JUNIOR ORANGE BOWL INTERNATIONAL GOLF
– Day 2
REPORT FROM DAVID MACKINTOSH
CORAL
GABLES, 28TH Dec: Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan vaulted to a 3-stroke
lead in the Boys' championship with a bogey-free 67 and a halfway total of 137. Trinidad’s Sachin Kumar also posted 68 for
outright second (140) with defending champion Joaquin Niemann, 73 (142) tied
for third with Belgium’s Adrien Dumont de Chassart.
In the Girls'
Division, USA’s Emilia Migliaccio (68, 70) shares the lead with South Korea’s Euikyung
Shin (69, 69), two strokes ahead of Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela (70, 70).
France’s Agathe Laisne took Girls low round of the day, a 68 lifting her to a
tie for 5th place.
A second day
of gusty conditions challenged low scoring and most players admitted to playing
conservatively on a tough layout where short-sided misses can be costly.
“This was a
day I had fun,” Reitan said, explaining that for him that means playing with
complete confidence rather than those rounds when he has to struggle to keep
things under control. That confidence reflected in fifteen greens in regulation
and only two fairways missed. “I hit a lot of really good shots and the few I
didn’t get perfectly finished in good position,” he explained. “And my putting
was sound, so combined it all made for a fun day.”
Kumar, from Trinidad and Tobago currently at
school in Florida, credited a red-hot putting streak for his 68, which
contained four birdies and an eagle. “I holed a 15 footer at the 18th
(his 9th) for eagle and birdied four of the next five holes, most
with putts from about 15 -18 feet. Unfortunately it cooled off a bit toward the
end.”
Niemann, the
Chilean defending champion seeking to become the first Boy Division repeat
winner in 52 years, admitted to playing “horrible” but vowed to put the day
behind him. “There’s plenty of golf to be played over the next two days,” he
said, “and tomorrow I’ll be ready.”
Emilia Migliaccio
two rounds have been remarkably dissimilar but her attitude, that’s always
high-positive. She opened the championship with a seven birdie, three bogey helter-skelter,
round two a demure and steady 1-under par 70 with just one error.
“Yes, it was
very different. Today was much steadier, I went a long stretch just missing
birdies by inches but never got into any real trouble.” Confessing she enjoys playing
in windy conditions, Emilia also feels comfortable on these superfast Bermuda-grass
greens. “My course in North Carolina recently changed to this type of grass, so
I’m felling right at home.”
Euikyung Shin has so far carded nine birdies in 36 holes. “I
like the course and I’m playing, very steady,” she said.
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David Mackintosh - JOBI Press Officer
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