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Day One at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge
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Furtney Paces Blue Devils in Rain-Delayed First Round
2/9/2020 10:05:00 PM | Women's Golf
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. – Seeing action in her second collegiate tournament in the spring opener Sunday, Duke freshman Megan Furtney paced the Blue Devils in round one at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. Cold and rainy weather forced a delay early during the front nine and three Blue Devil groups were not able to finish their day at the 6,017-yard, par 71 Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., carded three birdies, including back-to-back on holes No. 15 and No. 16 on her way to finishing with an even-par, 71. She made the turn with a one-over, 36, as she rolled in a seven-foot birdie on the 475-yard, par five fifth. After turning in pars on eight consecutive holes, Furtney hit her 9-iron from 162 yards to 12 feet and rolled in the birdie. She then sank a five-footer for birdie on the par five 16th to move to one-under-par for the day. After a bogey on No. 17, she parred 18 to finish with her second collegiate even or under par ledger.
She is tied ninth overall as she hit 12 greens, 12-of-14 fairways and rolled 30 putts.
Junior Miranda Wang also finished her round as she signed for a three-over, 74, and is tied for 29th on the individual leaderboard. Wang, who is from Beijing, China, birdied her first hole and remained one-under-par through four holes. She went on to make the turn at one-over, 36, which included back-to-back birdies on No. 7 and No. 8.
Wang struggled to open the back nine, but regrouped and collected back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and No. 15 on her way to finishing with a 74.
Duke's Gina Kim (2 holes), Erica Shepherd (2 holes) and Ana Belac (4 holes) were not able to finish their first rounds due to darkness and will have to return at 10:30 a.m. (ET) Monday morning.
Kim, who hails from Chapel Hill, N.C., rolled in an early birdie on the 200-yard, par three second hole to move into red digits. After a double-bogey on No. 5, Kim collected two straight birdies on No. 6 and No. 7 to get back to under par. She suffered back-to-back bogeys to close the front at one-over-par, 36, and returned to even par after notching her fourth birdie on No. 11. Kim added five straight pars heading to No. 17 at even for the day.
After opening her final spring season with a birdie on No. 1, Belac had nine pars and four bogeys over the next 13 holes. She has four holes remaining in round one as she sits at three-over-par.
Shepherd, a freshman out of Greenwood, Ind., turned in 11 pars and five bogeys and is five-over-par through 16 holes.
As a team, Duke sits tied for third at six-over-par. Auburn opened the day with a one-under-par, 283, to take the lead. Kent State (289) is second, while Oregon, Duke and Texas (290) are tied for third. Wake Forest (+7), UCLA (293), Arizona State (293), Stanford (+10) and Southern California (296) rounded out the top 10.
Following the completion of the first round, tee times for round two are expected to start at 12 p.m. (ET).
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Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., carded three birdies, including back-to-back on holes No. 15 and No. 16 on her way to finishing with an even-par, 71. She made the turn with a one-over, 36, as she rolled in a seven-foot birdie on the 475-yard, par five fifth. After turning in pars on eight consecutive holes, Furtney hit her 9-iron from 162 yards to 12 feet and rolled in the birdie. She then sank a five-footer for birdie on the par five 16th to move to one-under-par for the day. After a bogey on No. 17, she parred 18 to finish with her second collegiate even or under par ledger.
She is tied ninth overall as she hit 12 greens, 12-of-14 fairways and rolled 30 putts.
Junior Miranda Wang also finished her round as she signed for a three-over, 74, and is tied for 29th on the individual leaderboard. Wang, who is from Beijing, China, birdied her first hole and remained one-under-par through four holes. She went on to make the turn at one-over, 36, which included back-to-back birdies on No. 7 and No. 8.
Wang struggled to open the back nine, but regrouped and collected back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and No. 15 on her way to finishing with a 74.
Duke's Gina Kim (2 holes), Erica Shepherd (2 holes) and Ana Belac (4 holes) were not able to finish their first rounds due to darkness and will have to return at 10:30 a.m. (ET) Monday morning.
Kim, who hails from Chapel Hill, N.C., rolled in an early birdie on the 200-yard, par three second hole to move into red digits. After a double-bogey on No. 5, Kim collected two straight birdies on No. 6 and No. 7 to get back to under par. She suffered back-to-back bogeys to close the front at one-over-par, 36, and returned to even par after notching her fourth birdie on No. 11. Kim added five straight pars heading to No. 17 at even for the day.
After opening her final spring season with a birdie on No. 1, Belac had nine pars and four bogeys over the next 13 holes. She has four holes remaining in round one as she sits at three-over-par.
Shepherd, a freshman out of Greenwood, Ind., turned in 11 pars and five bogeys and is five-over-par through 16 holes.
As a team, Duke sits tied for third at six-over-par. Auburn opened the day with a one-under-par, 283, to take the lead. Kent State (289) is second, while Oregon, Duke and Texas (290) are tied for third. Wake Forest (+7), UCLA (293), Arizona State (293), Stanford (+10) and Southern California (296) rounded out the top 10.
Following the completion of the first round, tee times for round two are expected to start at 12 p.m. (ET).
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