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Trio of Blue Devils in Top 25 of WAGR Rankings
6/5/2016 7:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – Following the completion of the 2015-16 collegiate golf campaign, the women's World Amateur Golf Ranking system has updated its listing with three Duke women's golfers in the top 25 of the ledger.
Leona Maguire is listed No. 3, Virginia Elena Carta is No. 15 and Celine Boutier is No. 24. The listing ranks the top female amateur golfers in the world on the basis of their average performance in counting events over a rolling cycle of the previous 52 weeks.
Maguire, who was No. 1 in the ranking for almost a year, owns 1531.1990 points and trails Hannah O'Sullivan (1581.4495) and Maria Parra Luque (1547.9294) in the rankings. A product of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire is coming off earning Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-America accolades for the second straight season. She led Duke with a 72.29 stroke average to go along with two top five, six top 10 and eight top 20 finishes on the year. She registered her fourth collegiate victory at the Tar Heel Invitational with rounds of 69, 72 and 71 for a 213.
After winning the NCAA Individual Championship, Carta moved up 54 spots to No. 15 in the latest rankings. Carta, a freshman from Udine, Italy, won the 2016 NCAA Individual Championship with a NCAA-record eight stroke margin of victory and her 16-under-par and 72-hole total of 272 were both NCAA records as well.
She posted a 72.41 stroke average this past season en route to earning All-ACC and NCAA All-Region honors. The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) First-Team All-America closed the season with five straight top-10 finishes and totaled a 69.57 stroke average in NCAA Regional and Championship play. Carta became the first golfer in Duke history to register four straight rounds in the 60's in NCAA postseason play.
Boutier, who hails from Montrouge, France, concluded her stellar Duke career this season and will be turning professional this summer. She totaled two top five and four top 20 finishes on the season, including a record-breaking victory at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic. Boutier turned in rounds of 67, 72 and 69 for an eight-under-par, 208, and won the tournament by a Duke record 14 strokes. She was a four-time All-ACC selection, two-time All-America and the 2013-14 National Player of the Year.
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Leona Maguire is listed No. 3, Virginia Elena Carta is No. 15 and Celine Boutier is No. 24. The listing ranks the top female amateur golfers in the world on the basis of their average performance in counting events over a rolling cycle of the previous 52 weeks.
Maguire, who was No. 1 in the ranking for almost a year, owns 1531.1990 points and trails Hannah O'Sullivan (1581.4495) and Maria Parra Luque (1547.9294) in the rankings. A product of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire is coming off earning Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-America accolades for the second straight season. She led Duke with a 72.29 stroke average to go along with two top five, six top 10 and eight top 20 finishes on the year. She registered her fourth collegiate victory at the Tar Heel Invitational with rounds of 69, 72 and 71 for a 213.
After winning the NCAA Individual Championship, Carta moved up 54 spots to No. 15 in the latest rankings. Carta, a freshman from Udine, Italy, won the 2016 NCAA Individual Championship with a NCAA-record eight stroke margin of victory and her 16-under-par and 72-hole total of 272 were both NCAA records as well.
She posted a 72.41 stroke average this past season en route to earning All-ACC and NCAA All-Region honors. The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) First-Team All-America closed the season with five straight top-10 finishes and totaled a 69.57 stroke average in NCAA Regional and Championship play. Carta became the first golfer in Duke history to register four straight rounds in the 60's in NCAA postseason play.
Boutier, who hails from Montrouge, France, concluded her stellar Duke career this season and will be turning professional this summer. She totaled two top five and four top 20 finishes on the season, including a record-breaking victory at the LSU Tiger Golf Classic. Boutier turned in rounds of 67, 72 and 69 for an eight-under-par, 208, and won the tournament by a Duke record 14 strokes. She was a four-time All-ACC selection, two-time All-America and the 2013-14 National Player of the Year.
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