Upcoming Event: Women's Golf versus Sea Best Intercollegiate on January 26, 2026
Women's Golf
vs Sea Best Intercollegiate
Wednesday, May 11
Franklin, Tenn.
Duke University
vs
NCAA Regional Championship
Photo by: Lindy Brown, Duke Communications
Blue Devils Come Up Short at NCAA Regionals
5/11/2022 6:59:00 PM | Women's Golf
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Duke women's golf team saw its 2021-22 season come to an end on Wednesday at the NCAA Franklin Regional. The Blue Devils carded a 2-over-par, 290, and finished one stroke back of the top-four advancing teams, after 54 holes at the 6,406-yard, Par-72 Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. Â
Vanderbilt (848), Alabama (856), Wake Forest (861) and Texas A&M (867) moved on to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Blue Devils posted rounds of 287, 291 and 290 for an 868. Â
This marks the first time since 2011 that Duke will not be a team participant in the NCAA Championship and the first time since 1997 the Blue Devils will not have at least an individual playing in the championship. Lindy Duncan represented Duke as an individual in 2011. Â
"It feels a little strange right now, because even though regionals is tough you just sort of have a momentum and feel like you are going to keep on going," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "We are pretty used to that. It feels a little strange that we won't be at the championship."
Duke entered the final day of action in third place, but both Wake Forest and Texas A&M turned in under-par rounds to move ahead of the Blue Devils. The Demon Deacons and Aggies went out earlier in the morning on Wednesday and were hot from the start. In the end, Duke mounted a late rally with six birdies over its final five holes, but came up one shot short in the end. Â
"We were a steady golf team and just got beat by five-under," said Brooks. "It is just the way it is."
The Blue Devils were led by junior Erica Shepherd and sophomore Anne Chen, who both finished tied for 11th with a 2-under, 214. Â
Shepherd, a product of Greenwood, Ind., opened her day with eight straight pars, before missing the green on No. 9 and suffering a bogey. She collected her first birdie of the day on No. 12 to get back to even for the day and then rolled in a four-foot birdie on No. 17 to get under par. Shepherd missed a 22-foot birdie attempt on the final hole to finish with a 71 and was 2-under-par over her final nine holes. She closed the season with five straight rounds of even or under par and a total of 12 on the year. Â
Over the first nine holes for Chen, she had seven pars and two bogeys to make the turn at 2-over-par, 38. After four more pars, Chen got hot with back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and No. 15 to return to even for the day. She then hit her tee shot on the par-3 16th into the water and had a bogey, but closed with back-to-back pars to finish with a 73. Chen, who is from Sugar Land, Texas, hit 15 greens, 11 fairways and rolled 34 putts. Â
Junior Phoebe Brinker featured Duke's best start of the day as she rolled in birdies on No. 1 and No. 4 to get to 2-under-par. She had an excellent up-and-down for par on No. 2 to keep her excellent start going. Brinker, a native of Wilmington, Del., closed the front nine with three pars and two bogeys to make the turn with an even-par, 36. She connected on her third birdie of the day on No. 11 to get back to the red, but had a bogey on No. 14. Brinker closed with a par on No. 15, birdie on No. 16, 3-putt bogey on No. 17 and a par on No. 18 to finish with a 73. She finished tied for 21st with a 219. Â
