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Kim Wins ACC Title; Blue Devils Advance to Match Play as No. 1 Seed
4/16/2021 9:01:00 PM | Women's Golf
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Duke University women's golf junior Gina Kim carded her third straight round in the 60s on her way to claiming individual medalist honors at the ACC Championship Friday with a 10-under-par, 206, at the 6,132-yard, par-72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Kim became the 14th Blue Devil to win an ACC crown and marked the 20th ACC individual championship in school history. She matched the lowest 54-hole score in Blue Devil ACC Championship history at 10-under-par along with three-time ACC champion Leona Maguire. Â
"I really stayed patient out there and that was key for me," said Kim. "I made some really smart choices out there and I think that's what helped me win. I had some luck too with it. I chipped in for birdie and I holed out for eagle from the bunker. I'm really grateful for everything that's happened so far."
As a team, Duke turned in a two-under, 286, Friday that included five late birdies to move past Wake Forest and finish with a team-best 11-under-par, 853. By finishing first, the Blue Devils earned the No. 1 seed in match play and will face fourth-seeded Virginia in the semifinals Saturday beginning at 9:50 a.m.
"We are very excited to be going on to match play," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "It is the first time the conference has done this and its turned out to be really cool. I am glad we're cutting to four teams. I think it is a great way to do it. You know, we feel like we've won one tournament and we are going to try to win another one in a couple of days."
Duke (853) closed action three shots ahead of Wake Forest (856), while Florida State (871), Virginia (876) and Virginia Tech (878) rounded out the top five teams. The Blue Devils and Cavaliers both shot a team-best two-under, 286, in Friday's third round. Â
Over the 54 holes, Duke tied for the team lead with a 24-under-par score on par-5 holes and accumulated 49 birdies and a team-best six eagles. Â
The Blue Devils closed action with three golfers in the top eight individually with Kim in first, freshman Anne Chen in fourth and sophomore Erica Shepherd in tied for eighth. Â
Kim collected four pars to open her day, which included key 12-foot par putts on No. 3 and No. 4 to get her day going. She then hit her 4-hybrid from 195 yards to 10 feet and made her second eagle of the tournament. She went to the next hole and suffered a double-bogey to drop her back to even for the day, but responded by using her 60-degree wedge from the greenside bunker and holed out for birdie on No. 7.  Kim parred the next seven holes to remain at 1-under-par and hold onto the individual lead. After runner-up Beatrice Wallin of Florida State stuck her second shot on the par-5 15th for an eagle putt, Kim hit her approach into the greenside bunker. Â
Kim, who is from Chapel Hill, N.C., then used her 60-degree wedge again and chipped in for her second eagle of the day to get to three-under-par. She went on to par the last three holes to claim the title. She hit 12 fairways, 16 greens and had 31 putts. Â
"I am very happy," said Brooks on Kim's victory. "We are a really good conference right now. So, this win is as good of a win as you can have in the country right now. We have a lot of really, really good teams and individuals on those teams. This is as good of win as you can get. I guess when she wins, she wins big."
She is just the second player in ACC Championship history to shoot three rounds in the 60s, joining two-time Duke All-American Brittany Lang in 2004.
