Career Honors:
All-America (2024)
ACC Individual Champion (2022)
WGCA All-America (2023, 2021 - Honorable Mention)
Golfweek All-America (2023, 2021 - Honorable Mention)
All-ACC (2023, 2022, 2021)
ACC Golfer of the Month (2022)
Golfweek Performer of the Week (2022)
Tom Cousins Award - East Lake Cup (2021)
WGCA All-American Scholar (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
All-ACC Academic Team (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
ACC Honor Roll (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
Career:
Her 72.97 stroke average ranked ninth-best in Duke history ... first Blue Devil golfer to collect rounds of 8-under-par and 7-under-par prior to their junior campaign ... shot 22-under-par in two straight appearances at the ACC Championship with a victory and runner-up finish in 2022 and 2023 ... one of only six Duke golfers to shoot 10-under or better in an ACC Championship ... one of only three Blue Devils to post three rounds of 65 or better over their career joining Liz Janangelo (3) and Leona Maguire (4) ... tallied 10 career eagles to rank first on the Duke record book along with Lindy Duncan ... also finished her career ranking tied for fifth in birdies (351), seventh in rounds in the 60s (16) and seventh with 53 rounds of even or under par ... became just the 10th Blue Devil to turn in multiple top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championship.
2023-24:
Received All-America honors for finishing in the top-15 of the NCAA Championship ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... carded a 72.68 stroke average to go along with two top-five, three top-10 and six top-20 finishes on the year ... led Duke with 19 rounds of even or under par and had five scores in the 60s ... closed the season with a tied for 10th finish at the NCAA Championship with scores of 69, 73, 74 and 72 for an even-par, 288 ... it marked her second top-10 finish of her career in the NCAAs ... opened the season with a tied for first placement at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with rounds of 70, 68 and 70 for an 8-under-par, 208 ... finished the season ranked No. 60 nationally ... in four events in the fall, finished no lower than tied for 24th ... carded a final round of 68 at the Landfall Tradition and placed tied for fifth, while helping the Blue Devils come back to win the team title ... opened with rounds of 70 and 71 at the NCAA Cle Elum Regional and placed tied for 19th ... selected the Duke Student-Athlete of the Week in September, after winning the ANNIKA Intercollegiate ... a preseason Golfweek Third Team All-America and Golf Channel Honorable Mention All-America.
2024 Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA):
Received an invitation to compete in the ANWA for the third time in her career ... turned in rounds of 79 and 75 for a 154 as she missed the cut.
Summer of 2023:
Finished as low amateur at the Inspirato Colorado Women’s Open as she carded rounds of 70, 71 and 73 for a 2-under, 214 … missed the cut by just one stroke at the North & South Women’s Amateur with back-to-back rounds of 74 … closed the summer with a tied for ninth finish at the Canadian Women’s Amateur with rounds of 71, 71, 69 and 78 for a 1-over, 289.
2022-23:
WGCA & Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America ... All-ACC ... College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... carded a team-best 72.81 stroke average ... totaled a team-high six top-10 finishes and three top-5 placements ... her 18 rounds of even or under par led the Blue Devils ... registered 105 birdies on the season becoming the first Blue Devil since 2017-18 to reach the 100-birdie mark ... finished the season ranked No. 35 in the Golfweek and No. 70 in the GolfStat individual rankings ... her seven rounds in the 60s ranked tied for tied for ninth on Duke’s single-season charts, while her four eagles tied for fourth ... registered a runner-up placement at the ACC Championship with a 12-under-par, 204, with rounds of 71, 69 and 64 ... her 8-under, 64, matched a career-low score ... her 204 at the ACC Championship matched the lowest 54-hole score for a Duke golfer in the ACC Championship (Brittany Lang) ... it was also tied for the third-lowest 54-hole score on a par-72 course ... collected four straight top-10 finishes in the spring heading into the NCAA Championship ... tied for first at the Tar Heel Invitational with rounds of 67, 70 and 72 for a 7-under, 209, before falling in a playoff ... opened the fall with a fourth-place finish at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with rounds of 72, 69 and 69 for a 6-under, 210 ... tied for eighth at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate and tied for ninth at the NCAA Palm Beach Regional and the Valspar Augusta Invite.
2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA):
Received an invitation to compete in the ANWA for the second time in her career ... turned in rounds of 79 and 73 for a 152 as she missed the cut.
