ralia is in eighth place after the opening round of the TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup 2014 Supported by JAL in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan.
Brett Coletta (VIC) shot a 3-under par 68, Zach Murray (VIC) fired a 1-under par 70 and Blake Windred (NSW) finished at 1-over par with 72. Blake Proverbs (QLD) shot a non-counting 6-over 77.
Chile fired an opening-round 9-under 204 to take the lead in Aichi-Prefecture, Japan. The United States and defending-champion Venezuela sit one stroke back at 8-under while host Japan finds itself in fourth at minus-6.
“They played very well,” Chilean captain Manuel Jose Ugarte said of his team. “They had a great strategy and knew how to administer their game on this course.”
Mexico and South Africa each carded a 208 to claim a tie for fifth, a single shot ahead of Italy (-4). Australia (-3), Canada (-2) and France (-2) also finished the first round under par. Norway (E), Thailand (E), Korea (+2), Argentina (+5) and Zimbabwe (+11) round out the field as the teams in the black.
Defending champion Jorge Garcia of Venezuela finds himself in a familiar place following Tuesday’s first round – the top of the boys’ individual leaderboard. Garcia’s 7-under 64 leads Chile’s Joaquin Niemann and Cameron Young of the United States (-6) by one shot. Italy’s Guido Migliozzi sits in fourth at 5-under, followed by five players at minus-4 – Hendrik Du Plessis of South Africa, France’s Paul Elissalde, Kaigo Tamaki of Japan, Mexico’s Aaron Terrazas and Suradit Yongcharoenchai of Thailand.
Paced by a 6-under 66 from Amy Lee, the United States (-5) jumped to a three-shot opening-round lead in the Girls’ Division. Host Japan sits in second at 2-under, a single stroke ahead of European champion Sweden (-1). Korea (+1) and South American champion Colombia (+4) round out the girls’ field.
“We put ourselves in a good position for day one,” American captain Julie Garner said. “I’m proud of the girls for battling hard for every shot.”
On the girls’ individual leaderboard, Kim Sojung of Korea (-3) sits in second – three shots behind Lee. Sweden’s Linnea Strom (-2) and a pair of Japanese teammates – Mizuho Konishi and Hikaru Fuchino (-1) – also finished the first round below par.
The second round of the TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup 2014 Supported by JAL tees off Wednesday at 8AM. For more information, please visit www.wjgtc.org or www.facebook.com/ToyotaJuniorGolfWorldCup.
BOYS TEAM STANDINGS
1. Chile 68-65-71 = 204 (-9)
T2. United States 65-71-69 = 205 (-8)
T2. Venezuela 73-68-64 = 205 (-8)
4. Japan 70-67-70 = 207 (-6)
T5. Mexico 70-67-71 = 208 (-5)
T5. South Africa 67-72-69 = 208 (-5)
7. Italy 66-72-71 = 209 (-4)
8. Australia 72-68-70 = 210 (-3)
T9. Canada 72-68-71 = 211 (-2)
T9. France 73-67-71 = 211 (-2)
T11. Norway 73-69-71 = 213 (E)
T11. Thailand 75-67-71 = 213 (E)
13. Korea 74-69-72 = 215 (+2)
14. Argentina 73-73-72 = 218 (+5)
15. Zimbabwe 71-76-77 = 224 (+11)
BOYS INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
1. Jorge Garcia, Venezuela 31-33 = 64 (-7)
T2. Joaquin Niemann, Chile 31-34 = 65 (-6)
T2. Cameron Young, United States 33-32 = 65 (-6)
4. Guido Migliozzi, Italy 32-34 = 66 (-5)
T5. Hendrik Du Plessis, South Africa 33-34 = 67 (-4)
T5. Paul Elissalde, France 34-33 = 67 (-4)
T5. Kaigo Tamaki, Japan 32-35 = 67 (-4)
T5. Aaron Terrazas, Mexico 34-33 = 67 (-4)
T5. Suradit Yongcharoenchai, Thailand 34-33 = 67 (-4)
GIRLS TEAM STANDINGS
1. United States 66-73 = 139 (-5)
2. Japan 71-71 = 142 (-2)
3. Sweden 70-73 = 143 (-1)
4. Korea 69-76 = 145 (+1)
5. Colombia 75-71 = 148 (+4)
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
1. Amy Lee, United States 32-34 = 66 (-6)
2. Kim Sojung, Korea 35-34 = 69 (-3)
3. Linnea Strom, Sweden 31-39 = 70 (-2)
T4. Mizuho Konishi, Japan 38-33 = 71 (-1)
T4. Haruhi Nakao, Japan 35-36 = 71 (-1)