ralia has finished in fourth place at the Toyota World Junior Championship in Japan.
The Australians finished with a total score of 210-211-207-208 (-16) to be five strokes behind the Norwegian team who overcame the United States and Venezuela to win at 21-under par.
Victorian Brett Coletta finished second on the individual standings after rounds of 68-69-67-67 (-13). Team mate Zach Murray also finished in the top 10 after rounds of 70-69-70-70 (-5).
Blake Windred (NSW) and Blake Proverbs (QLD) finished in ties for 26th and 53rd respectively.
Norway fired a 7-under 206 in Friday’s final round to win the TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup 2014 Supported by JAL in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan. The Norwegian team finished the tournament at 21-under, four strokes clear of the United States and Venezuela, who tied for second at minus-17.
“The course was really tough but we put ourselves in a good position to finish well,” Norwegian captain Marcus Eidelof said. “We will be very happy to come back next year.”
Australia (-16) finished in fourth, one stroke ahead of Italy (-15). Chile (-11) shot 7-under in the final round to move up to sixth, two shots ahead of Canada (-9). Mexico (-7), Japan (-4), South Africa (-3) and France (-1) also finished the tournament under par. Korea (+2), Thailand (+4), Argentina (+14) and Zimbabwe (+33) completed the field.
Venezuela’s Jorge Garcia (-21) repeated as individual champion – finishing eight strokes ahead of runner-up Brett Coletta of Australia (-13). Chile’s Joaquin Niemann claimed third place at 11-under – one stroke ahead of Cameron Young of the United States (-10).
Italy’s Guido Migliozzi (-9) came in fifth while Andreas Halvorsen of Norway and Mexico’s Alvaro Ortiz finished in a tie for sixth at minus-8. Renato Paratore of Italy (-7), Mexico’s Aaron Terrazas (-6), Zach Murray of Australia (-5) and South Africa’s Jovan Rebula (-5) rounded out the individual top 10.
In the Girls’ Division, host Japan – the leader since day two – held off a late charge from Korea to win the championship. The Japanese shot a final round 2-over 146 to finish the tournament at even par.
“We played to the best of our abilities,” Japanese captain Kaori Shibayama said. “It was a great all-around effort rather than one single player carrying the weight of the team.”
Korea’s 4-under 140 in Friday’s final round moved them from fourth to second at plus-4 while Sweden remained in third at 9-over. The United States – leaders after day one – finished in fourth at plus-10 while Colombia finished in fifth at 18-over.
Korea’s Kim Sojung’s 4-under 68 on Friday lowered her four-day total to 3-under to win the individual title in the Girls’ Division. Linnea Strom of Sweden – the leader going into the final round – finished in the runner-up position at minus-2. Japanese teammates Mizuho Konishi (E) and Haruhi Nakao (+1) and Amy Lee of the United States (+1) rounded out the top five on the Girls’ Division individual leaderboard.
The TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup 2014 Supported by JAL is the world’s only junior golf championship in which 15 national teams – winners of regional qualifiers held across six continents and participated in by nearly 70 national teams – compete for the world championship.
BOYS TEAM STANDINGS
1. Norway 213-209-203-206 = 831 (-21)
T2. United States 205-210-209-211 = 835 (-17)
T2. Venezuela 205-214-202-214 = 835 (-17)
4. Australia 210-211-207-208 = 836 (-16)
5. Italy 209-208-211-209 = 837 (-15)
6. Chile 204-214-217-206 = 841 (-11)
7. Canada 211-213-209-210 = 843 (-9)
8. Mexico 208-219-205-213 = 845 (-7)
9. Japan 207-213-219-209 = 848 (-4)
10. South Africa 208-215-218-208 = 849 (-3)
11. France 211-211-209-220 = 851 (-1)
12. Korea 215-212-213-214 = 854 (+2)
13. Thailand 213-216-220-207 = 856 (+4)
14. Argentina 218-217-215-216 = 866 (+14)
15. Zimbabwe 224-221-226-214 = 885 (+33)
BOYS INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
1. Jorge Garcia, Venezuela 64-68-64-67 = 263 (-21)
2. Brett Coletta, Australia 68-69-67-67 = 271 (-13)
3. Joaquin Niemann, Chile 65-69-71-68 = 273 (-11)
4. Cameron Young, United States 65-67-72-70 = 274 (-10)
5. Guido Migliozzi, Italy 66-70-71-68 = 275 (-9)
T6. Andreas Halvorsen, Norway 71-66-73-66 = 276 (-8)
T6. Alvaro Ortiz, Mexico 71-68-68-69 = 276 (-8)
8. Renato Paratore, Italy 72-67-68-70 = 277 (-7)
9. Aaron Terrazas, Mexico 67-72-69-70 = 278 (-6)
T10. Zach Murray, Australia 70-69-70-70 = 279 (-5)
T10. Jovan Rebula, South Africa 72-71-70-66 = 279 (-5)
GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS
1. Japan 142-146-142-146 = 576 (E)
2. Korea 145-150-145-140 = 580 (+4)
3. Sweden 143-146-148-148 = 585 (+9)
4. United States 139-152-144-151 = 586 (+10)
5. Colombia 148-149-151-146 = 594 (+18)
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
1. Kim Sojung, Korea 69-76-72-68 = 285 (-3)
2. Linnea Strom, Sweden 70-70-72-74 = 286 (-2)
3. Mizuho Konishi, Japan 71-75-71-71 = 288 (E)
T4. Amy Lee, United States 66-75-73-75 = 289 (+1)
T4. Haruhi Nakao, Japan 71-71-71-76 = 289 (+1)