Duke Finishes Second at 2022 Rod Myers

DURHAM – Freshman William Love helped the Duke men’s golf team to a second-place finish and fellow classmate Ethan Evans made a strong individual debut as the 12th annual Rod Myers Invitational concluded Saturday at the Duke University Golf Club. The Blue Devils shot a 1-under 287 in the final round and were one of just three teams under par for the tournament, finishing 3-under 862.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• William Love made the turn at one-over after a birdie on the ninth hole and proceeded to fire a sizzling 32 on the final nine holes of competition, thanks to a chip-in birdie on the par-4 13^th and an eagle on the par-5 14^th by draining a 30-foot bomb.
• Love’s par on the final hole of the tournament secured the solo second-place finish for Duke, which finished one stroke clear of third-place Charlotte.
• Love, the Atlanta, Ga., native, freshman finished the tournament in a tie for sixth at 3-under 213.
• Junior Ian Siebers birded the fourth, seventh and ninth to turn in 2-under 34 on his way to a 1-under 71 on Saturday, good for an overall tie for 15th at even-par 216.
• Ethan Evans paced the Duke individuals in the earlier tee times with a 2-under front nine en route to a 1-under 71. Evans was the top individual for the tournament as the Mercer Island, Wash., product was 3-under 213 and tied for sixth.
• Junior Jimmy Zheng played to par through the first 13 holes on Saturday before making back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15. He posted a final-round 71 to finished in a tie for 17th at 1-over 217.
• Also for Duke, sophomores Luke Sample (+6) and Kelly Chinn (+10), finished tied for 35^th and tied for 47^th, respectively.
•  Alabama won the team title at 13-under par, while the Crimson Tide’s Canon Claycomb (-11) was the individual medalist. Duke (-2), Charlotte (-1), North Florida (+2) and UNC Greensboro (+9) rounded out the top five of the 14 -team field.

 
NOTES

• Love was 9-under combined on the Duke Golf Club’s par-5 holes, which marked a tournament low.
• As a team, Duke finished 27-under on the par-5’s, also a tournament low.
• Duke was one of only three teams (Alabama, Charlotte) to finish under par for the tournament.
• Charlie Crockett (Missouri) and Canon Claycomb (Alabama) both shot a 65 (-7) on Saturday, which were tied for the third- lowest rounds in the tournament’s history. Claycomb’s 65…