The love affair with Duke culminated in Kim signing her letter of intent in November 2017. At the time, it was a safe bet to assume that Kim would be a major factor in the future of the program. Once she arrived in Durham though, Kim was thrown into the fire quickly.
With the top six from each region advancing to the NCAA Championship, Duke is now part of the final stage of the postseason for the 32nd time in program history.
For the 16th time, Dan Brooks is the ACC Coach of the Year.
After another tournament in the books, the Blue Devils find themselves with another mediocre finish and another impressive performance from Ian Siebers.
Gina Kim calmly took her putter back, stroked her short par putt and then let out a shriek of joy when the ball found its way into the bottom of the cup. Duke had officially clinched the ACC Championship in dominant fashion, just two days after Kim took home the individual conference crown.
Ian Siebers once again found himself as the leading Duke freshman this past weekend. In this case, however, he was leading all freshmen in Duke history.
When the going got tough, Jaravee Boonchant and Erica Shepherd were able to get going, leading the Blue Devils to narrow 3-2 victories against fourth-seeded Maryland and third-seeded Virginia Tech.
Last week saw the second playing of the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, an exclusive invitational for the top nonprofessional players in women’s golf. This year’s event featured 85 players, and close observers of Duke women’s golf might have recognized a few names.
Featuring No. 5 Duke, No. 3 Wake Forest, N.C. State and North Carolina, Saturday’s match play tournament at the par-72 Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh, N.C., boiled down to a 2019 NCAA Championship rematch between Duke and Wake Forest.
Inconsistency has been a trademark of Duke's season, and this week was no different.
Phoebe Brinker, in just her third collegiate event, continued her eye-opening improvement with a second-place finish at 10-under.
From moving to the U.S. as a high schooler to spending the last 12 months in Thailand amid COVID-19, Boonchant's journey has been unique to say the least.
"Honestly I had about five seconds to think and kind of soak it in before I got drenched with water.... I saw my fellow sophomore [Megan Furtney], she was crying, looked over at my parents and they were crying, so I was just overwhelmed with emotion," Shepherd said.
Bouncing back from a rough 12th-place finish the previous weekend, Duke strung together three rounds of solid golf to finish fourth in the Wake Forest Invitational at the legendary Pinehurst No. 2 golf course.
Shepherd paced the Blue Devils with a third-place individual finish, despite the fact that she's still recovering from knee surgery.
Duke suffered a setback in an otherwise smooth-sailing season this week, placing 12th out of 15 teams in the Seminole Intercollegiate this past weekend in Tallahassee, Fla.
After last season was cut short, Duke enters a second-straight campaign as defending national champions.
The Blue Devils have the potential to make some noise in the NCAA Championship.
Duke tied for second place in its second tournament of the year, an outcome that has become typical for the successful program. However, this tournament was anything but familiar.
Chinn was named the junior boys' player of the year by the American Junior Golf Association just a few weeks ago.
