Duke University remain tied third after two rounds

From Duke Coach, Jack Winters

Live Scoring

February 13, 2017

PALOS VERDES, California – For the second straight day, the Duke University women's golf team carded a three-over-par 287 in the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and enters the final round in third place at the 6,017-yard, par 71 Palos Verdes Golf Club.

Florida turned in a 12-under-par 275 to claim the overall lead with a three-under-par 565. Southern California (567), Duke (574), Arizona State (575), UNLV (578), UCLA (579), Alabama (580), Northwestern (585), San Diego State (585), California (588) and Arizona (588) rounded out the top 11 teams.

At one point on the afternoon, the Blue Devils were only two shots behind Florida, but Duke dropped five shots over the final three holes as winds started picking up and temperatures fell. Duke made the turn at even par as Leona Maguire and Virginia Elena Carta held a two-under-par ledger each.

Maguire, who was tied for the individual lead after day one with a three-under-par ledger, went on to sign for an even-par 71, in the second round and is tied third with a three-under-par 139. A product of Cavan, Ireland, Maguire trails Kelly Grassel of Florida (137) and Robynn Ree of Southern California (138) with 18 holes remaining.

Looking for her first win of the 2016-17 campaign, Maguire opened with birdies on No. 5, No. 7 and No. 9 on her way to making the turn with a two-under-par, 33. After five straight pars to open the back nine, Maguire finished with bogeys on No. 15 and No. 17 along with pars to finish with a 71.

After shooting an 82 in round one, junior Lisa Maguire collected two birdies and had an 80 Monday. She is 86th overall with a 162.

The final round will feature a shotgun start beginning at 11:30 a.m. Fans can follow the action via live scoring at www.GolfStat.com.

Duke Results
T1 T3 Leona Maguire Duke 68 71 139 -3
T12 T8 Ana Belac Duke 71 71 142 E
T20 T8 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 73 69 142 E
T43 T65 Gurbani Singh Duke 75 76 151 +9
T86 86 Lisa Maguire Duke 82 80 162 +20

1 2 Team Scores
4 1 Florida 290 275 565 -3
2 2 Southern California 285 282 567 -1
3 3 Duke 287 287 574 +6
T6 4 Arizona State 293 282 575 +7
5 5 UNLV 292 286 578 +10
1 6 UCLA 280 299 579 +11
8 7 Alabama 296 284 580 +12
14 T8 Northwestern 302 283 585 +17
13 T8 San Diego State 301 284 585 +17
T9 T10 California 297 291 588 +20
T6 T10 Arizona 293 295 588 +20
T9 T12 Oklahoma State 297 293 590 +22
12 T12 Ohio State 299 291 590 +22
11 T12 Tennessee 298 292 590 +22
15 15 Washington 306 296 602 +34

Leading Scores
T3 1 Kelly Grassel * Florida 69 68 137 -5
T1 2 Robynn Ree Southern California 68 70 138 -4
T15 T3 Lauren Stephenson Alabama 72 67 139 -3
T1 T3 Leona Maguire Duke 68 71 139 -3
T7 T3 Maria Torres Florida 70 69 139 -3
T15 T6 Mackenzie Raim UNLV 72 68 140 -2
T12 T6 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 71 69 140 -2
T20 T8 Linnea Strom Arizona State 73 69 142 E
T15 T8 Bethany Wu UCLA 72 70 142 E
T20 T8 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 73 69 142 E
T34 T8 Karolina Vlckova Florida 74 68 142 E
T56 T8 Sirene Blair San Diego State 76 66 142 E
T7 T8 Victoria Morgan Southern California 70 72 142 E
T12 T8 Ana Belac Duke 71 71 142 E