Blue Devils Close Action at the Landfall Tradition

WILMINGTON, N.C. – The Duke women’s golf team closed its fall campaign on Sunday at the Landfall Tradition with the junior tandem of Phoebe Brinker and Anne Chen collecting even or under par scores on Sunday at the 6,150-yard, par-72 Country Club of Landfall in Wilmington, N.C.

How It Happened

•    Junior Anne Chen played her final 16 holes at 2-under-par on her way to carding a 1-under-par, 71, on Sunday.  After a par and bogey over her first two holes, Chen parred five straight.  She then hit her pitching wedge from 115 yards to 16 feet and sank her first birdie of the day. Chen bogeyed No. 2, but then came back on the par-5 fourth to hit a grip down 50-degree wedge from 78 yards in the fairway bunker to five feet for birdie.  She added a third birdie on No. 9 as she hit her 7-iron from 143 yards to six feet.  

•    A day after being held without a birdie for the first time in her collegiate career, junior Phoebe Brinker registered three birdies and finished with an even-par, 72.  She opened the day on No. 13 and had three pars, before sinking her first birdie of the day on No. 16.  Brinker played the next eight holes at even par with six pars, one bogey and one birdie.  After bogeys on No. 7 and No. 9 dropped her back to 1-over, she closed with a birdie on her final hole, the 490-yard, par-5 12th.  

•    After a bogey to open her round, senior Erica Shepherd went on a hot streak collecting birdies on No. 14, No. 1 and No. 2 as she moved to 2-under for the day.  She went through a rough stretch where she bogeyed three-straight to drop back to 1-over for the day.  Shepherd went on to finish with a 73 and turned in a team-best tied for 31st finish with a 217.  

•    Following back-to-back rounds of 75, freshman Andie Smith signed for a 78 on Sunday.  

•    Sophomore Rylie Heflin carded a 5-over, 77, in the final round as she was limited without a birdie.  

•    As a team, Duke finished 13th with rounds of 295, 294 and 293 for an 882.  San Jose State won the team title with an 842.

Notes

•    Anne Chen notched her fifth round of even or under par on the season and 22nd of her career.

•    With her even-par round on Sunday, Phoebe Brinker leads Duke with 10 rounds of even or under par on the season.

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