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Duke Tied For First After 36 Holes at Rod Myers Invitational
9/22/2024 10:25:00 PM | Men's Golf
DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke men's golf team is tied for first place following the first two rounds of action at the 2024 Rod Myers Invitational, played at the Duke University Golf Club. The Blue Devils used a 7-under second round en route to a 10-under, 566, score after 36 holes. Junior Ethan Evans leads the team at 8-under, 136, aided by a first-round, 7-under, 65, in the morning session.
HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND ONE
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HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND ONE
- As a team, Duke fired a 3-under, 285, in the first round.
- Ethan Evans set the pace for Duke across the opening 18 holes, firing a bogey-free, 7-under, 65. The junior started fast, with three birdies across his first four holes, and took advantage of both front-nine par-5's, adding birdies on No. 7 and No. 9, to make the turn at 5-under. Another birdie on the par-5 11th pushed Evans to 6-under before he rolled in six consecutive pars to hold steady atop the leaderboard. He finished strong with his seventh birdie of the round on the 18th and final hole of the morning.
- Daniel Choi and William Love both carded an even-par, 72, to start their tournament.
- Love started with two dropped shots in his first six holes but started to turn the tide with a birdie on the par-5 ninth. After making the turn, Love played his next five holes in 2-under, with three birdies and a lone bogey. A final dropped shot, on the par-4 17th, moved the junior back to even-par for the round.
- Choi began with a bogey before three consecutive birdies on holes No. 8-10 moved the junior to 2-under. Back-to-back dropped shots, on holes No. 14 and 15, leveled Choi back out to even-par, where he finished after closing with three straight pars.
- Bryan Kim started his tournament with a 4-over, 76, in the first round. The sophomore started with three consecutive bogeys and reached 4-over after faltering on the par-5 seventh. A birdie, on the par-5 ninth, was offset by a final bogey, on No. 13, en route to Kim's 4-over opening round.
- Luke Sample started his day with two early birdies before eventually signing for a 5-over, 77, in the first round.
- Five individuals also competed for Duke.
- Kelly Chinn paced the individuals with a 1-under, 71, in the first round. John Peters shot a 5-over, 77, and the trio of Sam Mukherjee, Oliver Mukherjee and John Hiller all finished at 10-over, 82.
- The Blue Devils went low in the second round, shooting a 7-under, 281, in the afternoon.
- Bryan Kim responded from his over-par first round, firing a 5-under, 67, in the second round. Kim started fast with back-to-back birdies on No. 2 and 3, and eventually made the turn at 3-under after a curling birdie putt from just off the ninth green found the bottom of the cup. He then stuffed his wedge approach on the par-5 11th and rolled in another birdie to reach 4-under. His lone bogey of the round, on No. 14, was erased with a birdie on No. 16 and the sophomore closed strong with a 10-foot birdie on the 18th.
- Ethan Evans and Daniel Choi also finished under-par, as they both signed for a 1-under, 71.
- Choi's round was a story of two halves, as he played the front-nine at 3-under and the back-nine at 2-over. He started fast, birdieing the par-4 first hole, and tallying his second birdie on the par-4 fifth. Choi got up-and-down for birdie from just short of the green on the par-5 ninth, making the turn at 3-under. The junior dropped shots on holes No. 11 and 17 en route to his 1-under effort.
- Evans bounced back from a 3-over start through seven holes to finish under-par in the second round. He got his first birdie on the scorecard with a tap-in on the ninth. After making the turn and adding another birdie on No. 10, Evans dropped a wedge approach to inside five feet on the par-5 11th before calmly rolling in his third birdie in a row. Evans reached as low as 2-under, following his fifth birdie of the round on the par-4 16th, but a final dropped shot, on No. 17, closed out his round at 1-under.
- William Love finished at even-par for the second consecutive round, battling back from a 4-over start through eight holes. His round was highlighted by a hole-out eagle on the par-5 11th and Love added birdies on No. 9, 12 and 16.
- Luke Sample rolled in three birdies in the second round but finished at 5-over, 77, for the second consecutive round.
- Kelly Chinn again paced the individuals in the second round, as the senior shot a 2-over, 74. John Hiller shot a 3-over, 75, Sam Mukherjee added a 4-over, 76, John Peters signed for a 5-over, 77, and Oliver Mukherjee rounded out Duke's representation with a 10-over, 82.
- Duke's 37 birdies are second-most in the field through two rounds.
- As a team, the Blue Devils tied for the best scoring on par-4's, playing those holes at 4-over.
- Ethan Evans, with his first-round 65, matched his low round as a Blue Devil. Evans had previously shot a 65 in the third round of the Valspar Collegiate during the 2022-23 season.
- Evans' 12 birdies led all individuals in the field.
- Sam Mukherjee, Oliver Mukherjee and John Hiller all made their Duke debuts.
- "I started off rolling in round one by hitting my spots and quickly got to 5-under through nine holes. I played the first three par-5's flawlessly, which was great, and then got on the par train before two good shots and a birdie on 18." – Ethan Evans on his low-scoring first round
- "I had a similar mindset in the round two but started putting myself above the hole and in some tough spots, leading to bogeys. I honed in the swing over the final 12 holes and kept the focus, even though I was getting pretty gassed." – Evans on his second round
- Duke's lineup tees off of No. 1, beginning at 9 a.m., on Monday.
- The Blue Devils' individuals start at 8:05 a.m., all teeing off No. 10.
- Live scoring is available on Golfstat. For fans interested in attending Monday's final round, parking and admission for spectators at the Washington Duke Golf Club is free.
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