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Saturday, September 7
Sammamish, Wash.
Duke University
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Sahalee Players Championship
Sample Leads Duke in Fifth-Place Finish
9/8/2024 8:47:00 PM | Men's Golf
SAMMAMISH, Wash. – Duke men's golf moved up the leaderboard in the final round of the Sahalee Players Championship, securing a fifth-place finish. The Blue Devils ended the season-opening event at 11-over, 875, and had three individuals finish inside the top-25 on the overall leaderboard.
HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND THREE
HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND THREE
- As a team, Duke fired a 3-over, 291, in the third round.
- Luke Sample was the low Blue Devil of the day with a 1-under, 71, and finished in a tie for 13th overall at 1-over, 217. The senior started on No. 10 and played his first nine holes bogey-free, while also adding two birdies, to make the turn at 2-under. Back-to-back birdies on holes No. 6 and 7 pushed Sample to 4-under on the day, before three dropped shots across the final two holes finished up his 1-under round.
- Bryan Kim carded an even-par, 72, in the third round and tied for 19th overall at 2-over, 218. The sophomore got into red figures on his second hole of the day, the par-5 11th, but back-to-back bogeys led to a 1-over opening nine. A birdie immediately after making the turn leveled Kim back out before a balance of three birdies and three bogeys across the final six holes to finish out the round.
- The third player to finish inside the top-25 overall was Ethan Evans, who fired a 1-over, 73, in the third round en route to a tie for 23rd at 3-over, 219, overall. Evans rolled in seven straight pars to start his day before erasing a bogey on No. 17 with a birdie on No. 18, moving to the front-nine at even-par. Three consecutive holes with a bogey edged the junior to 3-over on the round, but Evans responded with back-to-back birdies on holes No. 6 and 7 to help offset the dropped shots.
- Kelly Chinn worked through a 5-over opening nine holes with three birdies in a six-hole stretch after making the turn en route to a 3-over, 75, in the third round. Chinn, a senior, finished in 54th place overall at 10-over, 226.
- Daniel Choi signed for a 6-over, 78, and tied for 52nd overall at 9-over, 225. Competing individually, John Peters closed out his event with a 4-over, 76, and tied for 55th at 11-over, 227.
- As a team, Duke shot 19-under on par-5's for the event, the third-best effort by any team in the field on those holes.
- The Blue Devils rolled in 44 birdies – second-most by any team, trailing only team champion Arizona State's 55.
- Luke Sample secured his fifth consecutive finish inside the top-20 or better.
- Sample shot even-par on the par-4's through the three rounds, one of just five individuals in the field to shoot even-par or better on those holes.
- Kelly Chinn led Duke's scoring efforts on the par-5's, going 8-under on those holes, which tied with five other individuals as best par-5 scoring in the field.
- Duke returns to the course for its home event, the Rod Myers Invitational, on Sept. 22 and 23. Hosted at Duke University Golf Club, the Blue Devils' event, free and open to the public, is named in honor of the program's former head coach.
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