For the second time in a row, Duke was in the top three heading into the final round. Both times, the Blue Devils imploded down the stretch.
"He went hole-by-hole and just told the guys, 'Here is what I do every time that I find allows me to play well out here.'”
For a moment, it looked as if Alabama was about to turn Duke’s terrific start into a story of disappointment.
The sixth-ranked Blue Devils will need to get back on track against a field that includes the nation's top two teams, Arkansas and Alabama.
Boutier finished third overall on the Symetra Tour in money earned this season with $112,044, and Liu finished fifth with $86,110.
After charging up the leaderboard with one of the top scores of the second round Monday, the Blue Devils stumbled dramatically down the stretch.
In the Blue Devils' second tournament of the season, they had trouble following up their record-breaking victory at the Jim West Challenge.
A second member of Duke’s star-studded freshman class will try to follow her classmate’s lead and help the team start the season two-for-two.
The Blue Devils are off to play in the Nike Collegiate Invitational at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club in Portland, Ore.
In its first tournament, Duke showed that it has the skill to compete with some of the best teams in the nation.
After riding a hot streak heading into the national championship, the Blue Devils fell short on the biggest stage and are looking to bounce back.
Behind the lowest 18, 36 and 54-hole scores in team history, No. 7 Duke handily captured the Jim West Challenge.
Former Blue Devil and then-rising senior Jenny Chuasiriporn nearly won the 1998 U.S. Women's Open as an amateur, one of the last shining moments of her career.
After being crowned as ACC individual champion in April, Leona Maguire was rolling, and she kept on going this week in South Wales.
Senior Matt Oshrine ended his Blue Devil career with the team’s best score in its return to the NCAA championship, finishing in a tie for 50th with a three-day, 1-over-par total of 217.
After fruitlessly searching for nearly a century, the Blue Devils hope to shock the golf world and enter uncharted territory—hoisting a gold-plated wooden trophy on the 18th green.
Duke’s season came to a close Monday at Rich Harvest Farms, as the team posted a 54-hole total of 70-over-par, placing the team in 18th place and 15 shots out of the top-eight cutoff the team needed to advance to Tuesday’s match-play bracket.
Twelve inches and one stroke have been all that have kept Duke from two consecutive national championship appearances.
After posting a 5-over-par through five holes Monday, the Blue Devils closed out the first round with scintillating back nines from Alexander Matlari and Alex Smalley.
Duke earned an automatic bid to regionals and will be a No. 4 seed in the 14-team event at The University Club hosted by LSU.
