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4/12/2023 1:52:00 PM | Women's Golf
2023 ACC Championship
April 13-16, 2023 • Greensboro, N.C.
Sedgefield Country Club
54 Holes Stroke Play; Top 4 to Match Play
DUKE HEADS TO ACC CHAMPIONSHIP LOOKING FOR 23rd TITLE
The Duke women's golf team will head to the ACC Championship this week in search of its 23rd title in school history. The championship will take place from April 13-16 and will be contested at the 6,092-yard, par 72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
The format of the championship will feature 36 holes of stroke play on April 13 followed by 18 holes of stroke play on April 14 to decide an individual champion. The top four teams in stroke play following 54 holes will advance to match play on April 15 and April 16 to decide a team champion.
The 2023 event will mark the 34th ACC Championship in league history and the 11th appearance at Sedgefield Country Club. The Blue Devils won the title in 2021 in the last appearance at Sedgefield with rounds of 286-281-286 for an 11-under, 853. Gina Kim won the individual crown with a 10-under, 206. Duke has won the title in four of 10 appearances at Sedgefield (2021, 2014, 2013, 2012).
The Blue Devils have had a history of success at the ACC Championship, claiming 22 titles in program history, including six out of the last 10 years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021). Duke has also collected ACC Individual Champions in 16 of the past 23 events. The Blue Devils have featured the last two ACC Individual champions with Kim and Phoebe Brinker winning in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Head coach Dan Brooks has led the squad to 21 of the 22 championships over his 39 seasons at Duke.
COVERAGE
Fans will be able to follow the action with live scoring at www.GolfStat.com, while ACC Network Extra will provide coverage for the semifinals and finals of match play on Saturday and Sunday. Ryan Burr (PXP) and Suzy Whaley (Analyst) will provide the call for ACC Network Extra. There will be a championship recap show that will air May 1 at 7 p.m., on ACC Network. Everyone can also follow along on Twitter (@DukeWGOLF), Instagram (DukeWGolf) and Facebook.
THE SEEDINGS/PAIRINGS
The seedings for the 2023 ACC Championship were done by GolfStat ranking -- Wake Forest (1), Florida State (2), Virginia (3), Clemson (4), Duke (5), NC State (6), North Carolina (7), Virginia Tech (8), Louisville (9), Notre Dame (10), Miami (11) and Boston College (12).
Duke will tee off on Thursday, April 13 in the first round beginning at 8:00 a.m., through 8:50 a.m., off hole No. 1. On Friday, April 15, tee times will be from 9-10:30 a.m., off split tees followed by the individual champion awards ceremony and match play lineup announcements. Match play action will go from 9-10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 15 with the championship team match play lineups announced after the matches are concluded. Sunday's championship match will tee off from 9-9:40 a.m.
THE DUKE LINEUP
Duke will feature a lineup of seniors Erica Shepherd and Megan Furtney, juniors Phoebe Brinker and Anne Chen and freshman Andie Smith. Sophomore Rylie Heflin will be a substitute.
BIRDIES FOR BABIES
Spearheaded by 2019 Blue Devil graduate Virginia Elena Carta, the Duke men's and women's golf programs have continued their fundraising program benefitting the Duke Children's Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units called Birdies for Babies. Duke has raised $15,826.75 so far this season and over the six years of the program, it has raised over $100,000.
In November, the Duke Children's Hospital dedicated a room for the program since the Blue Devils reached the $100,000 mark in earnings.
Those looking to support the partnership with the Duke Children's can make pledges per birdie. Pledges will start at $0.50 and high pledge increments are welcome. If the Blue Devils register an eagle (counts as two birdies), albatross (three birdies) and hole-in-one (four birdies) they will count as stated.
For more information, head to https://giving.dukechildrens.org/ways-to-give/duke-athletics-partnerships
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Duke is currently ranked No. 31 in the latest GolfStat.com and No. 29 in the Golfweek ledgers.
Individually, in the Golfweek rankings -- Phoebe Brinker (51) and Erica Shepherd (52) are listed.
TRENDS/NOTES
• The Blue Devils head to the ACC Championship with a little momentum, after winning the Wolfpack Match Play Invitational.
• Over the last four stroke play events, Duke has struggled finishing no better than eighth.
