Brinker Leads Duke on Day One of Valspar Augusta Invitational

Saturday, March 11

Augusta, Ga. (Forest Hills Golf Club)

Duke University

Valspar Augusta Invitational

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Brinker Leads Duke on Day One of Valspar Augusta Invitational

3/11/2023 8:26:00 PM | Women's Golf

Scoring

AUGUSTA, Ga. – Duke women's golf junior Phoebe Brinker carded back-to-back rounds of 1-under-par, 71, to lead the Blue Devils on the first day of action at the Valspar Augusta Invitational, which is being played at the 6,244-yard, par 72 Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Ga.

Brinker, who hails from Wilmington, Del., enters the final round in a tie for ninth with a 2-under, 142. She ranked tied for first in the field with a 5-under-par score on par-5 holes and was one of only four golfers to register an eagle. Brinker's eagle came in round one on the 533-yard, par-5 17th hole when she hit her 3-wood from 240 yards to three feet.

How It Happened
•   After opening round one with a shotgun start on No. 4, Phoebe Brinker suffered a double-bogey on No. 4 and a bogey on No. 7 to move to 3-over-par through four holes. She then struck fire shooting 4-under-par over her final 14 holes to finish with a 1-under-par, 71. In round two, Brinker once again started her afternoon on No. 4 and moved to 2-under with back-to-back birdies on No. 8 and No. 9. After six pars and a bogey over the next seven holes, she got back to 2-under with a birdie on No. 17. She closed with two pars, one birdie on No. 2 and a double-bogey on No. 1 to finish with another 71.
•   Senior Erica Shepherd signed for rounds of 74 and 72 for a 2-over-par, 146, which is tied for 22nd overall. She collected 14 pars and two birdies in round one. Shepherd was 2-under-par heading into her 16th hole, before dropping four shots on two holes. In round two, she opened her afternoon on No. 5 and quickly moved to 3-under-par with birdies on No. 4, No. 9 and No. 11. A double-bogey on No. 12 and bogey on No. 16 moved her score back to even. She closed with two birdies, two bogeys and two pars.
•   Both Rylie Heflin and Anne Chen turned in identical scores of 74 and 76 and are tied for 44 overall through 36 holes.
•   In round one, Heflin went a 9-hole stretch where she was bogey-free from holes 10-18, which included a 10-foot par save on No. 10. She collected birdies on No. 3 and No. 9 on the front nine, while finishing with a 74. Heflin collected 15 pars in the second round and finished with a 76.
•   Chen opened the morning with an even-par score through 14 holes, before dropping a couple of shots on the way in to finish with a 74. In round two, Chen parred the first nine holes and was 4-over-par over the final nine.
•   Freshman Andie Smith had rounds of 77 and 76 for a 36-hole score of 153, which is tied for 57. She was limited to only one birdie on the day.
•   As a team, Duke is eighth overall with rounds of 293 and 295 for a 588. Wake Forest leads the field with a 563.
•   Rachel Kuehn of Wake Forest leads the individual action with a 10-under, 134.

Notes
•   Phoebe Brinker missed only four fairways out of a possible 28 on the day.
•   Brinker collected her team-best 12th and 13th rounds of even or under par on Saturday.
•   Erica Shepherd posted her 10th round of even or under par.
•   As a team, Duke shot 5-under on par-5 holes, which ranked tied for third overall.
•   The Blue Devils posted 125 pars, which was the second-most on Saturday.
•   Duke finished the first 36 holes with 19 birdies.
•   Rylie Heflin's 27 pars ranked tied for fifth.

Up Next
Duke will open Sunday's final round with a shotgun start at 9 a.m., on holes 8-11 along with Oklahoma State and Alabama.

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Duke Results
T10 T9 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 71       142 -2
T28 T22 Erica Shepherd Duke 74 72       146 +2
T28 T44 Rylie Heflin Duke 74 76       150 +6
T28 T44 Anne Chen Duke 74 76       150 +6
T52 T57 Andie Smith Duke 77 76       153 +9

1 2 Team Scores
1 1 Wake Forest 279 284       563 -13
3 2 Augusta 286 288       574 -2
4 3 Florida State 288 287       575 -1
T5 T4 Ole Miss 291 286       577 +1
2 T4 Florida 280 297       577 +1
T5 6 South Florida 291 292       583 +7
8 7 Oklahoma State 296 289       585 +9
7 8 Duke 293 295       588 +12
13 9 Alabama 310 281       591 +15
T9 10 Minnesota, U. of 302 291       593 +17
T9 11 Furman 302 297       599 +23
11 12 Georgia Southern 304 297       601 +25
12 13 Virginia Tech 309 295       604 +28
14 14 Coastal Carolina 315 303       618 +42

