Blue Devils Finish Fifth at Cal Poly Invitational

Tuesday, October 31

Carmel, Calif.

Duke University

Round 3 at Cal Poly Invitational

Blue Devils Finish Fifth at Cal Poly Invitational

11/1/2023 9:45:00 AM | Men's Golf

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CARMEL, Calif. – The Duke men's golf team secured another top-five finish on Tuesday afternoon, finishing at 9-under, 855, at the Cal Poly Invitational, held at The Preserve. The Blue Devils concluded the fall portion of their schedule having finished in the top-five in each of the team's events.

HOW IT HAPPENED: DAY TWO

The second round was completed on Tuesday morning, with Duke finishing at 2-under, 286, for the second round. In the third round, the Blue Devils shot 5-under, 281, as a team.
Luke Sample restarted his second round on the 17th hole, his ninth hole of the round, and immediately made birdie. The junior then played his remaining eight holes without a bogey, while adding birdies on the par-3 second and par-4 seventh to sign for a 3-under, 69, in the second round. Sample continued his steady play in the third round, rolling in three birdies on holes Nos. 12, 17 and 2 while dropping just one stroke, a bogey on No. 9, to finish under-par in all three rounds of the tournament with a third-round 2-under, 70. The New York, N.Y., native finished in a tie for ninth place, his third top-10 finish in five events this season.
Bryan Kim finished out his second round with two birdies and two bogeys over his final nine holes, carding a 2-over, 74, in the morning. The freshman went low in the third round, firing a 4-under, 68, in the third round – the best individual round by a Blue Devil for the event. Kim started the round on No. 9 and made bogey on No. 12 to move to 1-over, but immediately bounced back with a birdie on the par-5 13th. He took advantage of the next par-5 as well, making birdie on No. 17 to stand 1-under through his first nine holes. Another birdie, this time on No. 4, pushed Kim to 2-under, before the Brookeville, Md., native closed his round strong with back-to-back birdies on holes Nos. 7 and 8 to wrap up the 4-under round. Kim ended the tournament in a tie for 15th place, his second top-15 finish in his last three events.
Ian Siebers finished his second round at 3-over, 75, but closed his round with momentum after chipping in for birdie on the 232-yard, par-3, sixth hole. The senior played his final round at even-par, including birdies on both of the back-nine par-5's and a bounce-back birdie on No. 7, after making one of his three bogeys of the round on the hole prior. Siebers finished the event at 6-over, 222, and in a tie for 57th.
Daniel Choi stood at 1-over when play resumed in the morning and the sophomore bounced back from a slow start to his day with an eagle-birdie finish over his last two holes to sign for a 1-over, 73, in the second round. The sophomore started the third round on No. 10 and made the turn at even-par, after a bogey on No. 13 and a birdie on the 450-yard, par-4, 18th. Back-to-back bogeys on holes Nos. 1 and 2 were offset by birdies on the par-5 fourth and par-3 sixth, but a closing birdie ended Choi's round at 1-over, 73. The sophomore carded three straight rounds of 1-over to finish at 3-over, 219, and in a tie for 46th place overall.
Kelly Chinn finished his second round with a bogey-free final nine holes, while also adding two birdies on both front-nine par-5's, to shoot a 2-under, 70, in the second round. In the third round, Chinn made birdie on holes No. 13, 2 and 8, before eventually finishing his round at 2-over, 74. The junior finished the event at even-par, 216, and in a tie for 33rd.

NOTES

The Blue Devils finished in fifth place, at 9-under, 855. As a team, Duke recorded a top-five finish in each of its team events this fall.
As a team, Duke has finished under-par in six consecutive rounds and in eight of its last nine.
Duke led all teams in the field for scoring on par-3's, averaging 3.07 strokes on those holes for the event.
Duke finished 25-under on par-5's, third-best of any team in the field.
The Blue Devils played steady golf throughout the event, making a field-best 171 pars.
Kelly Chinn finished 9-under on par-5's for the event, tied with one other individual for best scoring on those holes.
Luke Sample leads the Blue Devils for stroke average, at 71.27, at the conclusion of Duke's fall slate.
Bryan Kim has now shot under-par in seven of his last nine rounds and finishes the fall schedule with a stroke average of 71.97.
Kim was one of just three individuals to shoot under-par on the par-3's during the tournament, as he finished 1-under on those holes.