• In the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings, Phoebe Brinker (66), Erica Shepherd (77) and Anne Chen (152) are in the top 152.
AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR
Duke featured three golfers competing in the fourth Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship held in Augusta, Ga., from March 29 through April 1.
Erica Shepherd made the cut for the third time in four appearances, while Anne Chen and Phoebe Brinker just missed the cut. Shepherd turned in rounds of 74, 71 and 76 for a 54-hole score of 221 to place tied for 22nd. In her first appearance, Chen signed for rounds of 77 and 71 for a 148. Brinker made her second appearance and had rounds of 79 and 73 for a 152.
AVERAGES
Go in depth with the Blue Devils to see how many birdies, greens, fairways and putts they average during rounds in 2022-23.
Birdies Greens Fairways Putts
Phoebe Brinker 3.0 12.7 10.3 33.1
Anne Chen 2.8 11.8 11.4 31.7
Erica Shepherd 2.5 12.7 10.8 31.6
Andie Smith 2.3 11.0 10.3 32.2
Megan Furtney 1.0 8.2 7.1 34.2
Rylie Heflin 1.6 10.8 10.1 32.1
ACC CHAMPIONS
A total of 15 different Blue Devils have won ACC individual titles -- Mary Anne Widman, 1984; Evelyn Orley, 1985; Kathi Poppmeier, 1994; Jenny Chuasiriporn, 1996 and 1997; Beth Bauer, 1999; Maria Garcia-Estrada, 2000; Virada Nirapathpongporn, 2001; Candy Hannemann, 2002; Brittany Lang, 2004 and 2005; Amanda Blumenherst, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Lindy Duncan, 2012; Celine Boutier, 2014; Leona Maguire, 2015, 2017 and 2018; Gina Kim, 2021; Phoebe Brinker, 2022.
As a team, Duke has won 22 ACC titles -- 1984, 1985, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2021. The Blue Devils won 13 in a row from 1996-2008.
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
Duke will travel a team that features four members of the 2021 ACC Championship squad. Erica Shepherd, Phoebe Brinker, Anne Chen and Megan Furtney.
All four were members of the 2021 squad that won the ACC Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Megan Furtney did not compete in 2021, but is coming off her first appearance a season ago in South Carolina. Andie Smith will be seeing action in her first postseason.
In two appearances in the ACC Championship, Shepherd has placed tied for eighth in 2021 with rounds of 76, 67 and 73 for an even-par, 216, and second with rounds of 75, 68 and 69 for a 4-under, 212. Chen turned in a fourth place ledger with rounds of 71, 71 and 71 for a 3-under, 213, in 2021 and was tied for 24th last year with rounds of 75, 72 and 77 for a 224.
Brinker was tied for 32nd with scores of 74, 74 and 78 for a 226 as a freshman and then won the ACC title a season go with scores of 70, 65 and 71 for a 10-under, 206. As a junior, Furtney had rounds of 79, 75 and 81 for a 235.
LAST TIME AT SEDGEFIELD
Duke junior Gina Kim carded her third straight round in the 60s on her way to claiming individual medalist honors at the ACC Championship in 2021 with a 10-under-par, 206, at the 6,132-yard, par-72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Kim became the 14th Blue Devil to win an ACC crown and marked the 20th ACC individual championship in school history. She matched the lowest 54-hole score in Blue Devil ACC Championship history at 10-under-par along with three-time ACC champion Leona Maguire.
As a team, Duke turned in a two-under, 286, Friday that included five late birdies to move past Wake Forest and finish with a team-best 11-under-par, 853. By finishing first, the Blue Devils earned the No. 1 seed in match play and will face fourth-seeded Virginia in the semifinals Saturday beginning at 9:50 a.m.
Duke (853) closed action three shots ahead of Wake Forest (856), while Florida State (871), Virginia (876) and Virginia Tech (878) rounded out the top five teams. The Blue Devils and Cavaliers both shot a team-best two-under, 286, in Friday's third round.
Over the 54 holes, Duke tied for the team lead with a 24-under-par score on par-5 holes and accumulated 49 birdies and a team-best six eagles.
