ATLANTA A dominant fall schedule continued for No. 3 Duke on Monday in the stroke-play portion of the East Lake Cup. The Blue Devils shot3-under 285 in the teams first trip to East Lake to take the top seed going into match play.Individual honors went to Oklahoma States Viktor Hovland the defending U.S. Amateur champion with a 4-under 68. The top-ranked Cowboys posted a 1-under 287 to earn the second seed in Tuesday and Wednesdays match-play portion of the tournament.Duke finished with three players in red numbers, and head coach Jamie Green was proud of his deep lineup.They showed us all what theyve been doing all year, Green said. Weve got pretty strong players from top to bottom and they were looking forward to the test today.Senior Alex Smalley and junior Chandler Eaton both posted 69. They were joined by sophomore Adrien Pendaries 71 as the only team with three players under par. Smalley had the opportunity to clinch the top seed in the final group on 18, but he was kept in the dark about the significance of his putt.I had no idea and then there was a big roar for the birdie and I kind of realized what that was for, Smalley said. We all believed we could do it, we showed we could do it. Everyone on the team is really good, even the guys at home.
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Duke already claimed back-to-back wins earlier in the fall in full-field events and climbed with a squad that retainedfour of five starters from its semifinal run in the NCAA Championshiplast season.Its special for these guys because hopefully they can bounce with a little bit of confidence knowing they can play the golf course well, Green said.As for Hovland, he earned his first win of the fall and is currently rankedsecond in the country. I just want to play as good as I can and today I happened to play pretty good, although I did leave some shots out there, Hovland said.Im pleased with Viktors play, nice of him to get the individual win, Oklahoma State head coach Alan Bratton said. Its a treat to compete at East Lake;its a big boy golf course that definitely separates the field, identifies good players.No. 5 Alabama and No. 14 Auburn slot in the final two seeds heading into match play. The Crimson Tide posted a 5-over 293 with sophomore Davis Shores 2-under 70 leading the way. Junior Jovan Rebula finished at even par as the leader of the Tigers.Its so cool, literally watched Tiger [Woods] highlights on YouTube to see what I needed, Shore said. Its pretty neat because you can see what the pros are doing and what youre doing and see how your game is measuring up.East Lakes teeth showed at times, yielding a 73.80 scoring average nearly 2 over par. Its tough. I mean, when the top 30 guys on the Tour come out here [for the Tour Championship] and 11 under wins, you know its hard, Smalley said.The match-0play portion of the tournament begins Tuesdaywith Duke (No. 1 seed) and Auburn (No. 4 seed) starting the session and then a rematch of the 2018 NCAA final with Oklahoma State (No. 2 seed) and Alabama (No. 3 seed) facing off.I may let this be on our players and our leader Davis Riley, Alabama head coach Jay Seawell said on meeting OSU. Were just playing a golf match, we know theyre very good, but maybe less me, more them tonight.No. 1 Duke vs. No. 4AuburnAdrien Pendaries vs. Trace CroweShrish Dwivedi vs. Jacob SolomonEvan Katz vs. Jovan RebulaChandler Eaton vs. Brandon ManchenoAlex Smalley vs. Wells PadgettNo. 2Oklahoma State vs. No. 3AlabamaViktor Hovland vs. Frankie CapanMatthew Wolff vs. Davis ShoreHayden Wood vs. Prescott ButlerAustin Eckroat vs. Wilson FurrZach Bachou vs. Davis RileyFollow along with all of our East Lake coverage at www.GolfChannel.com/EastLakeCup, as well as on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at the handles @eastlakecup and @golfchannel and the hashtag #EastLakeCup. Live broadcast coverage of Day 2 of the East Lake Cup begins at 3 p.m. ET on Golf Channel and Golf Channel Digital, and is also available via the Golf Channels mobile app.
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