HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Duke women's golf graduate student
Emma McMyler and freshman
Katie Li shot 70 and 71, respectively, on Tuesday in the second round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate to pace the Blue Devils at the 6,369-yard, par-71, Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.
The winds picked up on the second day and the scores for most teams increased as well, seeing the scoring average move from 72.96 to 73.92. With 18 holes remaining, Duke sits in fourth place and only eight shots off the lead with a 3-over, 571.
Fans can follow the final round live via the Golf Channel and Peacock from 2:30-5:30 p.m. (ET), on Wednesday.
How It Happened
- The Blue Devils opened the second round on hole No. 10 beginning at 11 a.m.
- Boosted by a season-best six birdies on the day, graduate student Emma McMyler signed for a 1-under-par, 70, on Tuesday and is tied for 11th overall with a 1-under, 141.She had a hot start to her round as she hit her pitching wedge from 132 yards to nine feet for birdie on No. 10 and then hit a low punch draw 6-iron from 152 yards with a tree in her way and placed it to 12 feet for birdie.McMyler, a native of San Antonio, Texas, closed the first nine holes with three pars, two birdies and two bogeys to make the turn at 2-under, 33.She added a 12-foot birdie on No. 15 and stuck her 6-iron from 180 yards on No. 17 for birdie.McMyler closed the day with a 1-over, 37, with birdies on No. 2 and No. 6.She had her irons dialed in for those birdies as she placed her approach on the 165-yard, par-3 second hole to a foot for birdie and also stuck her third shot on the par-5 sixth to a foot.
- Freshman Katie Li turned in an even-par, 71, on Tuesday and now has carded even or under par rounds in three straight dating back to the Moon Golf Invitational.Li, who is from Basking Ridge, N.J., carded 14 pars on the day along with one birdie and one bogey on each side.She posted her first birdie on No. 16 as she rolled in a 15-footer.Li then collected a sand save for par as she dialed in her putter from 23 feet on the 17th hole.She added another up-and-down par on No. 1 as her drive ended up in a divot.Li closed her round with a 17-foot putt for birdie on No. 9 to finish at even par.She enters the final round in a tie for 16th with an even-par, 142.
- Senior Anne Chen had a tough start to her day with a double-bogey and a pair of bogeys over her first eight holes, before hitting her 8-iron from 148 yards to five feet for birdie on the 425-yard, par-4 18th.She played her final 10 holes at even-par as she also rolled in a 13-foot birdie on No. 7 as well, while finishing with a 75.Chen hit 12 fairways and 13 greens on the day.
- Fellow senior Phoebe Brinker finished round two with a 3-over, 74, as she posted 13 pars and a birdie on No. 16.
- After posting a 2-under, 69, in round one, sophomore Andie Smith had a tremendous start to her round as she hit her pitching wedge from 125 yards on No. 10 and holed it out from the fairway to open with an eagle.Smith struggled the rest of her day finishing with a 77.
- Northwestern holds the team lead with a 5-under, 563, while Arizona State (564), Auburn (566), Duke (571), LSU (572) and South Carolina (572) round out the top five.
- Grace Summerhays of Arizona State leads the individual action with a 6-under, 136.
Notes
What is Next
- Duke will tee off beginning at 10:20 a.m., off hole No. 1 in the final round along with LSU and South Carolina.
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Duke Results
T21 T11
Emma McMyler Duke 71 70 141 -1
T21 T16
Katie Li Duke 71 71 142 E
T21 T31
Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 74 145 +3
T15 T31
Anne Chen Duke 70 75 145 +3
T7 T44
Andie Smith Duke 69 77 146 +4
1 2 Team Scores
T2 1 Northwestern 281 282 563 -5
1 2 Arizona State 278 286 564 -4
T7 3 Auburn 284 282 566 -2
T2 4 Duke 281 290 571 +3
T5 T5 LSU 283 289 572 +4
4 T5 South Carolina 282 290 572 +4
T12 7 Georgia 290 284 574 +6
T7 T8 Texas 284 291 575 +7
T7 T8 Wake Forest 284 291 575 +7
T12 10 Kentucky 290 288 578 +10
T7 11 Arkansas 284 295 579 +11
17 12 Baylor 298 285 583 +15
T12 13 Vanderbilt 290 295 585 +17
T5 14 Mississippi State 283 303 586 +18