In the semifinals of match play, Duke defeated Virginia, 3-2, before claiming the title with a 5-0 win over Florida State.
LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR
Duke sophomore Phoebe Brinker became the 15th Blue Devil in school history to win an ACC Championship as she carded an impressive 54-hole ledger of 10-under-par, 206, over 54 holes at the 6,212-yard, Par-72 The Reserve Golf Club in Pawley's Island, S.C.
Brinker equaled former Duke standout Gina Kim's 10-under-par, 206, from the previous season for the Blue Devils' lowest 54-hole score in ACC action. The win for Brinker was her first collegiate victory and it marks the 16th time a Blue Devil has won the ACC individual crown over the past 23 championships.
A native of Wilmington, Del., Brinker notched rounds of 70, 65 and 71 for a 10-under, 206, finishing six strokes ahead of Duke teammate Erica Shepherd, who turned in rounds of 75, 68 and 69 for a 4-under, 212. Brinker and Shepherd were two of only three golfers on the day to shoot under par.
2022 marks the fifth time in school history Blue Devil teammates have placed in sole possession of first and second place in the ACC Championship. Brinker also became the sixth Duke golfer to win their first collegiate event at the ACC Championship and the first since Maria Garcia-Estrada in 2000.
As a team, Duke placed third overall in stroke play and advanced to face second-seeded Florida State in the semifinals of match play. Duke went on to drop a 3-0-2 decision.
BLUE DEVILS WIN WOLFPACK MATCH PLAY
Fourth-seeded Duke closed the Wolfpack Match Play Invitational last week by defeating sixth-seeded North Carolina, 3-1-1, and capturing the championship at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C.
The Blue Devils totaled wins against fifth-seeded NC State (3-2), top-seeded South Carolina (3-2) and North Carolina (3-1-1) to register their first tournament win of the 2022-23 campaign. It also marked Duke head coach Dan Brooks' 141st career victory with the Blue Devils, which continues to lead all NCAA Division I head coaches.
Blue Devil senior Megan Furtney capped the two days of play with a perfect, 3-0, record in match play.
ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH
Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks became the all-time winningest women's golf coach in NCAA Division I history in the fall of 2005 as he won his 92nd career tournament title at the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate Oct. 23, 2005. Brooks passed Mark Gale of San Jose State who won 91 career tournaments from 1978-96.
Brooks now has 141 career tournament wins over his 39 seasons. He has guided Duke to at least one victory in 37 of his 39 years.
THE HEAD COACH
Dan Brooks is in his 39th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils. The 1981 graduate of Oregon State has led Duke to 21 ACC Championships over the years. Brooks owns the school's seven National Championships in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 and 2019.
Brooks' teams have finished with a top-20 ranking 34 times, while 23 of his squads have earned a top-10 finish in a NCAA Tournament-- 1987 (T7th), 1988 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1996 (7th), 1998 (4th), 1999 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (1st), 2003 (10th), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (1st), 2006 (1st), 2007 (1st), 2008 (3rd), 2009 (6th), 2010 (T8th), 2013 (2nd), 2014 (1st), 2015 (semis), 2016 (semis), 2018 (6th), 2019 (1st), 2021 (semis).
In 39 years, his teams have won 141 tournaments, which is a NCAA record for women's golf. He was named the 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2021 ACC Coach of the Year for his efforts and 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2019 National Coach of the Year.
Brooks' seven NCAA titles is the most in women's golf -- 5, Linda Vollstedt (Arizona State), 3, Mark Gale (San Jose State) and Andrea Gaston (Southern California).
EIGHT BLUE DEVILS ON LPGA
The Duke women's golf program once again has a heavy influence on the LPGA as the tour opened the 2023 season in January. The Blue Devils have eight former golfers on the tour with Ana Belac, Jaravee Boonchant, Celine Boutier, Lindy Duncan, Gina Kim, Brittany Lang, Yu Liu and Leona Maguire competing.
Duke also features Virginia Elena Carta on the Ladies European Tour along with Laetitia Beck and Miranda Wang competing on the Epson Tour.
BOUTIER, WANG WIN ON SAME DAY IN 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023 will go down as a special day for the Duke women's golf program as a pair of Blue Devil alumnae won on the LPGA and Epson Tours with Celine Boutier and Miranda Wang carding victories on the West Coast.
