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New Format for 2020 ACC Women’s Golf Championship
1/30/2020 5:56:00 PM | Women's Golf
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The ACC Women's Golf Championship will move to a different format in 2020, which will now include match play and take place April 23-26 at the Reserve Golf Club in Pawley's Island, S.C.
The format change was approved this past May at the ACC meetings and will now feature 54 holes of stroke play before a cut to the top four teams, who move on to match play. The teams will play 36 holes of stroke play on April 23 followed by the final 18 holes of stroke play on April 24. The top four teams will advance to match play and will feature semifinals on April 25 and finals on April 26.
"I'm excited about the change to combined stroke and match play, since it reflects the national championship format," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "The only negative is that our conference championship is now a day longer, right before finals. But we've scheduled the spring well to accommodate the late semester academic challenge."
In 2015, the NCAA Championship moved to match play to decide the NCAA champion and the Blue Devils have advanced to match play in four of five seasons. This past season, Duke claimed the NCAA Championship with a 3-2 victory over Wake Forest to win its seventh NCAA title in school history.
Over the history of the ACC Championship, Duke has won 21 ACC titles, including 13 in a row from 1996-2008. The Blue Devils most recently won back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018. A total of 13 different Duke golfers have won 19 individual titles. Brooks has guided Duke to 20 of Duke's 21 ACC Championships.
The only previous championship hosted in Pawley's Island at The Reserve Golf Club took place in 2017 with Duke carding rounds of 284, 286 and 289 for a five-under, 859, to win the title. Duke's Leona Maguire posted a three-day six-under ledger to win the individual championship as well.
Duke will open the 2020 spring slate at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Feb. 9-11 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes, Calif.
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The format change was approved this past May at the ACC meetings and will now feature 54 holes of stroke play before a cut to the top four teams, who move on to match play. The teams will play 36 holes of stroke play on April 23 followed by the final 18 holes of stroke play on April 24. The top four teams will advance to match play and will feature semifinals on April 25 and finals on April 26.
"I'm excited about the change to combined stroke and match play, since it reflects the national championship format," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "The only negative is that our conference championship is now a day longer, right before finals. But we've scheduled the spring well to accommodate the late semester academic challenge."
In 2015, the NCAA Championship moved to match play to decide the NCAA champion and the Blue Devils have advanced to match play in four of five seasons. This past season, Duke claimed the NCAA Championship with a 3-2 victory over Wake Forest to win its seventh NCAA title in school history.
Over the history of the ACC Championship, Duke has won 21 ACC titles, including 13 in a row from 1996-2008. The Blue Devils most recently won back-to-back championships in 2017 and 2018. A total of 13 different Duke golfers have won 19 individual titles. Brooks has guided Duke to 20 of Duke's 21 ACC Championships.
The only previous championship hosted in Pawley's Island at The Reserve Golf Club took place in 2017 with Duke carding rounds of 284, 286 and 289 for a five-under, 859, to win the title. Duke's Leona Maguire posted a three-day six-under ledger to win the individual championship as well.
Duke will open the 2020 spring slate at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Feb. 9-11 at the Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes, Calif.
#GoDuke
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