Chen, a native of Sugar Land, Texas, turned in her third straight round of 71 on her way to finishing with a career-best 3-under, 213. She opened her final round by draining a 16-foot birdie on No. 1 and then a six-footer on No. 4 to get in the red early. After bogeys on No. 6 and No. 8, Chen made the turn at even par. She chipped up to five feet on the par-5 10th and connected on the birdie to move back to 1-under. After draining an 11-footer for birdie on the 363-yard, par-4 No. 13, Chen got back to 2-under. She missed the green on the par-3 16th and suffered a double-bogey, but closed with a key six-foot birdie on the 18th to finish under par. Chen hit 14 fairways, 12 greens and rolled 29 putts. Â
Shepherd also opened her day with a birdie putt on the first hole as she dropped in a 12-footer. She would struggle a little over the next 13 holes as she suffered five bogeys. Shepherd, who is from Greenwood, Ind., would catch fire over the final four holes birding four of those holes to finish with a one-over, 73. Â
On the par-5 15th, she was just short of the green and putted to within a couple of feet and finished off her second birdie of the day. Shepherd then stuck her pitching wedge from 123 yards on No. 16 to four feet and rolled in a birdie. She made it three straight birdies on No. 17 as she hit her 9-iron from 125 yards to five feet and drained the putt. Shepherd finished the day with a par on 18. She hit nine fairways, 15 greens and had 34 putts to close stroke play. Â
Senior Jaravee Boonchant closed the ACC Championship with her third consecutive top-20 finish in the championship with rounds of 73, 74 and 73 for a 220. Boonchant, who is from Bangkok, Thailand, parred the first four holes and then sank an eight-footer for birdie on No. 5. She played the next eight holes at three-over-par, but closed the day at 1-under over the final five holes with a birdie on No. 18. Boonchant hit 15 greens in the final round. Â
After turning in two rounds of 74, freshman Phoebe Brinker held a 1-over-par score through 14 holes Friday, but dropped five strokes over her final four holes to finish with a 78. She tried going for the green in two on the par-5 15th and got unlucky as her ball bounced on the green and went in the bunker. The ball was at the back of the bunker next to the lip and she ended up with a double-bogey. Brinker posted birdies on No. 4 and No. 13.
Saturday's match play action will be the first in ACC history with Duke against Virginia and Florida State versus Wake Forest. The winners will advance to Sunday's final, which will be aired live on ACC Network Extra. Â
Match Play Pairings
9:50 a.m. – Phoebe Brinker (DU) vs. Riley Smyth (UVA)
10:00 a.m. – Jaravee Boonchant (DU) vs. Virginia Bossi (UVA)
10:10 a.m. – Anne Chen (DU) vs. Celeste Valinho (UVA)
10:20 a.m. – Erica Shepherd (DU) vs. Beth Lillie (UVA)
10:30 a.m. – Gina Kim (DU) vs. Jennifer Cleary (UVA)
#GoDuke
Duke Results
1 1 Gina Kim Duke 68  69 69      206 -10
T5 4 Anne Chen Duke 71  71 71      213 -3
T7 T8 Erica Shepherd Duke 76  67 73      216 E
T21 T20 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 73  74 73      220 +4
T23 T32 Phoebe Brinker Duke 74  74 78      226 +10
1 2 3 Team Scores
1Â 2Â 1 Duke 286Â 281Â 286Â Â Â Â Â Â 853Â -11
T2Â 1Â 2 Wake Forest 288Â 277Â 291Â Â Â Â Â Â 856Â -8
T2 3 3 Florida State 288 289 294      871 +7
7Â 5Â 4 Virginia 297Â 293Â 286Â Â Â Â Â Â 876Â +12
5 4 5 Virginia Tech 294 289 295      878 +14
4Â 7Â 6 Clemson 293Â 304Â 293Â Â Â Â Â Â 890Â +26
T8Â T8Â T7 Miami 301Â 299Â 297Â Â Â Â Â Â 897Â +33
10Â T8Â T7 Louisville 304Â 296Â 297Â Â Â Â Â Â 897Â +33
6Â 6Â 9 North Carolina 296Â 299Â 316Â Â Â Â Â Â 911Â +47
T8Â 10Â T10 North Carolina State 301Â 315Â 312Â Â Â Â Â Â 928Â +64
12Â 11Â T10 Notre Dame 313Â 304Â 311Â Â Â Â Â Â 928Â +64
11Â 12Â 12 Boston College 307Â 312Â 318Â Â Â Â Â Â 937Â +73
Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Gina Kim Duke 68  69 69      206 -10
2 2 Beatrice Wallin Florida State 67  71 71      209 -7
4 3 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70  71 70      211 -5
T5 4 Anne Chen Duke 71  71 71      213 -3
