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Day One at NCAA Regional Championship
Blue Devils Open Baton Rouge Regional Tied Seventh
5/5/2016 7:14:00 PM | Women's Golf
BATON ROUGE, La. – The top-seeded and fourth-ranked Duke women's golf team got off to a slow start Thursday at the Baton Rouge Regional as the Blue Devils turned in a 10-over-par, 298, and sits tied seventh overall with 36 holes remaining at the 6,285-yard, par 72 University Club in Baton Rouge, La.
Washington turned in a two-under-par late in the day to take the day one team lead with a 286, while South Carolina (290), Oregon (292), Florida (293), Houston (295), Arizona State (296), Duke (298), Brigham Young (298), LSU (299) and East Carolina (301) rounded out the top 10 teams.
“Today we had wind on a really good golf course,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “Regionals is a little bit different animal. People tend to come out real hot at this tournament so we need to make sure we stay patient and keep believing in ourselves. If we do, we should be alright.”
Following the completion of 54 holes, the top six teams will advance to the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Ore., May 20-25.
“It [the wind] is definitely a factor,” said Brooks. “As far as I could tell we were handling the wind pretty well. The key at regionals is just don't take crazy chances, just play good, solid golf. Pick conservative targets and play aggressively. We did that pretty well.”
Duke junior Sandy Choi along with sophomore Leona Maguire set the pace for the Blue Devils in round one carding a one-over-par, 73, and both are tied 15th overall.
Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, opened the day with Duke's first birdie on the 496-yard, par five third hole to get to one-under. She remained in red numbers until Maguire suffered a double-bogey on the next par five, No. 6. Maguire got back to even par with a birdie on No. 11, but closed with bogeys on No. 14 and No. 17, along with a birdie on No. 16 to finish with a 73. She rolled in a team-best 28 putts to go along with 10 fairways and 10 greens.
After opening with three straight pars, Choi suffered back-to-back bogeys on No. 4 and No. 5, which was started by a three-putt bogey on the 341-yard, par four fourth. A product of Seoul, South Korea, Choi netted her first birdie of the day on the par three eighth and made the turn at one-over, 37. Choi kicked off the back nine with a bogey on No. 10, but came back to notch a birdie on No. 11 to return to one-over-par. She finished the afternoon with seven consecutive pars to close with a 73. She hit a team-high 16 greens, 13 fairways and had 34 putts on the day.
Nine total players shot under par in the first round led by Houston's Leonie Harm and Washington's Ying Luo with a three-under-par, 69.
After missing the ACC Championship, sophomore Gurbani Singh returned to the lineup for regionals and carded a four-over, 76, which is tied 42nd overall. After opening with bogeys on two out of the first three holes, Singh settled down to play the next six holes one-under-par. She hit her six-iron from 160 yards on No. 8 to within two feet for the birdie to get back to one-over. Singh, who is from New Delhi, India, suffered back-to-back bogeys to start the back nine as she fell back to three-over-par. Standing about 28 feet from the cup on the 163-yard, par three 13th, Singh rolled in her second birdie of the day to get to two-over. She closed the afternoon with bogeys on 16 and 18 to finish with a 76. She hit 10 fairways, nine greens and had 31 putts in her first round.
Seeing action in her first NCAA Regional, freshman Virginia Elena Carta was one-over-par during her first seven holes as she had a bogey on No. 4. Prior to making the turn, Carta had a bogey on No. 8 and a double-bogey on No. 9 to make the turn at four-over, 40. She played the back nine at even par with two birdies, two bogeys and five pars. Carta, a product of Udine, Italy, birdied both par fives on the back nine with under four foot putts. She hit 13 greens, 12 fairways and had 34 putts Thursday as she carded a 76 and is tied 42nd.
Heading back to the University Club after winning the individual title at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic in March, senior Celine Boutier struggled out of the gate with her tee shot and made the turn at five-over, 41. On the back nine, she had four bogeys, but holed out on the 331-yard, par four 15th for eagle to get two strokes back. Boutier, who is from Montrouge, France, was 75 yards away and hit her 50-degree wedge that bounced once and went in the cup. She finished with a 79 and is tied 68th overall.
“I watched Celine play quite a bit today,” said Brooks. “She didn't have the best day, but she showed impressive mental toughness.”
