EUROPEAN BOYS CLAIM JUNIOR ORANGE BOWL DAY 1 HONOURS
Europeans claimed the first-day honours in the boys' section of the Junior Orange Bowl golf championship over a 6,699yd Biltmore Country Club course at Coral Gables, Florida today.
Adria Arnaus (Spain), Max Rottluff (Germany) and Emanulee Seaia (Italy) shared the lead on one-over-par 71 and six of the leading eight at the end of the first round are Europeans.
England's representative Paul Lockwood had a frustrating day in finishing joint 16th on five-over-par 75.
Paul, from Hessle, Yorkshire, could not get a single birdie putt to drop. He had a double bogey 6 at the sixth and bogeys at the 12th, 17th and 18th.
CLICK HERE TO READ ALL THE BOYS' FIRST-ROUND SCORES
The girls' field found the par of 70 to be outwith their reach over the 6,061yd course. Presumably the conditions were responsible for that because there are a lot of top prospects from all over the world gathered at Coral Gables.
At the end of the day, three-over-par 73 headed the girls' leaderboard, the lead being shared by Su-Yeon Kim from South Korea and Slovenia's Ursa Orehek.
They are a shot ahead of Argentina's rising star Manuela Carbajo Re, Doris Chen from Bradenton, Florida, where the IMG Leadbetter Academy is, and Belgium's Margaux Vanmol.
Heidi Baek had an uphappy day after her success in the US Junior Masters. She finished on 10-over-par 80 with halves of 40.
Heidi had three double bogey 6s - at the fifth, ninth and 18th.
She did have two birdies, at the fourth and short eighth. Another three rounds to go so plenty of time for Heid to recapture her impressive form from the "Masters."
CLICK HERE TO READ THE GIRLS' FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
THE GOLFWEEK REPORT
Coral Gables, Florida – Unseasonably chilly conditions, accompanied by strong wind, tested the 43-nation field at the Biltmore Country Club for the Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship's opening round.
Three were tied atop the boys' leaderboard at 1-over 71 after the first round, while Slovenia's Ursa Orehek and Korea's Su-Yeon Kim were tied at 3-over 73 on the girls side.
Italy's Emanuele Sesia was among the boys' leaders despite intense back pain.
“It’s something that happened on the airplane journey and I haven’t been able to practise at all,” said Sesia, a Turin native who picked up three birdies on the day.
“I had to play with a very conservative game and hope my back did not give up. Fortunately, I was able to keep going to the end.”
Adria Arnaus, a 16-year-old Spaniard, got off to a hot start with three birdies in the first five holes.
“After a strong front nine I kept attacking pins, but I got above some holes and the putts were really fast,” he said. ”The course played tough in the wind and it was cold but although I made some mistakes in the closing holes I’m pleased with the overall result.”
Germany's Max Rottluff, 17, closed the day with two bogeys to fall into the three-way tie for the boys.
“The wind was really tough and it got more difficult as the round progressed,” he said. “I missed the last two fairways so it was not a great finish but I putted well and for these conditions, I’m satisfied.”
Five boys were only a shot back, including Miami’s Chris Ingham and Coral Springs’ Curtis Thompson, 17-year- old brother of star Alexis Thompson, last year’s girls' champion and now a tour pro.
Orehek, 17, said the cold didn’t worry her, but the wind was an important factor.
”I don’t have experience of playing in such conditions,” the co-leader said, “so I just tried to concentrate on hitting fairways and greens and putting approaches where I didn’t leave downhill putts.”
LEADERS
Boys
71 Adria Arnaus (Italy), Max Rottluff (Germany), Emanuele Sesia (Italy).
72 Clement Sordet (France), Chris Ingham (United States), Julien Brun (France), Curtis Thompson (United States), Adam Strom (Sweden).
73 Gary Stal (France), Juan Cerda (Chile), Jorge Fernandez Valdez (Argentina).
Girls
73 Ursa Orehek (Slovenia), Su-Yeon Kim (South Korea).
74 Manuela Carbajo Re (Argentina), Doris Chen (United States), Margaux Vanmol (Belgium).
75 Celine Boutier (France), Nicole Morales (United States).
Adria Arnaus (Spain), Max Rottluff (Germany) and Emanulee Seaia (Italy) shared the lead on one-over-par 71 and six of the leading eight at the end of the first round are Europeans.
