Duke Finishes in Eighth at Southwestern Invitational

Monday, January 27

Thousand Oaks, Calif.

Duke University

Southwestern Invitational

Duke Finishes in Eighth at Southwestern Invitational

1/29/2025 8:54:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Results (PDF)

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – With its best round of the tournament, Duke men's golf secured an eighth-place finish, ending at 12-over, 864, at the Southwestern Invitational on Wednesday, Jan. 29. As a team, Duke fired a 1-under, 283, while Kelly Chinn was the low Blue Devil with a 3-under, 68.

Overall, both Ethan Evans and Bryan Kim finished at 2-over, 215, to pace Duke's individual efforts for the tournament, finishing in a tie for 21st place.

HOW IT HAPPENED

As a team, Duke turned in its best 18-hole effort of the event with its 1-under, 283, in the final round and secured a solo finish in eighth place for the tournament.
Kelly Chinn was first off the tee for Duke's lineup and set the tone early with two early birdies, on back-to-back holes, No. 2 and 3. After making the turn to the back-nine, Chinn sandwiched a lone bogey in between birdies on No. 10 and 12, before closing his round with five pars and one additional birdie, on the 452-yard, par-4, 16th. Chinn signed for a 3-under, 68, in the final round and ended the tournament at 11-over, 224, and in a tie for 52nd place.
Bryan Kim signed for the other under-par round of the day for Duke, posting a 1-under, 70, in the third round. The junior played the front-nine at 1-over, bookending the first nine holes with bogeys while rolling in a birdie on the par-5 fourth. After making the turn, Kim rolled in four birdies, while only dropping two shots, to end the day in red figures. His birdies on the back-nine came in a six-hole stretch, spanning holes No. 11 through 16. Kim ended the week at 2-over, 215, and in a tie for 21st.
Ethan Evans signed for an even-par, 71, on Wednesday. After beginning his round with two pars, Evans used a birdie on No. 4, a par-5, to help bounce back from bogeys on No. 3 and 5. The junior took advantage of the other front-nine par-5, rolling in a birdie on No. 7, to make the turn at even-par. Evans briefly reached red figures, with a birdie on No. 11, but back-to-back bogeys returned him to 1-over for the round. With a closing birdie, Evans finished the tournament at 2-over, 215, joining Kim in a tie for 21st over.
Luke Sample played his first five holes at 5-over, but rebounded by playing the remainder of his round at 2-under, en route to a 3-over, 74, on Wednesday. The senior rolled in four birdies while scattering just two additional bogeys across the rest of his day, including bracketing his back-nine with birdies on No. 10 and 18 to end the round with momentum. Overall, Sample secured a tie for 26th place, at 3-over, 216.
Ollie Mukherjee rounded out Duke's lineup, signing for a 14-over, 85, on Wednesday. The freshman played the tournament at 22-over, 235, and ended in 73rd place.

NOTES

Duke finished 17-under on par-5's during the tournament, trailing only Texas' 19-under showing for top scoring on those holes.
The Blue Devils finished with three eagles across the three rounds, tied for the most by any team.
Luke Sample and Bryan Kim both shot 7-under on the course's par-5's, which tied for the best scoring on those holes by any individual in the field across the three rounds.
With a birdie on the par-3 12th, Kelly Chinn carded just one of three birdies on that hole during the third round. The 203-yard, par-3, played as the fourth-hardest hole on the course on Wednesday.

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