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Chen Fires Low Round; Blue Devils in Third Through 36 Holes at NCAA Regional
5/10/2022 7:13:00 PM | Women's Golf
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – With 18 holes remaining at the NCAA Franklin Regional, the Duke women's golf team sits in third place with a 2-over-par, 578, after turning in another solid day on Tuesday at the 6,450-yard, Par-72 Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.
The host team, Vanderbilt, turned in a 7-under-par, 281, to jump into the lead with a 7-under, 569, while Alabama (574), Duke (578), Wake Forest (579), Texas A&M (584) and UTSA (587) round out the top six teams. The top four teams following Wednesday's action will advance to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 20-25.
"I am just real proud of what the team has done over these two days," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "They keep learning the golf course. The wind blew again today. It was less gusty, but the wind was blowing. They just seem to be learning it a little better. We didn't score quite as well today, but the golf was probably a little better today. I mentioned to them that I think they are poised. They are in a place where I have seen so much good golf, we might get a win if we just keep doing what we are doing."
The Blue Devils feature four golfers in the top 20 led by sophomore Anne Chen with a 3-under, 141, which is tied for sixth. Junior Erica Shepherd is tied for ninth with a 143, while sophomore Phoebe Brinker and freshman Rylie Heflin are tied for 20th with a 147.
Jennie Park of Texas A&M leads the field with a 9-under, 135.
Chen collected her team-best 13th round of even or under par on Tuesday as she rolled in five birdies and shot 2-under, 70. After three pars to open her day, she two-putted for birdie on No. 4. After a par and bogey on the next two holes, Chen went on to make the turn at even-par, 36. She quickly got into the red numbers as she hit her 50-degree wedge on No. 10 from 107 yards to eight feet for birdie and then rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 12 to get to 2-under.
"I think it went well today," said Chen. "It was a little bit of a struggle coming down our back nine, because I was bogeying/birding, but I just had to keep on going and keep focusing knowing that every single hole was a birdie chance."
A product of Sugar Land, Texas, Chen sandwiched her fourth birdie of the day on No. 14 with two bogeys, before closing with a 1-under-par ledger over her final three holes. She hit a half 60-degree wedge from 61 yards on No. 17 to four feet and sank the birdie. Chen had a key up-and-down par on No. 18 to finish at 2-under for the day. She hit all 14 fairways, 14 greens and had 31 putts on the day.
Shepherd featured another solid day with an even-par, 72, which marked her 11th round of even or under par this season. She stuck her approach on the first hole to two feet for birdie and then birdied the par-5 fourth hole to get to 2-under-par early. Shepherd, who hails from Greenwood, Ind., struggled during the next four holes with three bogeys, but closed the front with a 15-foot birdie to make the turn at even-par, 36.
On the back, Shepherd bogeyed No. 10, but played her final eight holes at 1-under-par, with seven pars and a 2-foot birdie on No. 13. She hit all seven fairways on the back nine and finished with 13 fairways hit in the round along with 12 greens and 30 putts.
Brinker, a native of Wilmington, Del., turned in a solid day on the course with a 74 to go along with four birdies. After parring the first hole, she had a triple-bogey on No. 2, but responded strong with back-to-back birdies on No. 3 and No. 4. Brinker hit her 8-iron from 145 yards on the 156-yard, par-3 third hole to six feet and sank the birdie. She then reached green in two on No. 4 and two-putted for birdie. Brinker had four pars and a double-bogey to close the front nine.
On the back, Brinker parred the first three holes, which included an up-and-down on No. 12, before collecting two straight birdies on No. 13 and No. 14. She rolled in a 15-footer for birdie on No. 13 and then reached the green in two on the par-5 14th and 2-putted for birdie on No. 14. Brinker was 1-over to close the final four holes to finish with a 74.
