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WGolf ACC Championship History: Three ACC Team Championships
4/20/2020 10:46:00 AM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C.— The Duke women's golf program has won 21 ACC Championships in program history. Head coach Dan Brooks has guided the Blue Devils to 20 of the 21 titles. From April 14 through April 23, Duke will look back at each championship.
Apr. 20, 1997
With rounds of 293, 309 and 295 for a total of 897, Duke claimed the fifth ACC Championship. The Blue Devils opened with a 17-stroke lead after day one and closed with a 10-stroke victory. Jenny Chuasiriporn won the individual title with rounds of 69, 74 and 69 for a 212. Overall, Duke placed four golfers in the top seven --- Amie Lehman (5th), Liz Lepanto (6th) and Alicia Allison (7th).
Apr. 20, 2003
The Duke women's golf team showcased why they are ranked number one in the nation as the Blue Devils turned in a school record round of 277 on the final day to claim their eighth consecutive ACC Championship at the Par 71, 6,358-Yard Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C.
Duke finished the championship with a three-day total of 877 with Wake Forest (877), North Carolina (893), North Carolina (903), N.C. State (905), Florida State (909) and Maryland (939) rounding out the field. The Blue Devils won the team title by 16 strokes.
"On the front nine I saw a lot of red numbers out there from all the teams," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "I was saying we better stay in the red or we were going to have a long day, but on the back nine there were a lot of separation. This is when I knew that we were going to bring home the title."
North Carolina's Meaghan Francella fired her second straight round of two-under par 69 to win the individual title by one stroke over Duke's Liz Janangelo and Wake Forest's Nuria Clau. Francella finished at 215, two-over par. Janangelo, a freshman from West Hartford, Conn., continued her stellar play with a three-under-par 68 and finished with a three-day total of 216.
Overall, Duke finished with four golfers in the top seven and five in the top 12 individually. Nirapathpongporn was tied fourth after turning in her second straight round of 71 and finished with a 217. Junior Leigh Anne Hardin carded a season-best 67 in the final round to finish sixth (221), while senior Kristina Engstrom had a 71 on the final day to finish seventh (223). Sophomore Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh also recorded a 71 in the final round to place tied 12th (227).
"This championship was very exciting as there were so many low numbers shot out there," said Brooks. "It feels great to get our eighth title in a row because the competition was so tight. It feels really good and I hope we can get many more."
For the day, Duke posted three scores of 71, a 67 and a 68. So the Blue Devils had to throw out an even par round of 71 on the afternoon. Overall, Duke picked up its 11th ACC Championship and 10th under the direction of Brooks.
"I kind of had a rocky backside as I didn't have that many putts," said Blumenherst. "I had to get up and down a bunch of times for par. I just stayed calm even though I was hitting it funny, especially from 12 through 16. I was able to get up and down. On the last hole, I had been doing so much chipping I was pretty confident in myself. I was able to put it up there and knock in a nice putt."
Apr. 20, 2008
In thrilling and record fashion, the top-ranked Duke women's golf team captured its 13th straight ACC Championship as the Blue Devils won by one stroke over 23rd-ranked Virginia, while junior Amanda Blumenherst became the first three-time ACC Champion as she also won the individual title by one stroke at the 6,315-Yard, Par 72 LPGA International Legends Course in Daytona Beach, Fla.
In a championship that came down to the final hole to determine the team and individual champion, Duke carded a final round total of 292 and finished the championship with a 54-hole total of 871. Virginia, who led by 10 strokes after day one and was tied with the Blue Devils after the second round, carded a 293 on the final day to finish with an 872.
During a day which saw Duke drop to third place at one point after opening the round 10-over-par through six holes, the Blue Devils finally took their first lead of the 2008 ACC Championship at 12:36 p.m., on Sunday. The lead would not last long as Virginia put together another run led by Lene Krog's four birdies over the final five holes.
The match would be all-square towards the end before Virginia's Jennie Arseneault registered a birdie on the 17th hole to give the Cavaliers a one-stroke advantage. The lead would not last long as Blue Devil sophomore Alison Whitaker hit her approach on the 18th hole to within 12 feet and made the tournament-tying birdie. After notching the birdie on No. 17, Arseneault hit her approach shot on No. 18 out of bounds and ended up making a triple-bogey, which moved her score from two-over-par to five-over-par for the day.
Virginia would then need to count freshman Calle Nielson's score of three-over-par as she waited in the 18th fairway to hit her approach. During this same time, Duke senior Jennifer Pandolfi could not get up and down from in front of the 18th green and made a bogey, which kept the ledger knotted at seven-over-par for both Virginia and Duke.