3 5 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 73  67 74      214 -2
T18 T6 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 71  75 69      215 -1
T7 T6 Nataliya Guseva Miami 71  72 72      215 -1
T10 T8 Monika Vicario North Carolina State 69  75 72      216 E
T7 T8 Erica Shepherd Duke 76  67 73      216 E
T5 T8 Charlotte Heath Florida State 70  72 74      216 E
T16 T11 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 70  75 72      217 +1
T23 T11 Jennifer Cleary Virginia 74  74 69      217 +1
T10 T11 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 75  69 73      217 +1
T7 T11 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 73  70 74      217 +1
T16 15 Celeste Valinho Virginia 76  69 73      218 +2
T10 T16 Alyssa Montgomery Virginia Tech 76  68 75      219 +3
T10 T16 Keera Foocharoen Virginia Tech 72  72 75      219 +3
T23 T16 Ivy Shepherd Clemson 72  76 71      219 +3
T18 T16 Savannah Grewal Clemson 70  76 73      219 +3
T10 T20 Lauren Beaudreau Notre Dame 72  72 76      220 +4
T21 T20 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 73  74 73      220 +4
T30 T22 Riley Smyth Virginia 71  79 72      222 +6
T10 T22 Amelia Williamson Florida State 73  71 78      222 +6
T33 T24 Beth Lillie Virginia 76  75 72      223 +7
T30 T24 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech 76  74 73      223 +7
T26 T24 Sara Byrne Miami 77  72 74      223 +7
T33 27 Kristyna Frydlova Miami 75  76 73      224 +8
T26 T28 Kayla Smith North Carolina 73  76 76      225 +9
T18 T28 Jennifer Zhou North Carolina 73  73 79      225 +9
T30 T28 Margot Bechadergue Louisville 78  72 75      225 +9
T21 T28 Hana Ryskova Louisville 76  71 78      225 +9
T26 T32 Nicole Adam North Carolina 73  76 77      226 +10
T23 T32 Phoebe Brinker Duke 74  74 78      226 +10
39 T32 Alice Hodge Florida State 78  75 73      226 +10
38 35 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 77  75 75      227 +11
T41 36 Abby Heck Notre Dame 75  80 73      228 +12
T26 T37 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 72  77 80      229 +13
T33 T37 Callista Rice Clemson 74  77 78      229 +13
T41 T39 Angel Lin Boston College 79  76 76      231 +15
T49 T39 Alexandra Swayne Clemson 79  78 74      231 +15
T33 T41 Virginia Bossi Virginia 76  75 81      232 +16
T33 T41 Nathalie Irlbacher Boston College 72  79 81      232 +16
T49 T41 M. Agustina Gomez Cisterna Louisville 79  78 75      232 +16
T45 T44 Lea Klimentova North Carolina State 75  81 78      234 +18
T41 T44 Bibilani Liu Boston College 78  77 79      234 +18
T49 46 Daniella Barrett Miami 78  79 78      235 +19
T52 47 Taylor Roberts Florida State 78  82 76      236 +20
T45 T48 Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech 77  79 81      237 +21
T45 T48 Isabel Amezcua North Carolina State 76  80 81      237 +21
40 50 Natalia Aseguinolaza North Carolina 80  74 84      238 +22
T41 T51 Crista Izuzquiza North Carolina 77  78 84      239 +23
T45 T51 Julia Bordeaux Notre Dame 83  73 83      239 +23
T55 53 Anna Backman Miami 83  79 79      241 +25
T52 54 Ananya Barthakur Boston College 80  80 82      242 +26
T55 55 Claire Albrecht Notre Dame 83  79 84      246 +30
58 T56 Ryann Sinclair North Carolina State 81  85 81      247 +31
57 T56 Natalie Ambruester North Carolina State 85  79 83      247 +31
54 T58 Leah Temple Lang Boston College 78  83 88      249 +33
59 T58 Madelyn Jones Notre Dame 87  83 79      249 +33
60 60 Mairead Martin Louisville 88  89 89      266 +50
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Kim became the 14th Blue Devil to win an ACC crown and marked the 20th ACC individual championship in school history. She matched the lowest 54-hole score in Blue Devil ACC Championship history at 10-under-par along with three-time ACC champion Leona Maguire. Â
"I really stayed patient out there and that was key for me," said Kim. "I made some really smart choices out there and I think that's what helped me win. I had some luck too with it. I chipped in for birdie and I holed out for eagle from the bunker. I'm really grateful for everything that's happened so far."
