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Blue Devils Go Low; Place Second at PDI Intercollegiate with 28-Under Score
2/4/2025 7:02:00 PM | Women's Golf
ORLANDO, Fla. – Boosted by its second-straight 10-under, 278, the Duke women's golf team carded a 28-under-par, 836, to conclude the PDI Intercollegiate – Hosted by UCF on Tuesday to finish second overall at the 6,392-yard, par-72 Eagle Creek Golf Club in Orlando.
The 54-hole score of 836 was the second-lowest ledger on a par-72 course in Duke history and all five Blue Devil golfers finished under par for the tournament for the first time since 2003.
Both junior Andie Smith and sophomore Katie Li finished at 8-under, 208, to place seventh, while freshman Carla De Troia and senior Rylie Heflin placed tied for 25th with a 4-under, 212. Fellow freshman Anna Cañado Espinal signed for a 3-under, 213, to tie for 30th.
HOW IT HAPPENED
NOTES
WHAT IS NEXT
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The 54-hole score of 836 was the second-lowest ledger on a par-72 course in Duke history and all five Blue Devil golfers finished under par for the tournament for the first time since 2003.
Both junior Andie Smith and sophomore Katie Li finished at 8-under, 208, to place seventh, while freshman Carla De Troia and senior Rylie Heflin placed tied for 25th with a 4-under, 212. Fellow freshman Anna Cañado Espinal signed for a 3-under, 213, to tie for 30th.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Baylor earned the tournament victory with a 30-under, 834, while Duke (836), North Carolina (840) and Mississippi State (841) rounded out the top four teams.
- Duke entered the final day eight shots off the lead, but on the back nine trimmed the deficit to two with the 10-under-par ledger.The Blue Devils registered 13 birdies over the final nine holes, to only one bogey.
- Andie Smith turned in a bogey-free 4-under-par, 68, to close action Tuesday as she moved into a tie for seventh to finish with a 208. She parred the first nine holes and then rolled in a 10-foot birdie on No. 10 to get into the red. Smith, a native of Hobe Sound, Fla., then got up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 No. 13. She collected her third birdie as she hit her 60-degree wedge from 69 yards to eight feet on the 16th. Smith then hit her 7-iron into the wind on the 148-yard, par-3 No. 17 to 15 feet for birdie. She hit 15 greens and rolled 29 putts, while registering three up-and-downs on the day.
- After suffering back-to-back bogeys to open the morning, Katie Li settled own and parred the next 11 holes.She then connected on her first birdie of the day at No. 14 when she stuck her 54-degree wedge from 77 yards to nine feet.Li, who hails from Basking Ridge, N.J., then placed another 54-degree approach - this time from 45 yards to three feet on No. 16 for birdie to return to even.She finished with an even-par, 72, as she finished tied for seventh overall with an 8-under score.Li hit 14 greens on the day.
- Rylie Heflin closed the best collegiate tournament of her career with a 4-under, 212, with rounds of 73, 68 and 71. In the final round, Heflin opened with three pars, before hitting her pitching wedge from 20 yards to 10 feet for birdie on No. 4. She went on to par seven out of the next eight holes with a bogey on No. 8. Heflin, a product of Avondale, Pa., then used her 58-degree wedge from 25 yards and stuck it seven feet from the cup for birdie on No. 13 to get back to 1-under. After a bogey on No. 16, Heflin drained a 15-footer for birdie on the par-3 17th, as she finished with a 71. She hit 16 greens on the day.
- For the first time as a Blue Devil, Carla De Troia totaled three-straight rounds of even or under par with her scores of 72, 71 and 69.Her final round of 69 also matched her career-low output.De Troia opened her morning with a bogey and then reeled off nine straight pars.De Troia, a native of Paris, France, then connected on three birdies in a row to move to 2-under.She added another birdie on No. 16 as she finished with a 3-under, 69.
- Anna Cañado Espinal improved each day this week with a 72, 71 and 70 to finish at 3-under, 213, and tied for 30th. She went bogey-free for the first time in her collegiate career Tuesday along with a seven-footer for birdie on No. 6 and a 16-foot birdie on No. 17. Espinal, who is from Barcelona, Spain, hit a career-best 17 greens along with 11 fairways.
- Coming off an even-par, 72, in the second round, freshman Martina Yu registered a 76 on Tuesday.
NOTES
- Katie Li now owns nine rounds of even or under par this season and 22 over her career.
- Rylie Heflin collected her sixth round of even or under par on the season and 18th of her career.
- Andie Smith posted her team-best sixth round in the 60s this season and 17th in her career. The 17 rounds in the 60s moved her into sole possession of seventh on Duke's all-time record charts.
- Anna Cañado Espinal registered her seventh round of even or under par this season, while Carla De Troia notched her sixth.
- Espinal has totaled six consecutive rounds of even or under par dating back to the Landfall Tradition.She also closed the tournament with a 28-hole bogey-free streak.Smith also concluded the PDI-Intercollegiate with a 28-hole bogey free streak as well.
- Heflin collected a 31-hole bogey-free streak that spanned from rounds one through three.It is the longest of the season for the Blue Devils.
- As a team, Duke finished second in par-4 scoring (3.94) and par-5 scoring (4.67).The 52 birdies by the Blue Devils were a season high and ranked fifth among the field.
- Li placed fifth in par-5 scoring (4.50) and Heflin was seventh in par-3 scoring (2.92).
- Lauren Clark of Kansas won the individual title with a 15-under, 201.
- "Congratulations to Baylor on a great tournament. We gained about eight shots on them in the last two hours despite their going further and further under. We would have had to take the tournament - they didn't give anything. We came real close, with a run on the last nine. I was very impressed by our steady commitment to process."-- Duke head coach Dan Brooks
WHAT IS NEXT
- Duke will have approximately a month off before heading to the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate March 3-5 in Hilton Head, S.C.
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