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WGolf ACC Championship History: Orley, Blue Devils Notch Titles
4/21/2020 8:12:00 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. 21, 1985
Duke carded rounds of 312, 308 and 292 for a three-day ledger of 912 to win the ACC Championship by three strokes over North Carolina. After being down seven strokes after day one and 11 strokes after the second day, the Blue Devils carded a 292 to win the title.
Evelyn Orley won the ACC individual title with rounds of 77, 74 and a 67 for a 218. It marked the second straight team and individual ACC Championship for the Blue Devils.
Apr. 21, 2002
For the seventh consecutive year, the Duke women's golf team took home the ACC Championship with a 29-stroke victory at the Par 72, 6,411 yard Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C.
Senior Candy Hannemann fired a final round 73 to take individual medalist honors with a three-day total of even par 216. It marked the fourth year in a row a Blue Devil has won individual medalist honors at the championship. Hannemann, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, added another prestigious honor to her resume that includes-- 2001 NCAA Individual Champion, 2001 U.S. Open Low Amateur and five collegiate victories.
The Blue Devils finished the weekend with an ACC Tournament record three-day total of 866. Duke's ACC record 866 total is the best since the Blue Devils carded an 871 in the 2000 championships at Salem Glen Country Club.
All five Blue Devils finished in the top seven individually with first and second round leaders Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) and Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) finishing the day with a 76 and 79, respectively. Nirapathpongporn finished tied for second with a 217. Engstrom finished in tied for fourth place (220).
Freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh (Lausanne, Switzerland) carded a 74 in the final round and finished in sixth place (221) and Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) turned in a 75 to finish in tied for seventh (222).
Apr. 21, 2013
For the second straight year and the 18th time in school history, the third-ranked Duke women's golf team captured the ACC Championship as the Blue Devils turned in a 54-hole total of 882 to win by 24 strokes at the 6,210-yard, Par 71 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
"It never looked easy to me today," said head coach Dan Brooks. "The greens firmed up and they were a little bit tough to read. I thought we might be losing ground and we ended up getting a bigger lead. It was great."
Duke posted rounds of 293, 292 and 297 for a 30-over-par ledger, dealing with high winds and very challenging Bermuda greens.
"The cold, I don't think was really anything," commented Brooks on the weather conditions. "I think the swirling wind was [challenging] and the fact the wind was drying the greens out. They are new greens, they are probably a little firmer than they will be in time and they are Bermuda. That was the toughest part was the firmness today."
Brooks on the team's continued success, "If I knew that formula, maybe I could keep it going. Obviously, we have had a few years where we have not been up here. We won last year and this year, but we took a little dip there. We are just thankful where we are."
As a team, Duke featured four out of the top six on the final leaderboard on Sunday – Laetitia Beck (2nd), Alejandra Cangrejo (T3rd), Lindy Duncan (T3rd) and Celine Boutier (T6th). Virginia's Brittany Altomare claimed the first ACC Individual title for the Cavaliers with a three-day total of 217.
"It is great to win, especially because last week we were leading after the first and second rounds," said Beck. "We were really close this year but never won. It is great to finally be No. 1."
#GoDuke
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Apr. 21, 1985
Duke carded rounds of 312, 308 and 292 for a three-day ledger of 912 to win the ACC Championship by three strokes over North Carolina. After being down seven strokes after day one and 11 strokes after the second day, the Blue Devils carded a 292 to win the title.
Evelyn Orley won the ACC individual title with rounds of 77, 74 and a 67 for a 218. It marked the second straight team and individual ACC Championship for the Blue Devils.
Apr. 21, 2002
For the seventh consecutive year, the Duke women's golf team took home the ACC Championship with a 29-stroke victory at the Par 72, 6,411 yard Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C.
Senior Candy Hannemann fired a final round 73 to take individual medalist honors with a three-day total of even par 216. It marked the fourth year in a row a Blue Devil has won individual medalist honors at the championship. Hannemann, a native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, added another prestigious honor to her resume that includes-- 2001 NCAA Individual Champion, 2001 U.S. Open Low Amateur and five collegiate victories.
The Blue Devils finished the weekend with an ACC Tournament record three-day total of 866. Duke's ACC record 866 total is the best since the Blue Devils carded an 871 in the 2000 championships at Salem Glen Country Club.
All five Blue Devils finished in the top seven individually with first and second round leaders Virada Nirapathpongporn (Bangkok, Thailand) and Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) finishing the day with a 76 and 79, respectively. Nirapathpongporn finished tied for second with a 217. Engstrom finished in tied for fourth place (220).
Freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh (Lausanne, Switzerland) carded a 74 in the final round and finished in sixth place (221) and Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) turned in a 75 to finish in tied for seventh (222).
Apr. 21, 2013
For the second straight year and the 18th time in school history, the third-ranked Duke women's golf team captured the ACC Championship as the Blue Devils turned in a 54-hole total of 882 to win by 24 strokes at the 6,210-yard, Par 71 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
"It never looked easy to me today," said head coach Dan Brooks. "The greens firmed up and they were a little bit tough to read. I thought we might be losing ground and we ended up getting a bigger lead. It was great."
Duke posted rounds of 293, 292 and 297 for a 30-over-par ledger, dealing with high winds and very challenging Bermuda greens.
"The cold, I don't think was really anything," commented Brooks on the weather conditions. "I think the swirling wind was [challenging] and the fact the wind was drying the greens out. They are new greens, they are probably a little firmer than they will be in time and they are Bermuda. That was the toughest part was the firmness today."
Brooks on the team's continued success, "If I knew that formula, maybe I could keep it going. Obviously, we have had a few years where we have not been up here. We won last year and this year, but we took a little dip there. We are just thankful where we are."
As a team, Duke featured four out of the top six on the final leaderboard on Sunday – Laetitia Beck (2nd), Alejandra Cangrejo (T3rd), Lindy Duncan (T3rd) and Celine Boutier (T6th). Virginia's Brittany Altomare claimed the first ACC Individual title for the Cavaliers with a three-day total of 217.
"It is great to win, especially because last week we were leading after the first and second rounds," said Beck. "We were really close this year but never won. It is great to finally be No. 1."
#GoDuke
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