LOS ANGELES – All three members of the Duke women’s golf team competing at the 2023 U.S. Women’s Amateur have moved on to the match play portion, which begins on Wednesday at the Bel-Air Country Club in Los Angeles, Calif.
Sophomore Andie Smith paced the Blue Devils in stroke play qualifying with rounds of 68 and 70 to place tied for 11th, while senior Anne Chen tied for 25th with scores of 68 and 73 and freshman Katie Li tied for 45th with rounds of 74 and 69.
A native of Hobe Sound, Fla., Smith carded six birdies in round one en route to shooting a 2-under, 68. She opened Tuesday’s action with a slow start at 3-over through six holes, but got hot birding holes 7-9 to return to even par. After a bogey on No. 10, Smith parred seven straight holes and then rolled in a birdie on No. 18 to finish with a 70.
Chen birdied the first two holes to open the tournament and finished round one of stroke play qualifying with a 2-under, 68. A product of Sugar Land, Texas, Chen played her final eight holes at 1-under-par on Tuesday to finish with a 73.
Li, who is from Basking Ridge, N.J., shot a 74 in round one and played her final 15 holes of the second round at 2-under-par to finish with a 1-under, 69.
Match play brackets will be released late on Tuesday evening.
Through 36 holes at the Pennsylvania State Amateur, junior Rylie Heflin is tied for fourth with rounds of 74 and 77 for a 151. She is only three shots off the individual lead heading into the final round. Heflin, who is from Avondale, Pa., has seven birdies over the first 36 holes.
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