DUKE WINS ACC TITLE
By Andrew Yaffe | April 18, 2005Following the women’s lead, the Duke men made history Sunday.
Following the women’s lead, the Duke men made history Sunday.
The Blue Devils hope the only similarity between the 2004 and 2005 ACC Tournaments are the performances of the team’s two leaders.
The last time Duke failed to win an ACC title in women’s golf, Hootie and the Blowfish and TLC topped the Billboard charts. O.J.
One week after finishing in a disappointing tie for 10th place at 70-over par, No. 12 Duke recovered to win the Courtyard Marriott Intercollegiate this weekend in Holly Springs, N.C.
Playing short-handed again, the No.1 Blue Devils blew out the competition at the Bryan National Collegiate to capture their fifth consecutive title at the Browns Summitt, N.C. course.
Coming off a victory at the EZ-Go Invitational March 20, No. 11 Duke expected big things this weekend at the ASU Invitational in Augusta, Ga.
All the men’s golf team could do was post a score and wait, hoping that it would be good enough to win the title at the Ez-Go Invitational Sunday in Statesboro, Ga.
The top-seeded women’s golf team returned to a familiar position last weekend.
After a perfect fall season, the No. 1 Blue Devils have opened the spring with consecutive losses.
The Blue Devils played their best round of the Puerto Rico Classic Tuesday, but it was not enough to help the team climb up the leaderboard.
On the first day of the Puerto Rico Classic, the men’s golf team posted three solid scores but had to put a 78 on the team scorecard, leaving the Blue Devils 14 strokes off the pace.
After two days of strong winds and high scores, the conditions calmed Tuesday in the final round of the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship.
When 38th-ranked junior Nathan Smith reached the 13th tee Monday at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., he was even for the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship.
After the first round of action in the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship, the men’s golf team is in ninth place with a combined score of 6-over-par.
The Duke men’s golf team needed 883 strokes in the NCAA East Regional last May. One swing fewer and the team would have qualified for the NCAA Championships.
Playing without their top golfer, who happens to be the best in the nation, the Blue Devils missed out on a comeback on the West Coast Wednesday and failed to win their first tournament of the year.
As the women’s golf team did in three of its five tournaments during the fall, Duke trails the leader heading into the last day of play.
Without the nation’s top golfer, the Blue Devils opened their spring season in a position to pick up where they left off in the fall.
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