Both Blumenherst and Nielson each hit their approach shots on 18 off the green and had to get up and down to win the tournament. Nielson was not able to hit a six-foot putt for par, but Blumenherst calmly drained a six-footer to win both the team and individual crowns.
Florida State's Caroline Westrup led the individual action by one stroke after a birdie on the 16th hole, but she would go on to three-putt the final two holes as Blumenherst registered up-and-downs to claim her record third straight ACC crown with a 54-hole total of 212. Westrup finished at 213, while Nielson (216), Pandolfi (217) and Wake Forest's Natalie Sheary (218) rounded out the top five individuals.
A product of Scottsdale, Ariz., Blumenherst had a roller coaster day as she did not play her best round of golf, but it didn't show with a one-under-par, 71, on the final day. She totaled eight pars over the first nine holes to go along with a birdie on the 480-yard, par five eighth hole. This was keyed by a great comeback on No. 9 as she hooked her drive into the water, but was able to hit a 15-foot par-saving putt to keep her score at one-under-par. On the back, she continued to grind it out as she had a key chip within one foot for par on No. 12 and a double-bogey on No. 13 due to another hooked drive.
With the double-bogey, Blumenherst dropped out of a share of the lead with Westrup, but that didn't last long as she holed a chip from off the green for eagle on the 485-yard, par five 14th hole with a lob wedge. She went on to garner up-and-downs on three out of the final four holes. For the day, Blumenherst registered seven up-and-downs and had no three-putts. She hit 8-of-9 greens on the front nine and totaled 26 putts on the day.
Concluding with her best finish of the season was Pandolfi, who was fourth with rounds of 71, 72 and 74 for a total of 217. Whitaker, who is from Melbourne, Australia, finished tied for sixth in the individual action, which marked her third top-10 finish of the season with a three-day total of 219. The unsung hero for the final round for the Blue Devils was freshman Kim Donovan, who had collected rounds of 79 the first two days. This was not so on Sunday as the Hopkinton, Mass., product battled back from being five-over-par through 12 holes to close the final six holes at two-under-par. Donovan notched birdie putts on No. 13 and No. 16 during a back nine where she hit seven greens, five fairways and had 14 putts. Her key momentum shifter was on No. 10 as she was able to get a sand save with a 10-foot par putt. She finished the day with a three-over-par, 75, and finished tied for 28th with a total of 233.
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Apr. 20, 1997
With rounds of 293, 309 and 295 for a total of 897, Duke claimed the fifth ACC Championship. The Blue Devils opened with a 17-stroke lead after day one and closed with a 10-stroke victory. Jenny Chuasiriporn won the individual title with rounds of 69, 74 and 69 for a 212. Overall, Duke placed four golfers in the top seven --- Amie Lehman (5th), Liz Lepanto (6th) and Alicia Allison (7th).
Apr. 20, 2003
The Duke women's golf team showcased why they are ranked number one in the nation as the Blue Devils turned in a school record round of 277 on the final day to claim their eighth consecutive ACC Championship at the Par 71, 6,358-Yard Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C.
Duke finished the championship with a three-day total of 877 with Wake Forest (877), North Carolina (893), North Carolina (903), N.C. State (905), Florida State (909) and Maryland (939) rounding out the field. The Blue Devils won the team title by 16 strokes.
"On the front nine I saw a lot of red numbers out there from all the teams," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "I was saying we better stay in the red or we were going to have a long day, but on the back nine there were a lot of separation. This is when I knew that we were going to bring home the title."
North Carolina's Meaghan Francella fired her second straight round of two-under par 69 to win the individual title by one stroke over Duke's Liz Janangelo and Wake Forest's Nuria Clau. Francella finished at 215, two-over par. Janangelo, a freshman from West Hartford, Conn., continued her stellar play with a three-under-par 68 and finished with a three-day total of 216.
Overall, Duke finished with four golfers in the top seven and five in the top 12 individually. Nirapathpongporn was tied fourth after turning in her second straight round of 71 and finished with a 217. Junior Leigh Anne Hardin carded a season-best 67 in the final round to finish sixth (221), while senior Kristina Engstrom had a 71 on the final day to finish seventh (223). Sophomore Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh also recorded a 71 in the final round to place tied 12th (227).
"This championship was very exciting as there were so many low numbers shot out there," said Brooks. "It feels great to get our eighth title in a row because the competition was so tight. It feels really good and I hope we can get many more."
