Wang’s Career-Best 68 Helps Blue Devils to Tied Second Finish at Evans Derby Experience
March 25, 2019
DUKE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE
AUBURN, Ala. – Duke sophomore Miranda Wang signed for a career-best, four-under-par, 68, Monday as the top-ranked Blue Devils turned in a tied for second place finish at the Evans Derby Experience in Auburn, Ala.
Wang, a native of Beijing, China, rolled in five birdies, all over her final 12 holes of action. Monday’s final round moved her up to a tie for 19th place, which marked her second top 20 finish of the season and fourth of her career. She notched rounds of 76, 76 and 68 over the three days to post a four-over, 220.
Duke featured a slow start to the final round, which opened with a shotgun start at 9:15 a.m. The Blue Devils had nine bogeys early, but settled down to collect seven birdies over a four-hole stretch to eventually move into a tie for first with Texas. Both Duke and Texas would drop shots on the way in to pave the way for Florida State to take the team title with a six-over, 870, at the 6,250-yard, par 72 Saugahatchee Country Club.
The Blue Devils registered rounds of 293, 289 and 292 for a 10-over, 874, to tie for second with Texas (874) and Arkansas (874). Florida (880), Kent State (885), Auburn (889), South Carolina (893), Baylor (893), Mississippi State (901) and Ole Miss (901) closed out the top 10 teams. Kent State’s Karoline Stormo notched the individual title with a three-under, 213.
Wang opened her final round on hole No. 4 and after parring her first two holes she suffered her lone bogey of the day on the 381-yard, par four sixth hole. She then struck fire collecting her first birdie on the 505-yard, par five 10th. Wang hit her second shot close to the green and then chipped to a foot, followed by sinking the short birdie. She was dialed in and on hole No. 14 she hit her 54-degree wedge from 87 yards to within three feet for birdie. Wang moved to two-under with her third birdie on the par five 15th.
After three straight pars, Wang registered back-to-back birdies on holes No. 1 and No. 2. She once again played the par five perfect and finished with a short birdie on the first hole. Wang then hit her wedge from 116 yards to three feet behind the hole on the 378-yard, par four second hole, before rolling in her season-best fifth birdie of the day. She hit 12 fairways, a career-best 16 greens and had 30 putts on the day.
Senior Virginia Elena Carta opened her round on No. 2 and held a three-over-par score heading to hole No. 10. Carta, who is from Udine, Italy, was able to roll in birdie putts on No. 10 and No. 11 to get to one-over-par. She would connect on another birdie on No. 17, but had bogeys on No. 18 and No. 1 to finish the day with a 74. She tied for 25th with a five-over, 221. Carta hit 11 fairways, 12 greens and had 33 putts in the final round.
Entering the final round one shot of the individual lead, freshman Gina Kim was back-and-forth over her first 13 holes with three birdies, four bogeys and six pars to hold a one-over ledger. Kim, who hails from Chapel Hill, N.C., struggled on the way in with a six-over-par score on her final five holes to finish with a career-worst, 79. She tied for 27th with a six-over, 222.
After carding rounds of 74 and 69 the first two days, junior Ana Belac had a 77 Monday on her way to placing tied 19th with a four-over, 220. She birdied two par fives, No. 8 and No. 15, in her final round. A product of Portoroz, Slovenia, Belac had 11 greens, 11 fairways and rolled 32 putts. Belac led the field with a six-under-par ledger on par fives.
Jaravee Boonchant finished the Evans Derby Experience strong with a one-over-par, 73, as she would go on to place tied for 30th with a 223. Boonchant, who is from Bangkok, Thailand, was two-under-par over her final nine holes Monday with birdies on No. 12 and No. 14.
Sophomore Hannah O’Sullivan closed the tournament with a final round 90.
Duke featured all five golfers in the top 30 of the individual leaderboard, but did not have a golfer finish in top 10 for the first time this season. The Blue Devils led the field with a 4.78 average score on par fives for the week and was 13-under-par. Duke also led the tournament with 42 birdies.
