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MEDIA INFORMATION 2019-20 WOMEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE Table of Contents Duke Quick Facts 2019-20 Roster & Schedule ............................................................................. 2 Location ........................................................................................ Durham, N.C. The Title Quests...1999, ‘02, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘14 & ‘19 National Champions ....3-8 Founded ............................................................................. 1838 Trinity College Head Coach Dan Brooks ........................................................................... 10-12 Enrollment ................................................................................................. 6,495 Assistant Coach Jon Whithaus ....................................................................... 13 Colors .................................................................Duke Blue (PMS-287) & White Ana Belac .................................................................................................. 14-15 Nickname .......................................................................................... Blue Devils Jaravee Boonchant ......................................................................................... 16 Conference ................................................................................... Atlantic Coast Hannah O’Sullivan .......................................................................................... 17 President ....................................................................................... Vincent Price Miranda Wang ................................................................................................ 18 Director of Athletics ..........................................................................Kevin White Gina Kim ......................................................................................................... 19 Head Coach/Alma Mater/Year ............ Dan Brooks/Oregon State, ‘81/36th Year Megan Furtney ............................................................................................... 20 Offi ce Phone ...............................................................................(919) 681-2628 Erica Shepherd ............................................................................................... 20 Assistant Coach/Alma Mater/Year .. Jon Whithaus/Ohio Wesleyan, ‘91/5th Year 2018-19 Season Review ...........................................................................21-25 2019 ACC Finish ...................................................................................3rd (868) Honors ....................................................................................................... 26-28 2019 NCAA Finish ....................................................1st (def. Wake Forest, 3-2) The Record Book .......................................................................................29-39 Starters Returning/Lost .................................................................................. 4/1 Duke Golf Tradition ....................................................................................40-61 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ......................................................................... 5/1 ACC Championship History ....................................................................... 62-65 Home Course .............................................................................Duke Golf Club NCAA Regional History .............................................................................66-68 Women’s Golf SID ...........................................................................Lindy Brown NCAA Championship History .....................................................................69-74 Brown’s Email .................................................................lindy.brown@duke.edu All-Time Player Statistics ...........................................................................75-84 Brown’s Phone ...........................................................................(919) 684-2664 Duke in the Professional Ranks ..................................................................... 85 Brown’s Cell Phone ....................................................................(919) 599-9821 SID Fax .......................................................................................