Duke Claims Second Straight Stitch Intercollegiate Title

RALEIGH – The Duke men’s golf team repeated as Stitch Intercollegiate champions on Tuesday and tallied its third team title of the season, finishing at 21-under, 547, at Lonnie Poole Golf Course. The Blue Devils had four players finish in the top 10, led by Kelly Chinn who finished in second place at 6-under, 136.

HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND 1

• Duke shot a 3-under, 281, in the first round.
• Kelly Chinn started his day with a bogey-free 4-under, jumping into a tie for second place after his first 18 holes. The sophomore rolled in three birdies over a stretch of six holes on the front nine and added his fourth on the par-5 11th.
• The second under-par scorecard of the opening round was turned in by Ethan Evans, who signed for a 2-under, 69. The freshman recovered from an early bogey with two birdies on holes No. 4 and 6 and then played his final seven holes bogey-free while pouring in two more birdies.
• Luke Sample finished at even-par, 71, in his first round of the tournament. The New York, N.Y., native rallied from a 2-over, 37, on the front nine with three birdies on the back nine, including on the par-4 18th.
• Jimmy Zheng, filling in for Ian Siebers who was scratched from the lineup due to illness, ended the first round in a tie for 19th after a 3-over, 74. The junior carded 14 pars while also adding a birdie on the par-4 10th.
• Also for Duke, William Love finished at 6-over, 77, for the first round.
• Duke had three players competing individually. John Peters shot a 2-over, 73, to lead the individuals and was joined by Daniel Uranga and Daniel Choi at 3-over and 5-over, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND 2

• As a team, Duke shot an 18-under, 266, to close out the tournament.
• William Love began his second round of the day hot, rolling in four birdies over his first six holes and adding the fifth birdie of his opening nine holes at the par-5 seventh. The freshman responded from a dropped shot on No. 12 with four more birdies over his final five holes to close out a 9-under, 62, in the second round.
• After a steady first round, Luke Sample immediately got into red numbers with a birdie on No. 1 to open his second round. He remained bogey-free for the remainder of the front nine and highlighted his day with a hole-out eagle from 193 yards on the par-4 ninth, making the turn at 4-under. Two…