As a team, Duke carded only nine birdies Thursday in the first round. The Blue Devils played hole No. 4 at four-over-par, but registered three birdies on the par five 11th.
“We always play to win,” commented Brooks. “That is what we are thinking about. I think we are 12 or 13 shots back, something like that. That is very doable in a team event like this.”
Duke will open the second round beginning at 7:30 a.m., off hole 1 along with BYU and LSU.
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Duke Results
- T15 Sandy Choi Duke 73 +1
- T15 Leona Maguire Duke 73 +1
- T42 Gurbani Singh Duke 76 +4
- T42 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 76 +4
- T68 Celine Boutier Duke 79 +7
1 Team Scores
1 Washington 286 -2
2 South Carolina 290 +2
3 Oregon 292 +4
4 Florida 293 +5
5 Houston 295 +7
6 Arizona State 296 +8
T7 Duke 298 +10
T7 Brigham Young 298 +10
9 LSU 299 +11
10 East Carolina 301 +13
11 North Carolina State 307 +19
12 Harvard 308 +20
13 Augusta 311 +23
14 Wichita State 312 +24
15 New Mexico 313 +25
16 Denver 315 +27
T17 Fairleigh Dickinson 322 +34
T17 North Florida 322 +34
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Leonie Harm Houston 69 -3
- T1 Ying Luo Washington 69 -3
- T3 Madison Talley * Kansas State 70 -2
- T3 Marion Veysseyre South Carolina 70 -2
- T3 Julianne Alvarez Washington 70 -2
- T3 Katelyn Dambaugh South Carolina 70 -2
- T7 Cathleen Santoso Oregon 71 -1
- T7 Maria Torres Florida 71 -1
- T7 Linnea Strom Arizona State 71 -1
- T10 Nico Engstroem Skaug East Carolina 72 E
- T10 Rachael Taylor North Carolina State 72 E
- T10 Elise Bradley LSU 72 E
- T10 Meghan MacLaren * Florida International 72 E
- T10 Kelly Grassel Florida 72 E
- T15 Sydney Cavin LSU 73 +1
- T15 Josefine Nyqvist Augusta 73 +1
- T15 Lea Garner Brigham Young 73 +1
- T15 Ashley Holder * UCF 73 +1
- T15 Chieh Jessica Peng * Mississippi St. U. 73 +1
- T15 Kathleen Scavo Oregon 73 +1
- T15 Charlotte Thomas Washington 73 +1
- T15 Madison Kerley Arizona State 73 +1
- T15 Sandy Choi Duke 73 +1
- T15 Leona Maguire Duke 73 +1
- T25 Brooklyn Hocker Brigham Young 74 +2
- T25 Jessica Haigwood Augusta 74 +2
- T25 Yuka Kajiki Houston 74 +2
- T25 Marcella Pranovia Oregon 74 +2
- T25 Petra Salko Oregon 74 +2
- T25 Wenyung Keh Washington 74 +2
- T25 Karolina Vlckova Florida 74 +2
- T32 Raegan Bremer Houston 75 +3
- T32 Catherine Ashworth East Carolina 75 +3
- T32 Rose Huang Brigham Young 75 +3
- T32 Isi Nilsson South Carolina 75 +3
- T32 Anna Zhou Harvard 75 +3
- T32 Jessica Dreesbeimdieke Denver 75 +3
- T32 Sarah Schmelzel South Carolina 75 +3
- T32 Caroline Inglis Oregon 75 +3
- T32 Monica Vaughn Arizona State 75 +3
- T32 Taryn Torgerson Wichita State 75 +3
- T42 Leonie Bettel North Carolina State 76 +4
- T42 Alex White Brigham Young 76 +4
- T42 F. Gustafsson Spang East Carolina 76 +4
- T42 Lita Guo Harvard 76 +4
- T42 Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina 76 +4
- T42 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 76 +4
- T42 Gurbani Singh Duke 76 +4
- T42 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 76 +4
- T50 Nadine Dreher LSU 77 +5
- T50 Emily Gilbreth Houston 77 +5
- T50 Eunice Yi Augusta 77 +5
- T50 Megan Thothong Houston 77 +5
- T50 Kathleen Gallagher LSU 77 +5
- T50 Emma Svensson * Central Arkansas 77 +5
- T50 Manon Molle New Mexico 77 +5
- T50 Anne Cheng Harvard 77 +5
- T50 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 77 +5
- T50 Roberta Liti Arizona State 77 +5
- T50 Mary Dawson North Florida 77 +5
- T61 Lisa Pettersson East Carolina 78 +6
- T61 Ji Eun Baik * Mississippi St. U. 78 +6
