American Team Tied for Lead After Round One of Toyota Junior World Golf Cup
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
American Team Tied for Lead After Round One of Toyota Junior World Golf Cup
Flores fires course-record
TOYOTA CITY, Japan - The United States fired a 212 in the first round of the Toyota Junior World Golf Cup at the par 72 Chukyo Golf Club Ishino Course in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan, to tie Argentina, Columbia, and England for the team lead. In the individual competition, American Erik Flores set a single-round course-record with a 7-under 65.
Flores' bogey-free round was a single shot ahead of the previous record that was matched by Mexico's Juan Pablo Solis and his 6-under 66. "I executed my game plan much better (than in practice rounds)," Flores said. "I was able to hit a lot of fairways and had good shots at most of the pins." Flores and Solis were followed by Alan Wagner (68), Hector Arias (70), Juan Pablo Candela (70), Ming-Chuan Chen (70) and Oliver Fisher (70).
The four team leaders are followed by Mexico (214), Belgium (219), New Zealand (219), Chinese Taipei (220), Canada (223), Japan (223), South Africa (223), Spain (223), India (227) and Zimbabwe (230).
Matthew Swan, Michael Green and Nicholas Smith finished at 71, 72 and 73, respectively for the United States. Round two will tee off Wednesday morning with the leaders teeing off last.
2005 Toyota World Junior Golf Cup
First Round Results
Team Scores
T1. Argentina 212 (-4)
T1. Colombia 212 (-4)
T1. England 212 (-4)
T1. United States 212 (-4)
5. Mexico 214 (-2)
T6. Belgium 219 (+3)
T6. New Zealand 219 (+3)
8. Chinese Taipei 220 (+4)
T9. Canada 223 (+7)
T9. Japan 223 (+7)
T9. South Africa 223 (+7)
T9. Spain 223 (+7)
13. India 227 (+11)
14. Zimbabwe 236 (+20)
Top 10 Individuals
1. Erik Flores, United States 33-32=65 (-7)
2. Juan Pablo Solis, Mexico 35-31=66 (-5)
3. Alan Wagner, Argentina 34-34=68 (-4)
T4. Hector Arias, Columbia 35-35=70 (-2)
T4.Juan Pablo Candela, Columbia 32-38=70 (-2)
T4. Ming-Chuan Chen, Chinese Taipei 37-33=70 (-2)
T4. Oliver Fisher, England 33-37=70 (-2)
T8. Carlos Goya, Argentina 35-36=71 (-1)
T8. Ben Parker, England 36-35=71 (-1)
T8. Juan Fransisco Sarasti, Spain 35-36=71 (-1)
T8. Daniel Willet, England 35-36=71 (-1)