England's representative Paul Lockwood had a frustrating day in finishing joint 16th on five-over-par 75.
Paul, from Hessle, Yorkshire, could not get a single birdie putt to drop. He had a double bogey 6 at the sixth and bogeys at the 12th, 17th and 18th.
CLICK HERE TO READ ALL THE BOYS' FIRST-ROUND SCORES
The girls' field found the par of 70 to be outwith their reach over the 6,061yd course. Presumably the conditions were responsible for that because there are a lot of top prospects from all over the world gathered at Coral Gables.
At the end of the day, three-over-par 73 headed the girls' leaderboard, the lead being shared by Su-Yeon Kim from South Korea and Slovenia's Ursa Orehek.
They are a shot ahead of Argentina's rising star Manuela Carbajo Re, Doris Chen from Bradenton, Florida, where the IMG Leadbetter Academy is, and Belgium's Margaux Vanmol.
Heidi Baek had an uphappy day after her success in the US Junior Masters. She finished on 10-over-par 80 with halves of 40.
Heidi had three double bogey 6s - at the fifth, ninth and 18th.
She did have two birdies, at the fourth and short eighth. Another three rounds to go so plenty of time for Heid to recapture her impressive form from the "Masters."
CLICK HERE TO READ THE GIRLS' FIRST-ROUND SCOREBOARD
THE GOLFWEEK REPORT
Coral Gables, Florida – Unseasonably chilly conditions, accompanied by strong wind, tested the 43-nation field at the Biltmore Country Club for the Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship's opening round.
Three were tied atop the boys' leaderboard at 1-over 71 after the first round, while Slovenia's Ursa Orehek and Korea's Su-Yeon Kim were tied at 3-over 73 on the girls side.
Italy's Emanuele Sesia was among the boys' leaders despite intense back pain.
“It’s something that happened on the airplane journey and I haven’t been able to practise at all,” said Sesia, a Turin native who picked up three birdies on the day.
“I had to play with a very conservative game and hope my back did not give up. Fortunately, I was able to keep going to the end.”
Adria Arnaus, a 16-year-old Spaniard, got off to a hot start with three birdies in the first five holes.
“After a strong front nine I kept attacking pins, but I got above some holes and the putts were really fast,” he said. ”The course played tough in the wind and it was cold but although I made some mistakes in the closing holes I’m pleased with the overall result.”
Germany's Max Rottluff, 17, closed the day with two bogeys to fall into the three-way tie for the boys.
“The wind was really tough and it got more difficult as the round progressed,” he said. “I missed the last two fairways so it was not a great finish but I putted well and for these conditions, I’m satisfied.”
Five boys were only a shot back, including Miami’s Chris Ingham and Coral Springs’ Curtis Thompson, 17-year- old brother of star Alexis Thompson, last year’s girls' champion and now a tour pro.
Orehek, 17, said the cold didn’t worry her, but the wind was an important factor.
”I don’t have experience of playing in such conditions,” the co-leader said, “so I just tried to concentrate on hitting fairways and greens and putting approaches where I didn’t leave downhill putts.”
LEADERS
Boys
71 Adria Arnaus (Italy), Max Rottluff (Germany), Emanuele Sesia (Italy).
72 Clement Sordet (France), Chris Ingham (United States), Julien Brun (France), Curtis Thompson (United States), Adam Strom (Sweden).
73 Gary Stal (France), Juan Cerda (Chile), Jorge Fernandez Valdez (Argentina).
Girls
73 Ursa Orehek (Slovenia), Su-Yeon Kim (South Korea).
74 Manuela Carbajo Re (Argentina), Doris Chen (United States), Margaux Vanmol (Belgium).
75 Celine Boutier (France), Nicole Morales (United States).
posted by Colin |
See story on its own page | 9:14:00 pm
<< Home