Scotland's Rachael Taylor ties for 14th place

Leona Maguire finishes T10 in ACC 

Championship

DUKE UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE
By Jack Winters
GREENSBORO, North Carolina  – Duke University sophomore Leona Maguire and freshman Virginia Elena Carta turned in top 10 finishes at the 2016 ACC Championship Sunday as the Blue Devils placed third overall as a team at the 6,089-yard, par 72 Sedgefield Country Club.
For the second straight year, Virginia cruised to the ACC Championship with a 54-hole aggregate of nine-under-par, 855, winning by 11 strokes from runners-up Wake Forest (866).  Duke's Blue Devils finished third with an 883.
North Carolina (884), NC State (886), Clemson (894), Louisville (898), Miami (899), Florida State (901), Notre Dame (904), Boston College (923) and Virginia Tech (952) rounded out the field for the three days.
Lauren Coughlin (Virginia) to win the individual honours with  a nine-under-par total of 207. Wake Forest’s Sierra Sims (209) and Jennifer Kupcho (209) were tied second.  Only four golfers finished the weekend at under-par with Lauren Diaz-Yi of Virginia the other with a 214. 

Leona Maguire continued to struggle on the opening nine holes as she made the turn Sunday at three-over  38.  She notched a bogey on the opening hole and double-bogey on No. 5, before closing the nine with four consecutive pars.  

Maguire, the 2015 ACC Individual Champion, registered her first birdie of the day on the par five 10th and got back to even par as she chipped in for eagle on the 445-yard, par five 15th.

 It was the only eagle on No. 15 on the day.  She got into trouble in the greenside bunker on No. 18 and went on to close with a double-bogey.  For the day, Maguire finished with a two-over 74.
“Her game was off,” commented coach Brooks on Maguire.  “She wasn’t at her best."
After playing solid over the first two days with rounds of 76 and 74, Leona Maguire's twin sister, sophomore Lisa, had a rough day, turning in a 12-over, 84.  Lisa tied 48th with 234.  She closed strongly with birdies on 14 and 16 to play her final five holes at one-under-par.  Maguire’s 10 birdies over the three days of play ranked tied sixth for the weekend.

Scotland's Rachael Taylor (North Carolina State) tied for 14th place on 221
LEADING INDIVIDUAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) 

1 Lauren Coughlin (Virginia) 66 71 70 207 

T2 Sierra Sims (Wake Forest) 76 66 67 209 

T2 Jennifer Kupcho (Wake Forest) 66 74 69 209 

4 Lauren Diaz-Yi (Virginia) 71 70 73 214 

T5 Naomi Ko (North Carolina State) 71 75 70 216

T5 Leslie Cloots (North Carolina) 75 73 68 216 

T5 Anna Redding (Virginia) 72 75 69 216

8 Daniela Darquea (Miami) 71 74 72 217
9 Talia Campbell (Notre Dame) 76 70 72 218  

T10 Kelly Whaley (North Carolina) 74 74 71 219

T10 Virginia Elena Carta (Duke) 74 73 72 219

T10 Leona Maguire (Duke) 70 75 74 219 

SELECTED TOTALS  

T14 Rachael Taylor (North Carolina State) 75 71 75 221
T19 Alice Hewson (Clemson) 77 73 73 223
T37 India Clyburn (North Carolina State) 75 78 75 228  

40 Celine Boutier Duke 81 75 73 229
T41 Elizabeth Mallett North Carolina 73 76 81 230  

T48 Lisa Maguire Duke 76 74 84 234