As a team, Duke turned in a two-under, 286, Friday that included five late birdies to move past Wake Forest and finish with a team-best 11-under-par, 853. By finishing first, the Blue Devils earned the No. 1 seed in match play and will face fourth-seeded Virginia in the semifinals Saturday beginning at 9:50 a.m.
"We are very excited to be going on to match play," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "It is the first time the conference has done this and its turned out to be really cool. I am glad we're cutting to four teams. I think it is a great way to do it. You know, we feel like we've won one tournament and we are going to try to win another one in a couple of days."
Duke (853) closed action three shots ahead of Wake Forest (856), while Florida State (871), Virginia (876) and Virginia Tech (878) rounded out the top five teams. The Blue Devils and Cavaliers both shot a team-best two-under, 286, in Friday's third round. Â
Over the 54 holes, Duke tied for the team lead with a 24-under-par score on par-5 holes and accumulated 49 birdies and a team-best six eagles. Â
The Blue Devils closed action with three golfers in the top eight individually with Kim in first, freshman Anne Chen in fourth and sophomore Erica Shepherd in tied for eighth. Â
Kim collected four pars to open her day, which included key 12-foot par putts on No. 3 and No. 4 to get her day going. She then hit her 4-hybrid from 195 yards to 10 feet and made her second eagle of the tournament. She went to the next hole and suffered a double-bogey to drop her back to even for the day, but responded by using her 60-degree wedge from the greenside bunker and holed out for birdie on No. 7.  Kim parred the next seven holes to remain at 1-under-par and hold onto the individual lead. After runner-up Beatrice Wallin of Florida State stuck her second shot on the par-5 15th for an eagle putt, Kim hit her approach into the greenside bunker. Â
Kim, who is from Chapel Hill, N.C., then used her 60-degree wedge again and chipped in for her second eagle of the day to get to three-under-par. She went on to par the last three holes to claim the title. She hit 12 fairways, 16 greens and had 31 putts. Â
"I am very happy," said Brooks on Kim's victory. "We are a really good conference right now. So, this win is as good of a win as you can have in the country right now. We have a lot of really, really good teams and individuals on those teams. This is as good of win as you can get. I guess when she wins, she wins big."
She is just the second player in ACC Championship history to shoot three rounds in the 60s, joining two-time Duke All-American Brittany Lang in 2004.
