McMyler Wins Third Straight to Close Play at Old Barnwell

Tuesday, March 26

Aiken, S.C.

Duke University

The Old Barnwell Match Play

Photo by: Andy Mead

McMyler Wins Third Straight to Close Play at Old Barnwell

3/26/2024 5:33:00 PM | Women's Golf

Scoring

AIKEN, S.C. – Duke women's golf graduate student Emma McMyler closed action at the Old Barnwell Match Play on Tuesday by winning her third straight match in Aiken, S.C.

McMyler, who hails from San Antonio, Texas, collected a 3&1 win over Vairana Heck of South Carolina on Tuesday morning to finish 3-0 in the event. Over the three matches, McMyler was impressive as she defeated the No. 2, No. 30 and No. 126 ranked golfers in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

As a team, ninth-ranked Duke faced South Carolina and finished in a 1-1-3 tie. The Gamecocks were named champions after winning the most holes in the match.

How It Happened – Duke vs. South Carolina

In the first match out, Duke's Anne Chen faced Maylis Lamoure of the Gamecocks.The two were tied through four holes before Chen parred the fifth to go 1UP.Chen, a native of Sugar Land, Texas, led by as many as 2UP through the next 12 holes.A bogey by Chen on No. 17 led to a tie with one hole remaining.Chen drained a 7-foot come back putt on 18 to finish the match with a tie.
South Carolina's Mia Sandtorv jumped out to a fast start against Duke's Andie Smith in the second match.Sandtorv led by as many as 3UP over the first 17 holes.Smith, who is from Hobe Sound, Fla., started making her comeback on the back nine.She won holes No. 14 and No. 16 to trail by one hole with two remaining.Then on No. 18, Smith hit her pitching wedge from 126 yards to eight feet and made the putt to complete the comeback and tie the match.
Blue Devil freshman Katie Li and Louise Rydqvist of South Carolina featured a back-and-forth match. Both golfers birdied the first hole and then Rydqvist birdied the second hole to go 1UP in the match.The golfers traded holes the rest of the front nine.Li, who is from Basking Ridge, N.J., took her first lead with a birdie on No. 8, but Rydqvist regained the advantage on No. 10.Li won holes 11 and 13 to go back ahead 1UP.Rydqvist took back to lead with a win on No. 16 and Li converted a 9-foot par on No. 17 to send the match to 18.Li rolled in a 5-foot par putt on No. 18 to win the hole and finish the match in a tie.
Senior Phoebe Brinker went up against South Carolina's Sophia Burnett in the fourth match out in the morning.After being tied for the first three holes, Burnett won No. 4 and never trailed the rest of the way.Brinker won No. 6 with a birdie to cut the lead to one hole, but Burnett won the next and Brinker wasn't able to get the match closer the rest of the way, falling 4&3.
In the final match, Duke's Emma McMyler faced Vairana Heck.McMyler led by as many as 2UP through the first five holes, but Heck won holes No. 6 and No. 8 to tie the match.Heck won No. 10 to take a 1UP lead, but McMyler birdied the 12th to send the match back to a tie.McMyler parred No. 14 and birdied No. 15 to go back ahead 2UP.She birdied No. 17 to close the match with a 3&1 victory.

Notes

Emma McMyler shot 4-under through 17 holes with an eagle on hole No. 1.
Over her two matches on Monday, McMyler shot 2-under-par in her morning round against Florida State, then shot 3-under through 17 holes versus Mississippi State.

What is Next

As a team, Duke will return to action at the ACC Championship April 18-21 at Porters Neck Country Club in Wilmington, N.C.A pair of Blue Devils – Phoebe Brinker and Emma McMyler – will also travel to Augusta, Ga., to compete in the Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) from April 3-6.

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#9 Duke def. #18 Florida State, 3-2
Mirabel Ting (FSU) def. Andie Smith (DU) 3&1
Anne Chen (DU) def. Alice Hodge (FSU) 2UP
Lottie Woad (FSU) def. Katie Li (DU) 3&2
Phoebe Brinker (DU) def. Madison Hewlett (FSU) 4&3
Emma McMyler (DU) def. Charlotte Heath (FSU) 2&1
Exhibition: Rylie Heflin (DU) tied Katherine Cook (FSU)

#9 Duke def. Mississippi State, 5-0
Anne Chen (DU) def. Izzy Pellot (MSU) 2&1
Andie Smith (DU) def. Chiara Horder (MSU) 1UP
Katie Li (DU) def. Surapa Janthamunee (MSU) 4&3
Phoebe Brinker (DU) def. Avery Weed (MSU) 1UP
Emma McMyler (DU) def. Julia Lopez Ramirez (MSU) 3&1
Exhibition: Rylie Heflin (DU) def. Sam Whateley (MSU) 2&1

#9 Duke Tied #4 South Carolina, 1-1-3
Anne Chen (DU) tied Maylis Lamoure (SC)
Andie Smith (DU) tied Mia Sandtorv Lussand (SC)
Katie Li (DU) tied Louise Rydqvist (SC)
Sophia Burnett (SC) def. Phoebe Brinker (DU) 5&4
Emma McMyler (DU) def. Vairana Heck (SC) 3&1