After a tough start to her final round, freshman Rylie Heflin settled down to play her final 15 holes at 1-under-par. She concluded her first NCAA Regional tied for 30th with a 221. Heflin, who hails from Avondale, Pa., notched her first birdie of the day on the ninth as she hit her 8-iron from 145 yards to three feet. She collected a key sand save for par on No. 12 and then finished strong with a birdie on No. 18. Heflin hit her 54-degree wedge from 85 yards to five feet and sank the putt. Â
Seeing action in her first NCAA Regional as well, junior Megan Furtney tied for 45th with a 227. On the final day, she made the turn at 2-over-par, 38, with a birdie on the 506-yard, par-5 seventh. Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., sank a 15-foot up-hill putt for birdie. She closed the day with birdie as well on No. 18 as she went for the par-5 green in two with her 2-hybrid. Furtney wound up in the rough near the green and was able to get up-and-down for birdie. Â
Duke has been a staple at the NCAA Championships under the direction of Brooks. In his 38 seasons at the helm, the Blue Devils competed at nationals in 31 out of the 37 times the championship has been contested. The 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19. Duke had been a part of 22 out of the last 23 NCAA Championships under Brooks. Â
The Blue Devils will return their entire roster for the 2022-23 campaign, after sending a squad to NCAAs without a senior for only the second time under Brooks. Â
#GoDuke
Duke Results
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71  72 71      214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71  70 73      214 -2
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73  74 72      219 +3
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72  75 74      221 +5
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74  76 77      227 +11
1 2 3 Team Scores
3Â 1Â 1 Vanderbilt 288Â 281Â 279Â Â Â Â Â Â 848Â -16
T1Â 2Â 2 Alabama 287Â 287Â 282Â Â Â Â Â Â 856Â -8
5Â 4Â 3 Wake Forest 292Â 287Â 282Â Â Â Â Â Â 861Â -3
4Â 5Â 4 Texas A&M 289Â 295Â 283Â Â Â Â Â Â 867Â +3
T1Â 3Â 5 Duke 287Â 291Â 290Â Â Â Â Â Â 868Â +4
T6Â 6Â 6 UTSA 293Â 294Â 288Â Â Â Â Â Â 875Â +11
9Â T9Â 7 Brigham Young 298Â 301Â 280Â Â Â Â Â Â 879Â +15
T6Â 8Â 8 Oregon State 293Â 303Â 287Â Â Â Â Â Â 883Â +19
T10Â 7Â 9 Augusta 300Â 293Â 298Â Â Â Â Â Â 891Â +27
T10Â 11Â 10 Kent State 300Â 301Â 295Â Â Â Â Â Â 896Â +32
8Â T9Â 11 Boston University 297Â 302Â 301Â Â Â Â Â Â 900Â +36
12Â 12Â 12 Austin Peay State 311Â 311Â 308Â Â Â Â Â Â 930Â +66
Start Finish Player Team Scores
2 1 Polly Mack Alabama 65  73 66      204 -12
T3 T2 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70  70 68      208 -8
1 T2 Jennie Park Texas A&M 69  66 73      208 -8
T14 T4 Camryn Carreon UTSA 74  70 67      211 -5
T9 T4 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 72  71 68      211 -5
T6 T4 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 73  68 70      211 -5
T9 T7 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 72  71 69      212 -4
8 T7 Jayna Choi Vanderbilt 71  71 70      212 -4
T3 T9 Natalia Yoko Augusta 72  68 73      213 -3
T3 T9 Tess Davenport Vanderbilt 71  69 73      213 -3
T30 T11 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 73  76 65      214 -2
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71  72 71      214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71  70 73      214 -2
T14 14 Napabhach Boon-In Augusta 72  72 71      215 -1
T20 T15 Chayse Gomez Oregon State 72  75 69      216 E
17 T15 Hollie Muse * East Tennessee St. 66  79 71      216 E
T14 T15 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74  70 72      216 E
T9 T15 Emily Price Kent State 72  71 73      216 E
T25 19 Allysha Mae Mateo Brigham Young 74  74 69      217 +1
T20 20 Hannah Holzmann UTSA 72  75 71      218 +2
T18 T21 Ana Gonzalez UTSA 73  73 73      219 +3
T36 T21 Lila Galeai Brigham Young 73  77 69      219 +3
T18 T21 Dorota Zalewska * Chattanooga 76  70 73      219 +3
T36 T21 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 79  71 69      219 +3