Chen, a native of Sugar Land, Texas, turned in her third straight round of 71 on her way to finishing with a career-best 3-under, 213. She opened her final round by draining a 16-foot birdie on No. 1 and then a six-footer on No. 4 to get in the red early. After bogeys on No. 6 and No. 8, Chen made the turn at even par. She chipped up to five feet on the par-5 10th and connected on the birdie to move back to 1-under. After draining an 11-footer for birdie on the 363-yard, par-4 No. 13, Chen got back to 2-under. She missed the green on the par-3 16th and suffered a double-bogey, but closed with a key six-foot birdie on the 18th to finish under par. Chen hit 14 fairways, 12 greens and rolled 29 putts. Â
Shepherd also opened her day with a birdie putt on the first hole as she dropped in a 12-footer. She would struggle a little over the next 13 holes as she suffered five bogeys. Shepherd, who is from Greenwood, Ind., would catch fire over the final four holes birding four of those holes to finish with a one-over, 73. Â
On the par-5 15th, she was just short of the green and putted to within a couple of feet and finished off her second birdie of the day. Shepherd then stuck her pitching wedge from 123 yards on No. 16 to four feet and rolled in a birdie. She made it three straight birdies on No. 17 as she hit her 9-iron from 125 yards to five feet and drained the putt. Shepherd finished the day with a par on 18. She hit nine fairways, 15 greens and had 34 putts to close stroke play. Â
Senior Jaravee Boonchant closed the ACC Championship with her third consecutive top-20 finish in the championship with rounds of 73, 74 and 73 for a 220. Boonchant, who is from Bangkok, Thailand, parred the first four holes and then sank an eight-footer for birdie on No. 5. She played the next eight holes at three-over-par, but closed the day at 1-under over the final five holes with a birdie on No. 18. Boonchant hit 15 greens in the final round. Â
After turning in two rounds of 74, freshman Phoebe Brinker held a 1-over-par score through 14 holes Friday, but dropped five strokes over her final four holes to finish with a 78. She tried going for the green in two on the par-5 15th and got unlucky as her ball bounced on the green and went in the bunker. The ball was at the back of the bunker next to the lip and she ended up with a double-bogey. Brinker posted birdies on No. 4 and No. 13.
Saturday's match play action will be the first in ACC history with Duke against Virginia and Florida State versus Wake Forest. The winners will advance to Sunday's final, which will be aired live on ACC Network Extra. Â
Match Play Pairings
9:50 a.m. – Phoebe Brinker (DU) vs. Riley Smyth (UVA)
10:00 a.m. – Jaravee Boonchant (DU) vs. Virginia Bossi (UVA)
10:10 a.m. – Anne Chen (DU) vs. Celeste Valinho (UVA)
10:20 a.m. – Erica Shepherd (DU) vs. Beth Lillie (UVA)
10:30 a.m. – Gina Kim (DU) vs. Jennifer Cleary (UVA)
#GoDuke
Duke Results
1 1 Gina Kim Duke 68  69 69      206 -10
T5 4 Anne Chen Duke 71  71 71      213 -3
T7 T8 Erica Shepherd Duke 76  67 73      216 E
T21 T20 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 73  74 73      220 +4
T23 T32 Phoebe Brinker Duke 74  74 78      226 +10
1 2 3 Team Scores
1Â 2Â 1 Duke 286Â 281Â 286Â Â Â Â Â Â 853Â -11
T2Â 1Â 2 Wake Forest 288Â 277Â 291Â Â Â Â Â Â 856Â -8
T2 3 3 Florida State 288 289 294      871 +7
7Â 5Â 4 Virginia 297Â 293Â 286Â Â Â Â Â Â 876Â +12
5 4 5 Virginia Tech 294 289 295      878 +14
4Â 7Â 6 Clemson 293Â 304Â 293Â Â Â Â Â Â 890Â +26
T8Â T8Â T7 Miami 301Â 299Â 297Â Â Â Â Â Â 897Â +33
10Â T8Â T7 Louisville 304Â 296Â 297Â Â Â Â Â Â 897Â +33
6Â 6Â 9 North Carolina 296Â 299Â 316Â Â Â Â Â Â 911Â +47
T8Â 10Â T10 North Carolina State 301Â 315Â 312Â Â Â Â Â Â 928Â +64
12Â 11Â T10 Notre Dame 313Â 304Â 311Â Â Â Â Â Â 928Â +64
