BRITS STRUGGLE ON FOGGY AND DAMP DAY IN SWITZERLAND

UNINSPIRED START BY TEAM GBR AT 

WORLD UNIV CHAMPIONSHIPS

REPORT FROM Dr ROB MACPHERSON

Both the British men's and women's teams struggled in the foggy and damp conditions for the opening of the 15th World University Golf Championships at Crans-sur-Sierre in Switzerland.

Winners of two silver medals at the last championships in the Czech Republic, the young men's team started well, but tailed off in the latter stages. 

The team's round of the day was a par 72 by Craig Chalmers (Strathclyde) to be four shots back from first-round leaders Gavin Green (Malaysia) and Daniel Berna (Spain), both round in 68

 Craig put his solid scoring down to straight driving and making few 

mental errors: "It was tough out there", he said, "some of the pin 

 placements out there were as difficult as they could make them.

"However, I played some good golf and look forward to shooting 

lower as the competition progresses". 

Fellow GBR players Andrew Wilson (Northumbria), with a 74, and 

Laurie Potter (Exeter), a 75,  added scores which meant the British 

team finished Day 1 in sixth place with a total of five over par - 11 

shots behind leaders Spain, 

The more experienced GBR women's team also did not enjoy their 

day on the course that is host to the Omega European Masters every 

year. Hannah McCook (Stirling) battled a long-term wrist injury to 

post a 77 (+5); and Ami Storey (Northumbria) shot 79 (+7) to leave 

the team towards the back of the field. The competition continues 

until Friday.

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