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ALPHARETTA, Ga. – The Duke men’s golf team turned in a 6-under, 282, on Saturday at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate and remains steady in third place. The Blue Devils’ effort was led by Ethan Evans, who carded his second-straight round in the 60s with a 3-under, 69, in the second round.
HOW IT HAPPENED: ROUND TWO
- As a team, Duke shot a 6-under, 282, in the second round to remain in third place heading into the final day on Sunday.
- Evans turned in the low round of the day, carding a 3-under, 69, and sits second in the individual standings with an 8-under, 136. He started the day with a bogey on No. 2, but the junior recovered with his first birdie of the day, two holes later, on No. 4. Two additional birdies, on holes No. 7 and 9, pushed Evans to 2-under at the turn. Evans kept the birdie streak rolling on the par-5 11th, his third in a five-hole stretch, before playing steady golf with four pars over the next four holes. After a dropped shot on No. 16, he bounced back with a birdie on No. 18 to finish the day 3-under for the round.
- Bryan Kim carded a 2-under, 70, on the second day of action. Kim rolled in a birdie on No. 2 to start his morning, but dropped back to even-par on the next hole with a bogey. Kim then played the remainder of the front-nine at 3-under, pouring in birdies on No. 5, No. 8 and No. 9. Three straight pars to start the back-nine was halted with a bogey on No. 13, but the sophomore bounced right back, immediately erasing the blemish with a birdie on the 432-yard, par-4, 14th.
- William Love finished at 2-under, 70, in the second round. The junior played the front-nine at 1-over, after rolling in a birdie on the par-5 first, but stumbling with bogeys on holes No. 3 and 7. Love bounced back though, starting the back-nine with back-to-back birdies on No. 10 and 11 to get back into red figures.
- Kelly Chinn carded a 1-over, 73, on Saturday. The senior worked through a 3-over front-nine, before turning it on after making the turn. Three birdies, with just one dropped shot, highlighted a 2-under effort on the back-nine. Chinn rolled in birdies on holes No. 10, 15 and 18 to help bounce back from his opening nine holes at over-par.
- Luke Sample played his first nine holes at 1-over, with a lone bogey alongside eight pars on the front-nine. A birdie on No. 12 pushed Sample back to even-par, but back-to-back bogeys moved the senior back over-par for the round. A third and final bogey of the back-nine came on No. 16 to finish out his second round with a 74.
NOTES
- Ethan Evans’ 36-hole ledger of 136 is only three shots off the individual leader, Caden Baker, of Charlotte.
- The Blue Devils’ par-5 scoring effort of 18-under continued to help maintain the third-place position in the team standings heading into the final round.
- With his 2-under effort, Bryan Kim has now finished at even-par or better in six of his previous seven rounds.
- Kim enters the final round tied for 10th in the individual standings, joining Evans in second place to pace the Blue Devils. Duke, UCLA and Virginia are the only three schools with multiple players in the top 10.
- Duke (565) is only five strokes off the team leader UCLA (560) with Virginia (561) in second.
UP NEXT
- Duke begins its third round off of hole No. 1, with the first pairing going off at 10:20 a.m. The Blue Devils are slated to play alongside UCLA and Virginia.
- Live scoring is available here.
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