Coming off its first tournament win of the 2026-27 season, No. 6 Duke is headed back to Wilmington to finish the fall.
The Blue Devils will play in the Landfall Tradition from Oct. 23-25 at the 6,223-yard, par-72 Country Club of Landfall’s Dye Course. Duke is part of a loaded field that includes Alabama, Auburn, Central Florida, Clemson, East Carolina, Florida State, Indiana, Kent State, Kentucky, Michigan State, NC State, North Carolina, SMU, South Carolina, South Florida, Wake Forest and UNC Wilmington.
That lineup brings plenty of firepower. The latest Scoreboard powered by Clippd rankings list four teams in the top 10 and seven in the top 25.
Duke’s five-player lineup features senior Katie Li, sophomores Avery McCrery and Rianne Malixi, and freshmen Mia Hammond and Martina Navarro Navarro. Junior Carla De Troia will compete as an individual.
In the individual national rankings, Malixi sits at No. 9, Hammond at No. 11 and Li at No.
The Blue Devils know this event well. This weekend marks their 13th appearance in the Landfall Tradition, and the program has been especially successful there, winning four team titles in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2023. Duke has also finished in the top five in eight of its 12 trips, while Virginia Elena Carta, Gina Kim and Ana Belac have each claimed the individual championship for the Blue Devils.
Duke arrives after a strong showing last weekend at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational, where it posted an 11-under-par 841 to win the team title. The Blue Devils were the only team in the field to finish under par, and all five players landed inside the top 20. That victory was the 146th of head coach Dan Brooks’ career, and he has now led Duke to at least one win in 41 of his 43 seasons in Durham.
Duke opens Friday’s first round at 9:15 a.m. with Clemson and Florida State. Each team will play 18 holes a day, with Friday and Saturday tee times running from 8:30 to 10:45 a.m. Sunday will feature an 8:45 a.m. shotgun start.
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