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Stellenbosch, South Africa (26 October) – Canada, with sub-par scores from Richard Scott and Andrew Parr, built a two-stroke lead on the windy first day of the 2006 World Amateur Team Championships.
On a 5-under-par 139 team score from Scott (3-under 69) and Parr (2-under 70), Canada moved into the lead over Netherlands (141) and France (142). Scott, an All-American at the University of Georgia in the USA, and Parr, from Texas A&M University, combined for the low team total at Stellenbosch Golf Club, a parkland-type layout. On a day that cooled considerably as the wind speed increased, Canada played in the relatively benign conditions of the morning. Parr began with four consecutive birdies, including a 40-footer on the first hole, to gain early momentum for the team. Scott latched onto his teammate’s good play and tied for the day’s low round with Will Besseling of Netherlands. "Whenever you know a guy on your team is playing well, you know you have support and you don’t have to force things,” Parr said. "It’s nice to be on top of the leader board,” said James Love, who shot 1-over 73 and finished first at the fall leg of Canadian Tour qualifying in 2006. “It’s nice not to be so far back that you can’t get it back. But, we’ve got three more days and there are a lot of good teams out there.” A total of nine teams are within five strokes of Canada in a tightly packed scoreboard. Trailing the top three teams in a five-way tie for fourth place are South Africa, Austria, Malaysia, defending champion USA and Mexico at 143. Wales and Scotland stood tied for ninth place at 144. "It is good to finish at 1-under just as the defending champions did,” said South African captain Enver Hassen. “It is a good halve." Mexico captain Jorge Betanzo said: “The weather was quite testing and the wind really picked up just before we started. It made it more difficult for us.” In the World Amateur, the team’s two best individual scores count. The International Golf Federation was founded in 1958 to encourage the international development of the game and to employ golf as a vehicle to foster friendship and sportsmanship. The IGF is the recognized international federation for golf for the International Olympic Committee and comprises the national governing bodies of golf of more than 100 countries.
For more information and scoring visit www.internationalgolffederation.org and click on the WATC Scoring icon. Story written by Pete Kowalski, IGF Media Officer. E-mail him with comments and questions at pkowalski@usga.org.
Stellenbosch, South Africa – Results from the first round of the 2006 World Amateur Team Championship, conducted by the International Golf Federation, at (1) De Zalze Golf Club (par and yardage/meters: 36-36—72, 6,835/6,247) and (2) Stellenbosch Golf Club (par and yardage/meters: 36-36—72, 6,966/6,369: Pos. Team Score/Today/Total Score 1 Canada 2 -5 F -5 139 2 Netherlands 2 -3 F -3 141 3 France 1 -2 F -2 142 T4 South Africa 1 -1 F -1 143 T4 Austria 1 -1 F -1 143 T4 Malaysia 1 -1 F -1 143 T4 United States of America 1 -1 F -1 143 T4 Mexico 1 -1 F -1 143 T9 Wales 2 E F E 144 T9 Scotland 2 E F E 144 T11 Japan 2 +1 F +1 145 T11 Spain 1 +1 F +1 145 T11 Denmark 2 +1 F +1 145 T11 Finland 1 +1 F +1 145 T11 Portugal 1 +1 F +1 145 T16 Brazil 2 +2 F +2 146 T16 Ireland 2 +2 F +2 146 T16 Germany 1 +2 F +2 146 T16 Korea 2 +2 F +2 146 T16 Norway 1 +2 F +2 146 T16 Switzerland 1 +2 F +2 146 T22 Australia 2 +3 F +3 147 T22 Chile 1 +3 F +3 147 T22 Chinese Taipei 1 +3 F +3 147 T22 Italy 2 +3 F +3 147 T22 Zimbabwe 2 +3 F +3 147 T22 Trinidad and Tobago 2 +3 F +3 147 T28 India 2 +4 F +4 148 T28 New Zealand 1 +4 F +4 148 T28 Argentina 2 +4 F +4 148 T28 Colombia 1 +4 F +4 148 T32 England 1 +5 F +5 149 T32 Russian Federation 2 +5 F +5 149 T32 Namibia 1 +5 F +5 149 T32 El Salvador 1 +5 F +5 149 T36 Sweden 1 +6 F +6 150 T36 Belgium 1 +6 F +6 150 38 Iceland 1 +7 F +7 151 T39 Puerto Rico 1 +8 F +8 152 T39 Czech Republic 1 +8 F +8 152 41 Hong Kong, China 1 +9 F +9 153 T42 Bermuda 1 +10 F +10 154 T42 Philippines 2 +10 F +10 154 T42 Venezuela 2 +10 F +10 154 T45 Uruguay 2 +11 F +11 155 T45 Fiji 1 +11 F +11 155 T45 Honduras 1 +11 F +11 155 T48 Pakistan 1 +12 F +12 156 T48 Tunisia 2 +12 F +12 156 50 Peru 2 +13 F +13 157 51 Bolivia 2 +14 F +14 158 T52 Egypt 2 +15 F +15 159 T52 Guatemala 2 +15 F +15 159 T54 Turkey 2 +17 F +17 161 T54 U.S. Virgin Islands 2 +17 F +17 161 T54 Ecuador 1 +17 F +17 161 T57 Greece 2 +19 F +19 163 T57 Estonia 2 +19 F +19 163 T59 Latvia 1 +21 F +21 165 T59 Botswana 1 +21 F +21 165 61 Slovakia 2 +23 F +23 167 62 Cote d'Ivoire 2 +26 F +26 170 63 Croatia 1 +29 F +29 173 64 United Arab Emirates 2 +30 F +30 174 65 Saudi Arabia 1 +32 F +32 176 66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 +36 F +36 180 67 Gabon 2 +43 F +43 187 68 Bulgaria 2 +46 F +46 190 69 Mauritius 2 +52 F +52 196 70 Nigeria 1 +54 F +54 198 |
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