Friday, June 22, 2007
Sweden Beats Rain, Field to Win 2007 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship
Americans finish tied for seventh
TOYOTA CITY, Japan ? By carding a 207 in the rain-soaked final round, Sweden (-29) claimed the 2007 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship. 2006 champion Norway finished a distant second at 20-under. Australia (-11) moved up three slots to finish third after matching Sweden?s final-round effort of 207.
Norway?s Anders Kristiansen shot a 70 to end the tournament at 14-under, claiming the individual championship. Chinese Taipei?s Cheng-Tsung Pan (-12) came in second following a final-round 66. Trailing the top two finishers were three Swedes ? Bjorn Akesson and Jesper Kennegard tied for third at 10-under and Pontus Widegren in fifth at 8-under.
Chinese Taipei ended up in the number four spot at minus-8, a single stroke ahead of South Africa (-7). New Zealand slid to the sixth position following a final-round 220 while Japan and the United States tied for seventh (-3). The teams finishing the tournament in the black were Mexico (+2), Canada (+4), Argentina (+10), Scotland (+20), Singapore (+26) and Venezuela (+30).
Mauricio Azcue of Mexico and Australia?s Matthew Giles finished the tournament tied for sixth at minus-6. American Andrew Putnam claimed the number eight spot at five-under. Dean O?Riley of South Africa, Australia?s Daniel Nisbet and 2006 individual champion Marius Thorp of Norway finished tied for ninth (-4).
American Steve Ziegler carded a final-round 68 to finish the tournament at 5-over. Also finishing at 5-over and tying Ziegler for 29th was teammate Russell Henley. The final member of Team USA ? Spencer Cole ? finished the tournament tied for 34th at 6-over
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2007 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship
Final Results
Team Standings
1. Sweden 201 - 204 - 211 - 207 = 823 (-29)
2. Norway 205 - 205 - 207 - 215 = 832 (-20)
3. Australia 210 - 210 - 214 - 207 = 841 (-11)
4. Chinese Taipei 216 - 207 - 207 - 214 = 844 (-8)
5. South Africa 212 - 213 - 207 - 213 = 845 (-7)
6. New Zealand 210 - 213 - 204 - 220 = 847 (-5)
T7. Japan 207 - 216 - 212 - 214 = 849 (-3)
T7. USA 216 - 214 - 209 - 210 = 849 (-3)
9. Mexico 211 - 208 - 215 - 220 = 854 (+2)
10. Canada 210 - 213 - 219 - 214 = 856 (+4)
11. Argentina 215 - 217 - 211 - 219 = 862 (+10)
12. Scotland 212 - 212 - 222 - 226 = 872 (+20)
13. Singapore 219 - 218 - 222 - 219 = 878 (+26)
14. Venezuela 225 - 218 - 215 - 224 = 882 (+30)
Individual Standings
1. Anders Kristiansen, Norway 67 - 66 - 67 - 70 = 270 (-14)
2. Cheng-Tsung Pan, Chinese Taipei 73 - 66 - 67 - 66 = 272 (-12)
T3. Bjorn Akesson, Sweden 68 - 71 - 68 - 67 = 274 (-10)
T3. Jesper Kennegard, Sweden 65 - 68 - 69 - 72 = 274 (-10)
5. Pontus Widegren, Sweden 68 - 66 - 74 - 68 = 276 (-8)
T6. Mauricio Azcue, Mexico 69 - 65 - 74 - 70 = 278 (-6)
T6. Matthew Giles, Australia 69 - 70 - 70 - 69 = 278 (-6)
8. Andrew Putnam, USA 72 - 71 - 65 - 71 = 279 (-5)
T9. Daniel Nisbet, Australia 70 - 69 - 71 - 70 = 280 (-4
T9. Dean O?Riley, South Africa 72 - 73 - 64 - 71 = 280 (-4)
T9. Marius Thorp, Norway 70 - 66 - 70 - 74 = 280 (-4)
USA Individuals
8. Andrew Putnam, USA 72 - 71 - 65 - 71 = 279 (-5)
T29.Russell Henley, USA 76 - 72 - 70 - 71 = 289 (+5)
T29.Steve Ziegler, USA 75 - 72 - 74 - 68 = 289 (+5)
T34.Spencer Cole, USA 69 - 71 - 75 - 75 = 290 (+6)