2021-22:
All-ACC ... ACC Champion ... WGCA All-American Scholar ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... ACC Golfer of the Month for April ... Golfweek Performer of the Week on April 19 ... PNC Achievers Duke Student-Athlete of the Week on April 18 ... All-ACC Academic Team ... in nine tournaments, notched a 73.24 stroke average to go along with two top-five and four top-20 finishes ... at the ACC Championship, turned in rounds of 70, 65 and 71 for a 10-under, 206, to become the 16th Blue Devil to win the ACC individual title ... her second round of 7-under, 65, tied an ACC record and her 54-hole score of 206 tied a Duke record ... notched eight rounds of even or under par on the season ... counted 24-of-25 rounds on the year ... led Duke with four eagles, which also ranked tied for fourth on Duke’s single-season charts ... featured a tied for fourth placement at the East Lake Cup stroke play action with a round of 74 ... collected a 2UP victory over Natacha Host Husted of Mississippi in the East Lake Cup semifinals of match play to help send Duke into the championship match ... was presented with the Tom Cousins Award at the East Lake Cup, which recognizes a collegiate golfer(s) best representing the values of the award: excelling in academics and engagement in the community ... placed in the top-26 in each of the five spring tournaments ... went 38 holes without a bogey in the ACC Championship, which is tied for the third-longest streak in Duke history ... closed the season ranking No. 78 in the Golfweek Individual listing.
2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA):
Saw action in her first ANWA ... missed the cut with rounds of 73 and 80 for a 36-hole score of 153.
Summer of 2021:
Closed with a second round of 71 at the Pinehurst North & South Women’s Amateur, but missed the cut with a 149.
Spring of 2021:
WGCA & Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America … All-ACC … WGCA All-American Scholar ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... in her second collegiate event, carded a 2-under, 214, with rounds of 69, 73 and 72 for a tied for third place finish at the Gamecock Intercollegiate … in her next event, posted a 10-under, 206, on her way to finishing tied for second at the Valspar Augusta Invitational … she notched rounds of 64, 71 and 71 over the three days in Augusta … her round of 64 was a Duke freshman record for lowest 18-hole score, tied the freshman record for lowest 36-hole ledger with 135 along with Leona Maguire and tied the freshman record for lowest 54-hole score … tied for 32nd at the ACC Championship with rounds of 74, 74 and 78 … went on to go undefeated in match play against Virginia and Florida State to help lead Duke to its 22nd ACC title … placed tied for fifth at the NCAA Championship with rounds of 73, 70, 72 and 71 for a 2-under, 286 … became just the sixth Blue Devil rookie to finish in the top-5 of the NCAA Championship … was one of only three freshmen to finish in the top-5 at NCAAs in Arizona … her 72-hole score of 286 was tied for the second-lowest in school history by a freshman … went 1-2 in the Cavalier Match Play, but her two losses came in extra holes … collected two eagles on the year … ranked No. 17 in the GolfStat and No. 47 in the Golfweek ledgers to conclude the season ... posted eight rounds of even or under par in 19 rounds … tied for second on the team with 60 birdies … registered a 73.26 stroke average, which is the 10th lowest in school history by a Duke freshman.
January of 2021:
Turned in rounds of 72, 71 and 75 for a two-over-par, 218, for a tied for 13th placement at the Women’s Orlando International Amateur.
Fall of 2020:
Competed in the Golfweek Carolina Country Club Women’s Amateur and finished sixth with rounds of 72, 78 and 78 for a 228 ... after 54 holes, tied for sixth at the Grandover Resort Women’s Griffin Amateur with rounds of 76, 75 and 74 for a 9-over-par, 225 ... tied for 18th at the Dixie Amateur with rounds of 76, 74, 70 and 76 for an 8-over-par, 296 ... tied for 14th at the Golfweek Caledonia Amateur with rounds of 72, 69 and 74 for a 2-over-par, 215.
Summer of 2020:
Carded an impressive second round of 69 at the North & South Women’s Amateur in Pinehurst, but missed the cut by one stroke with a 4-over, 148 … spearheaded the inaugural Senior Cup and helped raise $60,000 to benefit the Emergency Golf Relief Fund and the AJGA’s Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant … earned the No. 4 seed in stroke play qualifying at the U.S. Women’s Amateur with rounds of 70 and 72 for a 2-under-par, 142 … fell in the round of 32 to Ellie Slama (3&2).