- T61 Darian Zachek New Mexico 78 +6
- T61 Sarah Rhee Washington 78 +6
- T61 Mariell Bruun Denver 78 +6
- T61 Ingrid Gutierrez New Mexico 78 +6
- T61 Meghan Schuetz Jack Wichita State 78 +6
- T68 Kate Law East Carolina 79 +7
- T68 India Clyburn North Carolina State 79 +7
- T68 Jessica Carty Denver 79 +7
- T68 Bryce Schroeder Wichita State 79 +7
- T68 Celine Boutier Duke 79 +7
- T68 Rebecca Wright Fairleigh Dickinson 79 +7
- T74 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 80 +8
- T74 Alexandra Moisand New Mexico 80 +8
- T74 Christine Lin Harvard 80 +8
- T74 Ariadna Castro Fairleigh Dickinson 80 +8
- T74 Samantha Wagner Florida 80 +8
- T74 Gavrilla Arya Wichita State 80 +8
- T80 Sarah Bae North Carolina State 81 +9
- T80 Michelle Xie Harvard 81 +9
- T80 Kelly Aylwin North Florida 81 +9
- T80 Gabriela Santini Fairleigh Dickinson 81 +9
- T84 Marina Hedlund LSU 82 +10
- T84 Eva Saulnier New Mexico 82 +10
- T84 Nathalie Nygren North Florida 82 +10
- T84 Celeste McLean Fairleigh Dickinson 82 +10
- T84 Emelie Alpe North Florida 82 +10
- T84 Anneke Strobach Fairleigh Dickinson 82 +10
- 90 Katharina Baratta-Dragaro Denver 83 +11
- T91 Kendra Dalton Brigham Young 85 +13
- T91 Megan Wilshire North Florida 85 +13
- 93 Maria Alejandra Villalobos Wichita State 86 +14
- T94 Cecilia Diez-Moliner Augusta 87 +15
- T94 Teresa Caballer Hernani Augusta 87 +15
- 96 Sophie Newlove Denver 88 +16
Washington turned in a two-under-par late in the day to take the day one team lead with a 286, while South Carolina (290), Oregon (292), Florida (293), Houston (295), Arizona State (296), Duke (298), Brigham Young (298), LSU (299) and East Carolina (301) rounded out the top 10 teams.
“Today we had wind on a really good golf course,” said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. “Regionals is a little bit different animal. People tend to come out real hot at this tournament so we need to make sure we stay patient and keep believing in ourselves. If we do, we should be alright.”
Following the completion of 54 holes, the top six teams will advance to the NCAA Championship in Eugene, Ore., May 20-25.
“It [the wind] is definitely a factor,” said Brooks. “As far as I could tell we were handling the wind pretty well. The key at regionals is just don't take crazy chances, just play good, solid golf. Pick conservative targets and play aggressively. We did that pretty well.”
Duke junior Sandy Choi along with sophomore Leona Maguire set the pace for the Blue Devils in round one carding a one-over-par, 73, and both are tied 15th overall.
Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, opened the day with Duke's first birdie on the 496-yard, par five third hole to get to one-under. She remained in red numbers until Maguire suffered a double-bogey on the next par five, No. 6. Maguire got back to even par with a birdie on No. 11, but closed with bogeys on No. 14 and No. 17, along with a birdie on No. 16 to finish with a 73. She rolled in a team-best 28 putts to go along with 10 fairways and 10 greens.
After opening with three straight pars, Choi suffered back-to-back bogeys on No. 4 and No. 5, which was started by a three-putt bogey on the 341-yard, par four fourth. A product of Seoul, South Korea, Choi netted her first birdie of the day on the par three eighth and made the turn at one-over, 37. Choi kicked off the back nine with a bogey on No. 10, but came back to notch a birdie on No. 11 to return to one-over-par. She finished the afternoon with seven consecutive pars to close with a 73. She hit a team-high 16 greens, 13 fairways and had 34 putts on the day.
