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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Duke, behind individual co-champs Carta, Kim, captures team crown at The Landfall Tradition


   Two-time reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion Duke, No. 5 in the first Golfstat rankings I’ve seen this fall, fired a solid 3-under-par 285 in Sunday’s final round to repeat as the champion of The Landfall Tradition at the Country Club of Landfall’s Dye Course in Wilmington, N.C.
   Last year’s Landfall was shortened to two rounds by rain. This year’s Landfall saw a suspension of Friday’s opening round. The completion of Round 1 and Round 2 were played in chilly, raw conditions Saturday, although I’ll bet it was a little warmer than it was at Stonewall’s North Course for the second round of the Fall Scramble. Not much warmer, but a little.
   It was tough conditions on a tough golf course, the 6,166-yard, par-72 Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall which had also taken a bit of a hit from Hurricane Florence. It was the kind of weekend that can reveal toughness and when it comes to women’s college golf, Duke is right up there when it comes to toughing it out.
   The Blue Devils, led by individual co-champions, Virginia Elena Carta, a senior from Italy, and Gina Kim, a freshman from Chapel Hill, N.C., had taken the lead with an opening round of 9-over 297. They fell back into fourth with a second straight 297 before posting one of just two under-par team rounds for the weekend in Sunday’s final round for a 15-over 879 total.
   No. 17 South Carolina snuck past its Southeast Conference rival Arkansas to take second at 17-over 881, two shots behind Duke and one ahead of the No. 8 Razorbacks after a final round of 2-over 290. Reigning SEC champion Arkansas, which had surged into the lead on the strength of the other under-par round of the weekend, a 3-under 285 in the second round, finished up with a 9-over 297 for an 18-over 882 total.
   It was another 10 shots back to Duke’s ACC rival Virginia, which is No. 2 in the Golfstat rankings, in fourth place. The Cavaliers had a final round of 11-over 299 for a 28-over 892 total.
   Michigan seemed to outplay its No. 70 ranking as the Wolverines finished fifth at 32-over 896 after a final round of 297. Another ACC entry, No. 14 Wake Forest, was two shots behind Michigan in sixth at 34-over 898 after the Demon Deacons closed with a 5-over 293.
   No. 56 Maryland out of the Big 10 finished seventh at 40-over 904 after the Terrapins posted a final-round 305. Their Big 10 rival Penn State, ranked 39th, had an encouraging eighth-place finish, a shot behind Maryland at 41-over 905 after a final-round 304. The Nittany Lions completed their opening-round 300 Saturday morning before posting a 301 in the second round later in the day.
   Former Radnor standout Brynn Walker and No. 37 North Carolina shared ninth place with ACC rival North Carolina State, ranked 53rd, at 42-over 906. Walker, a two-time PIAA Class AAA champion at Radnor, had a career-best, 4-under 68 in the second round – looks like it was the low individual round of the tournament – to spark the Tar Heels to a 298 team total and they finished up with a 301. The Wolfpack had a final-round 306.
   No. 59 Notre Dame finished 17th in the loaded 18-team field with a 931 total after a final-round 310.
   Carta, who captured the NCAA individual title as a freshman in the spring of 2016, was the picture of consistency in the cold-weather-wear fashion show with three straight even-par 72s for an even-par  216 total.
   Her teammate Kim, one of the top recruits in the country last year, fired a final round of 3-under 69 to catch her teammate and share the top spot.
   Miranda Wang, a redshirt sophomore from China, backed up her teammates by finishing among the group tied for 15th at 222 after carding a 1-over 73 in the final round. Jaravee Boonchant, a sophomore from Thailand, struggled through two rounds, but came up big in the final round with a 1-under 71 to join the group tied for 24th at 225.
   Ana Belac, a junior from Slovenia, has had a strong fall, but had a tough weekend, finishing in a tie for 58th at 232 after a final-round 77.
   Competing as an individual for Duke was 2015 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Hannah O’Sullivan, a sophomore from Chandler, Ariz. O’Sullivan’s game is nowhere near the level it once was and she finished tied for 90th at 248 after a final-round 82. Not sure if O’Sullivan can get back to the top 10 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), but there’s certainly a pretty good college player in there somewhere.
   Arkansas’ Dylan Kim, a senior from Waco, Texas, and Kaylee Benton, a senior from Buckeye, Ariz., shared third place, a shot behind Carta and Gina Kim at 1-over 217. Dylan Kim sandwiched a 1 -under 71 with a pair of 1-over 73s while Benton, who reached the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur at the Golf Club of Tennessee last summer, broke 70 with her 3-under 69 in the second round before finishing up with a 1-over 73.
