opening hole and double-bogey on No. 5, before closing the nine with four consecutive pars. Maguire, the 2015 ACC Individual Champion, registered her first birdie of the day on the par five 10th and got back to even par as she chipped in for eagle on the 445-yard, par five 15th. It was the only eagle on No. 15 on the day. She got into trouble in the greenside bunker on No. 18 and went on to close with a double-bogey. For the day, Maguire finished with a two-over, 74.
“Her game was off,” commented Brooks on Maguire. “She wasn't at her best and, you know, Leona has, she has the ability to get an eagle on 15 the last day even though she's not hitting it great. That's who she is. She's going to make something out of it every time. When we see her off, it ends up being two or three shots maybe because she scrambles and makes it happen no matter what the game is giving her that day.”
Junior Sandy Choi carded her sixth top 20 finish on the season as she collected three straight rounds of 74 over the weekend. Choi, who is from Seoul, South Korea, was tied 17th with a 222. She now owns two top 20 placements in three appearances in the ACC Championship. Choi was limited to only one birdie for the second consecutive round. It came on the 152-yard, par three 12th as she birdied the hole all three days.
With her 2.83 scoring average on par three holes, Choi ranked tied second overall. She hit 14 fairways, 12 greens and had 32 putts in the final round.
The 2014 ACC Individual Champion, senior Celine Boutier rebounded nicely with a one-over, 73, in the final round. Boutier, a product of Montrouge, France, finished 40th overall with a 229. The two-time All-America was 13-over-par during the 54-holes, but 11 of those strokes came on the 363-yard, par four 13th. Boutier was only two-over-par in the other 52 holes on the weekend, which included 10 birdies.
In Sunday's final round, Boutier registered birdies on No. 1, No. 5 and No. 8 to get to three-under-par. She had a double-double on No. 9, but came back to roll in a birdie on No. 12, prior to heading to No. 13. Boutier went on to suffer a double-bogey and had a three-putt bogey on No. 15 to finish with a 73. She hit seven fairways, 14 greens and had 31 putts to close her final ACC Championship.
“She's so tough,” said Brooks. “She's been struggling with some things and yet she won at LSU, I think she had a course record there on the redesigned course and I think it was a tournament record maybe. That kind of golf in the midst of having some troubles and kind of losing a little confidence at times, and she is the kind of player that's going to bounce back. Toughness is what it comes down to this time of year, and so I'm pretty happy with the toughness of this group. I saw it right here at this tournament.”
After playing solid over the first two days with rounds of 76 and 74, sophomore Lisa Maguire had a rough day turning in a 12-over, 84. A native of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire tied 48th with 234. She closed strong with birdies on No. 14 and No. 16 to play her final five holes at one-under-par. Maguire's 10 birdies over the three days of play ranked tied sixth for the weekend.
Duke will next await the NCAA Regional Selection show Monday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
T11 T10 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 74 73 72 219 +3
T5 T10 Leona Maguire Duke 70 75 74 219 +3
T14 T17 Sandy Choi Duke 74 74 74 222 +6
T46 40 Celine Boutier Duke 81 75 73 229 +13
T25 T48 Lisa Maguire Duke 76 74 84 234 +18
1 2 3 Team Scores
1 1 1 Virginia 283 290 282 855 -9
T2 2 2 Wake Forest 294 285 287 866 +2
T2 3 3 Duke 294 296 293 883 +19
T5 6 4 North Carolina 298 300 286 884 +20
4 4 5 North Carolina State 297 297 292 886 +22
T5 5 6 Clemson 298 299 297 894 +30
11 T8 7 Louisville 311 295 292 898 +34
8 7 8 Miami 301 301 297 899 +35
7 T8 9 Florida State 299 307 295 901 +37
10 10 10 Notre Dame 310 299 295 904 +40
9 11 11 Boston College 304 309 310 923 +59
12 12 12 Virginia Tech 320 310 322 952 +88
Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Lauren Coughlin Virginia 66 71 70 207 -9
4 T2 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 76 66 67 209 -7
2 T2 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 66 74 69 209 -7
3 4 Lauren Diaz-Yi Virginia 71 70 73 214 -2
T7 T5 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 71 75 70 216 E
T14 T5 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 75 73 68 216 E
T11 T5 Anna Redding Virginia 72 75 69 216 E
T5 8 Daniela Darquea Miami 71 74 72 217 +1
