Duke Women's and Men's Golf -- 2021

[DoubleBlue]

Play apparently resumed, and Gina is 1-up through 8.

Gina is 2-up through 9. There's a play-by-play posting at https://twitter.com/PinehurstResort

[chrishoke]

Kim is 2 up after nine

[Tripping William]

3-up through 10.

[Bob Green]

4 up through 11.

[seacap29]

Kim is rolling. Sure glad we got her out of Chapel Hill.

[Tripping William]

Lost the 13th & tied 14. So, 3-up through 14.

[chrishoke]

Two up three to go

[Tripping William]

Two up three to go

And a great match-play stretch at that. 16 is a real wild card. Short’ish par 5 for this event.

[DoubleBlue]

And a great match-play stretch at that. 16 is a real wild card. Short’ish par 5 for this event.

Both birdied 16. Kim now 2-up with 2 to go.

[Tripping William]

They halve/tie 16 with birdies. Gina 2-up with 2 to play. 17 is a long’ish par 3.

[accfanfrom1970]

Gina wins!

[sagegrouse]

Gina Kim wins the North and South Amateur at Pinehurst! She was last to qualify -- seeded 32nd -- beat the medalist and then swept through the field.

[Tripping William]

Gina wins!

3&1. From 32-seed to N&S champ! Golf is so fickle. But this is awesome!

[DoubleBlue]

Gina Kim wins the North and South Amateur at Pinehurst! She was last to qualify -- seeded 32nd -- beat the medalist and then swept through the field.

@PinehurstResort

Gina Kim is the 119th Women's North & South Amateur Champion. Incredible playing.

[Tripping William]

Kim’s approach to 17, setting up the win:


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[nmduke2001]

3&1. From 32-seed to N&S champ! Golf is so fickle. But this is awesome!

Gina is very good in general but her emotional play really lends itself to match play. She often yells to get herself going. In the NCAA Championship she had some of her opponents doing the same thing and that clearly was not their game. It’s fun if you like her, annoying if you don’t. Glad I liked her.

[DoubleBlue]

Gina is very good in general but her emotional play really lends itself to match play. She often yells to get herself going. In the NCAA Championship she had some of her opponents doing the same thing and that clearly was not their game. It’s fun if you like her, annoying if you don’t. Glad I liked her.

A fist pump and a hoot is her usual reaction to a made put.

[Tripping William]

Gina is very good in general but her emotional play really lends itself to match play. She often yells to get herself going. In the NCAA Championship she had some of her opponents doing the same thing and that clearly was not their game. It’s fun if you like her, annoying if you don’t. Glad I liked her.

A fist pump and a hoot is her usual reaction to a made put.

I think I have told this story before, but still.

Earlier this spring, I ended up spectating 18 holes with Rachel Kuehn’s mom. (Rachel plays at Wake & won this event last year. Her brother was in my son’s group at a local junior golf tournament.) It was the weekend of the ACC Tournament over at Sedgfield, and Mom (a golfer herself; she played the 2001 Women’s US Open at Pine Needles while pregnant with Rachel) was keeping close tabs. At one point she said, “Duke is gonna win. We don’t like those Duke girls.” I was proud of myself for holding my tongue. 😂

[Tripping William]

Today’s write-up:

https://www.pinehurst.com/news/duke-...-championship/

[sagegrouse]

Today’s write-up:

https://www.pinehurst.com/news/duke-...-championship/

So what does medal play really mean? Of the sixteen matches in the round of 32, 12 were won by the lower seeded player. The four semifinalists were the players who finished the medal play in these positions -- 15, 21, 30 and 32.

Gina won her five matches 2&1, 19 holes, 19 holes, 6&4, and 3&1. Gina played 88 holes of match play and won 13 more holes than her opponents.