ALPHARETTA, Ga. – For the eighth consecutive season, Duke men’s golf is set to participate in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate, played on the Lakeside Course at the Golf Club of Georgia, on Oct. 18-20. The 18th overall iteration of the event, hosted by Georgia Tech, includes eight teams that played in the 2024 NCAA Championship, six of which finished in the top 15, and three who advanced to match play. Eight of the teams in the field are currently ranked inside the top 25 of the Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches poll.
The 11th-ranked hosts and No. 23 Duke are joined in the field by No. 16 Alabama, Charlotte, Clemson, East Tennessee State, No. 23 Pepperdine, Southern California, No. 22 Stanford, No. 8 Tennessee, UCLA, No. 5 Vanderbilt, No. 4 Virginia and Washington. The Lakeside Course plays to a par of 72 and is setup to a distance of 7,092 yard for the tournament.
The teams will play 18 holes on each of the three days of competition, starting at 9 a.m. for the first two rounds. Pairings and tee times are pre-determined for the first two rounds, on Oct. 18 and 19, before re-pairing according to score occurs for the third and final round, which begins at 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 20.
Duke starts a lineup of Bryan Kim, William Love, Luke Sample, Ethan Evans and Kelly Chinn. The Blue Devils tee off of No. 10 for the first two rounds, joined by the lineups of East Tennessee State and Alabama. Live scoring for the event is available here.
The Blue Devils most recently logged a 10th-place finish at the Fighting Irish Classic, highlighted by a strong finish to the tournament with the third-best round of the day, a 1-over, 281. Kim, a sophomore, led the Blue Devils individually with a 5-over, 215, and a finish in 21st place. The Brookeville, Md., native currently holds a team-leading 71.33 stroke average through three tournaments and has finished at par or better in four of his last five rounds.
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