Heflin, who is from Avondale, Pa., parred the first hole and then featured a great up-and-down on No. 2 as she hit her 54-degree wedge to two feet for par. After a bogey on No. 3, she hit her iron from 215 yards to 12 feet and drained the birdie to get back to even. She then parred four straight holes, before bogeying No. 9 to make the turn with a 1-over, 37. Heflin closed the afternoon with seven pars and two bogeys to finish with a 75. She hit 11 greens, 10 fairways and had 30 putts.
After playing the front nine at 6-over, 42, junior Megan Furtney had an excellent back nine with seven consecutive pars and two birdies to close her day. On the par-4 17th, she used her 60-degree wedge from 55 yards and stuck it to two feet. She then drained a 25-foot birdie on No. 18 to close the day with a 76. Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., 1-putted her final four holes, including an up-and-down for par on No. 15.
"I am so proud of this team," said Chen. "We have had a little struggle these past two semesters, but it is coming together nicely. Everyone is practicing really hard and it is all just working really well when we need to."
The Blue Devils lead the field with 38 birdies over 36 holes. Duke will close action on Wednesday beginning at 10:06 a.m. (ET), along with Vanderbilt and Alabama.
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Duke Results
T6 T6 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 141 -3
T6 T9 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 143 -1
T19 T20 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 147 +3
T11 T20 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 147 +3
T28 T36 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 150 +6
1 2 Team Scores
3 1 Vanderbilt 288 281 569 -7
T1 2 Alabama 287 287 574 -2
T1 3 Duke 287 291 578 +2
5 4 Wake Forest 292 287 579 +3
4 5 Texas A&M 289 295 584 +8
T6 6 UTSA 293 294 587 +11
T10 7 Augusta 300 293 593 +17
T6 8 Oregon State 293 303 596 +20
9 T9 Brigham Young 298 301 599 +23
8 T9 Boston University 297 302 599 +23
T10 11 Kent State 300 301 601 +25
12 12 Austin Peay State 311 311 622 +46
Start Finish Player Team Scores
3 1 Jennie Park Texas A&M 69 66 135 -9
1 2 Polly Mack Alabama 65 73 138 -6
T4 T3 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70 70 140 -4
T11 T3 Natalia Yoko Augusta 72 68 140 -4
T6 T3 Tess Davenport Vanderbilt 71 69 140 -4
T6 T6 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 141 -3
T19 T6 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 73 68 141 -3
T6 8 Jayna Choi Vanderbilt 71 71 142 -2
T11 T9 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 72 71 143 -1
T4 T9 FLair Kuan Boston University 70 73 143 -1
T11 T9 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 72 71 143 -1
T6 T9 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 143 -1
T11 T9 Emily Price Kent State 72 71 143 -1
T28 T14 Camryn Carreon UTSA 74 70 144 E
T28 T14 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74 70 144 E
T11 T14 Napabhach Boon-In Augusta 72 72 144 E
2 17 Hollie Muse * East Tennessee St. 66 79 145 +1
T19 T18 Ana Gonzalez UTSA 73 73 146 +2
T43 T18 Dorota Zalewska * Chattanooga 76 70 146 +2
T19 T20 Ellie Slama Oregon State 73 74 147 +3
T11 T20 Chayse Gomez Oregon State 72 75 147 +3
T11 T20 Hannah Holzmann UTSA 72 75 147 +3
T19 T20 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 147 +3
T11 T20 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 147 +3
T50 T25 Christy Chen Boston University 77 71 148 +4
T38 T25 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 75 73 148 +4
T28 T25 Allysha Mae Mateo Brigham Young 74 74 148 +4
T6 T25 Madde Sund Oregon State 71 77 148 +4
T50 T25 Payton Carter * Murray State 77 71 148 +4
T43 T30 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 76 73 149 +5
