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Monday, March 1
Columbia, S.C. (Columbia Country Club (Ridgewood/Tall Pines))
Duke University
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Gamecock Intercollegiate
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Blue Devils Lead Strong Field at Gamecock Intercollegiate
3/1/2021 6:09:00 PM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke women's golf program opened the month of March in impressive fashion as the 22nd-ranked Blue Devils carded a six-under-par, 282, and leads a stacked field at the Gamecock Intercollegiate, which is being played at the 6,297-yard, par 72 Columbia Country Club.
The Blue Devils were paced by three golfers under par as sophomore Erica Shepherd and freshman Phoebe Brinker each signed for a three-under-par, 69, while junior Gina Kim shot a two-under, 70.
As a team, Duke turned in a six-under-par, 282, and lead LSU (286) by four strokes. Rounding out the top 10 includes South Carolina (287), Mississippi State (287), Auburn (287), Wake Forest (290), North Carolina (290), Vanderbilt (291), Ole Miss (294), Baylor (294) and Kentucky (298).
The Gamecock Intercollegiate features eight teams ranked in the top 15 of the Golfweek national rankings.
"Today was a lot of fun," said Duke women's golf head coach Dan Brooks. "I saw solid golf, long game and short game. Our practice round was good - they studied the greens well and seemed to have the speed today."
Coming off a third-place ledger in the season opener, Shepherd backed that up with a career-best 18-hole score of three-under, 69, and is tied for first along with five other golfers. After opening the day with a par and bogey over her first two holes, Shepherd got hot with four birdies over her next 11 holes to move to three-under-par for the day. She chipped in on hole No. 3 from 20 yards away as she hit a flop 60-degree wedge that took one hop and went in the cup. She then stuck her approach on the 353-yard, par four fourth hole to a foot and birdied her second straight. Shepherd, who is a product of Greenwood, Ind., would move to two-under after draining a six-footer for birdie on the par five seventh.
On the 323-yard-par four 13th, Shepherd rolled in a four-footer for birdie to get to three-under-par, but missed the green on the par three 14th and suffered a bogey. She responded with another birdie on the par five 15th as she sank a four-footer. Shepherd's five birdies on the day matched a career best from her rookie campaign. For the day, she hit 12 fairways, 14 greens and had 29 putts.
Brinker, who hails from Wilmington, Del., opened her collegiate career last week and in just her second tournament posted her first round in the 60s as she featured six birdies and a three-under-par, 69, which has her tied for first.
After opening her first round with five straight pars, Brinker suffered a double-bogey on No. 6. She came back on a tear with six birdies over a span of nine holes to move to four-under-par for the day. Brinker got things started on the par-five seventh as she hit her second just short of the green and was able to tap in for birdie. She rolled in her second birdie on the 382-yard, par four ninth as she drained a right-to-left downhill putt from 20 feet. Brinker had solid approach shots on holes 11-13 and sank birdie putts from five to seven feet range for three straight red numbers. She birdied her third par five on No. 15 as she nearly hit the green in two and eventually rolled in a four-footer. Brinker hit 10 fairways, 14 greens and had a career-best 28 putts.
Kim's day of two-under-par, 70, was a season best and marked her 21st round of even or under par over her Blue Devil career. She kicked off her morning with two pars and then hit her 60-degree wedge from 76 yards to 12 feet and sank the birdie to move to one-under. Kim, who is from Chapel Hill, N.C., would play the next 11 holes at two-over-par with nine pars and two bogeys. She closed strong though with her third collegiate eagle on the par five 15th as she hit her three-wood from 223 yards to the right side of the green in the rough. From 15 yards away, Kim chipped in for eagle to get back to one-under-par. After two pars, she rolled in a 27-foot putt for birdie on No. 18 to close her day with a 70, which is tied for seventh. Kim hit nine fairways, 13 greens and had 29 putts on the day.
Sophomore Megan Furtney opened the morning with two bogeys over her first three holes, but settled down to play her final 15 at even par on her way to carding a season-best, 74. A native of St. Charles, Ill., Furtney posted her first birdie Monday on the 154-yard, par three fifth hole as she hit her eight-iron to 15 feet and sank the putt. On the par five 15th, she hit her 54-degree wedge to eight feet and notched her second birdie of the day, after eight straight pars. Furtney closed the day with a bogey on No. 18. She hit 11 greens and had 30 putts in the first round.
