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Monday, February 22
Kiawah Island, S.C. (Turtle Point Golf Club)
Duke University
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Palmetto Spring Intercollegiate
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Blue Devils, Shepherd Place Third at Palmetto Intercollegiate
2/22/2021 4:49:00 PM | Women's Golf
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. – In the 2021 season opener and the first collegiate tournament for the Blue Devils since March of 2020, Duke University women's golf sophomore Erica Shepherd turned in a career-best third place ledger at the Palmetto Intercollegiate as she carded rounds of 71, 75 and 73 for a three-over-par, 219, at the 6,021-yard, Par 72 Turtle Point Golf Course in Kiawah Island, S.C.
A product of Greenwood, Ind., Shepherd carded nine birdies over 54 holes and led the field late in the second round, before finishing third overall and only three strokes behind the leader. Her previous best finish came at the East Lake Cup as she tied for sixth. The round of 71 Sunday morning also matched her career-low 18-hole ledger. Â
"I feel really lucky to be able to play college golf again during COVID and our team is super grateful to everyone who is making it possible for us to play," said Shepherd. "It felt really good to get back in competitive mode after taking some time off and I'm proud of how I played. The wind was pretty brutal, especially on the holes that are right on the ocean, so that a great learning experience."
Shepherd opened the third round with four pars, before posting three birdies over the next four holes to get to two-under-par. She drained back-to-back six-foot birdies on No. 5 and No. 6, before rolling in a 16-footer for birdie on No. 8 to move to two-under-par for the day. After four pars and four bogeys to open the back nine, Shepherd closed the tournament with an eight-foot birdie on the 376-yard, par four 18th. She hit nine fairways, 12 greens and rolled 31 putts in the final round.
Wake Forest's Rachel Kuehn earned medalist honors with an even-par, 216. Â
As a team, Duke opened the season with a third place finish as the Blue Devils signed for rounds of 302, 306 and 295 for a 903. Wake Forest (874), Virginia (902), Duke (903), Clemson (904) and Furman (909) rounded out the top five. The Blue Devils featured a great start to the round Monday as Duke was one-under through nine holes with eight birdies. Duke closed the day seven-over-par on the back nine. Â
"Obviously not a great performance for us," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "I'd say it wasn't anything In particular, just not sharp. We'll work hard for our next event. We will be better."
Blue Devil junior Gina Kim carded a team-best even-par, 72, in Monday's final round as she collected 14 pars and two birdies. Kim, who hails from Chapel Hill, N.C., posted her first birdie of the day on the 489-yard, par five second hole as she hit her three hybrid to about 20 yards away from the green. Kim then chipped to five feet and drained the birdie. She also birdied No. 5 as she hit her four hybrid from 186 yards to 30 feet from the cup and two-putted for birdie. She hit 13 greens, 13 fairways and had 32 putts on the day. Â
Kim collected her eighth career top 20 finish as she placed tied for 18th with a 227. Â
Freshman Anne Chen had one of the best starts Monday of anyone in the field as she was two-under-par through five holes. She rolled in an eight-foot birdie on No. 4 and tapped in for birdie on No. 5. Chen, a product of Sugar Land, Texas, bogied No. 9 to make the turn at one-under, 35, but came back to drain a 12-footer for birdie on No. 10 to get back to two-under-par. She finished the final seven holes at three-over-par, which included a long-distance birdie from 34 feet on the 143-yard, par three 16th to finish with a career-best 73. Chen tied for 13th in her Duke debut with a 226, while hitting a team-best 15 greens in the final round. Â
Megan Furtney, who is from St. Charles, Ill., turned in a 77 Monday on her way to finishing tied for 28th with a 231. In the final round, Furtney hit 12 greens and hit her 60-degree wedge to two feet on the 501-yard, par five 10th hole for her lone birdie of the day. On the front nine, the sophomore registered seven pars and a bogey-free stretch of six holes. Â
Freshman Phoebe Brinker closed her first tournament with the Blue Devils with a 78 as she placed tied for 35th with a 235. A native of Wilmington, Del., Brinker collected one birdie on the day on the 454-yard, par five fifth as she hit the green in two and two-putted for birdie. She had a stretch on the back nine where she parred a career-best five straight holes and finished with seven pars on the final nine.