High School/Prep:
2019 AJGA First Team Rolex Junior All-America ... turned in rounds of 72 and 66 for a 138 to finish second at the 2019 Justin Thomas Junior Championship ... member of the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup United States team that won, 13-11, and helped lead the East squad to a 27.5-22.5 victory at the 2019 Wyndham Cup ... over the last six years on the AJGA, Brinker totaled 15 top five, 19 top 10 and 26 top 20 placements ... won the 2018 Colonial Junior, while winning the 2016 and 2017 Windham Mountain Resort Junior All-Star on the AJGA ... advanced to match play at the 2018 and 2019 USGA U.S. Girls’ Junior Championships ... a 2017 AJGA Honorable Mention All-America ... 2017 AJGA Junior All-Star Team selection ... four-time All-Conference selection starting in eighth grade and three-time Delaware State Golfer of the Year ... finished No. 1 in the state championship as a sophomore (4-under with rounds of 71, 69) and junior seasons (4-under with rounds of 73, 67) ... placed second in the state championship as a freshman ... lettered as a freshman in basketball and was selected Team MVP ...
Personal:
Full name is Phoebe McGuire Brinker ... born February 18, 2002 in Chester, Pa. ... daughter of Kevin & Tracy Brinker ... has one twin brother, Ty ... her mom, Tracy, swam at St. Lawrence ... her aunt, Suzy McGuire Whaley, was a trailblazer in women’s golf and played at North Carolina ... Whaley became the first woman since Babe Zaharias in 1945 to qualify for an event on the PGA Tour in 2003 when she qualified for the Greater Hartford Open ... she was elected as the first PGA of America President in November of 2018 ... her cousin, Kelly Whaley, played golf at North Carolina (2016-19) ... a four-year member of the National Honor Society ... earned Dean’s List with Distinction in the Spring of 2023 ... graduated in May of 2024 with a degree in English along with a certificate in sustainability engagement.
Brinker By The Numbers
2023-24
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (70-68-70=208, T1, -8)
Windy City Collegiate (69-74-69=212, T20, -4)
Jackson T. Stephens Cup (72-71-75=218, T24, +2)
Landfall Tradition (71-70-68=209, T5, -7)
Moon Golf Invitational (78-83-73=234, T83, +18)
Darius Rucker Invitational (71-74-80=225, T71, +12)
Florida State Match Up (71-77-71=219, T24, +3)
ACC Championship (73-72-72=217, T20, +1)
NCAA Cle Elum Regional (70-72-81=223, T19, +7)
NCAA Championship (69-73-74-72=288, T10, E)
2022-23
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (72-69-69=210, 4, -6)
Windy City Collegiate (72-78-75=225, T31, +9)
Jackson T. Stephens Cup (70-76-71=217, T18, +1)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (67-70-72=209, T1, -7)
Landfall Tradition (73-77-72=222, T45, +6)
Nexus Collegiate Invite (82-80-82=244, T54, +28)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (72-69-73=214, T8, +1)
Valspar Augusta Invite (71-71=142, T9, -2)
ACC Championship (71-69-64=204, 2, -12)
NCAA Palm Beach Regional (78-71-69=218, T9, +2)
NCAA Championship (74-75-76=225, T89, +9)
2021-22
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (76-73-74=223, T37, +7)
Windy City Collegiate (76-78-78=232, T49, +16)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (76-74-72=222, T52, +6)
East Lake Cup (73=73, T4, +1)
Moon Golf Invitational (76-73-71=220, T26, +4)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (73-76-69=218, T16, +5)
Northrop Grumman Challenge (72-70-76=218, T18, +5)
ACC Championship (70-65-71=206, 1, -10)
NCAA Franklin Regional (73-74-72=219, T21, +3)
2021
Palmetto Intercollegiate (79-78-78=235, T35, +19)
Gamecock Intercollegiate (69-73-72=214, T3, -2)
Valspar Augusta Invitational (64-71-71=206, T2, -10)
ACC Championship (74-74-78=226, T32, +10)
NCAA Columbus Reg. (74-75-76=225, +9, T33)
NCAA Championship (73-70-72-71=286, -2, T5)