Evans Goes Low, Ties for Fifth at Tar Heel Intercollegiate

Saturday, April 12

Chapel Hill, N.C.

Duke University

Tar Heel Intercollegiate

Evans Goes Low, Ties for Fifth at Tar Heel Intercollegiate

4/13/2025 7:28:00 PM | Men's Golf

Final Results (PDF)

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Duke men's golf junior Ethan Evans posted the low round by any player on the course, signing for a 5-under, 65, in the third round of the Tar Heel Intercollegiate on Sunday, April 13. As a team, the Blue Devils shot a 3-over, 283, and finished in fifth place overall at 15-over, 855, for the tournament. Evans' 5-under effort vaulted him up 23 spots on the individual leaderboard and into a tie for fifth at 1-under, 209.

HOW IT HAPPENED

As a team, Duke finished at 3-over, 283, and moved up one spot to finish in fifth place overall.
Ethan Evans paced the Blue Devils' lineup with his 5-under, 65. The junior opened the day with a 4-under on the front-nine, rolling in pairs of birdies on holes No. 3 and 4 and No. 7 and 8. His lone bogey of the round came on No. 10, before quickly responding with a birdie on the par-5 12th. Evans closed with a final birdie on No. 18, hitting his approach to inside of two feet and tapping in to complete his 5-under round.
Luke Sample signed for a 2-over, 72, on Sunday. After beginning his day with a bogey on the par-3 first, Sample moved under-par with an eagle on the par-4 fourth, after driving the green to within five feet. Back-to-back bogeys on No. 6 and 7 sent Sample to the back-nine at 1-over, where he answered with consecutive birdies on the 11th and 12th holes. The senior placed his tee shot on the par-3 17th to less than five feet for his third birdie of the back-nine, before a closing eight on the par-4 18th ended Sample's day at 2-over. For the tournament, Sample shot an 8-over, 218, and tied for 42nd place.
The duo of Kelly Chinn and Bryan Kim each shot a 3-over, 73, in the third round.
Chinn worked through three dropped shots on the front-nine, rolling in birdies on the par-3 third and par-5 eighth, to turn at 1-over. Back-to-back bogeys on No. 12 and 13 were immediately erased with back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and 15, before Chinn played the final three holes at 2-over to finish at 3-over for the day. The senior shot a 4-over, 214, over the three rounds and tied for 19th on the individual leaderboard.
Kim played steady golf throughout the day, posting 13 pars to go with a lone birdie, on No. 11, while scattering four bogeys across his round. Kim finished at 5-over, 215, overall and tied for 22nd.
Daniel Choi closed out Duke's lineup with an 8-over, 78, and ended the event at 16-over, 226, in a tie for 68th.
John Hiller led the four Blue Devils competing individually with his 1-over, 71, on Sunday. The freshman tied for 60th with a 12-over, 222.
John Peters signed for a 2-over, 72, en route to a tie for 45th overall at 9-over, 219.
Sam Mukherjee and Oliver Mukherjee shot a 5-over, 75, and 6-over, 76, respectively, to round out Duke's representation. Sam Mukherjee tied for 63rd overall at 15-over, 225, and Oliver Mukherjee logged a 79th-place finish at 24-over, 234.

NOTES

Duke ended the tournament as the second-best scoring team on par-3's, trailing only Kennesaw State.
Ethan Evans' 65 matches his career low for total score, which he had previously accomplished twice.
Evans has earned a top-five finish in two of his last three events and has finished inside the top five in three total events this season.
Evans and Kelly Chinn were two of just three individuals to shoot under-par on the par-3's, with both Blue Devils shooting 1-under on those holes.
Chinn tied for 19th on the individual leaderboard and has registered back-to-back top-20 finishes.
Bryan Kim rolled in 40 pars, tied for the most by any player in the field.
Playing in his final collegiate event as a Blue Devil, John Peters logged his best finish of the season.

UP NEXT

Duke turns its attention to the postseason, traveling to The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky., for the ACC Championship. The stroke-play portion of the event begins on Thursday, April 24.

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