Blue Devils Move up the Leaderboard in Second Round at the Prestige

LA QUINTA, Calif. – The Duke men’s golf team turned in the second-best team round of the day, a 10-under 274, during Tuesday’s second round of The Prestige and sits in third place ahead of Wednesday’s final round of action. Luke Sample paced the Blue Devils, signing for a 4-under, 67, and Ethan Evans carded a 3-under, 68, to remain near the top of the individual leaderboard for the tournament.

HOW IT HAPPENED: DAY TWO

• Luke Sample started on hole No. 10 and immediately got into red numbers, rolling in a birdie. The junior then eagled the par-5 12th to quickly get to 3-under on the day. A third birdie in his first nine holes came on the par-4 14th. Sample made the turn at 1-under and played steady golf for the first four holes of the front-nine, before pouring in three birdies across his final six holes to cap off his 4-under, 67.
• Kelly Chinn holed five birdies while tallying only two bogeys in his second round to sign for a 3-under, 68, on Tuesday. The junior played the first half of his round at 1-under, including birdies on holes No. 12 and 15. Chinn moved back to even-par following a bogey on No. 2, but closed his round strong with birdies on holes No. 4, 6 and 8.
• Ethan Evans continued his momentum from the first round, signing for a second-round, 3-under, 68. The sophomore sits at 8-under through 36 holes and in a tie for second place, trailing by just one shot. After starting his round with four pars, Evans erupted for four consecutive birdies, making the turn at 4-under. An up-and-down closing nine featured three more birdies before Evans eventually signed for his 3-under, 68.
• Bryan Kim carded an even-par, 71, in his second round and is tied for 10th place at 5-under overall. The freshman played steady golf throughout his 18 holes of action on Tuesday, making two birdies to offset two bogeys. Kim rolled in a birdie on both of the par-5 holes on the back-nine and played his closing nine at 1-over, following a late bogey on No. 7.
• Daniel Choi rounded out the Duke lineup on Tuesday, signing for a 1-over, 72. The sophomore made four birdies in a six-hole stretch during his first nine holes of the day, eventually making the turn at 1-under. Two dropped shots in his closing stretch finished off the 1-over round.
• In the individual tournament portion of The Prestige, Ian Siebers was the low…