T7 9 Talia Campbell Notre Dame 76 70 72 218 +2
T14 T10 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 74 74 71 219 +3
T11 T10 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 74 73 72 219 +3
T5 T10 Leona Maguire Duke 70 75 74 219 +3
T31 13 Katie Mitchell Louisville 79 72 69 220 +4
T7 T14 Rachael Taylor North Carolina State 75 71 75 221 +5
T25 T14 Elizabeth Szokol Virginia 76 74 71 221 +5
T19 T14 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 74 75 72 221 +5
T19 T17 Emma Albrecht Notre Dame 75 74 73 222 +6
T14 T17 Sandy Choi Duke 74 74 74 222 +6
T25 T19 Alice Hewson Clemson 77 73 73 223 +7
T31 T19 Sarah Bae North Carolina State 76 75 72 223 +7
T14 T19 Marisa Messana Clemson 73 75 75 223 +7
T7 T19 Sydney Legacy Clemson 72 74 77 223 +7
T11 T19 Antonia Eberhard Wake Forest 75 72 76 223 +7
T34 T24 Lydia Gumm Florida State 75 77 72 224 +8
T19 T24 Molly Skapik Louisville 75 74 75 224 +8
T19 T24 Matilda Castren Florida State 73 76 75 224 +8
T14 T27 Jocelyn Chia Boston College 75 73 77 225 +9
T34 T27 Delfina Acosta Miami 76 76 73 225 +9
T39 T29 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 77 77 72 226 +10
T39 T29 Lauren Stephenson Clemson 76 78 72 226 +10
T25 T29 Erica Herr Wake Forest 77 73 76 226 +10
T25 T29 Dewi Weber Miami 76 74 76 226 +10
T19 T33 Katie Barrand Boston College 74 75 78 227 +11
T31 T33 Amanda Hollandsworth Virginia Tech 78 73 76 227 +11
T39 T33 Laura Restrepo Louisville 81 73 73 227 +11
T37 T33 Kim Metraux Florida State 76 77 74 227 +11
T37 T37 India Clyburn North Carolina State 75 78 75 228 +12
T39 T37 Morgane Metraux Florida State 77 77 74 228 +12
T34 T37 Ellen Kehoe Louisville 76 76 76 228 +12
T46 40 Celine Boutier Duke 81 75 73 229 +13
T43 T41 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 76 79 75 230 +14
T43 T41 Leonie Bettel North Carolina State 79 76 75 230 +14
T19 T41 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 73 76 81 230 +14
T53 44 Isabella DiLisio Notre Dame 81 77 73 231 +15
T51 T45 Mariana Sims Wake Forest 79 78 75 232 +16
T46 T45 Kailey Walsh Miami 79 77 76 232 +16
T53 47 Louise Oxner Louisville 82 76 75 233 +17
T51 T48 Jessica Hoang Clemson 80 77 77 234 +18
55 T48 Ailin Li Boston College 77 83 74 234 +18
T46 T48 Luiza Altmann Miami 78 78 78 234 +18
T25 T48 Lisa Maguire Duke 76 74 84 234 +18
T46 T52 Maddie Rose Hamilton Notre Dame 78 78 79 235 +19
T25 T52 Whitney Stevenson Virginia Tech 74 76 85 235 +19
T43 T52 Kayla Jones Florida State 75 80 80 235 +19
T46 55 Katie Kim Boston College 78 78 81 237 +21
57 56 Jordan Ferreira Notre Dame 83 81 77 241 +25
56 57 Allison Woodward Virginia Tech 86 77 83 246 +30
58 58 Anne Taylor Hough Virginia Tech 82 84 81 247 +31
60 T59 Elizabeth Bose Virginia Tech 90 86 82 258 +42
59 T59 Katelyn Reynolds Boston College 91 83 84 258 +42
For the second straight year, Virginia cruised to the ACC Championship with a 54-hole ledger of nine-under-par, 855, to win by 11 strokes over Wake Forest (866). The Blue Devils carded rounds of 294, 296 and 293 on its way to finishing third with an 883.
“We don't have any reason to hang our heads,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “We played a tough golf course and if everybody on your team is just a little bit off and the other team everybody's really hot it can look like a big gap. It is a big gap and hats off to Virginia. They had a great tournament. Second time in a row they've come in here and done this. They beat us big last year and we made it all the way to the semifinals at nationals, and that's what I told my team is that we're not in late May yet, we don't need to be great right now. We were off, but not that far off and we've got time.”
North Carolina (884), NC State (886), Clemson (894), Louisville (898), Miami (899), Florida State (901), Notre Dame (904), Boston College (923) and Virginia Tech (952) rounded out the field for the three days.
Lauren Coughlin of Virginia birdied the final hole to clinch the individual ledger with a nine-under-par, 207, while Wake Forest's Sierra Sims (209) and Jennifer Kupcho (209) were tied second. Only four golfers finished the weekend at under-par with Lauren Diaz-Yi of Virginia as the other with a 214.
Seeing action in her first ACC Championship, Carta turned in rounds of 74, 73 and 72 over the three days at Sedgefield. She opened with a bogey on No. 3, but registered her first of four birdies on the day on the 483-yard, par five fifth as she was on the green in two. Carta, who hails from Udine, Italy, went on to have three bogeys over her next four holes to make the turn at three-over, 38.