Nine total players shot under par in the first round led by Houston's Leonie Harm and Washington's Ying Luo with a three-under-par, 69.
After missing the ACC Championship, sophomore Gurbani Singh returned to the lineup for regionals and carded a four-over, 76, which is tied 42nd overall. After opening with bogeys on two out of the first three holes, Singh settled down to play the next six holes one-under-par. She hit her six-iron from 160 yards on No. 8 to within two feet for the birdie to get back to one-over. Singh, who is from New Delhi, India, suffered back-to-back bogeys to start the back nine as she fell back to three-over-par. Standing about 28 feet from the cup on the 163-yard, par three 13th, Singh rolled in her second birdie of the day to get to two-over. She closed the afternoon with bogeys on 16 and 18 to finish with a 76. She hit 10 fairways, nine greens and had 31 putts in her first round.
Seeing action in her first NCAA Regional, freshman Virginia Elena Carta was one-over-par during her first seven holes as she had a bogey on No. 4. Prior to making the turn, Carta had a bogey on No. 8 and a double-bogey on No. 9 to make the turn at four-over, 40. She played the back nine at even par with two birdies, two bogeys and five pars. Carta, a product of Udine, Italy, birdied both par fives on the back nine with under four foot putts. She hit 13 greens, 12 fairways and had 34 putts Thursday as she carded a 76 and is tied 42nd.
Heading back to the University Club after winning the individual title at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic in March, senior Celine Boutier struggled out of the gate with her tee shot and made the turn at five-over, 41. On the back nine, she had four bogeys, but holed out on the 331-yard, par four 15th for eagle to get two strokes back. Boutier, who is from Montrouge, France, was 75 yards away and hit her 50-degree wedge that bounced once and went in the cup. She finished with a 79 and is tied 68th overall.
“I watched Celine play quite a bit today,” said Brooks. “She didn't have the best day, but she showed impressive mental toughness.”
As a team, Duke carded only nine birdies Thursday in the first round. The Blue Devils played hole No. 4 at four-over-par, but registered three birdies on the par five 11th.
“We always play to win,” commented Brooks. “That is what we are thinking about. I think we are 12 or 13 shots back, something like that. That is very doable in a team event like this.”
Duke will open the second round beginning at 7:30 a.m., off hole 1 along with BYU and LSU.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
- T15 Sandy Choi Duke 73 +1
- T15 Leona Maguire Duke 73 +1
- T42 Gurbani Singh Duke 76 +4
- T42 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 76 +4
- T68 Celine Boutier Duke 79 +7
1 Team Scores
1 Washington 286 -2
2 South Carolina 290 +2
3 Oregon 292 +4
4 Florida 293 +5
5 Houston 295 +7
6 Arizona State 296 +8
T7 Duke 298 +10
T7 Brigham Young 298 +10
9 LSU 299 +11
10 East Carolina 301 +13
11 North Carolina State 307 +19
12 Harvard 308 +20
13 Augusta 311 +23
14 Wichita State 312 +24
15 New Mexico 313 +25
16 Denver 315 +27
T17 Fairleigh Dickinson 322 +34
T17 North Florida 322 +34
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Leonie Harm Houston 69 -3
- T1 Ying Luo Washington 69 -3
- T3 Madison Talley * Kansas State 70 -2
- T3 Marion Veysseyre South Carolina 70 -2
- T3 Julianne Alvarez Washington 70 -2
- T3 Katelyn Dambaugh South Carolina 70 -2
- T7 Cathleen Santoso Oregon 71 -1