Duke will next travel to Columbia, S.C., to compete in the Gamecock Intercollegiate, which will take place March 1-3 at the Columbia Country Club. Â
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Duke Results
Erica Shepherd 71-75-73=219 (3, +3)
Anne Chen 76-77-73=226 (T14, +10)
Gina Kim 77-78-72=227 (T18, +11)
Megan Furtney 78-76-77=231 (T28, +15)
Phoebe Brinker 79-78-78=235 (T35, +19)
1 2 3 Team Scores
1Â 1Â 1 Wake Forest 299Â 288Â 287Â Â Â Â Â Â 874Â +10
T5Â T3Â 2 Virginia 304Â 304Â 294Â Â Â Â Â Â 902Â +38
3Â T3Â 3 Duke 302Â 306Â 295Â Â Â Â Â Â 903Â +39
9Â 5Â 4 Clemson 315Â 294Â 295Â Â Â Â Â Â 904Â +40
T5 7 5 Furman 304 308 297      909 +45
7 6 6 Virginia Tech 307 304 299      910 +46
2 2 7 East Carolina 300 303 315      918 +54
4Â 9Â 8 College of Charleston 303Â 316Â 305Â Â Â Â Â Â 924Â +60
8Â 10Â 9 North Carolina 313Â 315Â 311Â Â Â Â Â Â 939Â +75
10Â 8Â 10 North Carolina State 321Â 297Â 324Â Â Â Â Â Â 942Â +78
11 11 11 Indiana 322 319 326      967 +103
Start Finish Player Team Scores
T4 1 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 73  74 69      216 E
2 2 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 77  68 72      217 +1
3 3 Erica Shepherd Duke 71  75 73      219 +3
T9 4 Beth Lillie Virginia 77  72 71      220 +4
T4 5 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 76  71 74      221 +5
T14 T6 Ivy Shepherd Clemson 78  73 72      223 +7
1 T6 Dorthea Forbrigd East Carolina 71  73 79      223 +7
T11 8 Anna Morgan Furman 79  71 74      224 +8
T14 T9 Riley Smyth Virginia 72  79 74      225 +9
T14 T9 Alexandra Swayne Clemson 80  71 74      225 +9
T6 T9 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech 73  75 77      225 +9
T17 T9 Virginia Bossi Virginia 78  74 73      225 +9
T20 T13 Sarah-Eve Rheaume Furman 76  77 73      226 +10
T20 T13 Anne Chen Duke 76  77 73      226 +10
T6 T13 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 73  75 78      226 +10
T6 T13 Monika Hartl North Carolina State 77  71 78      226 +10
T11 T13 Jennifer Zhou * North Carolina 75  75 76      226 +10
T9 T18 Savannah Grewal Clemson 74  75 78      227 +11
T28 T18 Gina Kim Duke 77  78 72      227 +11
T28 T20 Madison Moosa Furman 75  80 73      228 +12
T20 T20 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 81  72 75      228 +12
T11 T20 Michelle Forsland East Carolina 74  76 78      228 +12
T38 T20 Jodee Tindal College of Charleston 76  82 70      228 +12
T25 24 Mary Parsons Indiana 78  76 75      229 +13
T38 T25 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 79  79 72      230 +14
T17 T25 Julie Boysen Hillestad East Carolina 79  73 78      230 +14
T17 T25 Viktoria Hund College of Charleston 74  78 78      230 +14
T38 T28 Keera Foocharoen Virginia Tech 83  75 73      231 +15
T25 T28 Megan Furtney Duke 78  76 77      231 +15
T20 T28 Natalia Aseguinolaza Martin North Carolina 75  78 78      231 +15
33 T31 Jennifer Cleary Virginia 77  79 76      232 +16
T25 T31 Isabel Amezcua North Carolina State 81  73 78      232 +16
T34 T33 Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech 75  82 76      233 +17
T28 T33 Victoria Huskey College of Charleston 74  81 78      233 +17
T28 T35 Caroline Wrigley Furman 75  80 80      235 +19
T45 T35 Celeste Valinho Virginia 78  81 76      235 +19
T28 T35 Caitlin Cotterill * Furman 78  77 80      235 +19
T34 T35 Phoebe Brinker Duke 79  78 78      235 +19