Seeing action in her second college tournament, freshman Anne Chen notched a four-over-par, 76, in round one. The Sugar Land, Texas product collected 12 pars and one birdie on No. 13.
As a team, Duke featured a season-high 16 birdies and played the par fives at seven-under-par to pace the field. Brinker's six birdies on the day was also tied for first among the golfers.
The Blue Devils will open the second round Tuesday beginning at 9:00 a.m., with a shotgun start along with LSU and South Carolina. Due to potential inclement weather coming in, teams will attempt to play 36 holes Tuesday and if there are teams not able to finish, they will try to complete the third round Wednesday.
Live scoring will be available at www.GolfStat.com.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
Phoebe Brinker 69 (T1, -3)
Erica Shepherd 69 (T1, -3)
Gina Kim 70 (T7, -2)
Megan Furtney 74 (T35, +2)
Anne Chen 76 (T61, +4)
1 Team Scores
1 Duke 282 -6
2 LSU 286 -2
T3 South Carolina, U of 287 -1
T3 Mississippi State 287 -1
T3 Auburn 287 -1
T6 Wake Forest 290 +2
T6 North Carolina 290 +2
8 Vanderbilt 291 +3
T9 Ole Miss 294 +6
T9 Baylor 294 +6
11 Kentucky 298 +10
T12 Arkansas 299 +11
T12 Alabama 299 +11
14 Texas A&M 300 +12
15 Georgia, U. of 301 +13
16 Florida 302 +14
17 Tennessee 303 +15
18 Furman 309 +21
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Phoebe Brinker Duke 69 -3
- T1 Erica Shepherd Duke 69 -3
- T1 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina, U of 69 -3
- T1 Blair Stockett Mississippi State 69 -3
- T1 Kendall Griffin LSU 69 -3
- T1 Nicole Adam North Carolina 69 -3
- T7 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 70 -2
- T7 Gina Kim Duke 70 -2
- T7 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 70 -2
- T7 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 70 -2
- T7 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 70 -2
- T7 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 70 -2
- T7 Paula Kirner * South Carolina, U of 70 -2
- T7 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 70 -2
- T7 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 70 -2
- T16 Mychael O'Berry Auburn 71 -1
- T16 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 71 -1
- T16 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard South Carolina, U of 71 -1
- T16 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 71 -1
- T20 Megan Schofill Auburn 72 E
- T20 Pimnipa Panthong South Carolina, U of 72 E
- T20 Cecilie Finne-Ipsen * Charlotte 72 E
- T20 Clara Moyano Mississippi State 72 E
- T20 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 72 E
- T20 Abbey Daniel Mississippi State 72 E
- T20 Laney Frye Kentucky 72 E
- T20 Jennifer Zhou North Carolina 72 E
- T28 Andrea Lignell Ole Miss 73 +1
- T28 Jenny Bae Georgia, U. of 73 +1
- T28 Anna Morgan Furman 73 +1
- T28 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 73 +1
- T28 Nicole Whiston Tennessee 73 +1
- T28 Britta Snyder Baylor 73 +1
- T28 Latanna Stone LSU 73 +1
- T35 Chiara Tamburlini Ole Miss 74 +2
- T35 Megan Furtney Duke 74 +2
- T35 Brooke Sansom Auburn 74 +2
- T35 Kajal Mistry Arkansas 74 +2
- T35 Mikayla Bardwell Tennessee 74 +2
- T35 Cory Lopez Arkansas 74 +2
- T35 Kaiyuree Moodley * South Carolina, U of 74 +2
- T35 Ariel Yu * Vanderbilt 74 +2
- T35 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 74 +2
- T35 Kayla Smith North Carolina 74 +2
- T35 Brooke Tyree Texas A&M 74 +2
- T35 Ashley Gilliam Mississippi State 74 +2
- T47 Caroline Craig Georgia, U. of 75 +3
- T47 Maisie Filler Florida 75 +3
- T47 Jenny Kim Florida 75 +3
- T47 Mathilde Claisse South Carolina, U of 75 +3
- T47 Morgan Baxendale Vanderbilt 75 +3
- T47 Ana Pelaez South Carolina, U of 75 +3
- T47 Rosie Belsham Baylor 75 +3
- T47 Julia Gregg Arkansas 75 +3
