Ireland move up two places
Kelli Shean of Cape Town and Ashleigh Simon of Johannesburg each shot three-under-par 69s to propel South Africa into the lead by three strokes over Germany after the second day’s play at the 2006 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Ireland moved up two places to 24th after improving on yesterday’s total by two shots. Cork’s Claire Coughlan was best of the Irish with a two over par 74 while Martina Gillen was one further back on 75. Tricia Mangan turned comfortably but carded a wretched six over back nine to finish on 79.
First-day leaders Japan fell to third place at 281 despite even-par 72s from Mika Miyasato and Rikako Morita, who shot 65 in the first round.
Meanwhile, France moved strongly from tied for 12th to sole fourth by posting the lowest daily total of the championship (136) on a pair of 68s from Anne-Lisa Caudal and Melodie Bourdy. Their 136 is the second-lowest team score for any round in the history of the Espirito Santo competition.
Defending champion Sweden and Chinese Taipei, who were tied for second through 18 holes, both lost ground, moving to tied for fifth and tied for seventh, respectively. Also in the top 10 were England (284, T5th), Korea and Australia (286, T7th) and Colombia (288, 10th).
Full Scoring:
277 South Africa
280 Germany
281 Japan
282 France
284 England Sweden
286 Korea Chinese Taipei Australia
288 Colombia
289 Netherlands
290 Canada New Zealand United States of America
291 Spain
292 Italy
293 Austria
294 Russian Federation Scotland
297 Venezuela
298 Wales
299 Mexico Czech Republic
301 Chile Ireland (T Mangan 77 79, M Gillen 74 75, C Coughlan 81 74)
302 Belgium Argentina
303 Finland Philippines
304 Brazil
305 Norway
308 Iceland
310 Bermuda
319 Egypt
320 Switzerland Puerto Rico Guatemala
328 Trinidad & Tobago
331 Slovakia
343 Zambia
349 Croatia
378 Gabon
