WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHSHIPS

IN-FORM YATES LEADS GREAT BRITAIN
INTO WORLD UNIVERSITIES LEAD

Stirling University student Gordon Yates followed up his individual success in the weekend International Collegiate championship at St Andrews Bay by leading Great Britain into the first-round lead in the men’s section of the world universities golf team championship at Circolo Golf Torino in Italy today.
Gordon shot a five-under-par 67 to tie for the first-day individual honours with Italy’s Alberto Campanile.
Englishman Daniel Willett was joint fourth on 69.
Team-mates Jason Palmer and Ed Parker scored 75 and 77 respectively. Parker’s score was the team’s non-counter.
LEADING TEAM TOTALS
211 Great Britain (G Yates 67, D Willett 69, J Palmer 75. Non-counter: E Parker 77).
212 United States (D Letham 70, A Manning 71, B Trimble 71. Non-counter: B Melville 75)
213 France.
215 Ireland (A McAllister 69, M Campbell 73, P O’Hanlon 73. Non-counter: A McKinley 78), Chinese Taipei. 217 South Africa. 219 Italy, New Zealand. 219 Canada. 223 Japan, Thailand. 232 Switzerland. 234 Russia. 237 Slovenia. 260 Germany.

+No scores available as yet from women's competition.