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73  74 72      219 +3
T9 T21 FLair Kuan Boston University 70  73 76      219 +3
T30 T27 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 76  73 71      220 +4
T20 T27 Ellie Slama Oregon State 73  74 73      220 +4
T25 T27 Christy Chen Boston University 77  71 72      220 +4
T42 T30 Annick Haczkiewicz Brigham Young 75  76 70      221 +5
T36 T30 Tara Bettle *Â UNCGÂ 77Â Â 73Â 71Â Â Â Â Â Â 221Â +5
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72  75 74      221 +5
T42 T33 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 73  78 71      222 +6
T36 T33 Mikayla Bardwell * Tennessee 74  76 72      222 +6
T30 T33 Emilie Overas Alabama 73  76 73      222 +6
T51 T36 Kelsey Webster Oregon State 77  77 69      223 +7
T25 T36 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 75  73 75      223 +7
T25 T36 Payton Carter * Murray State 77  71 75      223 +7
T30 T36 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 78  71 74      223 +7
48 T40 Kerstin Fotu Brigham Young 78  74 72      224 +8
T25 T40 Madde Sund Oregon State 71  77 76      224 +8
T42 T40 Angelica Moresco Alabama 76  75 73      224 +8
T30 T40 Chloe Salort Kent State 73  76 75      224 +8
T42 44 Virunpat Olankitkunchai Wake Forest 75  76 74      225 +9
T49 T45 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 74  79 74      227 +11
T36 T45 Nicole Polivchak UTSA 74  76 77      227 +11
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74  76 77      227 +11
T42 T48 Hunter Nugent UTSA 74  77 77      228 +12
T49 T48 Hanako Kawasaki Boston University 74  79 75      228 +12
T42 50 Chloe Holder Augusta 75  76 78      229 +13
T60 51 Jennifer Gu Kent State 81  77 72      230 +14
T55 52 Noramol Nuchsila Kent State 79  77 75      231 +15
T30 T53 Hailee Cooper Texas A&M 74  75 83      232 +16
T55 T53 Taylor Dedmen Austin Peay State 78  78 76      232 +16
T58 T55 Adeline Anderson Brigham Young 76  81 76      233 +17
54 T55 Mayka Hoogeboom Kent State 76  79 78      233 +17
T51 T55 Kaley Campbell Austin Peay State 75  79 79      233 +17
T60 58 Kennedy Carroll Augusta 81  77 76      234 +18
T60 59 Erica Scutt Austin Peay State 82  76 77      235 +19
63 60 Issy Taylor Oregon State 79  81 76      236 +20
T51 61 Riley Cooper Austin Peay State 76  78 84      238 +22
T58 62 Annie Kim * Houston 82  75 82      239 +23
64 63 Nicole Page Augusta 82  79 79      240 +24
66 T64 Shelby Darnell Austin Peay State 87  79 76      242 +26
65 T64 Victoria Takai Boston University 85  79 78      242 +26
T55 - Alice Fan Boston University 76  80 D      -    -Â
Vanderbilt (848), Alabama (856), Wake Forest (861) and Texas A&M (867) moved on to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Blue Devils posted rounds of 287, 291 and 290 for an 868. Â
This marks the first time since 2011 that Duke will not be a team participant in the NCAA Championship and the first time since 1997 the Blue Devils will not have at least an individual playing in the championship. Lindy Duncan represented Duke as an individual in 2011. Â
"It feels a little strange right now, because even though regionals is tough you just sort of have a momentum and feel like you are going to keep on going," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "We are pretty used to that. It feels a little strange that we won't be at the championship."
Duke entered the final day of action in third place, but both Wake Forest and Texas A&M turned in under-par rounds to move ahead of the Blue Devils. The Demon Deacons and Aggies went out earlier in the morning on Wednesday and were hot from the start. In the end, Duke mounted a late rally with six birdies over its final five holes, but came up one shot short in the end. Â
"We were a steady golf team and just got beat by five-under," said Brooks. "It is just the way it is."
