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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Sweden Holds Lead Halfway Through 2006 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship
 

Tim Sluiter of The Netherlands leads individual competition 


TOYOTA CITY, Japan - Sweden nearly matched its first round performance with a 9-under 207 on Wednesday to hold a three-stroke lead over Chinese Taipei and Norway (-16) at the 2006 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship at the Chukyo Golf Club Ishino Course in Toyota City, Aichi-Prefecture, Japan. Japan checked in fourth at 14-under, doubling up three teams tied for fifth at 7-under - Argentina, The Netherlands and USA. In the individual competition, Tim Sluiter of The Netherlands missed the course record set last year by America's Erik Flores by a single shot, shooting a 65 to bring his two day total to 136 (-8), a single stroke ahead of Sweden's Jesper Kennegard (-7).

England fired an 8-under 208 to bring its tournament total to minus-4 while Canada (-3) and Korea (-) rounded out the teams at or below par. The teams in the black were New Zealand (+2), South Africa (+4), Colombia (+5), Venezuela (+10) and Mexico (+19).

Trailing the top two individual competitors are five golfer tied for third at 6-under - Sweden's Bjorn Akesson, Pan Fu-Chiang and Lui Yu Chun of Chinese Taipei, Norway's Anders Kristiansen and Shunsuke Sonoda of Japan. Following by one stroke and tying for eighth were Norway's Are Friestad and Marius Thorp, Esteban Martinez of Argentina and America's Kyle Stanley.

The other American competitors - Jordan Cox, Hudson Swafford and Alex Volpenhein - shot 75, 72 and 68, respectively. Cox and Volpenhein are now tied for 32nd at 146 (+2) with Swafford a stroke behind at 3-over.

Round three tees off Thursday morning with the forecast calling for storms beginning around mid-day.

2006 Toyota World Junior Golf Team Championship
S
econd Round Results

 

  

Team Standings
1. Sweden 206-207=413 (-19)
T2. Chinese Taipei 211-205=416 (-16)
T2. Norway 207-209=416 (-16)
4. Japan 208-210=418 (-14)
T5. Argentina 215-210=425 (-7)
T5. Netherlands 220-205=425 (-7)
T5. USA 216-209=425 (-7)
8. England 220-208=428 (-4)
9. Canada 216-213=429 (-3)
10. Korea 213-219=432 (-)
11. New Zealand 219-215=434 (+2)
12. South Africa 218-218=436 (+4)
13. Colombia 219-218=437 (+5)
14. Venezuela 226-216=442 (+10)
15. Mexico 223-228=451 (+19)

 

Individual Standings
1. Tim Sluiter, Netherlands 71-65=136 (-8)
2. Jesper Kennegard, Sweden 68-69=137 (-7)
T3. Bjorn Akesson, Sweden 69-69=138 (-6)
T3.
Pan Fu-Chiang, Chinese Taipei
70-68=138 (-6)
T3. Lui Yu Chun, Chinese Taipei 69-69=138 (-6)
T3. Anders Kristiansen, Norway 71-67=138 (-6)
T3. Shunsuke Sonoda, Japan 70-68=138 (-6)
T8. Are Friestad, Norway 68-71=139 (-5)
T8. Esteban Martinez, Argentina 68-71=139 (-5)
T8. Kyle Stanley, USA 70-69=139 (-5)
T8. Marius Thorp, Norway 68-71=139 (-5)

T32. Jordan Cox, USA 71-75=146 (+2)
T32. Alex Volpenhein, USA 78-68=146 (+2)
T38. Hudson Swafford, USA 75-72=147 (+3)

 

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