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Evans Finishes in Second; Duke Posts Third-Place Finish
3/18/2025 5:13:00 PM | Men's Golf
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Duke men's golf secured a third-place finish at the General James Hackler Championship on Tuesday, March 18. The Blue Devils ended the event with a 9-under, 279, en route to a 14-under, 850, across the three rounds. Ethan Evans posted yet another under-par round, shooting a 2-under, 70, and finished in second place overall, at 11-under, 205.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- All five Blue Devils finished at even-par or better in the final round.
- Bryan Kim paced Duke with a 3-under, 69, on Tuesday. The sophomore got into red figures with a birdie on the par-5 fourth and poured in three more front-nine birdies, on holes No. 6, 8 and 9. A dropped shot on No. 11 was erased with a birdie on the par-5 13th, before a single remaining bogey, on No. 17, ended Kim's round at 3-under. Kim ended the event with an under-par round on all three days, finishing in a tie for ninth place at 5-under, 211.Â
- The trio of Ethan Evans, William Love and Luke Sample each signed for a 2-under, 70.
- Evans played the front-nine at 2-under, with seven pars and two birdies, on No. 3 and No. 6. Back-to-back bogeys, on holes No. 13 and 14, were immediately erased with back-to-back birdies across the next two holes, the par-5 15th and par-4 16th. Evans' third straight day in red figures helped the junior finish in second place overall, at 11-under, 205.Â
- Love began his day with consecutive bogeys but got back to even-par with an eagle on the par-5 fourth. A birdie on No. 7 moved the junior to 1-under, which remained the case as he moved to the back-nine. Love took advantage of both back-nine par-5's, rolling in a birdie on No. 13 and then his second eagle of the round on No. 15, while dropping shots on No. 10 and 18 to play the back-nine at 1-under. Love finished in a tie for 28th overall, at 1-over, 217.Â
- Sample started his round with a bogey on No. 2, but played the remainder of his round bogey-free, while adding three birdies. His first birdie came on No. 4 and he then played the back-nine at 2-under, with birdies on No. 11 and No. 16. The senior's best round of the weekend helped move Sample into a tie for 66th at 10-over, 226.Â
- Kelly Chinn capped off Duke's lineup with an even-par, 72, on Tuesday. The senior began the round with two bogeys across the first three holes, but bounced back with three birdies across his next five holes. A dropped shot on No. 9 sent Chinn to the back-nine at even-par, where he matched Love's effort on the par-5's, with a birdie on No. 13 and an eagle on No. 15, while scattering three bogeys across the final nine holes. Chinn tied for 38th overall at 3-over, 219, for the tournament.Â
- Duke has finished under-par in five of its last seven rounds as a team.Â
- The Blue Devils have finished inside the top three in four of their last five tournaments.Â
- Both Ethan Evans and Bryan Kim finished under-par in all three rounds of the tournament. Evans has now accomplished the feat twice this season and five times in his career, while Kim did so for the first time this season and the second time in his career.
- Duke rolled in 56 birdies, third-most in the event by any team.
- The Blue Devils posted five eagles, trailing only Baylor (six), for the most by any team.Â
- Ethan Evans shot 4-under on par-4's, tied for the lowest score by an individual on those holes.Â
- Evans tallied 16 birdies, tied for the most by an individual in the tournament.Â
- Evans was one of just nine individuals to shot under-par on the par-3's.Â
- Both Kelly Chinn and William Love shot 10-under on par-5's, tied for the second-lowest score on those holes by any individual.
- Chinn finished the event with two eagles, marking the first time he rolled in multiple eagles in an event since the Georgetown Intercollegiate during the 2022-23 season.Â
- The senior now has four eagles this season, doubling his previous season high of two, which he set during his sophomore and junior seasons.
- Love also registered two eagles during the tournament and has now accomplished the feat at least once in each of his three seasons as a Blue Devil.
- Duke returns to action in the Valspar Intercollegiate Invitational, played on March 24-25, at the Floridian Golf Club in Palm City, Fla.
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