Smith Cards 2-under, 69, to Close Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Wednesday, March 6

Hilton Head, S.C.

Duke University

Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

Photo by: Andy Mead

Smith Cards 2-under, 69, to Close Darius Rucker Intercollegiate

3/6/2024 7:50:00 PM | Women's Golf

Scoring

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – For the second time over the last three days, Duke women's golf sophomore Andie Smith carded a 2-under-par, 69, on Wednesday to close action at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at the 6,369-yard, par-71, Long Cove Club in Hilton Head, S.C.

Smith, a native of Hobe Sound, Fla., carded her second top-20 finish of the season and fifth of her career as she posted rounds of 69, 77 and 69 for a 2-over, 215, which was tied for 19th. She now owns eight rounds in the 60s over her short Blue Devil career.

Graduate student Emma McMyler also posted a top-20 finish as she placed tied for 19th with scores of 71, 70 and 74 for a 54-hole total of 215. It marked her second top-20 finish this season and 27th of her collegiate career.

How It Happened

Andie Smith featured the best start to the day for the Blue Devils as she rolled in an 8-footer for birdie on No. 3, hit her pitching wedge from 125 yards on No. 4 to six feet for birdie and then hit her 6-iron from 161 yards to five feet for birdie on No. 7 to get to 3-under-par. Smith had her only blemish of the day on the ninth hole with a bogey and then parred the final nine holes to finish with a 69. She hit 10 fairways and 10 greens, while collecting a career-best 26 putts. Smith scrambled well all day registering seven up-and-downs.
After a pair of pars to open the day, senior Anne Chen suffered a double-bogey.She quickly was able to get back to even par as she hit her pitching wedge from 120 yards to nine feet for birdie on No. 4 and then rolled in a 13-footer for birdie on No. 8.Chen, who is from Sugar Land, Texas, added another bogey on the 12th hole, but quickly rebounded by hitting her 50-degree wedge from 101 yards to a foot for birdie on the 374-yard, par-5 14th.She closed the day with three pars and a bogey to finish with a 1-over, 72.Chen placed tied for 33rd with a 4-over, 217.
Emma McMyler had a hot start to her round as she hit her 50-degree wedge from 105 yards on her third shot into the par-5 third hole to seven feet for birdie. She also stuck her approach from 99 yards out on No. 6 to a foot for birdie to get to 2-under through six holes. McMyler, a product of San Antonio, Texas, played her final 12 holes at 4-over to finish with a 74. On the par-4 No. 14, McMyler hit her drive into the penalty area and had 153 yards into the green for her third shot. She hit her approach to 21 feet and saved par. McMyler hit 12 fairways and 13 greens on the day.
Freshman Katie Li carded back-to-back rounds of 71 to open the first two days of the event, but struggled on Wednesday, finishing with a 79.She was limited to one birdie on the afternoon, which came on No. 2 as she hit her 8-iron from 160 yards to two feet.Li, a native of Basking Ridge, N.J., hit only nine greens on the day, after hitting 12 and 14 the first two rounds.
Senior Phoebe Brinker closed the week with an 80 as she was limited to only one birdie for the second straight day.She finished the tournament with a Duke-best 40 pars.
Arizona State won the team title with a 3-over, 855, while Northwestern (856), Auburn (857), South Carolina (858), Arkansas (859), LSU (864), Texas (864), Georgia (864), Duke (865) and Wake Forest (865) rounded out the top 10.

Notes

Emma McMyler led the field with a 5-under-par ledger on par-5 holes. She led Duke with a total of 10 birdies over the event.
Heading into the tournament, Duke held a 42-under-par score on par-5 holes, but shot 2-over for the week as a team.
Anne Chen only missed four fairways over the three days of action.
Duke finished with 10 birdies in the final round, while eight of the 10 were over the first eight holes of the day.
Julia Lopez Ramirez of Mississippi State, Jennifer Cai of Northwestern, Hannah Darling of South Carolina and Farah O'Keefe of Texas all finished in a tie for first individually with a 5-under, 208.

What is Next

Duke will next compete in the Florida State Match Up from March 15-17 at the Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla.