Both Wang and O’Sullivan will next compete in the Bryan National Collegiate March 29-31 as individuals in Greensboro, N.C. Belac, Boonchant, Carta and Kim along with Duke incoming freshman Erica Shepherd will next see action in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur April 3-6 in Augusta, Ga.
As a team, Duke will then compete in the ACC Championship April 18-20 in Greensboro, N.C.
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Duke Results
T48 T19 Miranda Wang Duke 76 76 68 220 +4
T3 T19 Ana Belac Duke 74 69 77 220 +4
T19 T25 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 74 73 74 221 +5
T3 T27 Gina Kim Duke 72 71 79 222 +6
T31 T30 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 73 77 73 223 +7
86 86 Hannah O'Sullivan * Duke 88 91 90 269 +53
1 2 3 Team Scores
T6 4 1 Florida State 293 292 285 870 +6
T6 2 T2 Duke 293 289 292 874 +10
T3 1 T2 Texas, University of 290 289 295 874 +10
1 3 T2 Arkansas 285 299 290 874 +10
2 6 5 Florida 288 304 288 880 +16
5 5 6 Kent State 292 298 295 885 +21
T3 7 7 Auburn 290 303 296 889 +25
T9 T9 T8 South Carolina 296 302 295 893 +29
T9 8 T8 Baylor 296 298 299 893 +29
8 T9 T10 Mississippi St. U. 294 304 303 901 +37
T13 T11 T10 Ole Miss 305 296 300 901 +37
T13 T11 12 Clemson 305 296 304 905 +41
11 14 13 Alabama 301 313 293 907 +43
12 13 14 Louisville 302 306 304 912 +48
Start Finish Player Team Scores
T3 1 Karoline Stormo Kent State 74 69 70 213 -3
18 2 Maria Fassi Arkansas 70 76 68 214 -2
T3 T3 Julie McCarthy Auburn 72 71 72 215 -1
T1 T3 Clara Manzalini Florida 68 74 73 215 -1
T3 T3 Beatrice Wallin Florida State 72 71 72 215 -1
T12 T3 Frida Kinhult Florida State 75 70 70 215 -1
T1 7 Kaitlyn Papp Texas, University of 72 70 74 216 E
T8 T8 Gurleen Kaur Baylor 68 76 73 217 +1
T19 T8 Maria Vesga Baylor 73 74 70 217 +1
T12 T10 Kenzie Wright Alabama 73 72 73 218 +2
T8 T10 Julia Johnson Ole Miss 72 72 74 218 +2
T12 T12 Sara Kouskova Texas, University of 74 71 74 219 +3
T8 T12 Agathe Laisne Texas, University of 70 74 75 219 +3
T25 T12 Jiwon Jeon Alabama 72 76 71 219 +3
T12 T12 Kaylee Benton Arkansas 72 73 74 219 +3
T31 T12 Amanda Doherty Florida State 75 75 69 219 +3
T25 T12 Elin Esborn Florida 73 75 71 219 +3
T12 T12 Margot Bechadergue * Louisville 74 71 74 219 +3
T19 T19 Lauren Hartlage Louisville 71 76 73 220 +4
T8 T19 Ela Grimwood Mississippi St. U. 70 74 76 220 +4
T48 T19 Miranda Wang Duke 76 76 68 220 +4
T3 T19 Ana Belac Duke 74 69 77 220 +4
T25 T19 Hailee Cooper Texas, University of 74 74 72 220 +4
T12 T19 Emily Price South Carolina 74 71 75 220 +4
T19 T25 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 74 73 74 221 +5
T42 T25 Sierra Brooks Florida 73 78 70 221 +5
T3 T27 Gina Kim Duke 72 71 79 222 +6
T29 T27 Pimnipa Panthong Kent State 72 77 73 222 +6
T19 T27 Aubree Jones Mississippi St. U. 73 74 75 222 +6
T29 T30 Alice Hewson Clemson 73 76 74 223 +7
T31 T30 Jaravee Boonchant Duke 73 77 73 223 +7
