Li, Duke Jump Out to Leads at FSU With Record-Breaking Day

Friday, March 15

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Li, Duke Jump Out to Leads at FSU With Record-Breaking Day

3/15/2024 8:30:00 PM | Women's Golf

Scoring

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Duke women's golf team along with freshman Katie Li turned in a record-breaking day on Friday as the Blue Devils and Li jumped out to leads on both the team and individual leaderboards at the Florida State Match Up, which is being contested at the 6,250-yard, par-72 Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla.

The Blue Devils carded a school-record 31-under-par, 545, over the first 36 holes on a par-72 course to lead host Florida State (559) by 14 strokes. Duke's second round of 24-under, 264, was the third-lowest 18-hole score in NCAA history. The Blue Devils collected a season-high 31 birdies in the second round and have shot a tournament-best 26-under on the par-5 holes through the first two rounds.

Li, who hails from Basking Ridge, N.J., posted back-to-back rounds of 66 en route to shooting a school-record 12-under-par, 132, and leads by two strokes. She became the first Duke freshman to card two straight rounds of 66 or better and shot a tournament-best 10-under on par-5 holes.

Duke's four counting scores in the second round all were 4-under or better – Li (6-under, 66), Anne Chen (7-under, 65), Andie Smith (7-under, 65) and Emma McMyler (4-under, 68). The Blue Devils feature four golfers in the top 12 entering the final round – Li (1), Smith (T4), Chen (T6) and McMyler (T12).

How It Happened – Round One

The Blue Devils opened action with a 7-under-par, 281, in round one and were three shots off the lead held by host Florida State with a 10-under, 278.
The 281 for Duke was tied for the third-lowest round of the season and the 18 birdies in round one was the most for the Blue Devils this spring.
Duke was led by freshman Katie Li, who carded a career-best 6-under, 66, which was tied for first along with FSU's Alice Hodge.It was tied for the fourth-lowest 18-hole score by a Blue Devil freshman.She tallied a career-best six birdies and her first collegiate eagle.
Li opened her day on hole No. 6 and birdied three out of her first four holes to get to 3-under.She posted two birdies, two bogeys and three pars over the next seven holes to remain even.Li closed with five pars, a birdie on No. 2 and an eagle on No. 4 to finish with a career-low, 66.For her eagle, Li hit her 3-hybrid from 211 yards to 15 feet and drained the putt.
Senior Phoebe Brinker returned to form with a 1-under-par, 71, to open the day.She collected four birdies to reach 301 for her collegiate career.
Both Emma McMyler and Andie Smith turned in even-par rounds of 72 to open the event.
McMyler, who is from San Antonio, Texas, posted 14 pars to go along with two birdies and two bogeys for her round.
A native of Hobe Sound, Fla., Smith started slow with three bogeys over her first five holes, but played her final 13 holes at 3-under-par with four birdies to finish with a 72.
Senior Anne Chen was even through 13 holes, but suffered back-to-back bogeys on holes No. 1 and No. 2.She added two birdies on the day on holes No. 4 and No. 11 after starting her day on hole No. 6.Chen finished the round with a 1-over, 73.
Playing as an individual, junior Rylie Heflin carded an even-par, 72, as she notched fourth birdies on the round.Heflin registered birdies on No. 3 and No. 7 to finish her final five holes at 2-under.

How It Happened – Round Two

Li continued her stellar play in the afternoon as she collected her second straight round of 66 and leads the field with a 12-under, 132.She opened her afternoon on hole No. 6 and notched birdies on No. 6 and No. 8, before moving to 4-under with her second eagle of the day on No. 11.Li was 190 yards out in the fairway and stuck her approach to six feet for eagle.After back-to-back bogeys on No. 12 and No. 13, Li got hot again with birdies on No. 14 and No. 16 to get back to 4-under.She went back to the front nine and birdied No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 to reach 7-under, but bogeyed her final hole, No. 5, to finish with a 66.
Smith, a sophomore competing in her home state of Florida, closed her afternoon with a bogey-free, career-best 7-under, 65.She started her round on hole five and birdied three of her first seven holes.Smith then collected birdies on No. 16 and No. 18 to get to 5-under.She added two more birdies on No. 1 and No. 4 to finish her afternoon.
Chen, a product of Sugar Land, Texas, turned in eight birdies, including four on each side as she posted a 7-under, 65.She opened with four birdies over her first six holes and then was 4-under over her final 10 holes to close the day.
After opening her second round on hole No. 4 with a par, McMyler suffered a double-bogey on No. 5, but registered a birdie on No. 8 and then an eagle on No. 11 to get in the red numbers.She collected her eagle by hitting her 5-iron from 210 yards to six feet and made the eagle.McMyler played her next seven holes at even par, before carding three straight birdies on holes No. 1-3 to finish her day with a 4-under, 68.
Brinker closed her afternoon with a 5-over, 77 as she totaled three birdies.
Heflin posted her second straight round of 72 with two birdies, 15 pars and a double-bogey.

