ABU DHABI JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Tom Lewis and Alex Peters lead

boys/girls' sections

NEWS RELEASE
Day two of The Abu Dhabi Junior Golf Championship, presented by The Daily Telegraph, got underway with all juniors hoping to improve on their first-round scores. With eight of the nine girls bunched together with only three shots separating them, it was all to play for.
The conditions were similar to the first day, a little breeze and glorious sunshine, very different to the weather back home.
With Tom Lewis’ fantastic round of eight-under par 64 on Friday putting him way out in front of the rest of the boys’ field, he was definitely the one the others were striving to catch. With a seven shot lead heading into the second day, there was little pressure on Tom.
Joining him in the last group off the tee was Chris Lloyd, who started the day at one-under par, and Jordan Ainley, starting at one-over par.
Tom and Chris both birdied the first hole but Chris was the one with the momentum as he went on to birdie the first three holes and reduce the gap to five shots. However, Tom increased his lead again by the end of the first nine, with both boys going out in 33 (three-under par).
Few others looked like making progress on their score but Ross Mitchell, the leading qualifier, finished with a tidy two-under par 70 to finish the day in third position.
British boys' champion Tom Lewis completed his round in steady fashion with not one dropped shot on the back nine to finish the second round at 11 under par 133 overall.
The round of the day came from the sponsors’ invitation, Chris Lloyd who had a successive run of three birdies on the back nine to finish the day on seven-under-par 137, only four shots behind Tom. We should be in for an interesting round tomorrow.
In the girls’ competition, the best round of the day came from Alex Peters, pictured above by Cal Carson Golf Agency, one of this year's British girls' championship semi-finalists who is playing in her third Junior Championship. Alex shot a very steady one-under par 71 to get to a total of two-under par 142 and she lies four shots clear of the field.
Sophie Godley and Holly Clyburn remain in joint second place but rounds of 75 leave them with a lot of work to do on the final day to challenge Alex.
After completing their rounds, the juniors attended a Skills Challenge where the focus was on the short game – putting and chipping. David Howell, past player of the tournament and former World Number 10, was there to give advice to the juniors and to answer any questions they may have had. They played a number of putting and chipping games the competitive spirit remained but fun was had by all at the same time.


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