Boutier, a 2016 Duke graduate, won in a playoff at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Gold Canyon, Ariz., while Wang, a 2019 Blue Devil graduate, won the IOA Championship in Beaumont, Calif.
With rounds of 69, 66, 65 and 68 over four days for a 20-under, 268, Boutier finished in a tie for first with Solheim Cup teammate Georgia Hall. Boutier, a product of Montrouge, France, went on to birdie the first playoff hole, No. 18, to win the third LPGA event of her career.
Duke now features six wins on the LPGA by Boutier (3), Brittany Lang (2) and Leona Maguire (1). It marked the second straight year a Blue Devil has won the LPGA Drive On Championship as Maguire held the trophy in 2022.
Wang carded a 7-under-par, 65, on Saturday in the second round to position herself in a tie for first heading into the final day with a 10-under-par ledger. In Sunday's final round, she totaled a birdie on No. 3 and then a bogey on No. 8, and was even par through 12 holes. Wang, a native of Beijing, China, fell behind on the leaderboard by a couple of strokes on the back nine, but stayed her course.
BLUE DEVILS ADD LI FOR 2022-23
Duke head coach Dan Brooks announced the signing of Katie Li in November during the early signing period. Li will join the Blue Devils for the 2023-24 campaign as a freshman.
A product of Basking Ridge, N.J., Li is a five-time winner on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and three-time AJGA All-American.
Li has collected wins at the K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship by SK Telecom (2021), NJ Junior PGA Championship (2020, 2019), NE Series at Flanders Valley (2019) and AJGA Junior at Southpointe (2019).
Li, who attends Ridge High School, advanced to the U.S. Women's Amateur round of 16 this past summer. She competed on the Wyndham Cup East team in 2022 and Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2021. She was an AJGA All-America selection in 2022, 2021 and 2020, while earning Scholastic Junior All-American in 2022.
April 13-16, 2023 • Greensboro, N.C.
Sedgefield Country Club
54 Holes Stroke Play; Top 4 to Match Play
DUKE HEADS TO ACC CHAMPIONSHIP LOOKING FOR 23rd TITLE
The Duke women's golf team will head to the ACC Championship this week in search of its 23rd title in school history. The championship will take place from April 13-16 and will be contested at the 6,092-yard, par 72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
The format of the championship will feature 36 holes of stroke play on April 13 followed by 18 holes of stroke play on April 14 to decide an individual champion. The top four teams in stroke play following 54 holes will advance to match play on April 15 and April 16 to decide a team champion.
The 2023 event will mark the 34th ACC Championship in league history and the 11th appearance at Sedgefield Country Club. The Blue Devils won the title in 2021 in the last appearance at Sedgefield with rounds of 286-281-286 for an 11-under, 853. Gina Kim won the individual crown with a 10-under, 206. Duke has won the title in four of 10 appearances at Sedgefield (2021, 2014, 2013, 2012).
The Blue Devils have had a history of success at the ACC Championship, claiming 22 titles in program history, including six out of the last 10 years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021). Duke has also collected ACC Individual Champions in 16 of the past 23 events. The Blue Devils have featured the last two ACC Individual champions with Kim and Phoebe Brinker winning in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
Head coach Dan Brooks has led the squad to 21 of the 22 championships over his 39 seasons at Duke.
COVERAGE
Fans will be able to follow the action with live scoring at www.GolfStat.com, while ACC Network Extra will provide coverage for the semifinals and finals of match play on Saturday and Sunday. Ryan Burr (PXP) and Suzy Whaley (Analyst) will provide the call for ACC Network Extra. There will be a championship recap show that will air May 1 at 7 p.m., on ACC Network. Everyone can also follow along on Twitter (@DukeWGOLF), Instagram (DukeWGolf) and Facebook.
THE SEEDINGS/PAIRINGS
The seedings for the 2023 ACC Championship were done by GolfStat ranking -- Wake Forest (1), Florida State (2), Virginia (3), Clemson (4), Duke (5), NC State (6), North Carolina (7), Virginia Tech (8), Louisville (9), Notre Dame (10), Miami (11) and Boston College (12).
