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Blue Devils Finish Season Ranked No. 1 Nationally
6/25/2021 8:20:00 AM | Women's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – For the seventh time in school history, head coach Dan Brooks and the Duke women's golf program concluded the 2020-21 campaign as the top-ranked team in the nation in the Golfweek team rankings. Â
Duke collected three wins on the season – the ACC Championship, Cavalier Match Play and the Gamecock Intercollegiate – while also placing no lower than third in eight events. The Blue Devils turned in a runner-up ledger at the NCAA Columbus Regional and closed the year by turning in a second-place finish in stroke play at the NCAA Championship, before advancing to the semifinals of match play. Â
The Blue Devils have finished in the top-10 of the rankings in each of the last 22 seasons and in the top-5 a total of 17 times. Other seasons Duke has closed the year ranked No. 1 include 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03 and 2000-01. Â
In the final rankings, Duke was No. 1 followed by South Carolina, Wake Forest, Stanford, Mississippi, LSU, Oklahoma State, Southern California, Baylor and Arizona State.
Duke saw four golfers earn All-America accolades on the season -- Gina Kim, Erica Shepherd, Jaravee Boonchant and Phoebe Brinker. Kim collected ACC Individual Champion honors, while Shepherd picked up her first collegiate win at the Gamecock Intercollegiate. Â
In the individual rankings, the Blue Devils featured three golfers in the top-13 of the final listing. Kim was No. 11, while Shepherd was No. 12 and Boonchant was No. 13. Duke was the only school with three golfers in the top-13 of the rankings. Brinker closed the year at No. 47, while freshman Anne Chen was No. 68.
Duke closed the year ranked No. 2 in the GolfStat.com ledger, while Kim (No. 10), Boonchant (No. 14), Shepherd (No. 15), Brinker (No. 17) and Chen (No. 88) were listed individually.
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Duke collected three wins on the season – the ACC Championship, Cavalier Match Play and the Gamecock Intercollegiate – while also placing no lower than third in eight events. The Blue Devils turned in a runner-up ledger at the NCAA Columbus Regional and closed the year by turning in a second-place finish in stroke play at the NCAA Championship, before advancing to the semifinals of match play. Â
The Blue Devils have finished in the top-10 of the rankings in each of the last 22 seasons and in the top-5 a total of 17 times. Other seasons Duke has closed the year ranked No. 1 include 2006-07, 2005-06, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03 and 2000-01. Â
In the final rankings, Duke was No. 1 followed by South Carolina, Wake Forest, Stanford, Mississippi, LSU, Oklahoma State, Southern California, Baylor and Arizona State.
Duke saw four golfers earn All-America accolades on the season -- Gina Kim, Erica Shepherd, Jaravee Boonchant and Phoebe Brinker. Kim collected ACC Individual Champion honors, while Shepherd picked up her first collegiate win at the Gamecock Intercollegiate. Â
In the individual rankings, the Blue Devils featured three golfers in the top-13 of the final listing. Kim was No. 11, while Shepherd was No. 12 and Boonchant was No. 13. Duke was the only school with three golfers in the top-13 of the rankings. Brinker closed the year at No. 47, while freshman Anne Chen was No. 68.
Duke closed the year ranked No. 2 in the GolfStat.com ledger, while Kim (No. 10), Boonchant (No. 14), Shepherd (No. 15), Brinker (No. 17) and Chen (No. 88) were listed individually.
#GoDuke
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