T28 T30 Hailee Cooper Texas A&M 74 75 149 +5
T19 T30 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 73 76 149 +5
T54 T30 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 78 71 149 +5
T19 T30 Emilie Overas Alabama 73 76 149 +5
T19 T30 Chloe Salort Kent State 73 76 149 +5
T28 T36 Nicole Polivchak UTSA 74 76 150 +6
T19 T36 Lila Galeai Brigham Young 73 77 150 +6
T28 T36 Mikayla Bardwell * Tennessee 74 76 150 +6
T50 T36 Tara Bettle * UNCG 77 73 150 +6
T57 T36 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 79 71 150 +6
T28 T36 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 150 +6
T28 T42 Hunter Nugent UTSA 74 77 151 +7
T38 T42 Virunpat Olankitkunchai Wake Forest 75 76 151 +7
T38 T42 Annick Haczkiewicz Brigham Young 75 76 151 +7
T19 T42 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 73 78 151 +7
T43 T42 Angelica Moresco Alabama 76 75 151 +7
T38 T42 Chloe Holder Augusta 75 76 151 +7
T54 48 Kerstin Fotu Brigham Young 78 74 152 +8
T28 T49 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 74 79 153 +9
T28 T49 Hanako Kawasaki Boston University 74 79 153 +9
T50 T51 Kelsey Webster Oregon State 77 77 154 +10
T43 T51 Riley Cooper Austin Peay State 76 78 154 +10
T38 T51 Kaley Campbell Austin Peay State 75 79 154 +10
T43 54 Mayka Hoogeboom Kent State 76 79 155 +11
T43 T55 Alice Fan Boston University 76 80 156 +12
T57 T55 Noramol Nuchsila Kent State 79 77 156 +12
T54 T55 Taylor Dedmen Austin Peay State 78 78 156 +12
T43 T58 Adeline Anderson Brigham Young 76 81 157 +13
T62 T58 Annie Kim * Houston 82 75 157 +13
T60 T60 Jennifer Gu Kent State 81 77 158 +14
T60 T60 Kennedy Carroll Augusta 81 77 158 +14
T62 T60 Erica Scutt Austin Peay State 82 76 158 +14
T57 63 Issy Taylor Oregon State 79 81 160 +16
T62 64 Nicole Page Augusta 82 79 161 +17
65 65 Victoria Takai Boston University 85 79 164 +20
66 66 Shelby Darnell Austin Peay State 87 79 166 +22
The host team, Vanderbilt, turned in a 7-under-par, 281, to jump into the lead with a 7-under, 569, while Alabama (574), Duke (578), Wake Forest (579), Texas A&M (584) and UTSA (587) round out the top six teams. The top four teams following Wednesday's action will advance to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 20-25.
"I am just real proud of what the team has done over these two days," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "They keep learning the golf course. The wind blew again today. It was less gusty, but the wind was blowing. They just seem to be learning it a little better. We didn't score quite as well today, but the golf was probably a little better today. I mentioned to them that I think they are poised. They are in a place where I have seen so much good golf, we might get a win if we just keep doing what we are doing."
The Blue Devils feature four golfers in the top 20 led by sophomore Anne Chen with a 3-under, 141, which is tied for sixth. Junior Erica Shepherd is tied for ninth with a 143, while sophomore Phoebe Brinker and freshman Rylie Heflin are tied for 20th with a 147.
Jennie Park of Texas A&M leads the field with a 9-under, 135.
Chen collected her team-best 13th round of even or under par on Tuesday as she rolled in five birdies and shot 2-under, 70. After three pars to open her day, she two-putted for birdie on No. 4. After a par and bogey on the next two holes, Chen went on to make the turn at even-par, 36. She quickly got into the red numbers as she hit her 50-degree wedge on No. 10 from 107 yards to eight feet for birdie and then rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 12 to get to 2-under.
"I think it went well today," said Chen. "It was a little bit of a struggle coming down our back nine, because I was bogeying/birding, but I just had to keep on going and keep focusing knowing that every single hole was a birdie chance."