Duke will tee off on Thursday, April 13 in the first round beginning at 8:00 a.m., through 8:50 a.m., off hole No. 1. On Friday, April 15, tee times will be from 9-10:30 a.m., off split tees followed by the individual champion awards ceremony and match play lineup announcements. Match play action will go from 9-10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 15 with the championship team match play lineups announced after the matches are concluded. Sunday's championship match will tee off from 9-9:40 a.m.
THE DUKE LINEUP
Duke will feature a lineup of seniors Erica Shepherd and Megan Furtney, juniors Phoebe Brinker and Anne Chen and freshman Andie Smith. Sophomore Rylie Heflin will be a substitute.
BIRDIES FOR BABIES
Spearheaded by 2019 Blue Devil graduate Virginia Elena Carta, the Duke men's and women's golf programs have continued their fundraising program benefitting the Duke Children's Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units called Birdies for Babies. Duke has raised $15,826.75 so far this season and over the six years of the program, it has raised over $100,000.
In November, the Duke Children's Hospital dedicated a room for the program since the Blue Devils reached the $100,000 mark in earnings.
Those looking to support the partnership with the Duke Children's can make pledges per birdie. Pledges will start at $0.50 and high pledge increments are welcome. If the Blue Devils register an eagle (counts as two birdies), albatross (three birdies) and hole-in-one (four birdies) they will count as stated.
For more information, head to https://giving.dukechildrens.org/ways-to-give/duke-athletics-partnerships
IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS
Duke is currently ranked No. 31 in the latest GolfStat.com and No. 29 in the Golfweek ledgers.
Individually, in the Golfweek rankings -- Phoebe Brinker (51) and Erica Shepherd (52) are listed.
TRENDS/NOTES
• The Blue Devils head to the ACC Championship with a little momentum, after winning the Wolfpack Match Play Invitational.
• Over the last four stroke play events, Duke has struggled finishing no better than eighth.
• In the latest World Amateur Golf Rankings, Phoebe Brinker (66), Erica Shepherd (77) and Anne Chen (152) are in the top 152.
AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN'S AMATEUR
Duke featured three golfers competing in the fourth Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship held in Augusta, Ga., from March 29 through April 1.
Erica Shepherd made the cut for the third time in four appearances, while Anne Chen and Phoebe Brinker just missed the cut. Shepherd turned in rounds of 74, 71 and 76 for a 54-hole score of 221 to place tied for 22nd. In her first appearance, Chen signed for rounds of 77 and 71 for a 148. Brinker made her second appearance and had rounds of 79 and 73 for a 152.
AVERAGES
Go in depth with the Blue Devils to see how many birdies, greens, fairways and putts they average during rounds in 2022-23.
Birdies Greens Fairways Putts
Phoebe Brinker 3.0 12.7 10.3 33.1
Anne Chen 2.8 11.8 11.4 31.7
Erica Shepherd 2.5 12.7 10.8 31.6
Andie Smith 2.3 11.0 10.3 32.2
Megan Furtney 1.0 8.2 7.1 34.2
Rylie Heflin 1.6 10.8 10.1 32.1
ACC CHAMPIONS
A total of 15 different Blue Devils have won ACC individual titles -- Mary Anne Widman, 1984; Evelyn Orley, 1985; Kathi Poppmeier, 1994; Jenny Chuasiriporn, 1996 and 1997; Beth Bauer, 1999; Maria Garcia-Estrada, 2000; Virada Nirapathpongporn, 2001; Candy Hannemann, 2002; Brittany Lang, 2004 and 2005; Amanda Blumenherst, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Lindy Duncan, 2012; Celine Boutier, 2014; Leona Maguire, 2015, 2017 and 2018; Gina Kim, 2021; Phoebe Brinker, 2022.
As a team, Duke has won 22 ACC titles -- 1984, 1985, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2021. The Blue Devils won 13 in a row from 1996-2008.
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE
Duke will travel a team that features four members of the 2021 ACC Championship squad. Erica Shepherd, Phoebe Brinker, Anne Chen and Megan Furtney.
All four were members of the 2021 squad that won the ACC Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Megan Furtney did not compete in 2021, but is coming off her first appearance a season ago in South Carolina. Andie Smith will be seeing action in her first postseason.
