Early this week, Pinehurst No. 2 hosted the Blue Devils at the Wake Forest Invitational, who tied for fourth place out of 12 teams, including national powerhouses Auburn and East Tennessee State.
Duke finished joint-fifth at The Prestige, hosted in La Quinta, Calif., this past Wednesday, the sixth-consecutive time the Blue Devils have finished in fifth place or higher so far this season in what is shaping up to be a great spring campaign.
The team traveled to Melbourne, Fla., for three days of competition — with one day off in the middle due to inclement weather — against top programs like LSU, Florida and Wake Forest. Duke’s 13th-place finish marked a tie with Alabama and placed the Blue Devils towards the bottom of the 17-team field.
There's good reason to feel confident given the steady growth Duke showed last season and flashed over the course of the fall. But it has yet to be seen how high this team’s ceiling is, and with limited sample size, this group is still somewhat of an unknown in the larger ACC picture.
The Blue Devils are entering 2024 energized and prepared for the invitationals and ACC play to come. After barely missing the cut to advance and finishing 18th in the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, Duke put in the work over the fall.
The Blue Devils went down to Georgia and found themselves in that exact position, as Duke rallied Sunday to cap off a fifth-place finish out of 15 teams in the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate in Alpharetta, Ga.
The Blue Devils bounced back in this tournament, finishing with a respectable 21 under par and a total score of 843, showing notable improvement from the week prior.
Down 10 strokes to North Florida in the middle of the third and final round of the NCAA Norman Regional, Duke managed to pull off the spectacular comeback, finishing the event with a total team score of 21-under at 843 total strokes.
At just the right time, Duke is playing its best golf, and has a chance to make some noise.
Duke ultimately placed fourth in stroke play at 4-under to advance before falling in Sunday’s match play semifinals to Georgia Tech.
Duke changed up the format and still walked away with a win in Sunday's regular-season conclusion.
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While the second-seeded Blue Devils and third-seeded Tigers duked it out throughout the morning and early afternoon in the Gate City, it was ultimately Clemson that came out on top.
Senior Erica Shepherd finished tied for 22nd at the Augusta National Women's Amateur and the Blue Devils claimed their first team trophy since 2021 with their dominance in Raleigh.
The Blue Devils collectively had a rollercoaster stretch at the Valspar Collegiate and the Seahawk Intercollegiate tournaments.
Brinker represented the Blue Devils’ only top-10 individual finish, as sophomore Rylie Heflin finished second on the team ledger in a tie for 30th at seven-over.
The Blue Devils assembled a strong performance up and down the roster while freshman William Love earned the individual title in Puerto Rico.
Duke's season is nearly upon us, with the spring's first tee time set for Sunday in Puerto Rico.
Duke placed ninth in the 10-team field in the Bahamas to begin its spring.
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