A product of Sugar Land, Texas, Chen sandwiched her fourth birdie of the day on No. 14 with two bogeys, before closing with a 1-under-par ledger over her final three holes. She hit a half 60-degree wedge from 61 yards on No. 17 to four feet and sank the birdie. Chen had a key up-and-down par on No. 18 to finish at 2-under for the day. She hit all 14 fairways, 14 greens and had 31 putts on the day.
Shepherd featured another solid day with an even-par, 72, which marked her 11th round of even or under par this season. She stuck her approach on the first hole to two feet for birdie and then birdied the par-5 fourth hole to get to 2-under-par early. Shepherd, who hails from Greenwood, Ind., struggled during the next four holes with three bogeys, but closed the front with a 15-foot birdie to make the turn at even-par, 36.
On the back, Shepherd bogeyed No. 10, but played her final eight holes at 1-under-par, with seven pars and a 2-foot birdie on No. 13. She hit all seven fairways on the back nine and finished with 13 fairways hit in the round along with 12 greens and 30 putts.
Brinker, a native of Wilmington, Del., turned in a solid day on the course with a 74 to go along with four birdies. After parring the first hole, she had a triple-bogey on No. 2, but responded strong with back-to-back birdies on No. 3 and No. 4. Brinker hit her 8-iron from 145 yards on the 156-yard, par-3 third hole to six feet and sank the birdie. She then reached green in two on No. 4 and two-putted for birdie. Brinker had four pars and a double-bogey to close the front nine.
On the back, Brinker parred the first three holes, which included an up-and-down on No. 12, before collecting two straight birdies on No. 13 and No. 14. She rolled in a 15-footer for birdie on No. 13 and then reached the green in two on the par-5 14th and 2-putted for birdie on No. 14. Brinker was 1-over to close the final four holes to finish with a 74.
Heflin, who is from Avondale, Pa., parred the first hole and then featured a great up-and-down on No. 2 as she hit her 54-degree wedge to two feet for par. After a bogey on No. 3, she hit her iron from 215 yards to 12 feet and drained the birdie to get back to even. She then parred four straight holes, before bogeying No. 9 to make the turn with a 1-over, 37. Heflin closed the afternoon with seven pars and two bogeys to finish with a 75. She hit 11 greens, 10 fairways and had 30 putts.
After playing the front nine at 6-over, 42, junior Megan Furtney had an excellent back nine with seven consecutive pars and two birdies to close her day. On the par-4 17th, she used her 60-degree wedge from 55 yards and stuck it to two feet. She then drained a 25-foot birdie on No. 18 to close the day with a 76. Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., 1-putted her final four holes, including an up-and-down for par on No. 15.
"I am so proud of this team," said Chen. "We have had a little struggle these past two semesters, but it is coming together nicely. Everyone is practicing really hard and it is all just working really well when we need to."
The Blue Devils lead the field with 38 birdies over 36 holes. Duke will close action on Wednesday beginning at 10:06 a.m. (ET), along with Vanderbilt and Alabama.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
T6 T6 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 141 -3
T6 T9 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 143 -1
T19 T20 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 147 +3
T11 T20 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 147 +3
T28 T36 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 150 +6
1 2 Team Scores
3 1 Vanderbilt 288 281 569 -7
T1 2 Alabama 287 287 574 -2
T1 3 Duke 287 291 578 +2
5 4 Wake Forest 292 287 579 +3
4 5 Texas A&M 289 295 584 +8
T6 6 UTSA 293 294 587 +11
