Duke Heads into Final Round with Four Golfers in Top Eight; Second Overall as Team

Tuesday, May 7

Cle Elum, Wash.

Duke University

NCAA Regional Championship

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Duke Heads into Final Round with Four Golfers in Top Eight; Second Overall as Team

5/7/2024 8:12:00 PM | Women's Golf

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CLE ELUM, Wash. – The Duke women's golf team continued its solid play Tuesday in the second round of the NCAA Cle Elum Regional as the second-seeded Blue Devils carded an even-par, 288, and sits in second overall heading into the final round at the 6,306-yard, par-72 Tumble Creek Club in Cle Elum, Wash.

The Blue Devils feature four golfers in the top seven of the individual leaderboard and all five in the top-17. Senior Phoebe Brinker leads the way at fourth overall with a 2-under, 142, while graduate student Emma McMyler is tied for fifth (-1, 143) along with sophomore Andie Smith and senior Anne Chen at tied for seventh (E, 144). Freshman Katie Li is tied for 17th (+4, 148).

Duke owns a 36-hole ledger of 6-under, 570, which is the second-lowest 36-hole score at a NCAA Regional in Blue Devil history. Stanford (558) leads, while Virginia (585), Arizona State (591), San Jose State (595) and Long Beach State (595) round out the top five teams.

The top five teams following Wednesday's final round advance to the NCAA Championship, which will be contested May 17-22 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. Duke will be looking to advance to the NCAA Championship for the 34th time in program history and the 32nd time under head coach Dan Brooks in his 40 seasons.

How It Happened

As the Blue Devils opened action on Tuesday morning, the team dealt with very windy and chilly conditions along with occasional rain and snow.Duke managed only one birdie on the front nine by Andie Smith on No. 3 and made the turn at 8-over.Once again the Blue Devils started rolling in birdies on the back nine and had 12 over the final nine holes to shoot 8-under to close the day.
Emma McMyler led the charge for Duke on the back nine as she shot 4-under, 32, on the way in to finish with a 3-under, 69. She was solid on the front nine with eight pars and a bogey on No. 5. McMyler, a product of San Antonio, Texas, turned in a key 15-foot par putt on the eighth hole to keep her score intact. She sank an 18-foot birdie on the 400-yard, par-4 10th, but suffered just her second bogey on No. 12. McMyler then strung together three straight birdies from 14-16. She rolled in a 6-footer for birdie on No. 14, 2-putted for birdie on No. 15 and drained a 10-foot birdie on No. 16. After a par on the 17th, McMyler 2-putted for birdie on No. 18 to finish the day with a 69. She hit 15 greens, 10 fairways and had 32 putts.
After back-to-back bogeys to open the morning, Phoebe Brinker settled down and played her final 16 holes at 2-under.She made the turn with a 3-over, 39, but then was 3-under over her last five holes to finish with an even-par, 72.Brinker, who is from Wilmington, Del., reached both the 14th and 15th greens in two and 2-putted for birdie.She then 2-putted from the fringe on the par-5, 485-yard No. 18 to close the day with a birdie.Brinker hit 13 greens, 12 fairways and rolled 32 putts.
For the second straight morning, Smith bogeyed the first hole, but closed the day with a 1-under ledger over her final 17 holes.She registered Duke's lone birdie of the front nine on the 320-yard, par-4 third hole as she hit her 60-degree wedge from 61 yards to five feet and made the putt.Heading into the ninth hole at even par, Smith bogeyed No. 9 and No. 11 to fall back to 2-over.She regrouped and got up-and-down for birdie on No. 15 and 2-putted for birdie from 15 feet on No. 18 to finish with a 72.Smith, who hails from Hobe Sound, Fla., had a team-best 28 putts, while hitting 11 fairways and 10 greens.She also had seven up-and-downs.
Freshman Katie Li overcame a slow start at 3-over during her first four holes to shoot 3-over, 75, on Tuesday.Aside from those three holes, Li was even-par the rest of the day.A product of Basking Ridge, N.J., Li collected her lone birdie on No. 10 as she sank a 25-foot putt.She hit 13 fairways, 11 greens and took 31 putts.
Coming off a 5-under, 67, on day one, senior Anne Chen signed for a 5-over, 77, on Tuesday.She was 5-over, 41, on the front nine, but played her back nine at even-par with a 7-foot birdie on No. 14.Chen, who is from Sugar Land, Texas, also had a key up-and-down on the 12th hole to keep her back nine solid as she sank a 4-footer.She hit 10 greens and 11 fairways.