Notes

Florida State decided to play 36 holes on Friday and 18 on Saturday as inclement weather is forecasted on Sunday.
Duke leads the field with a 31-under, 545, with Florida State (559), Georgia (565), Baylor (567), Alabama (576) and Nebraska (576) rounding out the top five teams.
Katie Li hit 10 fairways, 15 greens and had 29 putts in round one and then hit 11 fairways, 13 greens and rolled 27 putts in the second round.
Phoebe Brinker now owns 304 birdies over her Duke career. She became the 12th Blue Devil to reach the 300-birdie mark.
Andie Smith hit 10 fairways in both rounds, while hitting 15 greens in round one and 13 in round two. She rolled a career-best 25 putts in the second round, while having 33 in round one. Smith added five up-and-downs in her second round.
Smith shot 5-under on par-5 holes, which is tied for second among the field.
Anne Chen posted her 10th career round in the 60s. She hit 13 and 16 greens, respectively, in rounds one and two. Chen rolled 28 putts in her 7-under, 65, round.
Emma McMyler missed only one fairway over her first 36 holes. She hit 13 greens and had 28 putts in her second round.
With her two even-par rounds on the day, Rylie Heflin now owns 12 rounds of even or under par over her career.She has notched even or under par rounds in five out of her last eight.
Duke shot a tournament best 6-under on par-4 holes and 26-under on par-5 holes.
The Blue Devils carded a tournament-best 49 birdies over the first 36 holes.
Li leads the field with a 12-under, 132, while Kelli Ann Strand of Nebraska is second at 10-under, 134.

Notes

"Each of our players decided to prepare with a purpose leading up to the start of this tournament. Today, it was very evident that they had consistent confidence in their decision making -- and they chose to elevate their self-belief with each successful decision."-- Duke associate head coach Jon Whithaus

What is Next

Duke will tee off in Saturday's final round beginning at 9:50 a.m., along with Florida State and Georgia.Live scoring will be available via www.golfstat.com.

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Duke Results
T1 1 Katie Li Duke 66 66 132 -12
T22 T4 Andie Smith Duke 72 65 137 -7
T31 T6 Anne Chen Duke 73 65 138 -6
T22 T12 Emma McMyler Duke 72 68 140 -4
T22 T22 Rylie Heflin * Duke 72 72 144 E
T13 T37 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 77 148 +4

1 2 Team Scores
2 1 Duke 281 264 545 -31
1 2 Florida State 278 281 559 -17
3 3 Georgia 282 283 565 -11
T4 4 Baylor 284 283 567 -9
7 T5 Alabama 289 287 576 E
T4 T5 Nebraska 284 292 576 E
9 7 SMU 293 285 578 +2
8 8 Ohio State 291 290 581 +5
6 9 Indiana 286 297 583 +7
T10 10 Kansas 298 292 590 +14
T10 11 Campbell 298 304 602 +26
13 12 Delaware 307 300 607 +31
14 13 Coastal Carolina 308 300 608 +32
12 14 Daytona St. College 306 305 611 +35