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Duke Results
T44 T19 Andie Smith Duke 69  77 69      215 +2
T11 T19 Emma McMyler Duke 71  70 74      215 +2
T31 T33 Anne Chen Duke 70  75 72      217 +4
T16 T54 Katie Li Duke 71  71 79      221 +8
T31 T71 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71  74 80      225 +12

1 2 3 Team Scores
1 2 1 Arizona State 278 286 291      855 +3
T2 1 2 Northwestern 281 282 293      856 +4
T7 3 3 Auburn 284 282 291      857 +5
4 T5 4 South Carolina 282 290 286      858 +6
T7 11 5 Arkansas 284 295 280      859 +7
T5 T5 T6 LSU 283 289 292      864 +12
T7 T8 T6 Texas 284 291 289      864 +12
T12 7 T6 Georgia 290 284 290      864 +12
T2 4 T9 Duke 281 290 294      865 +13
T7 T8 T9 Wake Forest 284 291 290      865 +13
T5 14 11 Mississippi State 283 303 280      866 +14
T12 13 12 Vanderbilt 290 295 285      870 +18
T12 10 T13 Kentucky 290 288 298      876 +24
17 12 T13 Baylor 298 285 293      876 +24
11 15 15 Alabama 289 300 290      879 +27
15 16 16 Ohio State 295 296 291      882 +30
16 17 17 Oregon 296 302 287      885 +33