T47 39 Alyssa Montgomery Virginia Tech 78  83 75      236 +20
T38 T40 Emily Dunlap College of Charleston 79  79 79      237 +21
T34 T40 Othilie Lied College of Charleston 79  78 80      237 +21
T20 T40 Angela Aung Indiana 76  77 84      237 +21
T38 T43 Gracyn Burgess Clemson 83  75 80      238 +22
T47 T43 Nicole Adam North Carolina 77  84 77      238 +22
T34 45 Crista Izuzquiza North Carolina 79  78 82      239 +23
T38 T46 Inja Fric North Carolina State 83  75 82      240 +24
49 T46 Kayla Smith North Carolina 82  80 78      240 +24
T51 T48 Carly Burkhardt Furman 78  86 77      241 +25
T45 T48 Olivia Hamilton * College of Charleston 85  74 82      241 +25
50 T50 Oda Sofie Kilsti East Carolina 82  81 80      243 +27
T53 T50 Krista Junkkari North Carolina 86  79 78      243 +27
T38 T52 Natalie Ambruester North Carolina State 80  78 86      244 +28
57 T52 Kirsty Brodie * College of Charleston 84  83 77      244 +28
T53 54 Kathryn Carson East Carolina 76  89 80      245 +29
61 T55 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 86  89 71      246 +30
T51 T55 Nicole Kramer * North Carolina State 81  83 82      246 +30
56 57 Hanna Tanaka Indiana 81  85 82      248 +32
T53 58 Lea Klimentova North Carolina State 84  81 88      253 +37
58 59 Caroline Hermes * East Carolina 79  89 87      255 +39
59 60 Valerie Clancy Indiana 87  84 85      256 +40
60 61 Maddie Dittoe Indiana 90  82 90      262 +46
62 - Clarissa von Stosch * College of Charleston 87 D D      -    - Â
A product of Greenwood, Ind., Shepherd carded nine birdies over 54 holes and led the field late in the second round, before finishing third overall and only three strokes behind the leader. Her previous best finish came at the East Lake Cup as she tied for sixth. The round of 71 Sunday morning also matched her career-low 18-hole ledger. Â
"I feel really lucky to be able to play college golf again during COVID and our team is super grateful to everyone who is making it possible for us to play," said Shepherd. "It felt really good to get back in competitive mode after taking some time off and I'm proud of how I played. The wind was pretty brutal, especially on the holes that are right on the ocean, so that a great learning experience."
Shepherd opened the third round with four pars, before posting three birdies over the next four holes to get to two-under-par. She drained back-to-back six-foot birdies on No. 5 and No. 6, before rolling in a 16-footer for birdie on No. 8 to move to two-under-par for the day. After four pars and four bogeys to open the back nine, Shepherd closed the tournament with an eight-foot birdie on the 376-yard, par four 18th. She hit nine fairways, 12 greens and rolled 31 putts in the final round.
Wake Forest's Rachel Kuehn earned medalist honors with an even-par, 216. Â
As a team, Duke opened the season with a third place finish as the Blue Devils signed for rounds of 302, 306 and 295 for a 903. Wake Forest (874), Virginia (902), Duke (903), Clemson (904) and Furman (909) rounded out the top five. The Blue Devils featured a great start to the round Monday as Duke was one-under through nine holes with eight birdies. Duke closed the day seven-over-par on the back nine. Â
"Obviously not a great performance for us," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "I'd say it wasn't anything In particular, just not sharp. We'll work hard for our next event. We will be better."