T31 T30 Ximena Gonzalez Arkansas 73 77 73 223 +7
T25 T30 Elena Hualde Auburn 73 75 75 223 +7
T48 T30 Lois Kaye Go South Carolina 74 78 71 223 +7
T31 T35 Maddie Luitwieler * Texas, University of 72 78 74 224 +8
T31 T35 Brooke Sansom Auburn 69 81 74 224 +8
T19 T35 Dylan Kim Arkansas 70 77 77 224 +8
T42 T38 Chandler Rosholt * Auburn 75 76 74 225 +9
T19 T38 Puk Lyng Thomsen Florida State 71 76 78 225 +9
T31 40 Thitapa Pakdeesettak Kent State 74 76 76 226 +10
T48 41 Mychael O'Berry Auburn 76 76 75 227 +11
T42 T42 Erica Chiang Baylor 76 75 77 228 +12
T31 T42 Ivy Shepherd Clemson 76 74 78 228 +12
T52 T42 Ana Paula Valdes Clemson 78 75 75 228 +12
T60 T42 Blair Stockett Mississippi St. U. 74 80 74 228 +12
T31 T42 Marion Veysseyre South Carolina 72 78 78 228 +12
T72 T42 Anita Uwadia South Carolina 77 80 71 228 +12
T42 T48 Ana Pelaez South Carolina 76 75 78 229 +13
T52 T48 Macy Somoskey Ole Miss 80 73 76 229 +13
T65 T48 Kie Purdom * Ole Miss 79 76 74 229 +13
T52 T48 Michaela Finn Kent State 72 81 76 229 +13
T31 T48 Julia Goodson * Kent State 79 71 79 229 +13
T60 T48 Amelia McKee * Baylor 75 79 75 229 +13
75 T48 Angelica Moresco Alabama 75 83 71 229 +13
T31 T48 Julia Dean * Arkansas 75 75 79 229 +13
T70 T56 Amelia Williamson Florida State 76 80 74 230 +14
T65 T56 Lauren Thibodeau Louisville 75 80 75 230 +14
T52 T56 Ellen Hutchinson-Kay Ole Miss 78 75 77 230 +14
T65 T56 Kennedy Swann Ole Miss 75 80 75 230 +14
T65 T60 Mairead Martin Louisville 80 75 76 231 +15
T52 T60 Hannah Levi Mississippi St. U. 77 76 78 231 +15
T42 T60 Addison Baggarly Florida 74 77 80 231 +15
T60 T60 Chloe Salort Kent State 78 76 77 231 +15
T70 T60 Maria Hoyos Arkansas 83 73 75 231 +15
T60 T60 Alexandra Swayne Clemson 80 74 77 231 +15
T42 T60 Gracyn Burgess Clemson 78 73 80 231 +15
T52 T67 Emma Bradley Baylor 80 73 79 232 +16
T31 T67 Pi-Lillebi Hermansson * Ole Miss 79 71 82 232 +16
T48 T67 Olivia Cason Louisville 77 75 80 232 +16
T65 70 Emilee Hoffman Texas, University of 81 74 78 233 +17
T76 T71 Conner Beth Ball Ole Miss 83 76 75 234 +18
T52 T71 Callista Rice * Clemson 74 79 81 234 +18
T60 T71 Kayley Marschke * Auburn 77 77 80 234 +18
T52 T74 Clara Moyano * Mississippi St. U. 77 76 82 235 +19
T72 T74 Caroline Hodge * Florida State 78 79 78 235 +19
T72 T74 Jenny Kim * Florida 79 78 78 235 +19
80 77 Anika Bolcikova * Auburn 80 81 76 237 +21
T78 78 Katie Holt Mississippi St. U. 80 80 78 238 +22
81 79 Kaleigh Telfer Auburn 82 81 76 239 +23
T82 80 Anna Reid Alabama 82 82 78 242 +26
T76 81 Diane Baillieux Baylor 79 80 84 243 +27
T78 82 Carolina Caminoli * Alabama 80 80 85 245 +29
T82 83 Gaby Amos * South Carolina 80 84 85 249 +33
T82 84 Linda Trockel Louisville 79 85 86 250 +34
85 85 Mary Mac Trammell Alabama 81 84 87 252 +36
86 86 Hannah O'Sullivan * Duke 88 91 90 269 +53
87 - Marta Perez SanMartin Florida 77 D 74 - -
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