2010 WUC Golf Update: Day 1 of Competitions

ANTEQUERA – One hundred and thirty five student golfers teed off on Tuesday 8th June in the13th World University Golf Championship at Antequera Golf in Antequera, Spain, a stunning course in the mountains above the city. The Organising Committee had the course presented in superb condition and the narrow fairways and small greens put a premium on accuracy and pitching and putting which provided an excellent test of golf for all participants.

53 women started in the morning and the golf was of an impressively high standard with Giulia Molinaro of Italy and Morgane Bazin de Jessey from France both returning one under par scores of 71. Both had four birdies in their round with Giulia taking 36 strokes on the first nine holes and 35 on the last 9 while Morgane had 35 out and 36 back.

In the team event Giulia Molinaro was assisted by Anna Roscio with 73 to give Italy the lead in the team event with a total of 144 from Chinese Taipei whose Li-Chen Chang had 72 and Ke-Hui Hsu had 73 for 145. France are in third place as Margot Coulaud Ivanoff added a 75 to Morgane Bazin de Jessey’s 71 for a team score of 146 and these three teams are 5 shots clear of the chasing pack.

Individual (Women)

71 Giulia Molinaro (Italy ) and Morgane Bazin de Jessey (France)

72 Li-Chen Chang (Chinese Taipei)

73 Ke-Hui Hsu (Chinese Taipei) and Jocelyn Alford (Canada)

Team (Women)

144 Italy

145 Chinese Taipei

146 France

The wind got up later in the afternoon to add to the challenge for the 82 male participants. Despite this 7 players managed the conditions very well to break Par, the best of which was Garrett Rank from Canada who was 5 under Par at one stage but eventually finished on a 4 under Par 68.

As in the Ladies event the three leading teams are only separated by a slender margin with Chinese Taipei leading with 71’s from Hung and Huang and a 73 from Hsieh for a total of 215. Spain and Canada are tied for second on 216 with Spain having 71, 72 and 73 and Canada 68, 73 and 75.

Individual (Men)

Garrett Rank Canada 68

Chun-Kang Hung Taipei 71

HUANG, TAO Tao Huang Taipei 71

Ambroise Fourquet France 71

Yoshinori Fujimoto Japan 71

Young-Han Song Korea 71

Juan Francisco Sarasti Bernaras Spain 71

Team (Men)

215 Chinese Taipei

216 Spain and Canada

218 Italy

(Source: Ray Robinson, FISU Technical Chair for Golf)

Giulia Molinaro (ITA)

RESULTS

The Daily Results and more photos can be fond on the OC website at:

http://www.wucgolf2010.com/english/English/Results.html