Blue Devil junior Gina Kim carded a team-best even-par, 72, in Monday's final round as she collected 14 pars and two birdies. Kim, who hails from Chapel Hill, N.C., posted her first birdie of the day on the 489-yard, par five second hole as she hit her three hybrid to about 20 yards away from the green. Kim then chipped to five feet and drained the birdie. She also birdied No. 5 as she hit her four hybrid from 186 yards to 30 feet from the cup and two-putted for birdie. She hit 13 greens, 13 fairways and had 32 putts on the day. Â
Kim collected her eighth career top 20 finish as she placed tied for 18th with a 227. Â
Freshman Anne Chen had one of the best starts Monday of anyone in the field as she was two-under-par through five holes. She rolled in an eight-foot birdie on No. 4 and tapped in for birdie on No. 5. Chen, a product of Sugar Land, Texas, bogied No. 9 to make the turn at one-under, 35, but came back to drain a 12-footer for birdie on No. 10 to get back to two-under-par. She finished the final seven holes at three-over-par, which included a long-distance birdie from 34 feet on the 143-yard, par three 16th to finish with a career-best 73. Chen tied for 13th in her Duke debut with a 226, while hitting a team-best 15 greens in the final round. Â
Megan Furtney, who is from St. Charles, Ill., turned in a 77 Monday on her way to finishing tied for 28th with a 231. In the final round, Furtney hit 12 greens and hit her 60-degree wedge to two feet on the 501-yard, par five 10th hole for her lone birdie of the day. On the front nine, the sophomore registered seven pars and a bogey-free stretch of six holes. Â
Freshman Phoebe Brinker closed her first tournament with the Blue Devils with a 78 as she placed tied for 35th with a 235. A native of Wilmington, Del., Brinker collected one birdie on the day on the 454-yard, par five fifth as she hit the green in two and two-putted for birdie. She had a stretch on the back nine where she parred a career-best five straight holes and finished with seven pars on the final nine.
Duke will next travel to Columbia, S.C., to compete in the Gamecock Intercollegiate, which will take place March 1-3 at the Columbia Country Club. Â
For more information on Duke women's golf, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "DukeWGolf".
#GoDuke
Duke Results
Erica Shepherd 71-75-73=219 (3, +3)
Anne Chen 76-77-73=226 (T14, +10)
Gina Kim 77-78-72=227 (T18, +11)
Megan Furtney 78-76-77=231 (T28, +15)
Phoebe Brinker 79-78-78=235 (T35, +19)
1 2 3 Team Scores
1Â 1Â 1 Wake Forest 299Â 288Â 287Â Â Â Â Â Â 874Â +10
T5Â T3Â 2 Virginia 304Â 304Â 294Â Â Â Â Â Â 902Â +38
3Â T3Â 3 Duke 302Â 306Â 295Â Â Â Â Â Â 903Â +39
9Â 5Â 4 Clemson 315Â 294Â 295Â Â Â Â Â Â 904Â +40
T5 7 5 Furman 304 308 297      909 +45
7 6 6 Virginia Tech 307 304 299      910 +46
2 2 7 East Carolina 300 303 315      918 +54
4Â 9Â 8 College of Charleston 303Â 316Â 305Â Â Â Â Â Â 924Â +60
8Â 10Â 9 North Carolina 313Â 315Â 311Â Â Â Â Â Â 939Â +75
10Â 8Â 10 North Carolina State 321Â 297Â 324Â Â Â Â Â Â 942Â +78
11 11 11 Indiana 322 319 326      967 +103
Start Finish Player Team Scores
T4 1 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 73  74 69      216 E
2 2 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 77  68 72      217 +1
3 3 Erica Shepherd Duke 71  75 73      219 +3
T9 4 Beth Lillie Virginia 77  72 71      220 +4
T4 5 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 76  71 74      221 +5
T14 T6 Ivy Shepherd Clemson 78  73 72      223 +7
