AUGUSTA, Ga. – Duke ladies’s golf junior Phoebe Brinker carded back-to-back rounds of 1-under-par, 71, to steer the Blue Devils on the primary day of motion on the Valspar Augusta Invitational, which is being performed on the 6,244-yard, par 72 Forest Hills Golf Membership in Augusta, Ga.

Brinker, who hails from Wilmington, Del., enters the ultimate spherical in a tie for ninth with a 2-under, 142.  She ranked tied for first within the discipline with a 5-under-par rating on par-5 holes and was one among solely 4 golfers to register an eagle.  Brinker’s eagle got here in spherical one on the 533-yard, par-5 seventeenth gap when she hit her 3-wood from 240 yards to a few ft.  

How It Occurred
•    After opening spherical one with a shotgun begin on No. 4, Phoebe Brinker suffered a double-bogey on No. 4 and a bogey on No. 7 to maneuver to 3-over-par by 4 holes.  She then struck hearth taking pictures 4-under-par over her ultimate 14 holes to complete with a 1-under-par, 71.  In spherical two, Brinker as soon as once more began her afternoon on No. 4 and moved to 2-under with back-to-back birdies on No. 8 and No. 9.  After six pars and a bogey over the subsequent seven holes, she acquired again to 2-under with a birdie on No. 17.  She closed with two pars, one birdie on No. 2 and a double-bogey on No. 1 to complete with one other 71.  
•    Senior Erica Shepherd signed for rounds of 74 and 72 for a 2-over-par, 146, which is tied for twenty second total.  She collected 14 pars and two birdies in spherical one.  Shepherd was 2-under-par heading into her sixteenth gap, earlier than dropping 4 photographs on two holes.  In spherical two, she opened her afternoon on No. 5 and shortly moved to 3-under-par with birdies on No. 4, No. 9 and No. 11.  A double-bogey on No. 12 and bogey on No. 16 moved her rating again to even.  She closed with two birdies, two bogeys and two pars.  
•    Each Rylie Heflin and Anne Chen turned in equivalent scores of 74 and 76 and are tied for 44 total by 36 holes.  
•    In spherical one, Heflin went a 9-hole stretch the place she was bogey-free from holes 10-18, which included a 10-foot par save on No. 10.  She collected birdies on No. 3 and No. 9 on the entrance 9, whereas ending with a 74.  Heflin collected 15 pars within the second spherical and completed with a 76.  
•    Chen opened the morning with an even-par rating by 14 holes, earlier than dropping a few photographs on the best way in to complete with a 74.  In spherical two, Chen parred the primary 9 holes and was 4-over-par over the ultimate 9.
•    Freshman Andie Smith had rounds of 77 and 76 for a 36-hole rating of 153, which is tied for 57.  She was restricted to just one birdie on the day.  
•    As a group, Duke is eighth total with rounds of 293 and 295 for a 588.  Wake Forest leads the sector with a 563.  
•    Rachel Kuehn of Wake Forest leads the person motion with a 10-under, 134.  

Notes
•    Phoebe Brinker missed solely 4 fairways out of a doable 28 on the day.  
•    Brinker collected her team-best twelfth and thirteenth rounds of even or below par on Saturday.
•    Erica Shepherd posted her tenth spherical of even or below par.  
•    As a group, Duke shot 5-under on par-5 holes, which ranked tied for third total.
•    The Blue Devils posted 125 pars, which was the second-most on Saturday.
•    Duke completed the primary 36 holes with 19 birdies.  
•    Rylie Heflin’s 27 pars ranked tied for fifth.

Up Subsequent
Duke will open Sunday’s ultimate spherical with a shotgun begin at 9 a.m., on holes 8-11 together with Oklahoma State and Alabama.

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Duke Outcomes
T10 T9 Phoebe Brinker  Duke  71  71       142  -2
T28 T22 Erica Shepherd  Duke  74  72       146  +2
T28 T44 Rylie Heflin  Duke  74  76       150  +6
T28 T44 Anne Chen  Duke  74  76       150  +6
T52 T57 Andie Smith  Duke  77  76       153  +9

1 2 Group Scores
1  1 Wake Forest 279  284       563  -13
3  2 Augusta 286  288       574  -2
4  3 Florida State 288  287       575  -1
T5  T4 Ole Miss 291  286       577  +1
2  T4 Florida 280  297       577  +1
T5  6 South Florida 291  292       583  +7
8  7 Oklahoma State 296  289       585  +9
7  8 Duke 293  295       588  +12
13  9 Alabama 310  281       591  +15
T9  10 Minnesota, U. of 302  291       593  +17
T9  11 Furman 302  297       599  +23
11  12 Georgia Southern 304  297       601  +25
12  13 Virginia Tech 309  295       604  +28
14  14 Coastal Carolina 315  303       618  +42