- T47 Ava Bergner * North Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Krista Junkkari North Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Maria Villanueva Kentucky 75 +3
- T47 Hannah Levi Mississippi State 75 +3
- T47 Courtney Dow Texas A&M 75 +3
- T47 Jensen Castle Kentucky 75 +3
- T61 Smilla Sonderby Ole Miss 76 +4
- T61 Elina Sinz Auburn 76 +4
- T61 Jo Hua Hung Georgia, U. of 76 +4
- T61 Kennedy Swann Ole Miss 76 +4
- T61 Clara Manzalini Florida 76 +4
- T61 Anne Chen Duke 76 +4
- T61 Marina Escobar Domingo Florida 76 +4
- T61 Hannah Karg Baylor 76 +4
- T61 Virginie Ding Vanderbilt 76 +4
- T61 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 76 +4
- T61 Brooke Matthews Arkansas 76 +4
- T61 Presley Baggett LSU 76 +4
- T61 Polly Mack Alabama 76 +4
- T61 Kenzie Wright Alabama 76 +4
- T61 Rikke Svejgaard Kentucky 76 +4
- T76 Candice Mahe Georgia, U. of 77 +5
- T76 Elodie Chapelet Baylor 77 +5
- T76 Caroline Curtis Alabama 77 +5
- T79 Kyra Cox Furman 78 +6
- T79 Vanessa Gilly Tennessee 78 +6
- T79 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 78 +6
- T79 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 78 +6
- T79 Micheala Williams Tennessee 78 +6
- T79 Ela Anacona Arkansas 78 +6
- T79 Isabella Holpfer * Georgia, U. of 78 +6
- T79 Natalia Aseguinolaza North Carolina 78 +6
- T87 Sophia Burnett Furman 79 +7
- T87 Madison Moosa Furman 79 +7
- T87 Caterina Don Georgia, U. of 79 +7
- T87 Ava Schwienteck Texas A&M 79 +7
- T91 Kayla Holden Tennessee 80 +8
- T91 Sarah Shipley Kentucky 80 +8
- T93 Sarah-Eve Rheaume Furman 81 +9
- T93 Ellie Szeryk Texas A&M 81 +9
- 95 Emilie Overas Alabama 82 +10
- 96 Elin Esborn Florida 83 +11
The Blue Devils were paced by three golfers under par as sophomore Erica Shepherd and freshman Phoebe Brinker each signed for a three-under-par, 69, while junior Gina Kim shot a two-under, 70.
As a team, Duke turned in a six-under-par, 282, and lead LSU (286) by four strokes. Rounding out the top 10 includes South Carolina (287), Mississippi State (287), Auburn (287), Wake Forest (290), North Carolina (290), Vanderbilt (291), Ole Miss (294), Baylor (294) and Kentucky (298).
The Gamecock Intercollegiate features eight teams ranked in the top 15 of the Golfweek national rankings.
"Today was a lot of fun," said Duke women's golf head coach Dan Brooks. "I saw solid golf, long game and short game. Our practice round was good - they studied the greens well and seemed to have the speed today."
Coming off a third-place ledger in the season opener, Shepherd backed that up with a career-best 18-hole score of three-under, 69, and is tied for first along with five other golfers. After opening the day with a par and bogey over her first two holes, Shepherd got hot with four birdies over her next 11 holes to move to three-under-par for the day. She chipped in on hole No. 3 from 20 yards away as she hit a flop 60-degree wedge that took one hop and went in the cup. She then stuck her approach on the 353-yard, par four fourth hole to a foot and birdied her second straight. Shepherd, who is a product of Greenwood, Ind., would move to two-under after draining a six-footer for birdie on the par five seventh.
On the 323-yard-par four 13th, Shepherd rolled in a four-footer for birdie to get to three-under-par, but missed the green on the par three 14th and suffered a bogey. She responded with another birdie on the par five 15th as she sank a four-footer. Shepherd's five birdies on the day matched a career best from her rookie campaign. For the day, she hit 12 fairways, 14 greens and had 29 putts.
Brinker, who hails from Wilmington, Del., opened her collegiate career last week and in just her second tournament posted her first round in the 60s as she featured six birdies and a three-under-par, 69, which has her tied for first.
