Duke Makes Valiant Run at Match Play, But Comes Up Just Short

Saturday, April 20

Wilmington, N.C.

Duke University

ACC Championship

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Duke Makes Valiant Run at Match Play, But Comes Up Just Short

4/20/2024 9:47:00 PM | Women's Golf

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WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Duke women's golf team turned in a valiant effort on Saturday in the final round of stroke play at the ACC Championship, but came up just short of advancing to match play at the 6,142-yard, par-72 Porters Neck Country Club in Wilmington, N.C.

Duke carded a 7-under-par, 281, in the third round and finished the championship with a 2-over, 866, but was one stroke behind North Carolina (865) for the fourth and final slot in match play. Wake Forest (841), Clemson (848) and Virginia (856) claimed the other three spots in match play. The Blue Devils' final round of 281 was the second-best ledger of the day.

Over the 54 holes, the Blue Devils featured three golfers finish in the top-20 with Andie Smith (T13, 214), Emma McMyler (T17, 216) and Phoebe Brinker (T20, 217). Brinker totaled her third straight top-20 finish at the ACC Championship.

How It Happened

Duke featured two rounds in the 60s on Saturday as freshman Katie Li posted a 5-under, 67, while sophomore Andie Smith carded a 3-under, 69.
The Blue Devils opened action on hole No. 10 for the second straight day.
Li registered six birdies and only one bogey helping her to her fourth round in the 60s this season.After just missing birdies over her first four holes, Li collected back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and No. 15 to get to 2-under.She stuck approach shots to four feet and three feet and drained the putts.Li, a native of Basking Ridge, N.J., got unlucky hitting her drive into the fairway bunker on No. 18 and ended up with a bogey.She rebounded nicely over her final nine holes shooting a 4-under, 32.Li sank a 4-footer for birdie on No. 1 and then hit her 54-degree wedge to one foot from 92 yards on No. 3 to get to 3-under.After four pars, she birdied the final two holes to shoot 67.
Smith, who hails from Hobe Sound, Fla., was solid all day with four birdies and one bogey, while posting her sixth round in the 60s this season.She parred the first three holes and then had her lone bogey. Smith came back strong birding four out of her next five holes to make the turn with a 3-under, 33.Things got started by draining a 10-foot downhill putt on No. 14 and she then hit her 9-iron from 133 yards to four feet for birdie on No. 16.Smith rolled in a 20-footer for birdie on No. 17 and 2-putted for birdie on No. 18.On the final nine, she parred all nine holes, including a key par putt on No. 9 to close action. She hit 15 greens, seven fairways and had 31 putts.
After struggling over her first 10 holes at 4-over, senior Phoebe Brinker struck fire by birding five over a span of seven holes to get back to even.Brinker, the 2022 ACC Champion, dialed in her irons and stuck three straight approach shots within three feet, seven feet and five feet on holes two, three and four, respectively.She then sank a 15-footer for birdie on the 155-yard, par-3 sixth hole.After a bogey on No. 8, Brinker drained a 5-foot birdie on No. 8 and parred the ninth hole to finish with an even-par, 72.She hit 13 greens, seven fairways and had 32 putts.
Graduate student Emma McMyler turned in another solid day on the course with a 1-over, 73.She parred the first nine holes, before 2-putting for birdie on No. 18.She added seven pars and two bogeys over her final nine holes.McMyler, who is from San Antonio, Texas, hit 14 greens, seven fairways and had 32 putts.
Senior Anne Chen bogeyed the first hole, but then collected a pair of birdies on No. 14 and No. 18 to get the 1-under.She hit her pitching wedge from 122 yards to 13 feet on the 14th and then 2-putted for birdie on the 18th.Chen, a product of Sugar Land, Texas, remained 1-under until she closed with a bogey, double and par to finish with a 74.She hit 13 greens, nine fairways and rolled 33 putts.

Notes

Katie Li hit 16 greens, had 29 putts and hit seven fairways in the round.
Li posted her 13th round of even or under par to rank tied for ninth on the Duke freshman record charts.
Phoebe Brinker finished with 11 birdies over 54 holes and now owns 319 over her Duke career, which ranks 10th on the Blue Devil charts.
Brinker now owns 49 rounds of even or under par to rank tied for eighth along with Ana Belac on the Blue Devil career record book.
Andie Smith collected her second straight top-15 finish at the ACC Championship.
Since the ACC moved to match play to decide the championship in 2021, this marks the first time Duke has not advanced.
Emma McMyler led the field with 44 pars over the 54 holes.
Duke played the par-5 holes at 3-under-par in the final round.

Notes

"I have good feelings about today.All five of them showed a lot of poise, with much on the line. We had a couple low scores from Katie and Andie. We have good reason to hold our heads up high.Congrats to Carolina for playing solid golf in the position they were in.It's easy to slip when you're the target."-- Duke head coach Dan Brooks

What is Next

Duke awaits the NCAA selection show, which will take place Wednesday, April 24 at 2 p.m., live on the Golf Channel.

