CATRIONA SHOOTS BEST OF DAY 69
SCOTS STAGE LAST-ROUND RUN TO FINISH
2ND TO SWEDES IN WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Scotland’s Catriona Matthew and Janice Moodie chased the pacemaking Swedes down the home straight to finish runners-up in the Women’s World Cup of Golf at Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa.
After four-ball play in the first round and foursomes in the second, it was individual stroke-play for the third and decisive round.
Catriona shot a fine round of three-under-par 69 – easily the best score of the day – and Janice matched the par of 72 to give the Scots a third-round total of 141 which enabled them to shoot up the leaderboard and finish only three shots behind the title-winning Swedes, Annika Sorenstam (70) and Lotte Neumann (77).
Sweden finished with a total of seven-under-par 281 and the Scots were the only other country to finish under par with four-under 284.
Wales were third on level par 288.
Catriona Matthew had birdies at the third, seventh, eighth and nine in a brilliant outward half of four-under 32. She dropped shots at the 10th and 13th but got one of them back with a birdie at the 14th.
Janice Moodie bogeyed the first, fifth and 13th but birdied the ninth, 14th and 18th in halves of 37 and 35.
Laura Davies had three 7s on her card of 79 – she had to birdie the last to break 80 – as England finished well down the field on 301. Their third-day combined total, with Kirsty Taylor scoring a 73, was 152.
FINAL SCOREBOARD
281 Sweden 65 69 147 (A Sorenstam 70, L Neumann 77).
284 Scotland 70 73 141 (C Matthew 69, J Moodie 72).
288 Wales 70 70 148 (B Brewerton 73, B Morgan 75).
289 United States 68 75 146.
290 Korea 65 72 153.
291 Colombia 69 69 153.
292 Finland 69 69 154, South Africa 69 77 145.
294 Australia 72 77 145, Germany 70 72 152.
295 Italy.
296 Japan.
298 France.
299 Brazil, Taiwan.
301 England 71 78 152 (K Taylor 73, L Davies 79).
301 Canada, Spain.
305 Philippines.
306 New Zealand.
2ND TO SWEDES IN WOMEN’S WORLD CUP
Scotland’s Catriona Matthew and Janice Moodie chased the pacemaking Swedes down the home straight to finish runners-up in the Women’s World Cup of Golf at Gary Player Country Club, Sun City, South Africa.
After four-ball play in the first round and foursomes in the second, it was individual stroke-play for the third and decisive round.
Catriona shot a fine round of three-under-par 69 – easily the best score of the day – and Janice matched the par of 72 to give the Scots a third-round total of 141 which enabled them to shoot up the leaderboard and finish only three shots behind the title-winning Swedes, Annika Sorenstam (70) and Lotte Neumann (77).
Sweden finished with a total of seven-under-par 281 and the Scots were the only other country to finish under par with four-under 284.
Wales were third on level par 288.
Catriona Matthew had birdies at the third, seventh, eighth and nine in a brilliant outward half of four-under 32. She dropped shots at the 10th and 13th but got one of them back with a birdie at the 14th.
Janice Moodie bogeyed the first, fifth and 13th but birdied the ninth, 14th and 18th in halves of 37 and 35.
Laura Davies had three 7s on her card of 79 – she had to birdie the last to break 80 – as England finished well down the field on 301. Their third-day combined total, with Kirsty Taylor scoring a 73, was 152.
FINAL SCOREBOARD
281 Sweden 65 69 147 (A Sorenstam 70, L Neumann 77).
284 Scotland 70 73 141 (C Matthew 69, J Moodie 72).
288 Wales 70 70 148 (B Brewerton 73, B Morgan 75).
289 United States 68 75 146.
290 Korea 65 72 153.
291 Colombia 69 69 153.
292 Finland 69 69 154, South Africa 69 77 145.
294 Australia 72 77 145, Germany 70 72 152.
295 Italy.
296 Japan.
298 France.
299 Brazil, Taiwan.
301 England 71 78 152 (K Taylor 73, L Davies 79).
301 Canada, Spain.
305 Philippines.
306 New Zealand.
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