For the day, Duke posted three scores of 71, a 67 and a 68. So the Blue Devils had to throw out an even par round of 71 on the afternoon. Overall, Duke picked up its 11th ACC Championship and 10th under the direction of Brooks.
"I kind of had a rocky backside as I didn't have that many putts," said Blumenherst. "I had to get up and down a bunch of times for par. I just stayed calm even though I was hitting it funny, especially from 12 through 16. I was able to get up and down. On the last hole, I had been doing so much chipping I was pretty confident in myself. I was able to put it up there and knock in a nice putt."
Apr. 20, 2008
In thrilling and record fashion, the top-ranked Duke women's golf team captured its 13th straight ACC Championship as the Blue Devils won by one stroke over 23rd-ranked Virginia, while junior Amanda Blumenherst became the first three-time ACC Champion as she also won the individual title by one stroke at the 6,315-Yard, Par 72 LPGA International Legends Course in Daytona Beach, Fla.
In a championship that came down to the final hole to determine the team and individual champion, Duke carded a final round total of 292 and finished the championship with a 54-hole total of 871. Virginia, who led by 10 strokes after day one and was tied with the Blue Devils after the second round, carded a 293 on the final day to finish with an 872.
During a day which saw Duke drop to third place at one point after opening the round 10-over-par through six holes, the Blue Devils finally took their first lead of the 2008 ACC Championship at 12:36 p.m., on Sunday. The lead would not last long as Virginia put together another run led by Lene Krog's four birdies over the final five holes.
The match would be all-square towards the end before Virginia's Jennie Arseneault registered a birdie on the 17th hole to give the Cavaliers a one-stroke advantage. The lead would not last long as Blue Devil sophomore Alison Whitaker hit her approach on the 18th hole to within 12 feet and made the tournament-tying birdie. After notching the birdie on No. 17, Arseneault hit her approach shot on No. 18 out of bounds and ended up making a triple-bogey, which moved her score from two-over-par to five-over-par for the day.
Virginia would then need to count freshman Calle Nielson's score of three-over-par as she waited in the 18th fairway to hit her approach. During this same time, Duke senior Jennifer Pandolfi could not get up and down from in front of the 18th green and made a bogey, which kept the ledger knotted at seven-over-par for both Virginia and Duke.
Both Blumenherst and Nielson each hit their approach shots on 18 off the green and had to get up and down to win the tournament. Nielson was not able to hit a six-foot putt for par, but Blumenherst calmly drained a six-footer to win both the team and individual crowns.
Florida State's Caroline Westrup led the individual action by one stroke after a birdie on the 16th hole, but she would go on to three-putt the final two holes as Blumenherst registered up-and-downs to claim her record third straight ACC crown with a 54-hole total of 212. Westrup finished at 213, while Nielson (216), Pandolfi (217) and Wake Forest's Natalie Sheary (218) rounded out the top five individuals.
A product of Scottsdale, Ariz., Blumenherst had a roller coaster day as she did not play her best round of golf, but it didn't show with a one-under-par, 71, on the final day. She totaled eight pars over the first nine holes to go along with a birdie on the 480-yard, par five eighth hole. This was keyed by a great comeback on No. 9 as she hooked her drive into the water, but was able to hit a 15-foot par-saving putt to keep her score at one-under-par. On the back, she continued to grind it out as she had a key chip within one foot for par on No. 12 and a double-bogey on No. 13 due to another hooked drive.
With the double-bogey, Blumenherst dropped out of a share of the lead with Westrup, but that didn't last long as she holed a chip from off the green for eagle on the 485-yard, par five 14th hole with a lob wedge. She went on to garner up-and-downs on three out of the final four holes. For the day, Blumenherst registered seven up-and-downs and had no three-putts. She hit 8-of-9 greens on the front nine and totaled 26 putts on the day.
Concluding with her best finish of the season was Pandolfi, who was fourth with rounds of 71, 72 and 74 for a total of 217. Whitaker, who is from Melbourne, Australia, finished tied for sixth in the individual action, which marked her third top-10 finish of the season with a three-day total of 219. The unsung hero for the final round for the Blue Devils was freshman Kim Donovan, who had collected rounds of 79 the first two days. This was not so on Sunday as the Hopkinton, Mass., product battled back from being five-over-par through 12 holes to close the final six holes at two-under-par. Donovan notched birdie putts on No. 13 and No. 16 during a back nine where she hit seven greens, five fairways and had 14 putts. Her key momentum shifter was on No. 10 as she was able to get a sand save with a 10-foot par putt. She finished the day with a three-over-par, 75, and finished tied for 28th with a total of 233.
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