zuela fired an opening round 6-under 207 to take the lead after the first day of the TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup 2013 Supported by JAL in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan. Mexico (-5) sits one stroke back in second, followed by defending-champion Australia (-4).
Germany and South Africa each carded a 211 to claim a tie for fourth, a single shot ahead of Chile, Chinese Taipei, Japan and the United States – all of whom are currently at 1-under. Sweden (+3), Korea (+5) and Costa Rica (+10) round out the field as the teams in the black.
There is a tie atop the individual competition as Venezuela’s Gustavo Morantes and Ryan Ruffels of Australia each turned in a 4-under 67. South Africa’s James Du Preez, Maximilian Mehles of Germany and Mexico’s Aaron Terrazas trail by a stroke at minus-3.
Five players – Claudio Correa and Guillermo Pereira of Chile, Venezuela’s Jorge Garcia, Soma Kitamura of Japan and Chinese Taipei’s Chang-Heng Lin – sit in a tie for sixth at 2-under.
The second round of the TOYOTA Junior Golf World Cup 2013 Supported by JAL tees off Wednesday at 8AM with thunderstorms expected in the area.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Venezuela 67-69-71 = 207 (-6)
2. Mexico 68-70-70 = 208 (-5)
3. Australia 67-71-71 = 209 (-4)
T4. Germany 68-70-73 = 211 (-2)
T4. South Africa 68-70-73 = 211 (-2)
T6. Chile 69-69-74 = 212 (-1)
T6. Chinese Taipei 69-70-73 = 212 (-1)
T6. Japan 69-71-72 = 212 (-1)
T6. United States 70-71-71 = 212 (-1)
10. Sweden 71-72-73 = 216 (+3)
11. Korea 70-73-75 = 218 (+5)
12. Costa Rica 72-72-79 = 223 (+10)
INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS (Australians)
T1. Ryan Ruffels, Australia 32-35 = 67 (-4)
T18. Antonio Murdaca, Australia 35-36 = 71 (E)
T18. Lucas Herbert, Australia 36-35 = 71 (E)
T37. Ricky Kato, Australia 38-36 = 74 (+3)