In two appearances in the ACC Championship, Shepherd has placed tied for eighth in 2021 with rounds of 76, 67 and 73 for an even-par, 216, and second with rounds of 75, 68 and 69 for a 4-under, 212. Chen turned in a fourth place ledger with rounds of 71, 71 and 71 for a 3-under, 213, in 2021 and was tied for 24th last year with rounds of 75, 72 and 77 for a 224.
Brinker was tied for 32nd with scores of 74, 74 and 78 for a 226 as a freshman and then won the ACC title a season go with scores of 70, 65 and 71 for a 10-under, 206. As a junior, Furtney had rounds of 79, 75 and 81 for a 235.
LAST TIME AT SEDGEFIELD
Duke junior Gina Kim carded her third straight round in the 60s on her way to claiming individual medalist honors at the ACC Championship in 2021 with a 10-under-par, 206, at the 6,132-yard, par-72 Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Kim became the 14th Blue Devil to win an ACC crown and marked the 20th ACC individual championship in school history. She matched the lowest 54-hole score in Blue Devil ACC Championship history at 10-under-par along with three-time ACC champion Leona Maguire.
As a team, Duke turned in a two-under, 286, Friday that included five late birdies to move past Wake Forest and finish with a team-best 11-under-par, 853. By finishing first, the Blue Devils earned the No. 1 seed in match play and will face fourth-seeded Virginia in the semifinals Saturday beginning at 9:50 a.m.
Duke (853) closed action three shots ahead of Wake Forest (856), while Florida State (871), Virginia (876) and Virginia Tech (878) rounded out the top five teams. The Blue Devils and Cavaliers both shot a team-best two-under, 286, in Friday's third round.
Over the 54 holes, Duke tied for the team lead with a 24-under-par score on par-5 holes and accumulated 49 birdies and a team-best six eagles.
In the semifinals of match play, Duke defeated Virginia, 3-2, before claiming the title with a 5-0 win over Florida State.
Looking back on past ACC Championship success at Sedgefield Country Club from 2021, 2014, 2013 & 2012 ??#GoDuke pic.twitter.com/Sf6g6TvFNk
— Duke Women's Golf (@DukeWGOLF) April 12, 2023
LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR
Duke sophomore Phoebe Brinker became the 15th Blue Devil in school history to win an ACC Championship as she carded an impressive 54-hole ledger of 10-under-par, 206, over 54 holes at the 6,212-yard, Par-72 The Reserve Golf Club in Pawley's Island, S.C.
Brinker equaled former Duke standout Gina Kim's 10-under-par, 206, from the previous season for the Blue Devils' lowest 54-hole score in ACC action. The win for Brinker was her first collegiate victory and it marks the 16th time a Blue Devil has won the ACC individual crown over the past 23 championships.
A native of Wilmington, Del., Brinker notched rounds of 70, 65 and 71 for a 10-under, 206, finishing six strokes ahead of Duke teammate Erica Shepherd, who turned in rounds of 75, 68 and 69 for a 4-under, 212. Brinker and Shepherd were two of only three golfers on the day to shoot under par.
2022 marks the fifth time in school history Blue Devil teammates have placed in sole possession of first and second place in the ACC Championship. Brinker also became the sixth Duke golfer to win their first collegiate event at the ACC Championship and the first since Maria Garcia-Estrada in 2000.
As a team, Duke placed third overall in stroke play and advanced to face second-seeded Florida State in the semifinals of match play. Duke went on to drop a 3-0-2 decision.
BLUE DEVILS WIN WOLFPACK MATCH PLAY
Fourth-seeded Duke closed the Wolfpack Match Play Invitational last week by defeating sixth-seeded North Carolina, 3-1-1, and capturing the championship at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C.
The Blue Devils totaled wins against fifth-seeded NC State (3-2), top-seeded South Carolina (3-2) and North Carolina (3-1-1) to register their first tournament win of the 2022-23 campaign. It also marked Duke head coach Dan Brooks' 141st career victory with the Blue Devils, which continues to lead all NCAA Division I head coaches.
Blue Devil senior Megan Furtney capped the two days of play with a perfect, 3-0, record in match play.
