Blue Devils Move up the Leaderboard in Second Round at the Prestige

Tuesday, February 20

La Quinta, Calif.

Duke University

Round 2 at The Prestige

Blue Devils Move up the Leaderboard in Second Round at the Prestige

2/20/2024 10:20:00 PM | Men's Golf

Round 3 Live Scoring

LA QUINTA, Calif. – The Duke men's golf team turned in the second-best team round of the day, a 10-under 274, during Tuesday's second round of The Prestige and sits in third place ahead of Wednesday's final round of action. Luke Sample paced the Blue Devils, signing for a 4-under, 67, and Ethan Evans carded a 3-under, 68, to remain near the top of the individual leaderboard for the tournament.

HOW IT HAPPENED: DAY TWO

Luke Sample started on hole No. 10 and immediately got into red numbers, rolling in a birdie. The junior then eagled the par-5 12th to quickly get to 3-under on the day. A third birdie in his first nine holes came on the par-4 14th. Sample made the turn at 1-under and played steady golf for the first four holes of the front-nine, before pouring in three birdies across his final six holes to cap off his 4-under, 67.
Kelly Chinn holed five birdies while tallying only two bogeys in his second round to sign for a 3-under, 68, on Tuesday. The junior played the first half of his round at 1-under, including birdies on holes No. 12 and 15. Chinn moved back to even-par following a bogey on No. 2, but closed his round strong with birdies on holes No. 4, 6 and 8.
Ethan Evans continued his momentum from the first round, signing for a second-round, 3-under, 68. The sophomore sits at 8-under through 36 holes and in a tie for second place, trailing by just one shot. After starting his round with four pars, Evans erupted for four consecutive birdies, making the turn at 4-under. An up-and-down closing nine featured three more birdies before Evans eventually signed for his 3-under, 68.
Bryan Kim carded an even-par, 71, in his second round and is tied for 10th place at 5-under overall. The freshman played steady golf throughout his 18 holes of action on Tuesday, making two birdies to offset two bogeys. Kim rolled in a birdie on both of the par-5 holes on the back-nine and played his closing nine at 1-over, following a late bogey on No. 7.
Daniel Choi rounded out the Duke lineup on Tuesday, signing for a 1-over, 72. The sophomore made four birdies in a six-hole stretch during his first nine holes of the day, eventually making the turn at 1-under. Two dropped shots in his closing stretch finished off the 1-over round.
In the individual tournament portion of The Prestige, Ian Siebers was the low Blue Devil with his 1-under, 71, with his round highlighted by his stretch of four straight birdies on holes No. 5-8. Jimmy Zheng carded a 2-over, 74, William Love signed for a 3-over, 75, and Daniel Uranga finished at 4-over, 76, to round out Duke's individual tournament representation.

NOTES

Duke's 10-under, 274, as a team was tied for the second-best round on the course on Tuesday, trailing only Texas Tech's 11-under, 273.
The Blue Devils have now finished under-par as a team in nine consecutive rounds and in 10 of their last 11 rounds.
The 10-under score-to-par matches Duke's best scoring effort to par so far this season, matching its 10-under, 278, in the first rounds of both the Highlands Invitational and Rod Myers Invitational.
Ethan Evans has finished under-par in five consecutive rounds and has finished in the 60's in three of those.
Luke Sample rolled in his team-leading fourth eagle of the 2023-24 season on Tuesday.

QUOTES

"I've felt really confident in my game recently. I went out there today and trusted that a good number wasn't far away, and I executed my plan really well, especially with my ball striking. I'm excited to finish strong with the guys tomorrow." – Duke junior Luke Sample

UP NEXT

The final-round tee times begin at 9:45 a.m. ET, going off of holes No. 1 and No. 10. Duke, in third place, is in the morning wave as one of the leaders.
In the individual tournament, Jimmy Zheng is the first Blue Devil off of No. 1 tee, starting at 10:50 a.m., ET.
Live scoring for both events is available here.

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