DURHAM – Duke head coach
Dan Brooks and the Blue Devil women's golf program awaits the NCAA Regional Selection Show, which will take place Wednesday, April 27 at 4:00 p.m., live on Golf Channel and online at www.GolfChannel.com.
The NCAA regionals will feature six different regional sites with 12 teams (72 total) and six individuals (36 total). The top four teams and top two individuals (not on an advancing team) will advance from each regional site to the championships, which will be held for the second straight year at Grayhawk Golf Club (Raptor Course) in Scottsdale, Ariz., from May 20-25.
The Blue Devils will receive their 29th consecutive bid to play in NCAA Regional action Wednesday and will travel to either UNM Championship Course in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by New Mexico, U-M Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Mich., hosted by Michigan, Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla., hosted by Oklahoma State, Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla., hosted by Florida State, Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif., hosted by Stanford and Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., hosted by Vanderbilt.
Duke will enter regional action coming off a solid showing at the ACC Championship in Pawley's Island, S.C. The Blue Devils turned in a third-place ledger in stroke play, before falling to second-seeded Florida State in match play, 3-0-2. Duke was led by
Phoebe Brinker and
Erica Shepherd, who placed first and second, respectively, in the stroke play portion.
Brinker, who is from Wilmington, Del., became the 16th Blue Devil to win an ACC Individual title as she carded rounds of 70, 65 and 71 for a 10-under, 206. The 7-under, 65, in the second round tied an ACC Championship record. A native of Greenwood, Ind., Shepherd signed for rounds of 75, 68 and 69 for a 4-under, 212. She was the only golfer in the field to post two rounds in the 60s and notched her third top-five finish of the season.
Duke has collected 10 NCAA Regional Team Championships over the last 26 years – 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2015 and 2018. The 10 regional titles rank second nationally behind Southern California (13).
Brooks has guided the Blue Devils to an NCAA Division I record 140 career wins and 21 of Duke's 22 ACC titles. In his 38 seasons at Duke, Brooks has led the Blue Devils to seven NCAA Championships (1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 and 2019) and has taken his squad to the NCAA Regionals every year since 1993.
This year's women's golf championships will be broadcast for the seventh consecutive year by Golf Channel with more than 100 news and tournament hours planned again for the men's and women's golf championships.
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