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Young Welsh Ace Wins Duke Of York
Trophy and see Melissa Reid update below;
26 September 2004
Teenaged Welsh wizard Zac Gould
capped fabulous nine-week stretch of brilliant golf
by winning the prestigious The Duke of York Young
Champions Trophy tournament over the Kingsbarns Links,
Fife on Friday.The 16-year-old from Vale of Glamorgan,
South Wales won the European Young Masters in Austria
at the end of July, helped Europe win the Junior Ryder
Cup in the United States earlier this month, and was
named as a member of the 2005 Walker Cup preparatory
squad on Wednesday - the same day that he smashed
the Kingsbarns Links amateur record by four shots
with a five-under-par 67.
"Everything clicked for me
in that first round and though I never quite played
as well as that in the second and third rounds, it
gave me a lot of confidence to handle the Kingsbarns
course," said Zac who wants to go to a United
States college on a golf scholarship in a year or
so."
I reckon playing over there on the
college circuit would do my game a lot of good."Gould,
who is coached by Peter Johnson, started the final
round of the 54-hole tournament, contested by the
Under-18 national champions of 19 European countries,
tied with another bright young prospect, 15-year-old
Rory McIlroy from Belfast but forged clear with a
closing round of 71 (34-37) for a final total of four-under-par
212.
Zac birdied the third, fourth and
fifth to put daylight between himself and his playing
partner and never looked like being headed after that,
even though he ran up a double bogey 6 at the 10th.
Gould's immediate response was to birdie the 11th
and 12th!
What a young player! What a prospect!McIlroy
felt his putting let him down as he closed with a
74 (36-38)to take second place on 215 - two shots
ahead of the defending champion Rikard Kalberg (Sweden)
who had a splendid 68 (32-37) for 217..Like Zac Gould,
Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) began the last round in a
tie for the lead, in her case with Fabienne In-Albon
(Switzerland) with Spain's Azahara Munoz, winner of
the British girls' open title at Lanark in August,
breathing down their necks.Anna, again like the boys'
winner, outclassed her rivals with a brilliant final
round of two-under-par 70 (36-34) to win the title
by five shots from In-Albon with last year's girls'
winner, Justine Barbier (Belgium) coming through into
third place on 231 with a 74.
Melissa Reid's update:
Final figures for a 76 (her best of the three
days were:4 4 4 4 5 4 3 3 8: 39 (+3)
4 4 7 3 5 2 5 3 4: 37 (+1)
She had very costly holes at the ninth and the 12th.
2nd hole was a bogey. 3rd hole a birdie. Fifth hole
a bogey. Sixth hole a birdie. Ninth hole a triple
bogey. 12th hole was a double bogey. 14th was a bogey.
15th was a birdie. 17th was a birdie.
THE DUKE OF YORK YOUNG CHAMPIONS'
TROPHY
Kingbarns Links, Fife.
FINAL TOTALS (Par 72)
BOYS
212 Zac Gould (Wales) 67 74 71.
215 Rory McIlroy (Ireland) 73 68 74.
217 Rikard Karlberg (Sweden 72 72 73.
219 Matthew Kent (South Africa) 74 77 68.
224 John Parry (England) 75 76 73.
225 Scott Henry (Scotland) 75 79 71.
226 Tristan Bierenbroodspot (Netherlands) 75 80 71.
227 Jesper Drongstrup (Denmark) 79 77 71, Tony Raillard
(France) 79 77 71.
229 Jordan Findlay (Scotland) 80 72 77.
230 Marcus Rytkola (Finland) 80 77 73.
231 Miguel Cabrera (Spain) 77 81 73, Justine Barbier
(Belgium) 80 77 74.
233 , Sandro Tan Piaget (Monaco) 81 78 74.
234 Lee Jones (Wales) 82 76 76, Matthew Jones (Wales)
77 79 78.
235 Andreas Christ (Austria) 78 83 74, Jonathan Lavin
(Sweden) 76 84 75, Lien Willems (Belgium) 85 74 76.
237 Marc Dobias (Switzerland) 82 81 74.
242 Didier Dykmans (Belgium) 84 81 77.
245 Elfar Halldarson (Iceland) 84 81 80.
249 Thordur Gissurarson (Iceland) 79 82 88.
GIRLS
223 Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) 76 77 70.
228 Fabienne In-Albon (Switzerland) 79 74 75.
233 Maria Vertchenova (Russia) 78 85 70, Azahara Munoz
(Spain) 77 77 79.
234 Maria Hernandez (Spain) 80 82 72.
237 Melissa Reid (England) 80 81 76.
239 Kylie Walker (Scotland) 86 78 75.
242 Tinna Johansdottir (Iceland) 79 83 80.
246 Tara Davies (Wales) 84 81 81.
248 Nejla Gercek (Turkey) 87 85 76.
252 Minna Vuorenpaa (Finland) 85 87 80.
256 Alessandra de Luigi (Italy) 86 89 91.
265 Sara Monberg (Denmark) 88 88 89
Credit David Begg SportsQueries
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September 2004
YOUNG WELSH ACE SPREADEAGLES DUKE
OF YORK FIELD IN FIRST ROUND AT KINGSBARNS
Zac Gould, 16-year-old winner
of the European Young Masters boys' title in Austria
in late July, recaptured that brilliant form to spreadeagle
the high-class field in the first round of The Duke
of York Young Champions' Trophy 54-hole tournament
over the Kingsbarns Links, Fife in Scotland today
(Wednesday).