Begin End Participant Group Scores
T1 1 Rachel Kuehn  Wake Forest  68  66       134  -10
T10 2 Charlotte Heath  Florida State  71  66       137  -7
T5 T3 Chiara Tamburlini  Ole Miss  69  70       139  -5
T16 T3 Daniela Burgos *  Augusta  72  67       139  -5
T1 5 Jackie Lucena  Florida  68  72       140  -4
9 T6 Annabell Fuller  Florida  70  71       141  -3
T10 T6 Maddison Hinson-Tolchard  Oklahoma State  71  70       141  -3
T1 T6 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra  Wake Forest  68  73       141  -3
T10 T9 Phoebe Brinker  Duke  71  71       142  -2
T5 T9 Kennedy Carroll  Augusta  69  73       142  -2
T10 T9 Melanie Inexperienced  South Florida  71  71       142  -2
T5 T12 Alice Hodge  Florida State  69  75       144  E
T36 T12 Juliana Camargo  South Florida  75  69       144  E
T22 T14 Lauren Walsh  Wake Forest  73  72       145  +1
T16 T14 Isabella McCauley  Minnesota, U. of  72  73       145  +1
T16 T14 Haley Yerxa  Georgia Southern  72  73       145  +1
T36 T14 Religion Johnson  Furman  75  70       145  +1
T52 T14 Sarah Edwards  Alabama  77  68       145  +1
T16 T14 Emilia Migliaccio  Wake Forest  72  73       145  +1
T28 T14 Natacha Host Husted  Ole Miss  74  71       145  +1
T22 T14 Mirabel Ting  Augusta  73  72       145  +1
T36 T22 Thitaporn Saithip  Oklahoma State  75  71       146  +2
T46 T22 Chiara Sola  Augusta  76  70       146  +2
T22 T22 Chloe Johnson  Furman  73  73       146  +2
T16 T22 Lauren Heinlein  South Florida  72  74       146  +2
T22 T22 Amelia Williamson  Florida State  73  73       146  +2
T28 T22 Erica Shepherd  Duke  74  72       146  +2
T5 T22 Napabhach Boon-In  Augusta  69  77       146  +2
T10 T22 Mimi Rhodes  Wake Forest  71  75       146  +2
T1 T30 Maisie Filler  Florida  68  79       147  +3
T28 T30 Benedetta Moresco  Alabama  74  73       147  +3
T52 T30 Morgan Ketchum  Virginia Tech  77  70       147  +3
T46 T30 Mariana Mesones  Minnesota, U. of  76  71       147  +3
T46 T34 Nicole Gal  Ole Miss  76  72       148  +4
T36 T34 Elle Johnson  Ole Miss  75  73       148  +4
T36 T34 Kaylah Williams  Florida State  75  73       148  +4
T36 T34 Victoria Zheng  Augusta  75  73       148  +4
T28 T38 Taylor Roberts  Florida  74  75       149  +5
T64 T38 Kynadie Adams  Alabama  79  70       149  +5
T10 T38 Taylor Kehoe *  Alabama  71  78       149  +5
T60 T38 Hailey Jones  Oklahoma State  78  71       149  +5
T36 T38 Abby Newton  Georgia Southern  75  74       149  +5
T16 T38 Clemence Martin  Oklahoma State  72  77       149  +5
T28 T44 Anne Chen  Duke  74  76       150  +6
T69 T44 Emilie Overas  Alabama  80  70       150  +6
T28 T44 Rylie Heflin  Duke  74  76       150  +6
T36 T44 Ginnie Lee  Virginia Tech  75  75       150  +6
T36 T44 Sara Sarrion  Coastal Carolina  75  75       150  +6
T36 T49 Karoline Tuttle *  Florida  75  76       151  +7
T52 T49 Luisa Gibson  Coastal Carolina  77  74       151  +7
T22 T49 Andrea Lignell  Ole Miss  73  78       151  +7
T69 T49 Emma Carpenter  Minnesota, U. of  80  71       151  +7
T46 T53 Anna Morgan  Furman  76  76       152  +8
T28 T53 Katherine Cook dinner *  Florida State  74  78       152  +8
T46 T53 Lottie Woad  Florida State  76  76       152  +8
T52 T53 Symone Henriques  Virginia Tech  77  75       152  +8
T28 T57 Leah Herzog  Minnesota, U. of  74  79       153  +9
T52 T57 Andie Smith  Duke  77  76       153  +9
T52 T57 Ellen Hume *  Ole Miss  77  76       153  +9
T22 T57 Leonor Medeiros  South Florida  73  80       153  +9
T52 T61 Anne-Sterre Den Dunnen *  Wake Forest  77  77       154  +10
T64 T61 Taylor Oberparleiter  Georgia Southern  79  75       154  +10
T69 T63 Regina Plascencia  Georgia Southern  80  75       155  +11
T69 T63 Becca DiNunzio  Virginia Tech  80  75       155  +11
T69 T65 Grace Curran  Minnesota, U. of  80  76       156  +12
T46 T65 Marina Escobar Domingo  Florida  76  80       156  +12
T60 T65 Han-Hsuan Yu  Oklahoma State  78  78       156  +12
T60 T65 Karlee Vardas  Georgia Southern  78  78       156  +12
T52 T65 Clare Gimpel  Coastal Carolina  77  79       156  +12
T64 T70 Alizee Vidal  South Florida  79  78       157  +13
T64 T70 Caroline Crumrine  Furman  79  78       157  +13
T60 72 Liza Lapeyre  Furman  78  80       158  +14
T76 T73 Maika Llarena Cervantes  Coastal Carolina  86  75       161  +17
75 T73 Petra Duran *  Augusta  83  78       161  +17
T76 75 Isabella van der Biest  Alabama  86  76       162  +18
T64 76 Symran Shah *  Virginia Tech  79  86       165  +21
74 77 Alyssa Montgomery  Virginia Tech  82  84       166  +22
78 78 Isabella Galla  Coastal Carolina  87  82       169  +25