The Duke women’s golf team finished 14th at the 2024 NCAA DI Women’s Championship on Monday after the Blue Devils ended the four-day tournament at the Omni La Costa North Course in California with a 32-over team total.
Senior Phoebe Brinker led the way as she finished in a tie for 10th at even-par. The Blue Devil shot a 3-under 69 in the opening round and made 15 birdies for the week, including four during Monday’s final round.
Teeing off on the 10th hole on Monday, she birdied three of her first eight holes to reach 3-under for the tournament. Four bogeys in her next six holes prevented her from competing for a top-five result, but she birdied the seventh to pull back to even for the tournament.
Brinker also finished tied for fifth at the NCAAs back in 2021 as a freshman, and she became the 10th Duke women’s golfer to finish inside of the top 10 at multiple national championship tournaments.
Emma McMyler and Katie Li, who both earned All-ACC nominations for the 2024 season, finished in a tie for 45th and a tie for 70th, respectively.
McMyler stood even-par after two rounds, but a 76-78 finish left her 10-over for the week. After seven birdies in her first two rounds, she made three over the final 36 holes. Li made a par or better on 28 of her closing 36 holes, but a quadruple bogey in the third round and two doubles in the fourth proved too much to overcome.
The high numbers weren’t out of the ordinary at the NCAAs as only nine of the 82 competition individuals finished under par. While he praised Brinker’s finish in a release from the team, Duke head coach Dan Brooks called the North Course one of the hardest the team has ever played.
Anne Chen finished in a tie for 43rd at 9-over, and she and Brinker were the only two Blue Devils to shoot 75 or better in all four rounds. Andie Smith finished in a tie for 72nd at 18-over, and her second-round 72 was tied for the third-best round on the team.