Gould was celebrating the Royal
& Ancient Golf Club announcement earlier in the
day that he had been named in a squad of 29 Great
Britain & Ireland players to prepare for the Walker
Cup match against the
United States at Chicago Golf Club on August 13 and
14 next year.
Gould, a junior member of the Vale of Glamorgan Golf
Club in South Wales, shot a five-under-par 67 to open
up a five-shot lead from last year's winner, Rikard
Karlberg (Sweden) with Rory McIlroy (Ireland) in third
place on 73.
McIlroy, from Holyrood, Belfast,
finished fourth in the R&A Junior Open at Barassie,
Scotland in July.
The girls' section at Kingsbarns
is being led by Anna Nordqvist (Sweden) with a 76,
one shot ahead of 16-year-old Azahara Munzo (Spain),
winner of the British girls' open amateur championship
the last time she was in Scotland -- several weeks
ago at Lanark Golf Club.
THE DUKE OF YORK YOUNG CHAMPIONS TROPHY
Kingsbarns Links (Par 72)
FIRST ROUND SCORES
67 Zac Gould (Wal).
72 Rikard Karlberg (Swe).
73 Rory McIlroy (Ire).
74 Matthew Kent (South Africa).
75 John Parry (Eng), Tristan Bierenbroodspot (Net),
Scott Henry (Sco).
76 Anna Nordqvist (Swe), Jonathan Lavin (Ice).
77 Matthew Jones (Aal), Miguel Cabrera (Spa), Azahara
Munox (Spa).
78 Andreas Christ (Aut), Maria Vertechenova (Rus).
79 Fabienne In-Albon (Swi), Jesper Drongstrup (den),
Tinna Johansdottir (Ice), Tony Raillard (Fra), Thordur
Gissurarson (Ice).
80 Maria Hernandez (Spa), Marcus Rytkola (Fin), Jordan
Findlay (Sco), Melissa Reid (Eng), Justine Barbier
(Bel).
81 Sandro Tan Piaget (Monaco).
82 Lee Jones (Wal), Marc Dobias (Swi).
84 Didier Dykmans (Bel), Elfar Halldarson (Ice), Tara
Davies (Wel).
85 Lien Williems (Bel), Minna Vuorenpaa (Fin).
86 Alexandra de Luigi (Ita), Kylie Walker (Sco).
87 Nejla Gercek (Tur).
88 Sara Monberg (Den
17 September 2004
YOUNG STARS HEAD FOR SCOTTISH LINKS
AND
DUKE OF YORK YOUNG CHAMPIONS' TROPHY
Almost all of the best young amateur
golfers in Europe - male and female, will be competing
in next week's The Duke of York Young Champions Trophy
tournament.
The 54-hole event, regarded as Europe's premier event
for Under-18 year-olds, will be played over the Kingsbarns
Links, Fife in Scotland from Wednesday to Friday (September
22 to 24).
A total of 39 of the leading junior golfers, boys
and girls, from 20 countries, most of them with scratch
handicaps of better, will make Fife their home for
the week.
Rikard Karlberg (Sweden) will be defending the title
he won impressively over the Castletown Links on the
Isle of Man last year.
Others in the field include Zac Gould from Wales,
winner of the European Under-16 Young Masters title
in Austria in July, South Africa's Mattrhew Kent who
won the Toyota world junior championship in Japan
earlier this year, Jordan Findlay, the 16-year-old
Scot who was the surprise winner of the British boys'
open title in August, and Azahara Munoz, the 16-year-old
from Malaga, Spain, who won the British girls' open
championship at Lanark in August.
The Duke of York, who is extremely motivated towards
being personally involved with the event, will be
in attendance for the duration of the tournament.
Not only will Prince Andrew present the prizes at
the end of the week but at the start of it, on Tuesday,
the eve of the tournament, he will play golf with
the guests and VIPs and also host the official tournament
dinner in Anstruther the same evening.
The complete field for The Duke of York Young Champions'
Trophy is:
Austria: Andreas Christ, Martina Hochwimmer.
Belgium: Didier Dyukmans, Lien Willems.
Denmark: Jesper Drongstrup, Sara Monberg.
England: John Parry, Melissa Reid.
Finland: Markus Rytkola, Minna Vuorenpaa.
France: Tony Raillard, Elena Giraud.
Germany: Carolin Lohr.
Iceland: Thordur Gissurarson, Elfar Halldarsson, Tinna
Johannsdattir.
Ireland: Rory McIlroy.
Italy: Alexandra De Luigi.
Monaco: Sandro Tan Piaget.
Netherlands: Tristan Bierenbroodspot.
Russia: Maria Vertchenova.
Scotland: Jordan Findlay, Scott Henry, Kylie Walker.
South Africa: Matthew Kent.
Spain: Miguel Cabrera, Maria Hernandez, Azahara Munoz.
Sweden: Rikard Karlberg, Jonathan Lavin, Anna Nordqvist.
Switzerland: Marc Dobias, Fabienne In-Albon.
Turkey: Hamza Sayin, Nejla Gercek.
Wales: Zac Gould, Lee Jones, Matthew Jones, Tara Davies.
DAVID BEGG
SPORTS
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