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T2 T1 Farah O'Keefe Texas 71  67 70      208 -5
T24 T1 Julia Lopez Ramirez Mississippi State 67  77 64      208 -5
T2 T1 Hannah Darling South Carolina 72  66 70      208 -5
T5 T1 Jennifer Cai Northwestern 71  68 69      208 -5
T2 5 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 67  71 71      209 -4
T5 6 Casey Weidenfeld Auburn 72  67 71      210 -3
T16 T7 Brooke Rivers Wake Forest 71  71 69      211 -2
1 T7 Grace Summerhays Arizona State 68  68 75      211 -2
T7 T9 Macy Pate Wake Forest 69  71 72      212 -1
T31 T9 Kendall Todd Arkansas 71  74 67      212 -1
T7 T9 Anna Davis Auburn 68  72 72      212 -1
T31 T12 Kary Hollenbaugh Ohio State 71  74 68      213 E
T24 T12 Lynn Lim Vanderbilt 73  71 69      213 E
T21 T12 Beth Coulter Arizona State 71  72 70      213 E
T16 T12 Patience Rhodes Arizona State 68  74 71      213 E
T31 T16 Kiara Romero Oregon 74  71 69      214 +1
T11 T16 Caterina Don Georgia 69  72 73      214 +1
T21 T16 Ashleen Kaur Baylor 74  69 71      214 +1
T31 T19 Huai-Chien Hsu Texas 70  75 70      215 +2
T44 T19 Andie Smith Duke 69  77 69      215 +2
T31 T19 Louise Rydqvist South Carolina 73  72 70      215 +2
T11 T19 Emma McMyler Duke 71  70 74      215 +2
T44 T19 Marissa Wenzler Kentucky 72  74 69      215 +2
T31 T19 Rosie Belsham Baylor 74  71 70      215 +2
T11 T19 Jieni Li Northwestern 69  72 74      215 +2
T24 T19 Maria Jose Marin Arkansas 70  74 71      215 +2
T7 T19 Sera Hasegawa Baylor 71  69 75      215 +2  T31 T28 Mia Sandtorv Lussand * South Carolina 76  69 71      216 +3
T11 T28 Latanna Stone LSU 73  68 75      216 +3
T24 T28 Vairana Heck South Carolina 69  75 72      216 +3
T55 T28 Miriam Ayora Arkansas 72  75 69      216 +3
T7 T28 Jensen Castle Kentucky 71  69 76      216 +3
T44 T33 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 75  71 71      217 +4
T21 T33 Lauren Kim Texas 69  74 74      217 +4
T24 T33 Ting-Hsuan Huang Oregon 70  74 73      217 +4
T31 T33 Anne Chen Duke 70  75 72      217 +4
T11 T33 Dianna Lee Northwestern 70  71 76      217 +4
T44 T38 Natachanok Tunwannarux Georgia 80  66 72      218 +5
T24 T38 Caley McGinty Ohio State 72  72 74      218 +5
T63 T40 LoraLie Cowart Georgia 75  74 70      219 +6
T24 T40 Savannah De Bock Georgia 72  72 75      219 +6
T63 T40 Ava Merrill Vanderbilt 73  76 70      219 +6
T63 T40 Sarah Edwards Alabama 72  77 70      219 +6
T63 T40 Surapa Janthamunee Mississippi State 72  77 70      219 +6
T31 T40 Avery Weed Mississippi State 71  74 74      219 +6
T31 T40 Kaitlyn Schroeder Alabama 71  74 74      219 +6
T58 T40 Megan Schofill Auburn 74  74 71      219 +6
T16 T40 Anna Foster Auburn 70  72 77      219 +6
T44 T49 Maylis Lamoure South Carolina 68  78 74      220 +7
T44 T49 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 71  75 74      220 +7
T44 T49 Tillie Claggett Vanderbilt 72  74 74      220 +7
T31 T49 Elina Sinz Alabama 72  73 75      220 +7
T16 T49 Laney Frye Kentucky 69  73 78      220 +7
T58 T54 Virginie Ding Vanderbilt 72  76 73      221 +8
T58 T54 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74  74 73      221 +8
T16 T54 Katie Li Duke 71  71 79      221 +8
T55 T54 Lauryn Nguyen Northwestern 71  76 74      221 +8
T44 T54 Ashley Menne Arizona State 71  75 75      221 +8
T58 T54 Reagan Zibilski Arkansas 71  77 73      221 +8
T68 T60 Taylor Kehoe Alabama 74  76 72      222 +9
T68 T60 Aine Donegan LSU 75  75 72      222 +9
T44 T60 Ashley Yun Northwestern 75  71 76      222 +9
T44 T63 Harriet Lockley * Alabama 74  72 77      223 +10
T72 T63 Izzy Pellot Mississippi State 76  75 72      223 +10
T44 T63 Katie Cranston Auburn 75  71 77      223 +10
T63 T66 Selina Liao Texas 74  75 75      224 +11
T58 T66 Jillian Bourdage Ohio State 74  74 76      224 +11
T77 T66 Minori Nagano Oregon 76  78 70      224 +11
T31 T66 Emily Hummer * Ohio State 72  73 79      224 +11
T68 T66 Ela Anacona Arkansas 78  72 74      224 +11
T55 T71 Anne-Sterre Den Dunnen Wake Forest 69  78 78      225 +12
T31 T71 Phoebe Brinker Duke 71  74 80      225 +12
T68 T71 Cathryn Brown Kentucky 78  72 75      225 +12
T72 74 Jordan Fischer LSU 72  79 76      227 +14
T72 75 Paula Schulz-Hanssen Arizona State 79  72 77      228 +15
T82 76 Kailie Vongsaga Ohio State 78  78 73      229 +16
T79 T77 Jiayi Wang * Northwestern 77  78 77      232 +19
T77 T77 Ana Pina Ortega Mississippi State 73  81 78      232 +19
86 T77 Mattison Frick Alabama 80  78 74      232 +19
T82 T80 Sophia Burnett South Carolina 79  77 77      233 +20
T79 T80 Silje Ohma Baylor 79  76 78      233 +20
T72 T82 Isabella Holpfer Georgia 74  77 83      234 +21
76 T82 Bohyun Park Texas 74  78 82      234 +21
T79 T82 Anika Varma Oregon 76  79 79      234 +21
T82 85 Faith Choi Ohio State 80  76 79      235 +22
85 86 Marta Lopez Echevarria Kentucky 79  78 79      236 +23
87 87 Ching-Tzu Chen Oregon 81  83 75      239 +26
88 88 Yoonjeong Huh Baylor 83  84 77      244 +31
89 89 Shani Waite * Prairie View A&M 83  89 85      257 +44