NEW ZEALAND'S TEENAGE ACES TRUMPED AT MELBOURNE
FROM STUFF.CO.NZ WEBSITE
The glamour New Zealand pair of world No 2-ranked amateur Cecilia Cho and No 3 Lydia Ko were both bundled out of the Australian women's amateur match-play championship at Melbourne.
Ko was beaten in the quarter-finals by Australian representative and 2009 Riversdale Cup champion Ashlee Dewhurst 2 and 1 in a high-quality affair.
The Tasmanian was five-under par while Ko was three-under when the match ended at the 17th hole.
Cho, the runner-up last year, cruised through her quarter-final with a 6 and 4 drubbing of Australian representative Ebony Heard but in-form Western Australian Minjee Lee, a 5 and 4 winner in the morning, was even more impressive in beating Cho 6 and 5 in the semi-finals.
Lee was under-par in both matches and made no mistakes against the New Zealander, who paid the penalty for some uncharacteristic errors.
+The top Australian and New Zealand girls will be coming over to England in June to represent their countries in the Astor Trophy team match-play tournament at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire. Played every four years, it was formerly known as the Commonwealth Tournament. The field of five countries will be Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.
The glamour New Zealand pair of world No 2-ranked amateur Cecilia Cho and No 3 Lydia Ko were both bundled out of the Australian women's amateur match-play championship at Melbourne.
Ko was beaten in the quarter-finals by Australian representative and 2009 Riversdale Cup champion Ashlee Dewhurst 2 and 1 in a high-quality affair.
The Tasmanian was five-under par while Ko was three-under when the match ended at the 17th hole.
Cho, the runner-up last year, cruised through her quarter-final with a 6 and 4 drubbing of Australian representative Ebony Heard but in-form Western Australian Minjee Lee, a 5 and 4 winner in the morning, was even more impressive in beating Cho 6 and 5 in the semi-finals.
Lee was under-par in both matches and made no mistakes against the New Zealander, who paid the penalty for some uncharacteristic errors.
+The top Australian and New Zealand girls will be coming over to England in June to represent their countries in the Astor Trophy team match-play tournament at Fairhaven Golf Club, Lancashire. Played every four years, it was formerly known as the Commonwealth Tournament. The field of five countries will be Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada.
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