Notes

The 36-hole score of 570 for Duke is the lowest at a NCAA Regional since 2018 when the Blue Devils shot 562 in Madison, Wisc., to win the regional.It is the second-lowest 36-hole ledger at a NCAA Regional for Duke in school history.
Emma McMyler collected her sixth round in the 60s this season, which is tied for the team best along with Andie Smith. Over her four years of collegiate golf, McMyler has totaled 14 rounds in the 60s.
McMyler posted her 16th round of even or under par this season and 54th of her career.
McMyler leads the field with a 7-under score on the par-5 holes, while Anne Chen is third with a 6-under score.
Phoebe Brinker owns a team-best 17 rounds of even or under par this season and 51 over her Duke career.
Andie Smith owns four straight rounds of even or under par dating back to the ACC Championship and a total of 16 this season. She owns three consecutive even or under par rounds in the NCAA Regional dating back to last season.
Duke has shot 13-under-par in the last three rounds of golf.
The Blue Devils featured 10 birdies over their last five holes on Tuesday.In 36 holes, Duke has 23 birdies on those holes.
A total of 12 of Duke's 13 birdies came on the back nine in the second round.
Duke has shot 19-under-par on the par-5 holes and 10-over on the par-4 holes to rank second.
The Blue Devils feature 32 birdies on the 36 holes to also rank second.
Both Duke and Stanford feature all five golfers in the top-17 of the individual leaderboard.Paula Martin Sampedro (136) of Stanford leads the field, while Stanford's Rachel Heck (137) is second.

Notes

"Another good day.We didn't score quite as well as yesterday, but I can't say enough about how they're handling the conditions.Today was very variable.It went from no wind at all to 20 mile per hour, sunshine and then the clouds roll in. We got a little rain here and there.So, a lot of changing.I think the way they're handling the variability is great."-- Duke head coach Dan Brooks

"I just had to stay patient throughout the round. I didn't get off to the hottest start, but I knew that there were a lot of birdie opportunities on the back nine. So, I hit some solid shots. It was really, really windy out there and really tough, but I just had to stay patient and trust my game."-- Duke Graduate Student Emma McMyler

"The first few holes were definitely tough. They were playing tough. And I just had to pick apart the golf course and I think I did that pretty well. I didn't have a lot of birdie opportunities in the beginning, but I was fighting for pars and was able to keep the round going into the back nine."-- Duke Graduate Student Emma McMyler

"The views are definitely really pretty and spectacular. So, that always makes for a fun round, but it's definitely a challenge. There's a lot of elevation changes and whenever you get down in the valley it's hard to hard to feel the wind so it's definitely a challenge, but a good challenge to face."-- Duke Graduate Student Emma McMyler on the challenge of the golf course

What is Next

Duke will tee off on Wednesday beginning at 12 p.m. (ET) and 9 a.m., local time along with Stanford and Virginia.

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Duke Results
T5 4 Phoebe Brinker Duke 70 72 142 -2
T22 T5 Emma McMyler Duke 74 69 143 -1
T10 T7 Andie Smith Duke 72 72 144 E
1 T7 Anne Chen Duke 67 77 144 E
T16 T17 Katie Li Duke 73 75 148 +4

1 2 Team Scores
2 1 Stanford 284 274 558 -18
1 2 Duke 282 288 570 -6
4 3 Virginia 289 296 585 +9
3 4 Arizona State 288 303 591 +15
7 T5 San Jose State 298 297 595 +19
5 T5 Long Beach State 292 303 595 +19
6 7 Kansas 294 304 598 +22
9 8 Washington 302 297 599 +23
8 9 Sacramento State 300 305 605 +29
11 10 Virginia Tech 308 301 609 +33
10 11 Alabama 303 308 611 +35
12 12 Seattle 310 305 615 +39