The Blue Devils were led by junior Erica Shepherd and sophomore Anne Chen, who both finished tied for 11th with a 2-under, 214. Â
Shepherd, a product of Greenwood, Ind., opened her day with eight straight pars, before missing the green on No. 9 and suffering a bogey. She collected her first birdie of the day on No. 12 to get back to even for the day and then rolled in a four-foot birdie on No. 17 to get under par. Shepherd missed a 22-foot birdie attempt on the final hole to finish with a 71 and was 2-under-par over her final nine holes. She closed the season with five straight rounds of even or under par and a total of 12 on the year. Â
Over the first nine holes for Chen, she had seven pars and two bogeys to make the turn at 2-over-par, 38. After four more pars, Chen got hot with back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and No. 15 to return to even for the day. She then hit her tee shot on the par-3 16th into the water and had a bogey, but closed with back-to-back pars to finish with a 73. Chen, who is from Sugar Land, Texas, hit 15 greens, 11 fairways and rolled 34 putts. Â
Junior Phoebe Brinker featured Duke's best start of the day as she rolled in birdies on No. 1 and No. 4 to get to 2-under-par. She had an excellent up-and-down for par on No. 2 to keep her excellent start going. Brinker, a native of Wilmington, Del., closed the front nine with three pars and two bogeys to make the turn with an even-par, 36. She connected on her third birdie of the day on No. 11 to get back to the red, but had a bogey on No. 14. Brinker closed with a par on No. 15, birdie on No. 16, 3-putt bogey on No. 17 and a par on No. 18 to finish with a 73. She finished tied for 21st with a 219. Â
After a tough start to her final round, freshman Rylie Heflin settled down to play her final 15 holes at 1-under-par. She concluded her first NCAA Regional tied for 30th with a 221. Heflin, who hails from Avondale, Pa., notched her first birdie of the day on the ninth as she hit her 8-iron from 145 yards to three feet. She collected a key sand save for par on No. 12 and then finished strong with a birdie on No. 18. Heflin hit her 54-degree wedge from 85 yards to five feet and sank the putt. Â
Seeing action in her first NCAA Regional as well, junior Megan Furtney tied for 45th with a 227. On the final day, she made the turn at 2-over-par, 38, with a birdie on the 506-yard, par-5 seventh. Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., sank a 15-foot up-hill putt for birdie. She closed the day with birdie as well on No. 18 as she went for the par-5 green in two with her 2-hybrid. Furtney wound up in the rough near the green and was able to get up-and-down for birdie. Â
Duke has been a staple at the NCAA Championships under the direction of Brooks. In his 38 seasons at the helm, the Blue Devils competed at nationals in 31 out of the 37 times the championship has been contested. The 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19. Duke had been a part of 22 out of the last 23 NCAA Championships under Brooks. Â
The Blue Devils will return their entire roster for the 2022-23 campaign, after sending a squad to NCAAs without a senior for only the second time under Brooks. Â
#GoDuke
Duke Results
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71  72 71      214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71  70 73      214 -2
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73  74 72      219 +3
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72  75 74      221 +5
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74  76 77      227 +11
1 2 3 Team Scores
3Â 1Â 1 Vanderbilt 288Â 281Â 279Â Â Â Â Â Â 848Â -16
T1Â 2Â 2 Alabama 287Â 287Â 282Â Â Â Â Â Â 856Â -8
5Â 4Â 3 Wake Forest 292Â 287Â 282Â Â Â Â Â Â 861Â -3
4Â 5Â 4 Texas A&M 289Â 295Â 283Â Â Â Â Â Â 867Â +3
T1Â 3Â 5 Duke 287Â 291Â 290Â Â Â Â Â Â 868Â +4
T6Â 6Â 6 UTSA 293Â 294Â 288Â Â Â Â Â Â 875Â +11
9Â T9Â 7 Brigham Young 298Â 301Â 280Â Â Â Â Â Â 879Â +15
T6Â 8Â 8 Oregon State 293Â 303Â 287Â Â Â Â Â Â 883Â +19
T10Â 7Â 9 Augusta 300Â 293Â 298Â Â Â Â Â Â 891Â +27
T10Â 11Â 10 Kent State 300Â 301Â 295Â Â Â Â Â Â 896Â +32
8Â T9Â 11 Boston University 297Â 302Â 301Â Â Â Â Â Â 900Â +36
12Â 12Â 12 Austin Peay State 311Â 311Â 308Â Â Â Â Â Â 930Â +66
Start Finish Player Team Scores
2 1 Polly Mack Alabama 65  73 66      204 -12
