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May 23, 2007

Grzebien's two-under par helps Duke take lead at NCAA Championships

On Wednesday at the 2007 NCAA Women's Golf Championship, the second-ranked Duke Women's Golf Team wasted no time taking over command of the leaderboard as the Blue Devils carded seven birdies over the first five holes and took the lead just an hour and 15 minutes into the morning round. After the day was complete, Duke fired a one-under-par, 287, and held a seven-shot lead with 36 holes remaining at the 6,351-Yard, Par 72 LPGA International Legends Course in Daytona Beach, Fla.

After carding her worst round of the season with an 80 on Tuesday, senior Anna Grzebien was determined to have a better morning on Wednesday.

A product of Narragansett, Grzebien went off first for the Blue Devils on the same nine she was five-over-par on the day before. She started with a par on No. 10 and a bogey on No. 11, but she settled down to play the next six holes at four-under-par with birdies on No. 12, 14, 16 and 17. A bogey on the very tough 18th hole led her to a two-under-par, 34, over her first nine holes.

"Yesterday fired me up," said Grzebien. "This is the tournament where you need to come and play because everyone is prepared to win it. I got off on a good start [today], nothing special, just making pars. I gave myself a bunch of birdie opportunities inside of 12 feet. I made a few, but I left a lot out there. It just felt good to be steady. I had a big number on a hole or two yesterday, so I just told myself to buckle down."

The 2005 NCAA Individual Champion and two-time All-America, Grzebien carded seven pars, a bogey on No. 5 and a birdie on No. 6 during the final stretch to finish with a team-best two-under-par, 70. With a two-day total of 150 she is tied for 23rd. For the day, she hit 15 greens including eight inside 12-15 feet, hit 12 of 14 fairways and had 31 putts. Grzebien posted a two-under-par ledger on holes 10-18 on Wednesday, after going five-over-par to close the round on day one.

--DUKE ATHLETICS

Posted by Corey Bourassa  at 7:26 PM to Golf | Permalink

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