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T1 1 Katie Li Duke 66 66 132 -12
3 2 Kelli Ann Strand Nebraska 67 67 134 -10
T8 3 Rosie Belsham Baylor 70 66 136 -8
T5 T4 Mackenzie Lee SMU 69 68 137 -7
T22 T4 Andie Smith Duke 72 65 137 -7
T8 T6 Lottie Woad Florida State 70 68 138 -6
T13 T6 Sera Hasegawa Baylor 71 67 138 -6
T31 T6 Anne Chen Duke 73 65 138 -6
T13 T6 Emily Odwin SMU 71 67 138 -6
T5 T10 Napat Lertsadwattana Georgia 69 70 139 -5
T1 T10 Alice Hodge Florida State 66 73 139 -5
T22 T12 Emma McMyler Duke 72 68 140 -4
T13 T12 Charlotte Heath Florida State 71 69 140 -4
T22 T14 Caterina Don Georgia 72 69 141 -3
T5 T14 Elina Sinz Alabama 69 72 141 -3
T39 T16 Lily Hirst Kansas 74 68 142 -2
4 T16 LoraLie Cowart Georgia 68 74 142 -2
T13 T16 Mirabel Ting Florida State 71 71 142 -2
T31 T19 Natachanok Tunwannarux Georgia 73 70 143 -1
T22 T19 Caley McGinty Ohio State 72 71 143 -1
T39 T19 Sarah Edwards Alabama 74 69 143 -1
T22 T22 Rylie Heflin * Duke 72 72 144 E
T22 T22 Kary Hollenbaugh Ohio State 72 72 144 E
T13 T22 Miu Takahashi Nebraska 71 73 144 E
T22 T25 Jillian Bourdage Ohio State 72 73 145 +1
T13 T25 Faith Johnson Indiana 71 74 145 +1
T13 T25 Mattison Frick * Alabama 71 74 145 +1
T22 T28 Harriet Lockley Alabama 72 74 146 +2
T39 T28 Chloe Johnson Indiana 74 72 146 +2
T31 T28 Johanna Ebner Kansas 73 73 146 +2
T57 T28 Ashley Chow * SMU 76 70 146 +2
T8 T28 Lindsey Thiele Nebraska 70 76 146 +2
T13 T33 Caroline Craig Indiana 71 76 147 +3
T39 T33 Kaitlyn Schroeder Alabama 74 73 147 +3
T39 T33 Taylor Kehoe Alabama 74 73 147 +3
T8 T33 Ashleen Kaur Baylor 70 77 147 +3
T31 T37 Silje Ohma Baylor 73 75 148 +4
T22 T37 Isabella Hahne Campbell 72 76 148 +4
T47 T37 Alicia Olsson Campbell 75 73 148 +4
T31 T37 Varatkarn Kunkaew Coastal Carolina 73 75 148 +4
T57 T37 Jordan Rothman Kansas 76 72 148 +4
T31 T37 Katherine Cook Florida State 73 75 148 +4
T13 T37 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 77 148 +4
T47 T44 Emily Hummer Ohio State 75 74 149 +5
T39 T44 Samantha Paradise Daytona St. College 74 75 149 +5
T47 T44 Hannah Karg Coastal Carolina 75 74 149 +5
T63 T44 Mira Berglund Campbell 77 72 149 +5
T47 T48 BaiMai Seema Baylor 75 75 150 +6
T47 T48 Christina Carroll Delaware 75 75 150 +6
T47 T48 Tess Davenport SMU 75 75 150 +6
T31 T48 Bella Bugg * Florida State 73 77 150 +6
T8 T48 Maddie May Indiana 70 80 150 +6
T47 T48 Caroline Smith Indiana 75 75 150 +6
T47 T48 Bernice Ilas Georgia 75 75 150 +6
T39 T55 Kaylah Williams * Florida State 74 77 151 +7
T57 T55 Marissa Malosh Delaware 76 75 151 +7
T70 T55 Yoonjeong Huh * Baylor 79 72 151 +7
T63 T55 Sara Sarrion Coastal Carolina 77 74 151 +7
T47 T59 Alisa Khokhlova Delaware 75 77 152 +8
T63 T59 Angelica Holman Daytona St. College 77 75 152 +8
T57 T59 Kailie Vongsaga Ohio State 76 76 152 +8
T57 T59 Michaela Vavrova Nebraska 76 76 152 +8
T70 T63 Ellie Szeryk SMU 79 75 154 +10
T47 T63 Lauren Clark Kansas 75 79 154 +10
T68 T63 Celine Chen SMU 78 76 154 +10
T70 T66 Lyla Louderbaugh * Kansas 79 76 155 +11
T57 T66 Arden Louchheim Nebraska 76 79 155 +11
T63 T66 Analiese Raath Daytona St. College 77 78 155 +11
T68 T69 Kaley Amuso Daytona St. College 78 78 156 +12
T70 T69 Tylar Whiting Daytona St. College 79 77 156 +12
74 T71 Oihana Etxezarreta Delaware 81 76 157 +13
T39 T71 Izabella Grimbrandt Campbell 74 83 157 +13
T76 T71 Lilia Henkel Delaware 83 74 157 +13
T63 T71 Hanna Hawks Kansas 77 80 157 +13
T76 75 Luisa Gibson Coastal Carolina 83 77 160 +16
75 76 Sanna Lundmark Campbell 82 84 166 +22
78 77 Isabella Spinazze Coastal Carolina 87 88 175 +31
T31 - Madison Hewlett * Florida State 73 D - -