Blue Devil Notes 2020-21 Duke Women’s Golf 2021 ACC Championship April 15-18, 2021 • Greensboro, N.C. Sedgefi eld Country Club 54 Holes Stroke Play; Top 4 to Match Play DUKE HEADS TO ACC CHAMPIONSHIP LOOKING FOR 22nd TITLE 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS The second-ranked Duke women’s golf team will head to the ACC Championship this week in search of its 22nd title in school history. The championship will take place from April 15-18 and will be contested Feb. 21-22 at the 6,132-yard, par 72 Sedgefi eld Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. Palmetto Spring Intercollegiate ...........3rd (903) The Blue Devils move to postseason action as winners of two tournaments this season – Gamecock March 1-3 Intercollegiate and Cavalier Match Play. The format of the championship will feature 36 holes of stroke Gamecock Inertcollegiate ....................1st (864) play on April 15 followed by 18 holes of stroke play on April 16 to decide an individual champion. The top four teams in stroke play following 54 holes will advance to match play on April 17 and April 18 to decide March 13-14 a team champion. Valspar Augusta Invitational .............. 2nd (837) The 2021 event will mark the 32nd ACC Championship in league history and the 10th appearance March 20 at Sedgefi eld Country Club. It returns to Sedgefi eld for the second time since 2016. Virginia had won in Big Four Challenge ..................def. NCSU, 4-1; both 2015 and 2016 followed by Wake Forest in 2019. Duke has won the title in three of nine appearances .....................................................lost WFU, 2-3 in the championship located at Sedgefi eld (2014, 2013, 2012). The Blue Devils have had a history of success at the ACC Championship, claiming 21 titles in program April 6-7 history, including fi ve out of the last eight years (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018). Duke has also collected Cavalier Match Play ............def. Richmond, 5-0 ACC Individual Champions in 14 of the past 21 events. Head coach Dan Brooks has led the squad to 20 ..............................................def. Maryland, 3-2 of the 21 championships over his 37 seasons at Duke. ........................................ def. Virginia Tech, 3-2 April 15-18 COVERAGE Fans will be able to follow the action with live scoring at www.GolfStat.com as well as ACC Network ACC Championship .................Greensboro, NC Extra coverage from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 18 for the championship match. Everyone can also May 10-12 follow along on Twitter (@DukeWGOLF & @ACCWGolf), Instagram (DukeWGolf) and Facebook. NCAA Regional ...........................................TBD Baton Rouge, La. THE SEEDINGS/PAIRINGS Columbus, Ohio The seedings for the 2021 ACC Championship were done by GolfStat ranking -- Duke (1), Wake Forest (2), Florida State (3), Virginia (4), Virginia Tech (5), Clemson (6), Miami (7), Louisville (8), North Louisville, Ky. Carolina (9), NC State (10), Notre Dame (11) and Boston College (12). Stanford, Calif. Duke will tee off on Thursday, April 15 in the fi rst round beginning at 8:50 a.m., through 9:30 a.m., off hole No. 10. On Friday, April 16, tee times will be from 9-10:30 a.m., off split tees followed by individual May 21-26 champion awards ceremony and match play lineup announcements. Match play action will go from 9-10:30 NCAA Championship a.m., Saturday, April 17 and after the matches are concluded the championship team match play lineups will be announced. Sunday’s championship match will tee off from 9-9:40 a.m. Scottsdale, Ariz. Raptor Course at Grayhawk Golf Club 2020-21 Roster Name Yr Ht Exp Hometown (High School) Jaravee Boonchant Sr. 5-4 3VL Bangkok, Thailand (IMG Academy) Phoebe Brinker Fr. 5-10 HS Wilmington, Del. (Archmere Academy) Anne Chen Fr. 5-8 HS Sugar Land, Texas (Clements H.S.) Megan Furtney So. 5-9 1VL St. Charles, Ill. (St. Charles North H.S.) Gina Kim Jr. 5-6 2VL Chapel Hill, N.C. (Chapel Hill H.S.) Erica Shepherd So. 5-6 1VL Greenwood, Ind. (Center Grove H.S.) Head Coach: Dan Brooks (37th Season, Oregon State, 1981) Assistant Coach: Jon Whithaus (6th Season, Ohio Wesleyan, 1991) 2020-21 Duke Women’s Golf Blue Devils in the ACC Championship THE DUKE LINEUP • Phoebe Brinker turned in a record-breaking Valspar Augusta Invitational. Duke will feature a lineup of senior Jaravee Boonchant, junior Gina Kim, She collected a Duke freshman record lowest 18-hole score with a 64, tied the sophomore Erica Shepherd, freshman Phoebe Brinker and freshman Anne Chen. freshman record for lowest 36-hole ledger with a 135 along with Leona Maguire