Duke women’s golf is set for a familiar kind of road map in 2026-27: a schedule packed with proven stops, a handful of return trips to places where the Blue Devils have already had success, and a roster that brings back much of last season’s core.
Head coach Brooks, a seven-time NCAA champion, unveiled the slate Wednesday as he heads into his 43rd season in Durham. Duke reached the quarterfinals of match play at the NCAA Championship this past season and now brings back four of five starters, along with a standout recruiting class.
The Blue Devils will begin the regular season Sept. 7-9 in Grand Haven, Michigan, at the Folds of Honor Collegiate at American Dunes Golf Club. It will be Duke’s first appearance in the season-opening event.
From there, the schedule quickly settles into a stretch of familiar tournament names. Duke returns to the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 5-6 at Lake Shore Country Club in Glencoe, Illinois, where it won the 2025 team title.
A week and a half later, the Blue Devils are back at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational, set for Oct. 16-18 at Finley Golf Club in Chapel Hill. Duke has won that event 17 times in program history.
The fall closes with another North Carolina stop, as Duke heads to Wilmington for the Landfall Tradition Oct. 23-25 at the Country Club of Landfall. That will be the Blue Devils’ 13th appearance in the tournament, and they’ve taken the team title four times.
Duke opens the spring for the second straight year at the Sea Best Intercollegiate in Jacksonville, Florida, on Jan. 25-26 at San Jose Country Club. Last season, the Blue Devils shot 27-under-par, 837, and rookie Rianne Malixi finished at 16-under-par, 200, to win individual medalist honors.
February brings just one tournament on the slate, the Moon Golf Invitational Feb. 14-16 in Melbourne, Florida.
March then features two more tests: the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate March 1-3 at Long Cove Club and the Charles Schwab Women’s Collegiate March 22-23 at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Duke will also play the Country Club of Birmingham Women’s Collegiate Classic April 5-6 at the Country Club of Birmingham in Birmingham, Alabama.
The regular season wraps with the ACC Championship April 15-18 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. NCAA Regional play is scheduled for May 10-12 and will be hosted by South Carolina, SMU, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Florida Atlantic and Stanford. The NCAA Championship returns May 21-26 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa Champions Course in Carlsbad, California.
The roster looks loaded for another run. Duke returns senior Katie Li, a two-time All-ACC selection, along with Malixi, who was named the WGCA National Freshman of the Year. The Blue Devils also bring back juniors Anna Cañado Espinal, Carla De Troia and Martina Yu, plus sophomore Avery McCrery.
The incoming class includes Mia Hammond and Martina Navarro Navarro. Hammond arrives after becoming the second amateur to win an Epson Tour event this past spring.
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