Duke Finishes Second Round at Norman Regional

Tuesday, May 16

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Round 2 at Norman Regional

Duke Finishes Second Round at Norman Regional

5/16/2023 6:26:00 PM | Men's Golf

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NORMAN, Okla. – After another under-par round at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club, the Duke men's golf team has moved to 8-under for the NCAA Norman Regional. Heading into the final day of play on Wednesday, the Blue Devils are just two shots outside of the top five. William Love paced Duke on Tuesday, finishing at 3-under, 69, for his second round.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Duke was one of 10 teams to post an under-par round on Tuesday, as the Blue Devils finished with a 3-under, 285.
Three Duke individuals are inside the top 18 on the individual leaderboard, led by Kelly Chinn, who is tied for 12th at 3-under, 141.
William Love was the low Blue Devil on Tuesday, signing for a 3-under, 69. The freshman bounced back from an opening-round, 73, rolling in five birdies in the second round. Love got into red numbers immediately, birding his first hole of the day, No. 10. Birdies on both of the par-5's on the back-nine helped off set a bogey on No. 17, as he made the turn at 2-under. The Atlanta, Ga., native reached as low as 4-under after back-to-back birdies on No. 5 and 6, but dropped back to 3-under on No. 7, before closing out the round with two pars.
Ian Siebers played steady golf for a long stretch to begin his day, opening with 13 consecutive pars, before getting under-par with a birdie on the par-5 fifth. Two more birdies, including a 50-foot chip-in on No. 7, pushed the junior to 3-under, before a bogey on his final hole of the day wrapped up a 2-under, 70.
The third round of even-par of better came courtesy of Chinn, who carded an even-par, 72, on Tuesday. The sophomore began his day with seven straight pars, before making the turn at 2-over. Chinn battled back during his final nine holes of the day, rolling in birdies on No. 3 and No. 5 to reach even-par. He ended his round with four more pars to cap off his round.
Ethan Evans reached red numbers with a birdie on the par-5 13th, before making the turn at even-par following a bogey on No. 17. The freshman took advantage of another par-5, rolling in another birdie on No. 5 and scattered three bogeys on the front nine to finish his day at 2-over, 74.
Also for Duke, Luke Sample finished at 2-over, 74, on Tuesday.

NOTES

Following Tuesday's round, Duke enters the final day of regional play on Wednesday trailing fifth-place North Florida by two shots. The top five teams after 54 holes of play advance to the NCAA Championship, held in Scottsdale, Ariz., on May 26-31.
Duke's 36-hole score of 8-under, 568, matches the program record for best total score and score to par at a par-72 NCAA regional.
Kelly Chinn holds a 36-hole score of 3-under, tied for the eighth-best 36-hole individual score to par at an NCAA regional in program history.
William Love had one of only 10 birdies made on the par-3 sixth on Tuesday, while Ian Siebers' 50-foot chip-in gave him one of only 13 birdies converted on the par-4 seventh.
As a team, Duke is currently third-best in the field for scoring on both the par-3's and par-5's, at 4-over and 15-under, respectively.

QUOTES

"Today was a solid day. I struck the ball very well and was looking for the putter all day but was just making the short putts and couldn't really get any to fall from midrange. I hit a lot of good putts though, so pair that with some continued good ball striking and hopefully we'll get some putts going in tomorrow." – Duke freshman William Love

UP NEXT

The third and final round of the Norman Regional begins at 9:30 a.m. ET for Duke. The Blue Devils go off of No. 10 for the third straight day, playing alongside Colorado and North Florida.
Live scoring is available on Golfstat.

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