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Blue Devils, Maguire Place Second at Gator Invitational

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Blue Devils, Maguire Place Second at Gator Invitational

March 12, 2017

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the second straight tournament, the Duke women's golf team turned in a second place finish as the Blue Devils carded a 15-over-par, 855, to finish eight strokes behind host Florida at the Gator Invitational, which was being played at the 6,002-yard, par 70 Mark Bostick Golf Course in Gainesville, Fla.

Florida fired a three-day ledger of 847, which was seven-over-par to win its own tournament. The Blue Devils registered rounds of 289, 283 and 283 to finish with an 855. Rounding out the top 10 teams were UCF (863), Campbell (882), Clemson (884), Maryland (889), FIU (890), South Florida (897), Virginia Tech (899) and Troy (901).

After holding a one stroke lead with 18 holes remaining, junior Leona Maguire finished second overall, after Florida's Maria Torres carded a four-under-par, 66, in the final round to claim medalist honors. Maguire, who hails from Cavan, Ireland, notched a one-under-par, 69, in the final round and finished two shots off the lead with rounds of 71, 67 and 69 for a three-under, 207. It marked her fifth top five placement of the season.

Maguire opened her day with three straight pars, before suffering her only bogey of the afternoon on the 400-yard, par four fourth hole. She came back to roll in a birdie on No. 6 and No. 12 to play her final 14 holes at two-under-par to finish with a 69. Maguire's 44 pars led the field over the 54 holes.

Playing as an individual, Lisa Maguire tied for 69th with rounds of 77, 76 and 82.

Duke will next compete in the LSU Tiger Golf Classic March 24-26 in Baton Rouge, La.

Duke Results
1 2 Leona Maguire Duke 71 67 69 207 -3
T4 T7 Gurbani Singh Duke 73 69 73 215 +5
T12 T11 Sandy Choi Duke 73 73 71 217 +7
T21 T14 Ana Belac Duke 72 76 70 218 +8
T38 T27 Virginia Elena Carta Duke 77 74 73 224 +14
T51 T69 Lisa Maguire * Duke 77 76 82 235 +25

Team Scores
1 1 1 Florida 285 280 282 847 +7
2 2 2 Duke 289 283 283 855 +15
T4 3 3 UCF 295 284 284 863 +23
3 4 4 Campbell 293 296 293 882 +42
10 7 5 Clemson 304 293 287 884 +44
6 5 6 Maryland 297 293 299 889 +49
7 6 7 Florida International 299 296 295 890 +50
T11 9 8 South Florida 307 294 296 897 +57
T4 8 9 Virginia Tech 295 304 300 899 +59
T8 10 10 Troy 303 302 296 901 +61
T11 12 11 Wisconsin 307 302 293 902 +62
T8 13 12 Mercer University 303 309 297 909 +69
13 11 13 Kansas, Univ. of 309 299 311 919 +79

Top Individual scores
2 1 Maria Torres Florida 71 68 66 205 -5
1 2 Leona Maguire Duke 71 67 69 207 -3
T9 3 Karolina Vlckova * Florida 70 74 67 211 +1
T7 T4 Ashley Holder UCF 73 70 70 213 +3
T4 T4 Marta Perez SanMartin Florida 72 70 71 213 +3
T4 6 Maria Balcazar UCF 72 70 72 214 +4
T9 T7 Camila Serrano Florida International 72 72 71 215 +5
T4 T7 Gurbani Singh Duke 73 69 73 215 +5
3 T9 Taylor Tomlinson Florida 71 70 75 216 +6
T21 T9 Johanna Larsson UCF 78 70 68 216 +6

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