DURHAM, N.C. – Coming off a third-place finish in the season opener this past week, the 22nd-ranked Duke women's golf team will travel to Columbia, S.C., for the Gamecock Intercollegiate, which will be contested March 1-3 at the 6,353-yard, par 72 Columbia Country Club. Â
The Blue Devils will go up against a stacked field that includes No. 1 Baylor, No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 5 South Carolina, No. 6 Mississippi, No. 7 LSU, No. 12 Auburn, No. 13 Arkansas, No. 15 Florida, Georgia, Furman, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Texas A&M and North Carolina. Â
Each team will play 18 holes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the Blue Devils opening action Monday, March 1 beginning at 9:00 a.m., along with Georgia and Florida. Â
For the second straight tournament, Duke will travel a lineup that includes junior
Gina Kim, sophomore
Megan Furtney, sophomore
Erica Shepherd, freshman
Phoebe Brinker and freshman
Anne Chen. Senior All-American
Jaravee Boonchant is expected to return to action in the Blue Devils' next tournament March 13-14 in Augusta, Ga.
Paced by Shepherd's career-best third place ledger in the season opener, Kim and Chen also finished strong in the Palmetto Intercollegiate with top 20 finishes. Shepherd, who hails from Greenwood, Ind., debuted at No. 13 in the Golfweek Individual rankings after her finish at Kiawah Island, S.C.
Year four of the Birdies for Babies program, which benefits the Duke Children's Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units, is in full swing. To donate click here.
Live scoring will be available at www.GolfStat.com.
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