The highest ranked freshman golfer in the ACC, Carta opened the back nine with four consecutive pars, before getting hot at the end. She rolled in a 40-foot putt for birdie on the 402-yard, par four 14th and then drained a four-foot putt on No. 15 to move to one-over-par for the day. After hitting her approach into the greenside bunker on the par five 18, Carta drained a right-to-left putt for birdie to close with an even-par, 72. She hit a team-high 16 greens, seven fairways and rolled 35 putts in the final round.
“Well, the second nine today was much better because I was more focused, but all the other days I had some problems on the second nine,” said Carta. “So, I changed a little bit the strategy and I was more calm. Jon [Whithaus] helped me through the 10th, 11th and 12th and helped me a lot, so I guess that was the key.”
The top-10 finish for Carta marked the third straight outing she has finished in the top 10 and she now owns four top 10 placements on the year.
Brooks on Carta's play over the three days, “I just told her, just a minute ago, to be a freshman coming in on this golf course, the greens are rolling fast, it's a tour-level course, to shoot what she did is really good.”
A product of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire continued to struggle on the opening nine holes as she made the turn Sunday at three-over, 38. She notched a bogey on the opening hole and double-bogey on No. 5, before closing the nine with four consecutive pars. Maguire, the 2015 ACC Individual Champion, registered her first birdie of the day on the par five 10th and got back to even par as she chipped in for eagle on the 445-yard, par five 15th. It was the only eagle on No. 15 on the day. She got into trouble in the greenside bunker on No. 18 and went on to close with a double-bogey. For the day, Maguire finished with a two-over, 74.
“Her game was off,” commented Brooks on Maguire. “She wasn't at her best and, you know, Leona has, she has the ability to get an eagle on 15 the last day even though she's not hitting it great. That's who she is. She's going to make something out of it every time. When we see her off, it ends up being two or three shots maybe because she scrambles and makes it happen no matter what the game is giving her that day.”
Junior Sandy Choi carded her sixth top 20 finish on the season as she collected three straight rounds of 74 over the weekend. Choi, who is from Seoul, South Korea, was tied 17th with a 222. She now owns two top 20 placements in three appearances in the ACC Championship. Choi was limited to only one birdie for the second consecutive round. It came on the 152-yard, par three 12th as she birdied the hole all three days.
With her 2.83 scoring average on par three holes, Choi ranked tied second overall. She hit 14 fairways, 12 greens and had 32 putts in the final round.
The 2014 ACC Individual Champion, senior Celine Boutier rebounded nicely with a one-over, 73, in the final round. Boutier, a product of Montrouge, France, finished 40th overall with a 229. The two-time All-America was 13-over-par during the 54-holes, but 11 of those strokes came on the 363-yard, par four 13th. Boutier was only two-over-par in the other 52 holes on the weekend, which included 10 birdies.
In Sunday's final round, Boutier registered birdies on No. 1, No. 5 and No. 8 to get to three-under-par. She had a double-double on No. 9, but came back to roll in a birdie on No. 12, prior to heading to No. 13. Boutier went on to suffer a double-bogey and had a three-putt bogey on No. 15 to finish with a 73. She hit seven fairways, 14 greens and had 31 putts to close her final ACC Championship.
“She's so tough,” said Brooks. “She's been struggling with some things and yet she won at LSU, I think she had a course record there on the redesigned course and I think it was a tournament record maybe. That kind of golf in the midst of having some troubles and kind of losing a little confidence at times, and she is the kind of player that's going to bounce back. Toughness is what it comes down to this time of year, and so I'm pretty happy with the toughness of this group. I saw it right here at this tournament.”
After playing solid over the first two days with rounds of 76 and 74, sophomore Lisa Maguire had a rough day turning in a 12-over, 84. A native of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire tied 48th with 234. She closed strong with birdies on No. 14 and No. 16 to play her final five holes at one-under-par. Maguire's 10 birdies over the three days of play ranked tied sixth for the weekend.
