Duke Moves Up at The Hayt as Evans Goes Low

Sunday, March 10

Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Duke University

Round 2 at The Hayt

Duke Moves Up at The Hayt as Evans Goes Low

3/10/2024 6:54:00 PM | Men's Golf

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SAWGRASS, Fla. – Duke men's golf improved its standing on the team leaderboard during the second round at The Hayt with a 1-under, 287, on Sunday afternoon. Sophomore Ethan Evans continued his strong play, tying for the best individual round on the course with a 4-under, 68, and is just one shot off of the individual lead heading into the final round.

HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND TWO

Duke was one of just two teams, joined by North Carolina, to shoot under-par in the second round with its 1-under, 287.
The Blue Devils moved up five spots on the leaderboard and are in sixth place heading into the final round.
Ethan Evans entered the second round in a tie for 15th and fired a 4-under, 68, to move into a tie for third place, just one shot off the lead, heading into his third round. Evans started the second round with a bogey on the par-5 10th but shifted momentum with three consecutive birdies on holes No. 16, 17 and 18, making the turn at 2-under. Back-to-back bogeys on the first two holes of the front-nine slowed his progress but the Mercer Island, Wash., native closed his round strong with a birdie on the par-4 seventh and an eagle on the par-5 eighth.
William Love also signed for an under-par second round with his 1-under, 71, on Sunday. A double-bogey on the 10th got his round off to a slow start, but the sophomore bounced back with a birdie on No. 16 and an eagle on No. 18 to get into red figures. Two birdies on the front-nine offset a double-bogey to cap off his 1-under round.
Luke Sample was 1-over, 73, during the second round. Sample poured in four birdies throughout the round, including back-to-back birdies on two of his closing holes, the par-4 seventh and par-5 eighth. Sample only dropped shots on four holes throughout his round and finished out his round with 10 pars.
The final two Blue Devils, Bryan Kim and Ian Siebers, each registered a 3-over, 75, in the second round. Kim made 14 pars and one birdie, on No. 8, while Siebers used three birdies across his round to help bounce back from five over-par holes.
Kelly Chinn and Jimmy Zheng, playing as individuals, finished 4-over and 7-over, respectively. Zheng's round was highlighted by a hole-out eagle on his first hole of the day, the 405-yard, par-4, 10th.

NOTES

Duke shot the second-best round of any team during the second round and was just one of two teams under-par on Sunday, moving five spots up the leaderboard.
With eagles from Ethan Evans and Jimmy Zheng, Duke is now the only team in the field with multiple eagles during the event.
As a team, Duke is 11-under on the par-5's, tied for third-best in the field.
Evans leads all individuals in the field on par-5's, currently 7-under on those holes, and is tied for the individual lead with 10 birdies.

UP NEXT

Duke begins its third round on hole No. 1, beginning at 9:20 a.m., playing alongside Louisville and Virginia.
The Blue Devils' individuals start their final round off the 10th tee, at 9:40 and 9:50 a.m.
Live scoring is available on Golfstat.

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