T3 T2 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70  70 68      208 -8
1 T2 Jennie Park Texas A&M 69  66 73      208 -8
T14 T4 Camryn Carreon UTSA 74  70 67      211 -5
T9 T4 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 72  71 68      211 -5
T6 T4 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 73  68 70      211 -5
T9 T7 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 72  71 69      212 -4
8 T7 Jayna Choi Vanderbilt 71  71 70      212 -4
T3 T9 Natalia Yoko Augusta 72  68 73      213 -3
T3 T9 Tess Davenport Vanderbilt 71  69 73      213 -3
T30 T11 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 73  76 65      214 -2
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71  72 71      214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71  70 73      214 -2
T14 14 Napabhach Boon-In Augusta 72  72 71      215 -1
T20 T15 Chayse Gomez Oregon State 72  75 69      216 E
17 T15 Hollie Muse * East Tennessee St. 66  79 71      216 E
T14 T15 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74  70 72      216 E
T9 T15 Emily Price Kent State 72  71 73      216 E
T25 19 Allysha Mae Mateo Brigham Young 74  74 69      217 +1
T20 20 Hannah Holzmann UTSA 72  75 71      218 +2
T18 T21 Ana Gonzalez UTSA 73  73 73      219 +3
T36 T21 Lila Galeai Brigham Young 73  77 69      219 +3
T18 T21 Dorota Zalewska * Chattanooga 76  70 73      219 +3
T36 T21 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 79  71 69      219 +3
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73  74 72      219 +3
T9 T21 FLair Kuan Boston University 70  73 76      219 +3
T30 T27 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 76  73 71      220 +4
T20 T27 Ellie Slama Oregon State 73  74 73      220 +4
T25 T27 Christy Chen Boston University 77  71 72      220 +4
T42 T30 Annick Haczkiewicz Brigham Young 75  76 70      221 +5
T36 T30 Tara Bettle *Â UNCGÂ 77Â Â 73Â 71Â Â Â Â Â Â 221Â +5
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72  75 74      221 +5
T42 T33 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 73  78 71      222 +6
T36 T33 Mikayla Bardwell * Tennessee 74  76 72      222 +6
T30 T33 Emilie Overas Alabama 73  76 73      222 +6
T51 T36 Kelsey Webster Oregon State 77  77 69      223 +7
T25 T36 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 75  73 75      223 +7
T25 T36 Payton Carter * Murray State 77  71 75      223 +7
T30 T36 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 78  71 74      223 +7
48 T40 Kerstin Fotu Brigham Young 78  74 72      224 +8
T25 T40 Madde Sund Oregon State 71  77 76      224 +8
T42 T40 Angelica Moresco Alabama 76  75 73      224 +8
T30 T40 Chloe Salort Kent State 73  76 75      224 +8
T42 44 Virunpat Olankitkunchai Wake Forest 75  76 74      225 +9
T49 T45 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 74  79 74      227 +11
T36 T45 Nicole Polivchak UTSA 74  76 77      227 +11
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74  76 77      227 +11
T42 T48 Hunter Nugent UTSA 74  77 77      228 +12
T49 T48 Hanako Kawasaki Boston University 74  79 75      228 +12
T42 50 Chloe Holder Augusta 75  76 78      229 +13
T60 51 Jennifer Gu Kent State 81  77 72      230 +14
T55 52 Noramol Nuchsila Kent State 79  77 75      231 +15
T30 T53 Hailee Cooper Texas A&M 74  75 83      232 +16
T55 T53 Taylor Dedmen Austin Peay State 78  78 76      232 +16
T58 T55 Adeline Anderson Brigham Young 76  81 76      233 +17
54 T55 Mayka Hoogeboom Kent State 76  79 78      233 +17
T51 T55 Kaley Campbell Austin Peay State 75  79 79      233 +17
T60 58 Kennedy Carroll Augusta 81  77 76      234 +18
T60 59 Erica Scutt Austin Peay State 82  76 77      235 +19
63 60 Issy Taylor Oregon State 79  81 76      236 +20
T51 61 Riley Cooper Austin Peay State 76  78 84      238 +22
T58 62 Annie Kim * Houston 82  75 82      239 +23
64 63 Nicole Page Augusta 82  79 79      240 +24
66 T64 Shelby Darnell Austin Peay State 87  79 76      242 +26
65 T64 Victoria Takai Boston University 85  79 78      242 +26
T55 - Alice Fan Boston University 76  80 D      -    -Â
Players Mentioned
PLAYER
/ Women's Golf
PLAYER
/ Women's Golf
PLAYER
/ Women's Golf
PLAYER
/ Women's Golf
PLAYER
/ Women's GolfAndie Smith, Duke | Interview | CGN
Thursday, November 13
Karcher-Ingram Golf Center Facility Tour
Friday, October 03
Anna Grzebien Hall of Fame Feature
Saturday, November 02
Duke Athletics: A Tour of Campus
Saturday, October 19