11 15 Alabama 289 300 589 +21
15 16 Ohio State 295 296 591 +23
16 17 Oregon 296 302 598 +30
Start Finish Player Team Scores
T3 1 Grace Summerhays Arizona State 68 68 136 -6
T38 T2 Hannah Darling South Carolina 72 66 138 -4
T1 T2 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 67 71 138 -4
T21 T2 Farah O'Keefe Texas 71 67 138 -4
T21 T5 Jennifer Cai Northwestern 71 68 139 -3
T38 T5 Casey Weidenfeld Auburn 72 67 139 -3
T21 T7 Sera Hasegawa Baylor 71 69 140 -2
T21 T7 Jensen Castle Kentucky 71 69 140 -2
T7 T7 Macy Pate Wake Forest 69 71 140 -2
T3 T7 Anna Davis Auburn 68 72 140 -2
T15 T11 Dianna Lee Northwestern 70 71 141 -1
T7 T11 Jieni Li Northwestern 69 72 141 -1
T7 T11 Caterina Don Georgia 69 72 141 -1
T51 T11 Latanna Stone LSU 73 68 141 -1
T21 T11
Emma McMyler Duke 71 70 141 -1
T21 T16 Brooke Rivers Wake Forest 71 71 142 E
T7 T16 Laney Frye Kentucky 69 73 142 E
T21 T16
Katie Li Duke 71 71 142 E
T15 T16 Anna Foster Auburn 70 72 142 E
T3 T16 Patience Rhodes Arizona State 68 74 142 E
T56 T21 Ashleen Kaur Baylor 74 69 143 +1
T21 T21 Beth Coulter Arizona State 71 72 143 +1
T7 T21 Lauren Kim Texas 69 74 143 +1
T38 T24 Savannah De Bock Georgia 72 72 144 +2
T38 T24 Caley McGinty Ohio State 72 72 144 +2
T51 T24 Lynn Lim Vanderbilt 73 71 144 +2
T7 T24 Vairana Heck South Carolina 69 75 144 +2
T15 T24 Ting-Hsuan Huang Oregon 70 74 144 +2
T1 T24 Julia Lopez Ramirez Mississippi State 67 77 144 +2
T15 T24 Maria Jose Marin Arkansas 70 74 144 +2
T38 T31 Elina Sinz Alabama 72 73 145 +3
T72 T31 Mia Sandtorv Lussand * South Carolina 76 69 145 +3
T56 T31 Rosie Belsham Baylor 74 71 145 +3
T21 T31 Kaitlyn Schroeder Alabama 71 74 145 +3
T38 T31 Emily Hummer * Ohio State 72 73 145 +3
T21 T31 Kary Hollenbaugh Ohio State 71 74 145 +3
T51 T31 Louise Rydqvist South Carolina 73 72 145 +3
T56 T31 Kiara Romero Oregon 74 71 145 +3
T21 T31 Kendall Todd Arkansas 71 74 145 +3
T21 T31
Phoebe Brinker Duke 71 74 145 +3
T15 T31
Anne Chen Duke 70 75 145 +3
T21 T31 Avery Weed Mississippi State 71 74 145 +3
T15 T31 Huai-Chien Hsu Texas 70 75 145 +3
T67 T44 Ashley Yun Northwestern 75 71 146 +4
T84 T44 Natachanok Tunwannarux Georgia 80 66 146 +4
T44 Harriet Lockley * Alabama 74 72 146 +4
T67 T44 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 75 71 146 +4
T38 T44 Marissa Wenzler Kentucky 72 74 146 +4
T21 T44 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 71 75 146 +4
T3 T44 Maylis Lamoure South Carolina 68 78 146 +4
T38 T44 Tillie Claggett Vanderbilt 72 74 146 +4
T67 T44 Katie Cranston Auburn 75 71 146 +4
T21 T44 Ashley Menne Arizona State 71 75 146 +4
T7 T44
Andie Smith Duke 69 77 146 +4
T21 T55 Lauryn Nguyen Northwestern 71 76 147 +5
T7 T55 Anne-Sterre Den Dunnen Wake Forest 69 78 147 +5
T38 T55 Miriam Ayora Arkansas 72 75 147 +5
T56 T58 Jillian Bourdage Ohio State 74 74 148 +6
T56 T58 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74 74 148 +6
T38 T58 Virginie Ding Vanderbilt 72 76 148 +6
T56 T58 Megan Schofill Auburn 74 74 148 +6
T21 T58 Reagan Zibilski Arkansas 71 77 148 +6
T67 T63 LoraLie Cowart Georgia 75 74 149 +7
T38 T63 Sarah Edwards Alabama 72 77 149 +7
T51 T63 Ava Merrill Vanderbilt 73 76 149 +7
T56 T63 Selina Liao Texas 74 75 149 +7
T38 T63 Surapa Janthamunee Mississippi State 72 77 149 +7
T56 T68 Taylor Kehoe Alabama 74 76 150 +8
T67 T68 Aine Donegan LSU 75 75 150 +8
T77 T68 Cathryn Brown Kentucky 78 72 150 +8
T77 T68 Ela Anacona Arkansas 78 72 150 +8
T56 T72 Isabella Holpfer Georgia 74 77 151 +9
T38 T72 Jordan Fischer LSU 72 79 151 +9
T72 T72 Izzy Pellot Mississippi State 76 75 151 +9
T80 T72 Paula Schulz-Hanssen Arizona State 79 72 151 +9
T56 76 Bohyun Park Texas 74 78 152 +10
T72 T77 Minori Nagano Oregon 76 78 154 +12
T51 T77 Ana Pina Ortega Mississippi State 73 81 154 +12
76 T79 Jiayi Wang * Northwestern 77 78 155 +13
T80 T79 Silje Ohma Baylor 79 76 155 +13
T72 T79 Anika Varma Oregon 76 79 155 +13
T84 T82 Faith Choi Ohio State 80 76 156 +14
T77 T82 Kailie Vongsaga Ohio State 78 78 156 +14
T80 T82 Sophia Burnett South Carolina 79 77 156 +14
T80 85 Marta Lopez Echevarria Kentucky 79 78 157 +15
T84 86 Mattison Frick Alabama 80 78 158 +16
87 87 Ching-Tzu Chen Oregon 81 83 164 +22
T88 88 Yoonjeong Huh Baylor 83 84 167 +25
T88 89 Shani Waite * Prairie View A&M 83 89 172 +30