WORLD BOYS' TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

 

SWEDEN LEAD FROM NORWAY AS ENGLAND IMPROVE

 

Sweden and Norway continued to hold down first and second places at the halfway stage of the world boys’ team golf championship at Chukyo Golf Club, Toyota-shi Japan.  But England, slashing 12 shots off their first-round team score, moved up to eighth place in the field of 15 countries.

 

SCOREBOARD
LEADING TEAM TOTALS

411 Sweden 206 205.

415 Norway 207 208.

416 Chinese Taipei 211 205.

418 Japan 208 210

425 Netherlands 220 205, United States 216 209, Argentina 215 210.

428 England 220 208 (James Watts 71 70, Luke Goddard 73 70, Sam Hutsby 76 68, Tom Hesketh 78 72)..

429 Canada 216 213.

432 Korea 213 219.

434 New Zealand 219 215.

436 South Africa 218 218.

437 Colombia 219 218.

442 Venezuela 226 216.

451 Mexico 223 228.

LEADING INDIVIDUALS

136 B Akesson (Swe) 69 67, T Sluiter (Net) 71 65.

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