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Duke Results
T21 T13 Andie Smith Duke 74 71 69 214 -2
T12 T17 Emma McMyler Duke 71 72 73 216 E
T21 T20 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 72 72 217 +1
T52 T35 Katie Li Duke 76 78 67 221 +5
T47 T47 Anne Chen Duke 76 76 74 226 +10

1 2 3 Team Scores
2 2 1 Wake Forest 280 283 278 841 -23
1 1 2 Clemson 278 282 288 848 -16
T3 3 3 Virginia 283 288 285 856 -8
T3 4 4 North Carolina 283 292 290 865 +1
9 8 5 Duke 294 291 281 866 +2
6 6 T6 Florida State 286 294 291 871 +7
7 5 T6 NC State 288 291 292 871 +7
T3 7 8 Virginia Tech 283 298 292 873 +9
8 T10 9 Miami 293 298 286 877 +13
11 9 T10 Boston College 297 289 295 881 +17
10 T10 T10 Louisville 296 295 290 881 +17
12 12 12 Notre Dame 298 299 293 890 +26

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T2 1 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 72 67 67 206 -10
T5 T2 Amanda Sambach Virginia 70 70 69 209 -7
1 T2 Isabella Rawl Clemson 67 71 71 209 -7
T16 4 Sara Byrne Miami 73 71 66 210 -6
9 T5 Isabel Amezcua NC State 70 71 70 211 -5
T5 T5 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 69 71 71 211 -5
T16 T7 Mirabel Ting Florida State 74 70 68 212 -4
T2 T7 Lauren Olivares Leon NC State 69 70 73 212 -4
T5 T7 Valentine Delon Virginia Tech 69 71 72 212 -4
T2 T10 Megan Streicher North Carolina 69 70 74 213 -3
T10 T10 Annabelle Pancake Clemson 70 72 71 213 -3
T5 T10 Sydney Roberts Clemson 72 68 73 213 -3
T21 T13 Brooke Rivers Wake Forest 69 76 69 214 -2
T12 T13 Macy Pate Wake Forest 72 71 71 214 -2
T21 T13 Andie Smith Duke 74 71 69 214 -2
T16 16 Inez Ng North Carolina 70 74 71 215 -1
T21 T17 Chloe Schiavone Notre Dame 71 74 71 216 E
T16 T17 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 70 74 72 216 E
T12 T17 Emma McMyler Duke 71 72 73 216 E
T30 T20 Lauren Beaudreau Notre Dame 76 71 70 217 +1
T10 T20 Alice Hodge Florida State 70 72 75 217 +1
T21 T20 Rylee Suttor Louisville 74 71 72 217 +1
T21 T20 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 72 72 217 +1
T27 T20 Jaclyn LaHa Virginia 69 77 71 217 +1
T12 T20 Celeste Valinho Virginia 71 72 74 217 +1
T30 T26 Olivia Gronborg Miami 71 76 71 218 +2
T12 T26 Chloe Holder Clemson 69 74 75 218 +2
T16 T26 Cynthia Zhang Boston College 71 73 74 218 +2
T40 T29 Hana Ryskova Louisville 73 76 70 219 +3
T35 T29 Rebecca Skoler Virginia 73 75 71 219 +3
T30 T29 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 70 77 72 219 +3
T27 T32 Jaclyn Kenzel NC State 74 72 74 220 +4
T30 T32 Melena Barrientos Clemson 76 71 73 220 +4
T27 T32 Megan Propeck Virginia 75 71 74 220 +4
T43 T35 Kayla Smith North Carolina 72 78 71 221 +5
T52 T35 Katie Li Duke 76 78 67 221 +5
T21 T35 Morgan Ketchum Virginia Tech 71 74 76 221 +5
T30 T38 Charlotte Heath Florida State 72 75 75 222 +6
T35 T38 Ing Iadpluem North Carolina 72 76 74 222 +6
T35 T38 Carmen Griffiths Louisville 73 75 74 222 +6
T35 T38 Emily Bohrer Boston College 78 70 74 222 +6
T40 T42 Beatriz Barrios Louisville 76 73 74 223 +7
T45 T42 Angel Lin Boston College 74 77 72 223 +7
T35 T42 Stephany Kim Boston College 75 73 75 223 +7
T47 T45 Katherine Cook Florida State 70 82 73 225 +9
T43 T45 Canice Screene Boston College 77 73 75 225 +9
56 T47 Rebekah Gardner Miami 74 82 70 226 +10
T40 T47 Reagan Southerland North Carolina 77 72 77 226 +10
T47 T47 Anne Chen Duke 76 76 74 226 +10
T50 T50 Montgomery Ferreira Notre Dame 78 75 75 228 +12
T50 T50 Vania Simont NC State 75 78 75 228 +12
T47 52 Alex Lapple Notre Dame 73 79 77 229 +13
T52 53 Emily Mathews Virginia Tech 78 76 76 230 +14
T45 54 Aada Rissanen Miami 75 76 80 231 +15
T52 55 Barbora Bujakova Miami 79 75 79 233 +17
55 56 Ellise Rymer NC State 77 78 87 242 +26
58 60 Gabbi Bentancourt Louisville 81 74 155 +11
57 59 Madison Hewlett Florida State 77 75 152 +8
58 Mimi Burton Notre Dame 77 77 +5
57 Symone Henriques Virginia Tech 72 72 E