T10 7 Augusta 300 293 593 +17
T6 8 Oregon State 293 303 596 +20
9 T9 Brigham Young 298 301 599 +23
8 T9 Boston University 297 302 599 +23
T10 11 Kent State 300 301 601 +25
12 12 Austin Peay State 311 311 622 +46
Start Finish Player Team Scores
3 1 Jennie Park Texas A&M 69 66 135 -9
1 2 Polly Mack Alabama 65 73 138 -6
T4 T3 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70 70 140 -4
T11 T3 Natalia Yoko Augusta 72 68 140 -4
T6 T3 Tess Davenport Vanderbilt 71 69 140 -4
T6 T6 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 141 -3
T19 T6 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 73 68 141 -3
T6 8 Jayna Choi Vanderbilt 71 71 142 -2
T11 T9 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 72 71 143 -1
T4 T9 FLair Kuan Boston University 70 73 143 -1
T11 T9 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 72 71 143 -1
T6 T9 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 143 -1
T11 T9 Emily Price Kent State 72 71 143 -1
T28 T14 Camryn Carreon UTSA 74 70 144 E
T28 T14 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74 70 144 E
T11 T14 Napabhach Boon-In Augusta 72 72 144 E
2 17 Hollie Muse * East Tennessee St. 66 79 145 +1
T19 T18 Ana Gonzalez UTSA 73 73 146 +2
T43 T18 Dorota Zalewska * Chattanooga 76 70 146 +2
T19 T20 Ellie Slama Oregon State 73 74 147 +3
T11 T20 Chayse Gomez Oregon State 72 75 147 +3
T11 T20 Hannah Holzmann UTSA 72 75 147 +3
T19 T20 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 147 +3
T11 T20 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 147 +3
T50 T25 Christy Chen Boston University 77 71 148 +4
T38 T25 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 75 73 148 +4
T28 T25 Allysha Mae Mateo Brigham Young 74 74 148 +4
T6 T25 Madde Sund Oregon State 71 77 148 +4
T50 T25 Payton Carter * Murray State 77 71 148 +4
T43 T30 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 76 73 149 +5
T28 T30 Hailee Cooper Texas A&M 74 75 149 +5
T19 T30 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 73 76 149 +5
T54 T30 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 78 71 149 +5
T19 T30 Emilie Overas Alabama 73 76 149 +5
T19 T30 Chloe Salort Kent State 73 76 149 +5
T28 T36 Nicole Polivchak UTSA 74 76 150 +6
T19 T36 Lila Galeai Brigham Young 73 77 150 +6
T28 T36 Mikayla Bardwell * Tennessee 74 76 150 +6
T50 T36 Tara Bettle * UNCG 77 73 150 +6
T57 T36 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 79 71 150 +6
T28 T36 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 150 +6
T28 T42 Hunter Nugent UTSA 74 77 151 +7
T38 T42 Virunpat Olankitkunchai Wake Forest 75 76 151 +7
T38 T42 Annick Haczkiewicz Brigham Young 75 76 151 +7
T19 T42 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 73 78 151 +7
T43 T42 Angelica Moresco Alabama 76 75 151 +7
T38 T42 Chloe Holder Augusta 75 76 151 +7
T54 48 Kerstin Fotu Brigham Young 78 74 152 +8
T28 T49 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 74 79 153 +9
T28 T49 Hanako Kawasaki Boston University 74 79 153 +9
T50 T51 Kelsey Webster Oregon State 77 77 154 +10
T43 T51 Riley Cooper Austin Peay State 76 78 154 +10
T38 T51 Kaley Campbell Austin Peay State 75 79 154 +10
T43 54 Mayka Hoogeboom Kent State 76 79 155 +11
T43 T55 Alice Fan Boston University 76 80 156 +12
T57 T55 Noramol Nuchsila Kent State 79 77 156 +12
T54 T55 Taylor Dedmen Austin Peay State 78 78 156 +12
T43 T58 Adeline Anderson Brigham Young 76 81 157 +13
T62 T58 Annie Kim * Houston 82 75 157 +13
T60 T60 Jennifer Gu Kent State 81 77 158 +14
T60 T60 Kennedy Carroll Augusta 81 77 158 +14
T62 T60 Erica Scutt Austin Peay State 82 76 158 +14
T57 63 Issy Taylor Oregon State 79 81 160 +16
T62 64 Nicole Page Augusta 82 79 161 +17
65 65 Victoria Takai Boston University 85 79 164 +20
66 66 Shelby Darnell Austin Peay State 87 79 166 +22
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