Duke will next await the NCAA Regional Selection show Monday, April 25 at 6:00 p.m.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
T11 T10 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 74 73 72 219 +3
T5 T10 Leona Maguire Duke 70 75 74 219 +3
T14 T17 Sandy Choi Duke 74 74 74 222 +6
T46 40 Celine Boutier Duke 81 75 73 229 +13
T25 T48 Lisa Maguire Duke 76 74 84 234 +18
1 2 3 Team Scores
1 1 1 Virginia 283 290 282 855 -9
T2 2 2 Wake Forest 294 285 287 866 +2
T2 3 3 Duke 294 296 293 883 +19
T5 6 4 North Carolina 298 300 286 884 +20
4 4 5 North Carolina State 297 297 292 886 +22
T5 5 6 Clemson 298 299 297 894 +30
11 T8 7 Louisville 311 295 292 898 +34
8 7 8 Miami 301 301 297 899 +35
7 T8 9 Florida State 299 307 295 901 +37
10 10 10 Notre Dame 310 299 295 904 +40
9 11 11 Boston College 304 309 310 923 +59
12 12 12 Virginia Tech 320 310 322 952 +88
Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Lauren Coughlin Virginia 66 71 70 207 -9
4 T2 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 76 66 67 209 -7
2 T2 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 66 74 69 209 -7
3 4 Lauren Diaz-Yi Virginia 71 70 73 214 -2
T7 T5 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 71 75 70 216 E
T14 T5 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 75 73 68 216 E
T11 T5 Anna Redding Virginia 72 75 69 216 E
T5 8 Daniela Darquea Miami 71 74 72 217 +1
T7 9 Talia Campbell Notre Dame 76 70 72 218 +2
T14 T10 Kelly Whaley North Carolina 74 74 71 219 +3
T11 T10 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 74 73 72 219 +3
T5 T10 Leona Maguire Duke 70 75 74 219 +3
T31 13 Katie Mitchell Louisville 79 72 69 220 +4
T7 T14 Rachael Taylor North Carolina State 75 71 75 221 +5
T25 T14 Elizabeth Szokol Virginia 76 74 71 221 +5
T19 T14 Morgan Gonzales Virginia 74 75 72 221 +5
T19 T17 Emma Albrecht Notre Dame 75 74 73 222 +6
T14 T17 Sandy Choi Duke 74 74 74 222 +6
T25 T19 Alice Hewson Clemson 77 73 73 223 +7
T31 T19 Sarah Bae North Carolina State 76 75 72 223 +7
T14 T19 Marisa Messana Clemson 73 75 75 223 +7
T7 T19 Sydney Legacy Clemson 72 74 77 223 +7
T11 T19 Antonia Eberhard Wake Forest 75 72 76 223 +7
T34 T24 Lydia Gumm Florida State 75 77 72 224 +8
T19 T24 Molly Skapik Louisville 75 74 75 224 +8
T19 T24 Matilda Castren Florida State 73 76 75 224 +8
T14 T27 Jocelyn Chia Boston College 75 73 77 225 +9
T34 T27 Delfina Acosta Miami 76 76 73 225 +9
T39 T29 Lexi Harkins North Carolina 77 77 72 226 +10
T39 T29 Lauren Stephenson Clemson 76 78 72 226 +10
T25 T29 Erica Herr Wake Forest 77 73 76 226 +10
T25 T29 Dewi Weber Miami 76 74 76 226 +10
T19 T33 Katie Barrand Boston College 74 75 78 227 +11
T31 T33 Amanda Hollandsworth Virginia Tech 78 73 76 227 +11
T39 T33 Laura Restrepo Louisville 81 73 73 227 +11
T37 T33 Kim Metraux Florida State 76 77 74 227 +11
T37 T37 India Clyburn North Carolina State 75 78 75 228 +12
T39 T37 Morgane Metraux Florida State 77 77 74 228 +12
T34 T37 Ellen Kehoe Louisville 76 76 76 228 +12
T46 40 Celine Boutier Duke 81 75 73 229 +13
T43 T41 Bryana Nguyen North Carolina 76 79 75 230 +14
T43 T41 Leonie Bettel North Carolina State 79 76 75 230 +14
T19 T41 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 73 76 81 230 +14
T53 44 Isabella DiLisio Notre Dame 81 77 73 231 +15
T51 T45 Mariana Sims Wake Forest 79 78 75 232 +16
T46 T45 Kailey Walsh Miami 79 77 76 232 +16
T53 47 Louise Oxner Louisville 82 76 75 233 +17
T51 T48 Jessica Hoang Clemson 80 77 77 234 +18
55 T48 Ailin Li Boston College 77 83 74 234 +18
T46 T48 Luiza Altmann Miami 78 78 78 234 +18
T25 T48 Lisa Maguire Duke 76 74 84 234 +18
T46 T52 Maddie Rose Hamilton Notre Dame 78 78 79 235 +19
T25 T52 Whitney Stevenson Virginia Tech 74 76 85 235 +19
T43 T52 Kayla Jones Florida State 75 80 80 235 +19
T46 55 Katie Kim Boston College 78 78 81 237 +21
57 56 Jordan Ferreira Notre Dame 83 81 77 241 +25
56 57 Allison Woodward Virginia Tech 86 77 83 246 +30
58 58 Anne Taylor Hough Virginia Tech 82 84 81 247 +31
60 T59 Elizabeth Bose Virginia Tech 90 86 82 258 +42
59 T59 Katelyn Reynolds Boston College 91 83 84 258 +42
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