ALL-TIME WINNINGEST COACH
Blue Devil head coach Dan Brooks became the all-time winningest women's golf coach in NCAA Division I history in the fall of 2005 as he won his 92nd career tournament title at the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate Oct. 23, 2005. Brooks passed Mark Gale of San Jose State who won 91 career tournaments from 1978-96.
Brooks now has 141 career tournament wins over his 39 seasons. He has guided Duke to at least one victory in 37 of his 39 years.
THE HEAD COACH
Dan Brooks is in his 39th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils. The 1981 graduate of Oregon State has led Duke to 21 ACC Championships over the years. Brooks owns the school's seven National Championships in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014 and 2019.
Brooks' teams have finished with a top-20 ranking 34 times, while 23 of his squads have earned a top-10 finish in a NCAA Tournament-- 1987 (T7th), 1988 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1996 (7th), 1998 (4th), 1999 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (1st), 2003 (10th), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (1st), 2006 (1st), 2007 (1st), 2008 (3rd), 2009 (6th), 2010 (T8th), 2013 (2nd), 2014 (1st), 2015 (semis), 2016 (semis), 2018 (6th), 2019 (1st), 2021 (semis).
In 39 years, his teams have won 141 tournaments, which is a NCAA record for women's golf. He was named the 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2021 ACC Coach of the Year for his efforts and 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2019 National Coach of the Year.
Brooks' seven NCAA titles is the most in women's golf -- 5, Linda Vollstedt (Arizona State), 3, Mark Gale (San Jose State) and Andrea Gaston (Southern California).
EIGHT BLUE DEVILS ON LPGA
The Duke women's golf program once again has a heavy influence on the LPGA as the tour opened the 2023 season in January. The Blue Devils have eight former golfers on the tour with Ana Belac, Jaravee Boonchant, Celine Boutier, Lindy Duncan, Gina Kim, Brittany Lang, Yu Liu and Leona Maguire competing.
Duke also features Virginia Elena Carta on the Ladies European Tour along with Laetitia Beck and Miranda Wang competing on the Epson Tour.
BOUTIER, WANG WIN ON SAME DAY IN 2023
Sunday, March 26, 2023 will go down as a special day for the Duke women's golf program as a pair of Blue Devil alumnae won on the LPGA and Epson Tours with Celine Boutier and Miranda Wang carding victories on the West Coast.
Boutier, a 2016 Duke graduate, won in a playoff at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Gold Canyon, Ariz., while Wang, a 2019 Blue Devil graduate, won the IOA Championship in Beaumont, Calif.
With rounds of 69, 66, 65 and 68 over four days for a 20-under, 268, Boutier finished in a tie for first with Solheim Cup teammate Georgia Hall. Boutier, a product of Montrouge, France, went on to birdie the first playoff hole, No. 18, to win the third LPGA event of her career.
Duke now features six wins on the LPGA by Boutier (3), Brittany Lang (2) and Leona Maguire (1). It marked the second straight year a Blue Devil has won the LPGA Drive On Championship as Maguire held the trophy in 2022.
Wang carded a 7-under-par, 65, on Saturday in the second round to position herself in a tie for first heading into the final day with a 10-under-par ledger. In Sunday's final round, she totaled a birdie on No. 3 and then a bogey on No. 8, and was even par through 12 holes. Wang, a native of Beijing, China, fell behind on the leaderboard by a couple of strokes on the back nine, but stayed her course.
BLUE DEVILS ADD LI FOR 2022-23
Duke head coach Dan Brooks announced the signing of Katie Li in November during the early signing period. Li will join the Blue Devils for the 2023-24 campaign as a freshman.
A product of Basking Ridge, N.J., Li is a five-time winner on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) and three-time AJGA All-American.
Li has collected wins at the K.J. Choi Foundation Junior Championship by SK Telecom (2021), NJ Junior PGA Championship (2020, 2019), NE Series at Flanders Valley (2019) and AJGA Junior at Southpointe (2019).
Li, who attends Ridge High School, advanced to the U.S. Women's Amateur round of 16 this past summer. She competed on the Wyndham Cup East team in 2022 and Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2021. She was an AJGA All-America selection in 2022, 2021 and 2020, while earning Scholastic Junior All-American in 2022.
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