DURHAM, N.C. – Rianne Malixi navigates the storied Duke University campus like every student. She circulates from building to building and from class to class as she completes her freshman year. She’s also made time in her hectic schedule to join her classmates among the Cameron Crazies inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.
While Malixi blends in with the 18,000 students at Duke, the truth is, because of her success on the golf course she’s unlike most students on campus.
As Malixi and the No. 2 seeded Blue Devils begin play at the University of Michigan Golf Course in one of six NCAA regional championships, the freshman is at the top of her game. The NCAA regional championships are scheduled for May 11-13.
While Duke’s history as a global university and as one of the top brands all of collegiate golf worldwide is well documented with its seven national championships, 35 NCAA Championship appearances and record 22 ACC championships, it’s a first-year player who leads the Blue Devils into postseason play.
A shining star on a team of stars, Malixi is not just any freshman. She’s ranked seventh nationally in the individual Scoreboard by Clipp’d collegiate rankings, is 14th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, earned her first collegiate championship at the Sea Best Intercollegiate in January and is 31 strokes under par in her four stroke-play events this spring. In winning the Sea Best Intercollegiate, she finished with a 16 under par score of 200 – a total that included a personal best 9-under, 63, in the final round.
Playing on a national stage with a spotlight pointed in her direction in each event the Blue Devils play, she has not only met the lofty expectations on her shoulders as a first-year collegiate player, she has exceeded them.
Malixi’s golf resume includes wins at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, U.S. Girls’ Junior and the Australian Master of the Amateurs in 2024 along with runner-up finishes at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, fourth at the European Ladies Amateur, tied for fifth at the KLPGA Korea Women’s Open and a tied for fifth finish at the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific. She is only the second golfer to win two USGA Championships in the same calendar year. She’s played in the 2024 and 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateurs. She received an invitation to play in 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) but was not able to play due to injury.
With the incredible success Malixi earned as a junior golfer, a paradigm…
While Malixi blends in with the 18,000 students at Duke, the truth is, because of her success on the golf course she’s unlike most students on campus.
As Malixi and the No. 2 seeded Blue Devils begin play at the University of Michigan Golf Course in one of six NCAA regional championships, the freshman is at the top of her game. The NCAA regional championships are scheduled for May 11-13.
While Duke’s history as a global university and as one of the top brands all of collegiate golf worldwide is well documented with its seven national championships, 35 NCAA Championship appearances and record 22 ACC championships, it’s a first-year player who leads the Blue Devils into postseason play.
A shining star on a team of stars, Malixi is not just any freshman. She’s ranked seventh nationally in the individual Scoreboard by Clipp’d collegiate rankings, is 14th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings, earned her first collegiate championship at the Sea Best Intercollegiate in January and is 31 strokes under par in her four stroke-play events this spring. In winning the Sea Best Intercollegiate, she finished with a 16 under par score of 200 – a total that included a personal best 9-under, 63, in the final round.
Playing on a national stage with a spotlight pointed in her direction in each event the Blue Devils play, she has not only met the lofty expectations on her shoulders as a first-year collegiate player, she has exceeded them.
Malixi’s golf resume includes wins at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, U.S. Girls’ Junior and the Australian Master of the Amateurs in 2024 along with runner-up finishes at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley, fourth at the European Ladies Amateur, tied for fifth at the KLPGA Korea Women’s Open and a tied for fifth finish at the Women’s Amateur Asia Pacific. She is only the second golfer to win two USGA Championships in the same calendar year. She’s played in the 2024 and 2026 Augusta National Women’s Amateurs. She received an invitation to play in 2025 Augusta National Women’s Amateur (ANWA) but was not able to play due to injury.
With the incredible success Malixi earned as a junior golfer, a paradigm…
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