LANDFALL TRADITION TOURNAMENT AT WILMINGTON, N CAROLINA

LEONA MAGUIRE STILL IN GOOD FORM

FOR DUKE UNIVERSITY

NEWS RELEASE FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY
DURHAM, North Carolina – After hovering around the top three of the team leaderboard for most of the first round of the Landfall Tradition, the third-ranked Duke women’s golf team dropped seven shots over the final four holes to close tied 12th at the 6,159-yard, par 72 Country Club of Landfall Dye Course in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Purdue took the opening-day lead with a five-under-par, 283, while Wake Forest (286), Florida (288), UCF (289), Notre Dame (290), Alabama (290), Oklahoma State (290), North Carolina (292), Virginia (292), Tennessee (292), Ohio State (292), Duke (293), Arizona (293) and South Carolina (293) rounding out the top 12 teams.
The Blue Devils had a solid start and made the turn at two-over-par, led by freshman Gurbani Singh’s one-under, 35, to open the day.  Duke had started well on the back nine and was one-under-par through 14 holes as a team, before the Blue Devils dropped seven shots over the final four holes to finish with a 293.
Freshman Leona Maguire continued her hot start to open her collegiate career with an even-par 72, and is tied 21st overall. 
Maguire, who is from Cavan, Ireland, birdied the long sixth, 10th and 14th. She bogeyed the seventh, 11th and 18th.
Leona Maguire hit 16 greens, 14 fairways and had 33 putts on the day.
She has now carded even or under-par rounds in nine of 10 collegiate outings.
South Carolina’s Nanna Madsen took the individual lead on day one with a six-under-par, 66, while UCF’s Ashley Holder is second with a 67.
Playing in her second collegiate tournament, Singh posted a one-over, 73, Friday and is tied 28th overall.  Singh hails from New Delhi, India
The trio of Sandy Choi, Celine Boutier and Lisa Maguire each carded rounds of two-over, 74, and are tied for 36th overall.
Lisa Maguire turned in one birdie, three bogeys and 14 pars. Twin of Leona, Lisa  hit 11 greens, 12 fairways and had a team-best 28 putts

TEAM SCORES
1 Purdue 283 -5
2 Wake Forest 286 -2
3 Florida 288 E
4 UCF 289 +1
T5 Notre Dame 290 +2
T5 Alabama 290 +2
T5 Oklahoma State 290 +2
T8 North Carolina 292 +4
T8 Virginia 292 +4
T8 Tennessee 292 +4
T8 Ohio State 292 +4
T12 Duke 293 +5
T12 Arizona 293 +5
T12 South Carolina 293 +5
15 NC State 301 +13
16 Penn State 308 +20
T17 Michigan State 315 +27
T17 UNC Wilmington 315 +27

INDIVIDUAL SCORES
Par 72
- 1 Nanna Madsen South Carolina 66 -6
- 2 Ashley Holder UCF 67 -5
- T3 Aurora Kan Purdue 68 -4
- T3 A.J. Newell Tennessee 68 -4
- T5 Ashley Armstrong Notre Dame 69 -3
- T5 Elizabeth Szokol Virginia 69 -3
- T5 Sierra Sims Wake Forest 69 -3
- T5 Emma Talley Alabama 69 -3
- T5 Manon Gidali Arizona 69 -3
- T10 Monifa Sealy UCF 70 -2
- T10 Jessica Porvasnik Ohio State 70 -2
- T10 Lakareber Abe Alabama 70 -2
- T10 Maddie McCrary Oklahoma State 70 -2
- T14 Marta Martin Garcia Purdue 71 -1
- T14 Leslie Cloots North Carolina 71 -1
- T14 August Kim Purdue 71 -1
- T14 Maria Torres Florida 71 -1
- T14 Kelly Grassel Florida 71 -1
- T14 Isabella Deilert Oklahoma State 71 -1
- T14 Lindsay McGetrick NC State 71 -1
- T21 Lauren Diaz-Yi Virginia 72 E
- T21 Jordan Ferreira Notre Dame 72 E
- T21 Claudia Lim Ohio State 72 E
- T21 Allison Emrey Wake Forest 72 E
- T21 Marissa Dodd Wake Forest 72 E
- T21 Wanasa Zhou Arizona 72 E
- T21 Leona Maguire Duke 72 E

SELECTED SCORES
- T28 Gurbani Singh Duke 73 +1
- T36 Lisa Maguire Duke 74 +2
- T36 Sandy Choi Duke 74 +2
- T36 Augusta James NC State 74 +2
- T36 Celine Boutier Duke 74 +2
- T53 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 75 +3
- T90 Rachael Taylor NC State 81 +9