SCOTLAND HOLDS ONE-STROKE LEAD AFTER FIRST ROUND IN MENS WORLD AMATEUR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Press Release from International Golf Federation (Just thought you might be interested ... GGK)
30th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy
Conducted by the International Golf Federation and Hosted by the Mexican Golf Federation
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico (21 Sept.) – Scotland posted a 10-under-par score and leads Australia by one stroke following the first round in the 30th World Amateur Team Championship (WATC). Connor Syme led Scotland with a 66, the low round of the day, at the par-72, 6,888-yard/6,386-meter Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club.
Syme, who won this year’s Australian Amateur, carded a 5-under 31 on his outward nine. He finished with seven birdies and one bogey. Grant Forrest, a member of the winning 2015 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team, added a 4-under 68. Robert MacIntyre had a non-counting 3-under 69.
“The players know they have a good chance to do well here, and they are all pretty highly ranked in the world,” said Scotland captain Claire Queen, whose team prepared for the hot and humid conditions in Orlando, Fla., last week. “It’s been a really good first day, and that will give them more belief for the remainder of the championship.”
Scotland’s total of 134 tied the third-lowest first-round score in WATC history. The USA Team set the opening-round record with a 131 in 2012 and also posted a 132 in 2004.
“The key was to get it right off the tee, and then it would give you some chances,” said Syme, who made birdies on four of his opening six holes. “There’s a few par fives you can get up on, and my strength today was accuracy off the tee, so I had a lot of good opportunities.”
For complete results, visit www.igfgolf.org
30th World Amateur Team Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy
Conducted by the International Golf Federation and Hosted by the Mexican Golf Federation
RIVIERA MAYA, Mexico (21 Sept.) – Scotland posted a 10-under-par score and leads Australia by one stroke following the first round in the 30th World Amateur Team Championship (WATC). Connor Syme led Scotland with a 66, the low round of the day, at the par-72, 6,888-yard/6,386-meter Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club.
Syme, who won this year’s Australian Amateur, carded a 5-under 31 on his outward nine. He finished with seven birdies and one bogey. Grant Forrest, a member of the winning 2015 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup Team, added a 4-under 68. Robert MacIntyre had a non-counting 3-under 69.
“The players know they have a good chance to do well here, and they are all pretty highly ranked in the world,” said Scotland captain Claire Queen, whose team prepared for the hot and humid conditions in Orlando, Fla., last week. “It’s been a really good first day, and that will give them more belief for the remainder of the championship.”
Scotland’s total of 134 tied the third-lowest first-round score in WATC history. The USA Team set the opening-round record with a 131 in 2012 and also posted a 132 in 2004.
“The key was to get it right off the tee, and then it would give you some chances,” said Syme, who made birdies on four of his opening six holes. “There’s a few par fives you can get up on, and my strength today was accuracy off the tee, so I had a lot of good opportunities.”
For complete results, visit www.igfgolf.org
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