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Summer Notebook: Sample, Chinn Off to Strong Starts
7/3/2022 12:57:00 PM | Men's Golf
DURHAM -- A victory by Luke Sample at the Ike Championship at famed Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey and a runner-up finish by Kelly Chinn at the Sunnehanna Amateur has the summer off to a hot start for Duke's men's golfers.
Luke Sample Wins Ike Championship
A birdie on the iconic 18th at Baltusrol gave Sample a two-stroke win in the 67th playing of the Ike Metropolitan Golf Association Stroke Play Championship on June 27-28. The rising sophomore, now a two-time MGA champion, out-dueled Thomas McCarthy of Essex County over the final 18 holes.
"It feels incredible," said the 19-year-old Sample. "To be honest it feels like a long time since I've walked down 18 or stood on 18 with a shot that really felt like it meant something. To be able to perform under pressure and get the job done down the stretch really meant a lot."
Sample, the 2020 Met Open champion, was tied with McCarthy going into the 17th hole, but made par to McCarthy's bogey to take a lead he would only build on the 18th. The New York City native, Sample opened with a 69 in round one, followed with a 72 and closed with a 69 in in the final round for a winning score of a 3-under 210.
Luke Sample Wins Ike Championship
A birdie on the iconic 18th at Baltusrol gave Sample a two-stroke win in the 67th playing of the Ike Metropolitan Golf Association Stroke Play Championship on June 27-28. The rising sophomore, now a two-time MGA champion, out-dueled Thomas McCarthy of Essex County over the final 18 holes.
"It feels incredible," said the 19-year-old Sample. "To be honest it feels like a long time since I've walked down 18 or stood on 18 with a shot that really felt like it meant something. To be able to perform under pressure and get the job done down the stretch really meant a lot."
Sample, the 2020 Met Open champion, was tied with McCarthy going into the 17th hole, but made par to McCarthy's bogey to take a lead he would only build on the 18th. The New York City native, Sample opened with a 69 in round one, followed with a 72 and closed with a 69 in in the final round for a winning score of a 3-under 210.
Luke Sample notched his second MGA Major and fourth overall MGA win with a strong victory in the 67th Ike MGA Stroke Play Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club!
— Metropolitan Golf Association (@MGA1897) June 29, 2022
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Chinn Continues Duke's Sunnehanna Success
Chinn, the Rolex Junior Golfer of the Year last year and a rising sophomore at Duke, finished as the runner-up at the Sunnehanna Amateur in mid-June at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pa.
It marks the second consecutive year a Blue Devil has been the runner-up after Ian Siebers finished a stroke back in 2021. Duke is three years removed from boasting back-to-back winner Alex Smalley in 2018 and 2019 -- the tournament's first repeat winner since Rickie Fowler in 2006 and 2007.
Chinn was also a stroke back of the winner, Bryce Lewis, and tied for second with Maxwell Ford. The trio were tied for the lead heading to the 72nd hole and final hole of the championship tied at 5-under but bogeys by Chinn and Ford allowed Lewis' par to be the difference.
Chinn was near the top of the leaderboard from the start, opening with rounds of 67 and 68 to sit 5-under par through 36 holes. He posted a 71 in round three and closed with an even-par 70.
Also competing the following week at the Northeast Amateur at Wannamoisett Country Club in Rhode Island, Chinn finished tied for eighth at 4-under with scores of 66, 66, 70 and 70. At the North-South Amateur at Pinehurst Resort, Chinn posted a 75 on No. 4 and an impressive 68 on No. 2, but fell three strokes shy of advancing to match play.
Three other Blue Devils were in the Sunnehanna field, as rising junior Jimmy Zheng finished tied for 23rd at 3-over 283 (74, 67, 71, 71. Siebers (75, 70, 74) and Sample (74-73-73) were cut before the final round.
Siebers Reaches Match Play at North-South Amateur in Pinehurst
Rising junior Ian Siebers was among the final 16 players remaining at the North-South Amateur, contested in late June at the Pinehurst Resort. The Bellevue, Wash., native finished tied for 13th in the two rounds of stroke play, carding an impressive 65 on Pinehurst No. 4 and a 73 the next day on No. 2 to earn a match play spot.
Siebers survived a grueling, 21-hole match in the first round, besting 19th-seed Jonathan Griz in 21 holes. The Blue Devil was ousted in another nail-bitter, falling 1up to Maxwell Moldovan of Ohio State.
Peters Reaches Fourth Round of Match Play at Philadelphia Amateur Championship
Rising sophomore John Peters was tied atop the leaderboard after two rounds of stroke play and reached the fourth round of match play at the BMW Philadelphia Amateur Championship at Philadelphia Country Club in mid-June.
The Carlisle, Pa. native was 6-under 137 through 36 holes of stroke play and was tied with Troy Vannucci atop the leaderboard heading to match play. Peters rolled to a dominant 7&6 victory over Will Holt in his opening match, but was ousted by Dawson Anders, 2up, in the next round.
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