McMyler Shoots 67; Duke Cards 21-Under Ledger to Finish T4th in Windy City

GOLF, Ill. – Duke women’s golf graduate student Emma McMyler turned in a 5-under-par, 67, on Tuesday as the Blue Devils shot 9-under-par as a team to close the Windy City Collegiate Classic with an impressive 54-hole score of 21-under, 843, at the 6,368-yard, par-72 Glen View Club in Golf, Ill.  

As a team, the Blue Devils signed for rounds of 283, 281 and 279 for the 21-under score, which was the third-lowest Duke 54-hole score in relation to par on a par-72 course in school history. Duke placed tied for fourth overall with UCLA taking home the team title with a 32-under, 832.  Rounding out the top-6 teams were Northwestern (841), Oregon (842), Duke (843), Texas (843) and Wake Forest (843).  

All four of Duke’s counting scores were even or under par Tuesday, while three totaled under-par rounds on the final day – McMyler (-5, 67), Phoebe Brinker (-3, 69) and Andie Smith (-1, 71).  Freshman Katie Li totaled the even-par, 72, score.  

How It Happened

•    With a final round of 5-under, 67, graduate student Emma McMyler jumped up the leaderboard Tuesday and finished tied for fourth with an 8-under, 208.  McMyler, a product of San Antonio, Texas, totaled a bogey on No. 1, but then played the next 11 holes at 7-under-par to get to 6-under for the round.  She rolled in a 12-footer for birdie on No. 4 and a 20-footer on No. 5, before hitting her 3-hybrid from 244 yards on the 503-yard, par-5 sixth hole to two feet for eagle.  McMyler drained another 20-foot birdie on No. 7 to get to 4-under.  After notching four pars, she registered two more birdies on No. 12 and No. 13.  McMyler finished the day with four pars and a bogey on No. 16 to shoot a Duke-best 67.  She hit 15 greens, 10 fairways and had 29 putts on the day.

•    Senior Phoebe Brinker had a flurry of a finish Tuesday to close with a 3-under, 69, and place in the top-20 for the second straight event.  She posted rounds of 69, 74 and 69 for a 4-under, 212, which was tied for 20th.  Brinker parred the first five holes of the final round and then bogeyed the par-5 sixth.  She responded with two straight birdies on No. 7 and No. 8 to get in the red.  After five…