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T1 1 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 68 66       134 -10
T10 2 Charlotte Heath Florida State 71 66       137 -7
T5 T3 Chiara Tamburlini Ole Miss 69 70       139 -5
T16 T3 Daniela Burgos * Augusta 72 67       139 -5
T1 5 Jackie Lucena Florida 68 72       140 -4
9 T6 Annabell Fuller Florida 70 71       141 -3
T10 T6 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard Oklahoma State 71 70       141 -3
T1 T6 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 68 73       141 -3
T10 T9 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 71       142 -2
T5 T9 Kennedy Carroll Augusta 69 73       142 -2
T10 T9 Melanie Green South Florida 71 71       142 -2
T5 T12 Alice Hodge Florida State 69 75       144 E
T36 T12 Juliana Camargo South Florida 75 69       144 E
T22 T14 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 73 72       145 +1
T16 T14 Isabella McCauley Minnesota, U. of 72 73       145 +1
T16 T14 Haley Yerxa Georgia Southern 72 73       145 +1
T36 T14 Faith Johnson Furman 75 70       145 +1
T52 T14 Sarah Edwards Alabama 77 68       145 +1
T16 T14 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 72 73       145 +1
T28 T14 Natacha Host Husted Ole Miss 74 71       145 +1
T22 T14 Mirabel Ting Augusta 73 72       145 +1
T36 T22 Thitaporn Saithip Oklahoma State 75 71       146 +2
T46 T22 Chiara Sola Augusta 76 70       146 +2
T22 T22 Chloe Johnson Furman 73 73       146 +2
T16 T22 Lauren Heinlein South Florida 72 74       146 +2
T22 T22 Amelia Williamson Florida State 73 73       146 +2
T28 T22 Erica Shepherd Duke 74 72       146 +2
T5 T22 Napabhach Boon-In Augusta 69 77       146 +2
T10 T22 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 71 75       146 +2
T1 T30 Maisie Filler Florida 68 79       147 +3
T28 T30 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 74 73       147 +3
T52 T30 Morgan Ketchum Virginia Tech 77 70       147 +3
T46 T30 Mariana Mesones Minnesota, U. of 76 71       147 +3
T46 T34 Nicole Gal Ole Miss 76 72       148 +4
T36 T34 Elle Johnson Ole Miss 75 73       148 +4
T36 T34 Kaylah Williams Florida State 75 73       148 +4
T36 T34 Victoria Zheng Augusta 75 73       148 +4
T28 T38 Taylor Roberts Florida 74 75       149 +5
T64 T38 Kynadie Adams Alabama 79 70       149 +5
T10 T38 Taylor Kehoe * Alabama 71 78       149 +5
T60 T38 Hailey Jones Oklahoma State 78 71       149 +5
T36 T38 Abby Newton Georgia Southern 75 74       149 +5
T16 T38 Clemence Martin Oklahoma State 72 77       149 +5
T28 T44 Anne Chen Duke 74 76       150 +6
T69 T44 Emilie Overas Alabama 80 70       150 +6
T28 T44 Rylie Heflin Duke 74 76       150 +6
T36 T44 Ginnie Lee Virginia Tech 75 75       150 +6
T36 T44 Sara Sarrion Coastal Carolina 75 75       150 +6
T36 T49 Karoline Tuttle * Florida 75 76       151 +7
T52 T49 Luisa Gibson Coastal Carolina 77 74       151 +7
T22 T49 Andrea Lignell Ole Miss 73 78       151 +7
T69 T49 Emma Carpenter Minnesota, U. of 80 71       151 +7
T46 T53 Anna Morgan Furman 76 76       152 +8
T28 T53 Katherine Cook * Florida State 74 78       152 +8
T46 T53 Lottie Woad Florida State 76 76       152 +8
T52 T53 Symone Henriques Virginia Tech 77 75       152 +8
T28 T57 Leah Herzog Minnesota, U. of 74 79       153 +9
T52 T57 Andie Smith Duke 77 76       153 +9
T52 T57 Ellen Hume * Ole Miss 77 76       153 +9
T22 T57 Leonor Medeiros South Florida 73 80       153 +9
T52 T61 Anne-Sterre Den Dunnen * Wake Forest 77 77       154 +10
T64 T61 Taylor Oberparleiter Georgia Southern 79 75       154 +10
T69 T63 Regina Plascencia Georgia Southern 80 75       155 +11
T69 T63 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 80 75       155 +11
T69 T65 Grace Curran Minnesota, U. of 80 76       156 +12
T46 T65 Marina Escobar Domingo Florida 76 80       156 +12
T60 T65 Han-Hsuan Yu Oklahoma State 78 78       156 +12
T60 T65 Karlee Vardas Georgia Southern 78 78       156 +12
T52 T65 Clare Gimpel Coastal Carolina 77 79       156 +12
T64 T70 Alizee Vidal South Florida 79 78       157 +13
T64 T70 Caroline Crumrine Furman 79 78       157 +13
T60 72 Liza Lapeyre Furman 78 80       158 +14
T76 T73 Maika Llarena Cervantes Coastal Carolina 86 75       161 +17
75 T73 Petra Duran * Augusta 83 78       161 +17
T76 75 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 86 76       162 +18
T64 76 Symran Shah * Virginia Tech 79 86       165 +21
74 77 Alyssa Montgomery Virginia Tech 82 84       166 +22
78 78 Isabella Galla Coastal Carolina 87 82       169 +25