11Â 12Â 12 Boston College 307Â 312Â 318Â Â Â Â Â Â 937Â +73
Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Gina Kim Duke 68  69 69      206 -10
2 2 Beatrice Wallin Florida State 67  71 71      209 -7
4 3 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70  71 70      211 -5
T5 4 Anne Chen Duke 71  71 71      213 -3
3 5 Siyun Liu Wake Forest 73  67 74      214 -2
T18 T6 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 71  75 69      215 -1
T7 T6 Nataliya Guseva Miami 71  72 72      215 -1
T10 T8 Monika Vicario North Carolina State 69  75 72      216 E
T7 T8 Erica Shepherd Duke 76  67 73      216 E
T5 T8 Charlotte Heath Florida State 70  72 74      216 E
T16 T11 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 70  75 72      217 +1
T23 T11 Jennifer Cleary Virginia 74  74 69      217 +1
T10 T11 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 75  69 73      217 +1
T7 T11 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 73  70 74      217 +1
T16 15 Celeste Valinho Virginia 76  69 73      218 +2
T10 T16 Alyssa Montgomery Virginia Tech 76  68 75      219 +3
T10 T16 Keera Foocharoen Virginia Tech 72  72 75      219 +3
T23 T16 Ivy Shepherd Clemson 72  76 71      219 +3
T18 T16 Savannah Grewal Clemson 70  76 73      219 +3
T10 T20 Lauren Beaudreau Notre Dame 72  72 76      220 +4
T21 T20 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 73  74 73      220 +4
T30 T22 Riley Smyth Virginia 71  79 72      222 +6
T10 T22 Amelia Williamson Florida State 73  71 78      222 +6
T33 T24 Beth Lillie Virginia 76  75 72      223 +7
T30 T24 Emily Mahar Virginia Tech 76  74 73      223 +7
T26 T24 Sara Byrne Miami 77  72 74      223 +7
T33 27 Kristyna Frydlova Miami 75  76 73      224 +8
T26 T28 Kayla Smith North Carolina 73  76 76      225 +9
T18 T28 Jennifer Zhou North Carolina 73  73 79      225 +9
T30 T28 Margot Bechadergue Louisville 78  72 75      225 +9
T21 T28 Hana Ryskova Louisville 76  71 78      225 +9
T26 T32 Nicole Adam North Carolina 73  76 77      226 +10
T23 T32 Phoebe Brinker Duke 74  74 78      226 +10
39 T32 Alice Hodge Florida State 78  75 73      226 +10
38 35 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 77  75 75      227 +11
T41 36 Abby Heck Notre Dame 75  80 73      228 +12
T26 T37 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 72  77 80      229 +13
T33 T37 Callista Rice Clemson 74  77 78      229 +13
T41 T39 Angel Lin Boston College 79  76 76      231 +15
T49 T39 Alexandra Swayne Clemson 79  78 74      231 +15
T33 T41 Virginia Bossi Virginia 76  75 81      232 +16
T33 T41 Nathalie Irlbacher Boston College 72  79 81      232 +16
T49 T41 M. Agustina Gomez Cisterna Louisville 79  78 75      232 +16
T45 T44 Lea Klimentova North Carolina State 75  81 78      234 +18
T41 T44 Bibilani Liu Boston College 78  77 79      234 +18
T49 46 Daniella Barrett Miami 78  79 78      235 +19
T52 47 Taylor Roberts Florida State 78  82 76      236 +20
T45 T48 Jessica Spicer Virginia Tech 77  79 81      237 +21
T45 T48 Isabel Amezcua North Carolina State 76  80 81      237 +21
40 50 Natalia Aseguinolaza North Carolina 80  74 84      238 +22
T41 T51 Crista Izuzquiza North Carolina 77  78 84      239 +23
T45 T51 Julia Bordeaux Notre Dame 83  73 83      239 +23
T55 53 Anna Backman Miami 83  79 79      241 +25
T52 54 Ananya Barthakur Boston College 80  80 82      242 +26
T55 55 Claire Albrecht Notre Dame 83  79 84      246 +30
58 T56 Ryann Sinclair North Carolina State 81  85 81      247 +31
57 T56 Natalie Ambruester North Carolina State 85  79 83      247 +31
54 T58 Leah Temple Lang Boston College 78  83 88      249 +33
59 T58 Madelyn Jones Notre Dame 87  83 79      249 +33
60 60 Mairead Martin Louisville 88  89 89      266 +50
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