After opening her first round with five straight pars, Brinker suffered a double-bogey on No. 6. She came back on a tear with six birdies over a span of nine holes to move to four-under-par for the day. Brinker got things started on the par-five seventh as she hit her second just short of the green and was able to tap in for birdie. She rolled in her second birdie on the 382-yard, par four ninth as she drained a right-to-left downhill putt from 20 feet. Brinker had solid approach shots on holes 11-13 and sank birdie putts from five to seven feet range for three straight red numbers. She birdied her third par five on No. 15 as she nearly hit the green in two and eventually rolled in a four-footer. Brinker hit 10 fairways, 14 greens and had a career-best 28 putts.
Kim's day of two-under-par, 70, was a season best and marked her 21st round of even or under par over her Blue Devil career. She kicked off her morning with two pars and then hit her 60-degree wedge from 76 yards to 12 feet and sank the birdie to move to one-under. Kim, who is from Chapel Hill, N.C., would play the next 11 holes at two-over-par with nine pars and two bogeys. She closed strong though with her third collegiate eagle on the par five 15th as she hit her three-wood from 223 yards to the right side of the green in the rough. From 15 yards away, Kim chipped in for eagle to get back to one-under-par. After two pars, she rolled in a 27-foot putt for birdie on No. 18 to close her day with a 70, which is tied for seventh. Kim hit nine fairways, 13 greens and had 29 putts on the day.
Sophomore Megan Furtney opened the morning with two bogeys over her first three holes, but settled down to play her final 15 at even par on her way to carding a season-best, 74. A native of St. Charles, Ill., Furtney posted her first birdie Monday on the 154-yard, par three fifth hole as she hit her eight-iron to 15 feet and sank the putt. On the par five 15th, she hit her 54-degree wedge to eight feet and notched her second birdie of the day, after eight straight pars. Furtney closed the day with a bogey on No. 18. She hit 11 greens and had 30 putts in the first round.
Seeing action in her second college tournament, freshman Anne Chen notched a four-over-par, 76, in round one. The Sugar Land, Texas product collected 12 pars and one birdie on No. 13.
As a team, Duke featured a season-high 16 birdies and played the par fives at seven-under-par to pace the field. Brinker's six birdies on the day was also tied for first among the golfers.
The Blue Devils will open the second round Tuesday beginning at 9:00 a.m., with a shotgun start along with LSU and South Carolina. Due to potential inclement weather coming in, teams will attempt to play 36 holes Tuesday and if there are teams not able to finish, they will try to complete the third round Wednesday.
Live scoring will be available at www.GolfStat.com.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
Phoebe Brinker 69 (T1, -3)
Erica Shepherd 69 (T1, -3)
Gina Kim 70 (T7, -2)
Megan Furtney 74 (T35, +2)
Anne Chen 76 (T61, +4)
1 Team Scores
1 Duke 282 -6
2 LSU 286 -2
T3 South Carolina, U of 287 -1
T3 Mississippi State 287 -1
T3 Auburn 287 -1
T6 Wake Forest 290 +2
T6 North Carolina 290 +2
8 Vanderbilt 291 +3
T9 Ole Miss 294 +6
T9 Baylor 294 +6
11 Kentucky 298 +10
T12 Arkansas 299 +11
T12 Alabama 299 +11
14 Texas A&M 300 +12
15 Georgia, U. of 301 +13
16 Florida 302 +14
17 Tennessee 303 +15
18 Furman 309 +21
Start Finish Player Team Scores
- T1 Phoebe Brinker Duke 69 -3
- T1 Erica Shepherd Duke 69 -3
- T1 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina, U of 69 -3
- T1 Blair Stockett Mississippi State 69 -3
- T1 Kendall Griffin LSU 69 -3
- T1 Nicole Adam North Carolina 69 -3
- T7 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 70 -2
