Blue Devils Tie for Fourth at Wake Forest Invitational, Love Finishes Third

PINEHURST, N.C. – The Duke men’s golf team finished off the Wake Forest Invitational on Tuesday, shooting an even-par, 280, to finish in a tie for fourth place overall. William Love earned his second consecutive top-five finish, the low Blue Devil overall at 1-over, 211, after a 2-under, 68, on Tuesday.

HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND THREE

• Duke shot even-par, 280, on Tuesday morning – its second straight even-par round of the tournament.
• After being just one of two teams to finish even-par or better in the second round on Monday, the Blue Devils once again turned in one of the best team rounds of the day, as one of just three teams to shoot even-par or better in the third round.
• William Love continued his momentum from the second round, shooting a 2-under, 68, in the final round. The sophomore started the day in a tie for 14th place and moved up 11 spots to secure a third-place finish for the event at 1-over, 211. After starting the morning with a par on the par-5 10th, Love rolled in two more birdies while just dropping one shot on the back-nine, making the turn at 2-under. The sophomore played level golf for the first six holes of the front-nine, before a bogey on the seventh. Love immediately responded though, placing his approach shot on the eighth inside 10 feet for a bounce-back birdie and an even-par closing nine holes.
• Ethan Evans turned in his best round of the tournament, signing for an even-par, 70, on Tuesday. The sophomore finished in a tie for 25th overall, at 8-over, 218. In the third round, Evans promptly got into red figures with a birdie on the 10th and erased back-to-back bogeys on holes No. 15 and 16 with a birdie on No. 18, making the turn at even-par. One more birdie for his round, on the par-4 third, was offset by one additional bogey to close out his tournament.
• Both Bryan Kim and Luke Sample carded a 1-over, 71, in the third round. Overall, Sample finished in a tie for 18th at 6-over, 216, and Kim tied for 25th with an overall score of 8-over, 218.
• Sample played his first nine holes at even-par, after one birdie and one bogey.  He then birdied the first hole, after making the turn to get to 1-under. Three dropped shots over six holes slowed the round’s momentum, but Sample ended on a high note, birding the par-3 ninth to finish off his round.
• Kim bounced back from a…