SPORTS | GOLF
Blue Devils favored to win again
By Staff Reports | September 5, 2007A new year has come but not much has changed in the Golfweek NCAA Women's golf rankings-Duke is still on top.
A new year has come but not much has changed in the Golfweek NCAA Women's golf rankings-Duke is still on top.
When the Blue Devils won the NCAA championship last spring, they became the first team since Arizona State to win three consecutive national titles.
Amanda Blumenherst found her groove in the 36-hole match play final of the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship. Unfortunately for the Duke junior, her competitor did, too.
Stepping to the tee box in the first round of the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, Amanda Blumenherst, last year's low amateur, had a very junior moment. The rising Duke junior was paired with 1987 U.S....
Amanda Blumenherst and I are on the first tee of the Washington Duke Golf Club, and I'm harboring an uncanny fear that my drive will careen left and kill the reigning National Player of the Year.
Anna Grzebien came into the 2007 NCAA Championship having already won two team national titles and an individual NCAA crown.
Two days into the four-day NCAA Championships, No. 2 Duke sits in the best possible position to win its third consecutive national title.
After ending the first day of the NCAA East Regional in 10th place-in a tournament in which only the eight highest finishers advance-top-seeded Duke could have folded it in. Instead, the two-time...
With a driving rain pelting the greens of Charlotte's Carmel Country Club and 35 mile-per-hour wind gusts toying with tee shots, most golfers in the ACC tournament caved under the elements...
Faced with the challenge of windy conditions and temperatures hovering in the low 40s, the No. 1 Blue Devils struggled through the final two days of play at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns...
Led by Amanda Blumenherst's tournament-best 9-under-par 207, the Blue Devils won the LSU Golf Classic at the University Club in Baton Rouge, La., finishing six shots ahead No. 7 Vanderbilt. The...
The winner of this week's UCF Challenge at the Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Fla. received an exemption to the LPGA's Sybase Classic.
The Blue Devils found the sunny skies and acceptable conditions of the Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, Fla. as a welcome respite from the North Carolina cold and the choppy putting surface they...
It took longer than expected for sophomore Amanda Blumenherst to return to her winning ways. But after a winless fall season, the reigning National Player of the Year found herself atop the...
Second-seeded Duke topped South Carolina, Florida State and Michigan State before advancing to the finals Sunday, which the Blue Devils won in a tightly contested 3-2 matchup over fourth-seeded...
Following her second round, freshman Alison Whitaker signed for a 77, when she in fact shot a 78. The error disqualified her round, and the Blue Devils were forced to count junior Jennifer...
For two of three days, No. 1 Duke played better than any other team at the LPGA International Legends course. But a slow start on day one of the three-day tournament left too much ground to make...
The No. 1 Blue Devils finished with a three-day total of one-under par, 863, which beat Georgia by three strokes. Duke was the only squad in the 15-team tournament, which was held at the Vanderbilt...
The men's golf team will play for its third consecutive national championship this year and looks to do something no Duke team has done before--three-peat.
Women's Golf: Success seems to come easily for Amanda Blumenherst. The sophomore is the rare type of person who is good at it all. She's at the top of her game on the course, a straight-A...