- T7 Gina Kim Duke 70 -2
- T7 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 70 -2
- T7 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 70 -2
- T7 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 70 -2
- T7 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 70 -2
- T7 Paula Kirner * South Carolina, U of 70 -2
- T7 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 70 -2
- T7 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 70 -2
- T16 Mychael O'Berry Auburn 71 -1
- T16 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 71 -1
- T16 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard South Carolina, U of 71 -1
- T16 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 71 -1
- T20 Megan Schofill Auburn 72 E
- T20 Pimnipa Panthong South Carolina, U of 72 E
- T20 Cecilie Finne-Ipsen * Charlotte 72 E
- T20 Clara Moyano Mississippi State 72 E
- T20 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 72 E
- T20 Abbey Daniel Mississippi State 72 E
- T20 Laney Frye Kentucky 72 E
- T20 Jennifer Zhou North Carolina 72 E
- T28 Andrea Lignell Ole Miss 73 +1
- T28 Jenny Bae Georgia, U. of 73 +1
- T28 Anna Morgan Furman 73 +1
- T28 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 73 +1
- T28 Nicole Whiston Tennessee 73 +1
- T28 Britta Snyder Baylor 73 +1
- T28 Latanna Stone LSU 73 +1
- T35 Chiara Tamburlini Ole Miss 74 +2
- T35 Megan Furtney Duke 74 +2
- T35 Brooke Sansom Auburn 74 +2
- T35 Kajal Mistry Arkansas 74 +2
- T35 Mikayla Bardwell Tennessee 74 +2
- T35 Cory Lopez Arkansas 74 +2
- T35 Kaiyuree Moodley * South Carolina, U of 74 +2
- T35 Ariel Yu * Vanderbilt 74 +2
- T35 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 74 +2
- T35 Kayla Smith North Carolina 74 +2
- T35 Brooke Tyree Texas A&M 74 +2
- T35 Ashley Gilliam Mississippi State 74 +2
- T47 Caroline Craig Georgia, U. of 75 +3
- T47 Maisie Filler Florida 75 +3
- T47 Jenny Kim Florida 75 +3
- T47 Mathilde Claisse South Carolina, U of 75 +3
- T47 Morgan Baxendale Vanderbilt 75 +3
- T47 Ana Pelaez South Carolina, U of 75 +3
- T47 Rosie Belsham Baylor 75 +3
- T47 Julia Gregg Arkansas 75 +3
- T47 Ava Bergner * North Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Krista Junkkari North Carolina 75 +3
- T47 Maria Villanueva Kentucky 75 +3
- T47 Hannah Levi Mississippi State 75 +3
- T47 Courtney Dow Texas A&M 75 +3
- T47 Jensen Castle Kentucky 75 +3
- T61 Smilla Sonderby Ole Miss 76 +4
- T61 Elina Sinz Auburn 76 +4
- T61 Jo Hua Hung Georgia, U. of 76 +4
- T61 Kennedy Swann Ole Miss 76 +4
- T61 Clara Manzalini Florida 76 +4
- T61 Anne Chen Duke 76 +4
- T61 Marina Escobar Domingo Florida 76 +4
- T61 Hannah Karg Baylor 76 +4
- T61 Virginie Ding Vanderbilt 76 +4
- T61 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 76 +4
- T61 Brooke Matthews Arkansas 76 +4
- T61 Presley Baggett LSU 76 +4
- T61 Polly Mack Alabama 76 +4
- T61 Kenzie Wright Alabama 76 +4
- T61 Rikke Svejgaard Kentucky 76 +4
- T76 Candice Mahe Georgia, U. of 77 +5
- T76 Elodie Chapelet Baylor 77 +5
- T76 Caroline Curtis Alabama 77 +5
- T79 Kyra Cox Furman 78 +6
- T79 Vanessa Gilly Tennessee 78 +6
- T79 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 78 +6
- T79 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 78 +6
- T79 Micheala Williams Tennessee 78 +6
- T79 Ela Anacona Arkansas 78 +6
- T79 Isabella Holpfer * Georgia, U. of 78 +6
- T79 Natalia Aseguinolaza North Carolina 78 +6
- T87 Sophia Burnett Furman 79 +7
- T87 Madison Moosa Furman 79 +7
- T87 Caterina Don Georgia, U. of 79 +7
- T87 Ava Schwienteck Texas A&M 79 +7
- T91 Kayla Holden Tennessee 80 +8
- T91 Sarah Shipley Kentucky 80 +8
- T93 Sarah-Eve Rheaume Furman 81 +9
- T93 Ellie Szeryk Texas A&M 81 +9
- 95 Emilie Overas Alabama 82 +10
- 96 Elin Esborn Florida 83 +11
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