- T7 Maria Torres Florida 71 -1
- T7 Linnea Strom Arizona State 71 -1
- T10 Nico Engstroem Skaug East Carolina 72 E
- T10 Rachael Taylor North Carolina State 72 E
- T10 Elise Bradley LSU 72 E
- T10 Meghan MacLaren * Florida International 72 E
- T10 Kelly Grassel Florida 72 E
- T15 Sydney Cavin LSU 73 +1
- T15 Josefine Nyqvist Augusta 73 +1
- T15 Lea Garner Brigham Young 73 +1
- T15 Ashley Holder * UCF 73 +1
- T15 Chieh Jessica Peng * Mississippi St. U. 73 +1
- T15 Kathleen Scavo Oregon 73 +1
- T15 Charlotte Thomas Washington 73 +1
- T15 Madison Kerley Arizona State 73 +1
- T15 Sandy Choi Duke 73 +1
- T15 Leona Maguire Duke 73 +1
- T25 Brooklyn Hocker Brigham Young 74 +2
- T25 Jessica Haigwood Augusta 74 +2
- T25 Yuka Kajiki Houston 74 +2
- T25 Marcella Pranovia Oregon 74 +2
- T25 Petra Salko Oregon 74 +2
- T25 Wenyung Keh Washington 74 +2
- T25 Karolina Vlckova Florida 74 +2
- T32 Raegan Bremer Houston 75 +3
- T32 Catherine Ashworth East Carolina 75 +3
- T32 Rose Huang Brigham Young 75 +3
- T32 Isi Nilsson South Carolina 75 +3
- T32 Anna Zhou Harvard 75 +3
- T32 Jessica Dreesbeimdieke Denver 75 +3
- T32 Sarah Schmelzel South Carolina 75 +3
- T32 Caroline Inglis Oregon 75 +3
- T32 Monica Vaughn Arizona State 75 +3
- T32 Taryn Torgerson Wichita State 75 +3
- T42 Leonie Bettel North Carolina State 76 +4
- T42 Alex White Brigham Young 76 +4
- T42 F. Gustafsson Spang East Carolina 76 +4
- T42 Lita Guo Harvard 76 +4
- T42 Ainhoa Olarra South Carolina 76 +4
- T42 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 76 +4
- T42 Gurbani Singh Duke 76 +4
- T42 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 76 +4
- T50 Nadine Dreher LSU 77 +5
- T50 Emily Gilbreth Houston 77 +5
- T50 Eunice Yi Augusta 77 +5
- T50 Megan Thothong Houston 77 +5
- T50 Kathleen Gallagher LSU 77 +5
- T50 Emma Svensson * Central Arkansas 77 +5
- T50 Manon Molle New Mexico 77 +5
- T50 Anne Cheng Harvard 77 +5
- T50 Sophia Zeeb Arizona State 77 +5
- T50 Roberta Liti Arizona State 77 +5
- T50 Mary Dawson North Florida 77 +5
- T61 Lisa Pettersson East Carolina 78 +6
- T61 Ji Eun Baik * Mississippi St. U. 78 +6
- T61 Darian Zachek New Mexico 78 +6
- T61 Sarah Rhee Washington 78 +6
- T61 Mariell Bruun Denver 78 +6
- T61 Ingrid Gutierrez New Mexico 78 +6
- T61 Meghan Schuetz Jack Wichita State 78 +6
- T68 Kate Law East Carolina 79 +7
- T68 India Clyburn North Carolina State 79 +7
- T68 Jessica Carty Denver 79 +7
- T68 Bryce Schroeder Wichita State 79 +7
- T68 Celine Boutier Duke 79 +7
- T68 Rebecca Wright Fairleigh Dickinson 79 +7
- T74 Naomi Ko North Carolina State 80 +8
- T74 Alexandra Moisand New Mexico 80 +8
- T74 Christine Lin Harvard 80 +8
- T74 Ariadna Castro Fairleigh Dickinson 80 +8
- T74 Samantha Wagner Florida 80 +8
- T74 Gavrilla Arya Wichita State 80 +8
- T80 Sarah Bae North Carolina State 81 +9
- T80 Michelle Xie Harvard 81 +9
- T80 Kelly Aylwin North Florida 81 +9
- T80 Gabriela Santini Fairleigh Dickinson 81 +9
- T84 Marina Hedlund LSU 82 +10
- T84 Eva Saulnier New Mexico 82 +10
- T84 Nathalie Nygren North Florida 82 +10
- T84 Celeste McLean Fairleigh Dickinson 82 +10
- T84 Emelie Alpe North Florida 82 +10
- T84 Anneke Strobach Fairleigh Dickinson 82 +10
- 90 Katharina Baratta-Dragaro Denver 83 +11
- T91 Kendra Dalton Brigham Young 85 +13
- T91 Megan Wilshire North Florida 85 +13
- 93 Maria Alejandra Villalobos Wichita State 86 +14
- T94 Cecilia Diez-Moliner Augusta 87 +15
- T94 Teresa Caballer Hernani Augusta 87 +15
- 96 Sophie Newlove Denver 88 +16
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