   Absent for Arkansas was reigning Annika Award winner Maria Fassi, a senior from Mexico who is participating in the LPGA’s Q-Series at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C. The Q-Series is a new layer of the LPGA Qualifying School that I haven’t quite figured out yet. Wake Forest was also without Jennifer Kupcho, a senior from Westminster, Colo. who is the reigning NCAA individual champion and No. 1 in the Women’s WAGR, for the same reason.
   South Carolina had three players finish in the top 10, led by Lois Kaye Go, a junior from the Philippines who ended up alone in fifth at 2-over 218 after posting a pair of 1-under 71s in her final two rounds.
   Two other Gamecocks, Emily Price, a freshman from England, and Marion Veysseyre, a senior from France, were among four players who finished tied for sixth at 3-over 219. Price had a final round of 2-under 70 while Veysseyre followed up a 2-under 70 in the second round with a final-round 76.
   Also in the group tied for sixth at 219 were Maryland’s Virunpat Olankitkunchai, a sophomore from Thailand, and Oklahoma State’s Stephanie Astrup, a sophomore from Denmark. Olankitkunchai had the individual lead after rounds of 71 and 70 before backing off with a final-round 78. Astrup matched par in the final round with a 72.
   Rounding out the top 10 was North Carolina’s top player Kelly Whaley, a senior from Farmington, Conn. who matched par in the final round with a 72 to finish alone in 10th at 4-over 220.
    Walker, a junior, had continued what has been a disappointing fall with an opening-round 81. But the real Brynn Walker suddenly appeared in the second round, the one who is completely capable of making seven birdies, including four straight from Nos. 10 through 13, for the first sub-70 round of her college career. Believe me, Walker is much closer to the player who shot 68 than she is to the one who shot 81.
   Walker finished up with a 4-over 76 to end up among the group tied for 24th at 225. Not her best, but certainly an encouraging finish to take into the winter break in the season.
   Jennifer Zhou, a freshman from China, finished in the group tied for 53rd at 231 after a final-round 77 and Mariana Ocano, a junior from St. Petersburg, Fla., ended up in the group tied for 58th at 232 after a final-round 76.
   Rounding out the lineup for North Carolina was Nicole Lu, a freshman from Taiwan who has played some nice golf this fall, but struggled at The Landfall, finishing among the group tied for 86th at 241 after a final-round 80. Ava Bergner, a sophomore from Germany who was last fall’s freshman phenom for the Tar Heels, competed as an individual and finished among the group tied for 73rd at 235 after a final-round 79. A 2-over 74 in the second round hinted that Bergner might be finding her way back to the player she was a year ago.
   Penn State’s leading lady, as she has been throughout the fall for the Nittany Lions, was senior Cara Basso, the former Villa Maria Academy standout and winner of the Women’s Golf Association of Philadelphia Match-Play Championship each of the last two summers. Basso opened with a 1-under 71 before falling back with rounds of 74 and 78 that left her in the group tied for 18th at 7-over 223.
   Sarah Willis, a freshman from Eaton, Ohio, finished in the group tied for 24th at 225 after a final round of 3-over 75. She was joined at figure by teammate Lauren Waller, a senior who was a scholastic standout at Canon-McMillan.
   Waller had three straight 3-over 75s. That also put her in a tie with Walker, to whom she lost in a playoff for the 2014 PIAA Class AAA individual crown.
   Senior Jackie Rogowicz, a two-time District One champion at Pennsbury, finished among the group tied for 58th at 232 after a final-round 76. Rounding out the Penn State lineup was junior Megan McLean, a Voorhees High product who finished among the group tied for 84th at 238 after a final-round 78.
   Notre Dame has played some solid golf this fall, but struggled at The Landfall. The Irish’s leader, Emma Albrecht, a senior from Ormond Beach, Fla., finished in the group tied for 48th at 230 after adding a pair of 77s to her opening-round 76.
   Abby Heck, a sophomore from Memphis, Tenn., finished in the group tied for 66th at 233 after a final-round 78.
   Senior Isabella DiLisio, the 2013 PIAA Class AAA champion as a senior at Mount St. Joseph’s, and Mia Ayer, a junior from Waco, Texas, both landed among the group tied for 68th at 234. After opening with an 80, DiLisio carded a pair of 77s while Ayer finished up with a 78.
   Rounding out the Notre Dame lineup was Claire Albrecht, a freshman from Ormond Beach, Fla. and Emma Albrecht’s younger sister. Claire Albrecht finished alone in 93rd at 255 after a final-round 86. Like I said, tough conditions, tough golf course. Tough times make for tough golfers.




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