The Blue Devils will feature this lineup for the fi rst time this season. and tied for freshman record fi fth-lowest 54-hole score (10-under, 206). The Blue Devils will feature two freshmen in a lineup for the ACC Championship • The Blue Devils featured three golfers in the top six of Valspar Augusta for the ninth time since 2000 -- 2015 (Leona & Lisa Maguire - fi nished 2nd), 2014 Invitational - Phoebe Brinker (T2,-10), Jaravee Boonchant (T6, -8), Gina Kim (Sandy Choi, Yu Liu - fi nished 1st), 2011 (Laetitia Beck, Alejandra Cangrejo - fi nished (T6, -8). The trio combined to shoot 26-under-par! 2nd), 2010 (Lindy Duncan, Stacey Kim - fi nished 3rd), 2006 (Amanda Blumenherst, • Duke’s 27-under-par, 837, is the third-lowest 54-hole score in NCAA Division Jennie Lee - fi nished 1st), 2004 (Anna Grzebien, Brittany Lang - fi nished 1st), 2001 I this season. (Leigh Anne Hardin, Virada Nirapathpongporn - fi nished 1st) and 2000 (Kristina • Phoebe Brinker’s round of 64 is tied for the third-lowest 18-hole score this Engstrom, Maria Garcia-Estrada - fi nished 1st). spring. It is also the lowest score by a freshman in 2021. BIRDIES FOR BABIES AGAINST THE ACC Spearheaded by 2019 Blue Devil graduate Virginia Elena Carta, the Duke Duke currently features a 12-2 head-to-head ledger against teams from the men’s and women’s golf programs have continued their fundraising program benefi t- ACC -- Clemson (1-0), Florida State (1-0), Louisville (1-0), North Carolina (2-0), ting the Duke Children’s Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units called Birdies NC State (1-0), Notre Dame (1-0), Virginia (1-1), Virginia Tech (2-0) and Wake for Babies. Duke has raised $11,023.00 so far this season and over the four years Forest (2-1) - stroke play only. of the program, it has raised $58,325. In match play, the Blue Devils defeated NC State (4-1) and lost to Wake Those looking to support the partnership with the Duke Children’s can make Forest (3-2) in the Big Four Challenge, while defeating Virginia Tech (3-2) in the pledges per birdie. Pledges will start at $0.50 and high pledge increments are Cavalier Match Play. welcome. If the Blue Devils register an eagle (counts as two birdies), albatross (three birdies) and hole-in-one (four birdies) they will count as stated. AUGUSTA NATIONAL WOMEN’S AMATEUR For more information, head to https://giving.dukechildrens.org/ways-to-give/ Duke featured three golfers competing in the second annual Augusta National duke-athletics-partnerships Women’s Amateur Championship held in Augusta, Ga., from March 31 through April 3. IN THE NATIONAL RANKINGS Gina Kim and Erica Shepherd made the cut to play the fi nal round at the Duke is currently ranked No. 2 in the latest GolfStat.com, No. 2 in the WGCA Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday, April 3. Kim turned in rounds of 74, 71 Coaches Poll and No. 3 in the Golfweek ledgers. and 77 to fi nish tied for 13th with a 222. Shepherd placed tied for 16th with scores Individually, in the Golfweek rankings -- Erica Shepherd (12), Phoebe Brinker of 73, 77 and 74 for a 224. Jaravee Boonchant had rounds of 79 and 75 on her (29) and Gina Kim (58) are in the top 60. In the GolfStat.com listing, Shepherd way to missing the cut, after fi nishing tied for 12th in 2019. (13), Brinker (15) and Kim (77) are ranked. AVERAGES BOONCHANT ARRIVES Go in depth with the Blue Devils to see how many birdies, greens, fairways Senior Jaravee Boonchant made her return from Thailand in March and and putts they average during rounds in 2020-21. was impressive at the Valspar Augusta Invitational with a tied for sixth fi nish. She collected rounds of 71, 67 and 70 for an 8-under, 208. Birdies Greens Fairways Putts Boonchant is a three-time All-American and currently ranks sixth on Duke’s Gina Kim 2.7 11.8 8.1 30.0 all-time charts with 52 rounds of even or under par. Her 71.85 career stroke average Jaravee Boonchant 3.7 17.0 12.3 32.3 is the third-best in Duke history, while her 15 rounds in the 60s is tied for seventh. Phoebe Brinker 3.3 12.4 10.3 30.4 A product of Bangkok, Thailand, Boonchant had remained at home in the fall Anne Chen 2.3 12.2 10.2 31.8 and took classes online, before deciding to return to campus in March. Megan Furtney 2.2 11.9 8.7 31.7 Erica Shepherd 3.4 12.9 10.6 29.7 TRENDS/NOTES • In the latest ACC stats, Erica Shepherd ranks fi fth in stroke average (71.80), BLUE DEVILS WIN GAMECOCK & CAVALIER MATCH PLAY TITLES while Phoebe Brinker is 13th (72.80). • Duke is the reigning NCAA Champions as the Blue Devils won the 2019 title Gamecock Intercollegiate in Fayetteville, Ark., with a 3-2 victory over Wake Forest.