(919) 684-2489 Interviews Online ....................................................................................www.GoDuke.com All student-athlete and coaches’ interviews must be arranged through the Duke Sports Information Offi ce. Contact Senior Associate SID Lindy Brown with all requests by phone (919) 684-2664 or email ([email protected]). Phone interviews with out-of-town media can be arranged by calling the SID. The World Wide Web You can fi nd all the updated statistics, releases, bios, pictures and history of Duke women’s golf online. Just head to www.GoDuke.com. You can also receive weekly women’s golf email updates by sending your email address to lindy.brown@duke. edu. Twitter/Facebook/Instagram Follow Duke women’s golf on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to get the latest info, pictures, video, stories and much more. Head to www.Facebook.com and type in Duke Women’s Golf. When the page comes up “Like” women’s golf and you will be set. For Twitter, just head to www.twitter.com/DukeWGOLF and follow the Blue Devils. Follow DukeWGolf on Instagram to get the behind-the-scenes photos. The Duke Golf Club The home course for the Blue Devils is the Duke Golf Club. The 7,100-yard, par 72 course is located off of Highway 751 (Academy Rd.). It adjoins the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club, and is a short walk from Duke’s West Campus. Head coach Dan Brooks’ and Jon Whithaus’ offi ces are located in the Karcher- Ingram Golf Center located on the left side of the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. The women’s golf offi ce mailing address is Box 90552, Durham, N.C., 27708-0552. The Duke Golf Club was the host of the 2001 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Credits The 2019-20 Duke Women’s Golf Media Guide is a publication of the Duke Sports Information Offi ce - Editor: Lindy Brown, Associate SID Editorial Contributors: Sports Information Staff, Gideon Hyman, Lily Hiser, John Jernigan, Duke Sports Information Students, Sam Klein Photography: Reagan Lunn, Nat LeDonne, Duke Athletics - 1 - ROSTER & SCHEDULE 2019-20 WOMEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 2019-20 Schedule Date Tournament/Course Site Host/Result/Score Sept. 16-18 Annika Intercollegiate Lake Elmo, Minn. Annika Foundation/3M (Royal Golf Club) Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Classic Chicago, Ill. Northwestern (Glenview Country Club) Oct. 11-13 Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. UNC (Finley Golf Course) Oct. 28-30 East Lake Cup Atlanta, Ga. Golf Channel (East Lake Golf Club) Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Palos Verdes, Calif. Ohio State (Palos Verdes Golf Club) March 6-8 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Hilton Head, S.C. South Carolina (Long Cove Club) March 14-15 Valspar Augusta Invitational Augusta, Ga. Augusta (Forest Hills Golf Club) April 18-20 ACC Championship Pawleys Island, S.C. ACC (The Reserve Golf Club) May 11-13 NCAA Regional Championship Athens, Ga./Notre Dame, Ind. TBA Raleigh, N.C./Pullman, Wash. May 22-27 NCAA Championship Scottsdale, Ariz. Arizona State/NCAA (Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club) 2019-20 Roster Name Yr Ht Exp Hometown (High School) Ana Belac Sr. 5-4 3VL Portoroz, Slovenia (Gimnazija Piran) Jaravee Boonchant Jr. 5-4 2VL Bangkok, Thailand (IMG Academy) Megan Furtney Fr. 5-9 HS St. Charles, Ill. (Charles North) Gina Kim So. 5-6 1VL Chapel Hill, N.C. (Chapel Hill H.S.) Hannah O’Sullivan Jr. 5-8 2VL Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton H.S.) Erica Shepherd Fr. 5-6 HS Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove) Miranda Wang R-Jr. 5-7 2VL Beijing, China (Amador Valley H.S. in California) Head Coach: Dan Brooks (36th Season, Oregon State, 1981) Assistant Coach: Jon Whithaus (5th Season, Ohio Wesleyan, 1991) 2019-20 Pronunciation Guide Jaravee Boonchant - Ja - ra - vee Boon - Chant Hannah O’Sullivan - Ha - nah Ana Belac - Ah - na; Behl - atz Megan Furtney - FURT - knee Miranda Wang - Wong - 2 - SEVEN-TIME NCAA CHAMPIONS 2019-20 WOMEN’S GOLF MEDIA GUIDE 2019 National Champions It all came down to Kim, who had won in thrilling fashion the day before. Going up against 14th-ranked Bianca Pagdanganan, Kim didn’t take her fi rst lead until hole Fayetteville, Ark. Blessings Golf Club 13, but the match was all square through 15. The Golfweek Third Team All-America Par 73, 6,397 Yards Duke 2nd of 24 (890) - Stroke stuck her approach on the par three 17th to two feet and drained the birdie to take a Defeated WFU, 3-2 - Match 1UP lead. Then on the 18th, Kim hit her drive into the fairway bunker, but stepped Defeated Arizona, 3-2 - Match up and hit her approach to three feet and sank the birdie to send Duke into the Defeated Stanford, 3-2 - Match NCAA Championship match. Jaravee Boonchant 76-71-74=221 (+2, T7) Gina Kim 78-70-75=223 (+4, T10) It was an all ACC fi nal as Duke and Wake Forest would battle it out in Arkansas. Anna Belac 76-69-79=224 (+5, T16) Miranda Wang 75-72-78=225 (+6, T19) The Demon Deacons came out on fi re, taking the lead in four of the fi ve matches Virginia Elena Carta 82-71-77=230 (+11, T43) on the front nine and Duke found itself down, 4-1, at one point on the back nine. Team 305-281-304=890 (+14, 2) The Blue Devils would not back down and made a huge rally. Match Play Belac put Duke on the board fi rst with a 5&3 win, after