Start Finish Player Team Scores
T2 1 Paula Martin Sampedro Stanford 68 68 136 -8
T10 2 Rachel Heck Stanford 72 65 137 -7
T5 3 Kelly Xu Stanford 70 69 139 -5
T5 4 Phoebe Brinker Duke 70 72 142 -2
T22 T5 Emma McMyler Duke 74 69 143 -1
T10 T5 Amanda Sambach Virginia 72 71 143 -1
T10 T7 Andie Smith Duke 72 72 144 E
T10 T7 Jasmine Leovao Long Beach State 72 72 144 E
1 T7 Anne Chen Duke 67 77 144 E
T2 T7 Lily Hirst Kansas 68 76 144 E
T22 T7 Kajsa Arwefjall San Jose State 74 70 144 E
4 T12 Celeste Valinho Virginia 69 76 145 +1
T5 T12 Beth Coulter Arizona State 70 75 145 +1
T10 T12 Emily Mathews Virginia Tech 72 73 145 +1
T10 15 Ashley Menne Arizona State 72 74 146 +2
T22 16 Megha Ganne Stanford 74 73 147 +3
T38 T17 Sadie Englemann Stanford 76 72 148 +4
T22 T17 Megan Propeck Virginia 74 74 148 +4
T16 T17 Katie Li Duke 73 75 148 +4
T5 T17 Andee Avery Long Beach State 70 78 148 +4
T38 T17 Camille Boyd Washington 76 72 148 +4
T30 T22 Patience Rhodes Arizona State 75 74 149 +5
T22 T22 Jaclyn LaHa Virginia 74 75 149 +5
T16 T22 Amy DeKock Kansas 73 76 149 +5
T22 T22 Annika Cruz Seattle 74 75 149 +5
T44 T22 Sabrina Iqbal * Colorado 77 72 149 +5
T5 T22 Kelli Ann Strand * Nebraska 70 79 149 +5
T38 T28 Vivian Lu Washington 76 74 150 +6
T44 T28 Caitlin Maurice Sacramento State 77 73 150 +6
T16 T28 Jennifer Koga Sacramento State 73 77 150 +6
T51 T31 Janae Leovao Long Beach State 78 73 151 +7
T44 T31 Kynadie Adams Alabama 77 74 151 +7
T22 T31 Louisa Carlbom San Jose State 74 77 151 +7
T22 T31 Lucia Lopez-Ortega San Jose State 74 77 151 +7
T30 T31 Carmen Lim Washington 75 76 151 +7
T38 T36 Lauren Clark Kansas 76 76 152 +8
T44 T36 Jamie Hsieh Washington 77 75 152 +8
T57 T36 Moa Andersson San Jose State 79 73 152 +8
T30 T36 Morgan Ketchum Virginia Tech 75 77 152 +8
T57 T36 Emma Bunch * New Mexico State 79 73 152 +8
T51 T36 Riana Mission * San Francisco 78 74 152 +8
T16 T42 Paula Schulz-Hanssen Arizona State 73 80 153 +9
T16 T42 Grace Summerhays Arizona State 73 80 153 +9
T16 T42 Angelina Kim Long Beach State 73 80 153 +9
T30 T42 Ashley Koga Sacramento State 75 78 153 +9
T30 T42 Mattison Frick Alabama 75 78 153 +9
T38 T47 Elina Sinz Alabama 76 78 154 +10
T57 T47 Valentine Delon Virginia Tech 79 75 154 +10
T51 T47 Rivekka Jumagulova Seattle 78 76 154 +10
T38 T50 Rebecca Gyllner San Jose State 76 79 155 +11
T44 T50 Harriet Lockley Alabama 77 78 155 +11
T30 T52 Sarah Edwards Alabama 75 81 156 +12
T30 T52 Stefanie Deng Washington 75 81 156 +12
T63 T54 Tsara Ralamboarison Seattle 82 75 157 +13
T51 T54 Shayna Lu Seattle 78 79 157 +13
T30 T54 Sneha Sharan Sacramento State 75 82 157 +13
T51 T54 Morgan Miller * Colorado 78 79 157 +13
T44 T58 Madison Le Long Beach State 77 81 158 +14
62 T58 Ella Kraft Sacramento State 81 77 158 +14
T63 T58 Becca DiNunzio Virginia Tech 82 76 158 +14
T51 T61 Rebecca Skoler Virginia 78 81 159 +15
T60 T61 Madelyn Gamble * Washington State 80 79 159 +15
T44 63 Jordan Rothman Kansas 77 83 160 +16
66 64 Symone Henriques Virginia Tech 85 77 162 +18
T60 65 Aaryanna Morris Seattle 80 87 167 +23
66 Johanna Ebner Kansas 76 76 +4