1 T6 Dorthea Forbrigd East Carolina 71  73 79      223 +7
T11 8 Anna Morgan Furman 79  71 74      224 +8
T14 T9 Riley Smyth Virginia 72  79 74      225 +9
T14 T9 Alexandra Swayne Clemson 80  71 74      225 +9
T6 T9 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech 73  75 77      225 +9
T17 T9 Virginia Bossi Virginia 78  74 73      225 +9
T20 T13 Sarah-Eve Rheaume Furman 76  77 73      226 +10
T20 T13 Anne Chen Duke 76  77 73      226 +10
T6 T13 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 73  75 78      226 +10
T6 T13 Monika Hartl North Carolina State 77  71 78      226 +10
T11 T13 Jennifer Zhou * North Carolina 75  75 76      226 +10
T9 T18 Savannah Grewal Clemson 74  75 78      227 +11
T28 T18 Gina Kim Duke 77  78 72      227 +11
T28 T20 Madison Moosa Furman 75  80 73      228 +12
T20 T20 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 81  72 75      228 +12
T11 T20 Michelle Forsland East Carolina 74  76 78      228 +12
T38 T20 Jodee Tindal College of Charleston 76  82 70      228 +12
T25 24 Mary Parsons Indiana 78  76 75      229 +13
T38 T25 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 79  79 72      230 +14
T17 T25 Julie Boysen Hillestad East Carolina 79  73 78      230 +14
T17 T25 Viktoria Hund College of Charleston 74  78 78      230 +14
T38 T28 Keera Foocharoen Virginia Tech 83  75 73      231 +15
T25 T28 Megan Furtney Duke 78  76 77      231 +15
T20 T28 Natalia Aseguinolaza Martin North Carolina 75  78 78      231 +15
33 T31 Jennifer Cleary Virginia 77  79 76      232 +16
T25 T31 Isabel Amezcua North Carolina State 81  73 78      232 +16
T34 T33 Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech 75  82 76      233 +17
T28 T33 Victoria Huskey College of Charleston 74  81 78      233 +17
T28 T35 Caroline Wrigley Furman 75  80 80      235 +19
T45 T35 Celeste Valinho Virginia 78  81 76      235 +19
T28 T35 Caitlin Cotterill * Furman 78  77 80      235 +19
T34 T35 Phoebe Brinker Duke 79  78 78      235 +19
T47 39 Alyssa Montgomery Virginia Tech 78  83 75      236 +20
T38 T40 Emily Dunlap College of Charleston 79  79 79      237 +21
T34 T40 Othilie Lied College of Charleston 79  78 80      237 +21
T20 T40 Angela Aung Indiana 76  77 84      237 +21
T38 T43 Gracyn Burgess Clemson 83  75 80      238 +22
T47 T43 Nicole Adam North Carolina 77  84 77      238 +22
T34 45 Crista Izuzquiza North Carolina 79  78 82      239 +23
T38 T46 Inja Fric North Carolina State 83  75 82      240 +24
49 T46 Kayla Smith North Carolina 82  80 78      240 +24
T51 T48 Carly Burkhardt Furman 78  86 77      241 +25
T45 T48 Olivia Hamilton * College of Charleston 85  74 82      241 +25
50 T50 Oda Sofie Kilsti East Carolina 82  81 80      243 +27
T53 T50 Krista Junkkari North Carolina 86  79 78      243 +27
T38 T52 Natalie Ambruester North Carolina State 80  78 86      244 +28
57 T52 Kirsty Brodie * College of Charleston 84  83 77      244 +28
T53 54 Kathryn Carson East Carolina 76  89 80      245 +29
61 T55 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 86  89 71      246 +30
T51 T55 Nicole Kramer * North Carolina State 81  83 82      246 +30
56 57 Hanna Tanaka Indiana 81  85 82      248 +32
T53 58 Lea Klimentova North Carolina State 84  81 88      253 +37
58 59 Caroline Hermes * East Carolina 79  89 87      255 +39
59 60 Valerie Clancy Indiana 87  84 85      256 +40
60 61 Maddie Dittoe Indiana 90  82 90      262 +46
62 - Clarissa von Stosch * College of Charleston 87 D D      -    - Â
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