Australia’s Karl Vilips
leads boys, France’s
Agathe Laisne ahead in girls' Junior Orange Bowl
Agathe Laisne ahead in girls' Junior Orange Bowl
FROM DAVID MACKINTOSH
JOB Press Officer
CORAL GABLES, Florida: Under sunny South Florida skies on a relatively
windless day, 23 players carded par or better, the Boys Division led by
Australia’s Karl Vilips with a 6-under par 65.
France’s Agathe Laisne leads the Girls, her 4-under 67 a stroke
ahead of a second-place tie between Somi Lee from South Korea and Canada’s Monet
Chun. Mexico’s Ana Laura Collado is in close pursuit on 69.
Of the two previous Boys champions in the field, the 2014 winner,
Chile’s Joaquin Niemann, posted 67 for outright second place, outduelling defending
champion, Norwegian Kristoffer Reitan, who returned a 1-under par 70.
“He makes it look easy,” one of Vilips playing companions quipped,
and the 15-year old, who originally hails from Perth, Western Australia but is now being
schooled in Wesley Chapel, Florida, confirmed it was, in fact, a relatively stress-free round -- with a couple of good breaks.
“I eagled the first hole, the par five, and on the back-nine I holed
a 60-degree wedge for another (eagle) three at the 15th,” Vilips
said. “So for the most part there was no real pressure. But a couple of strokes
did get away. I was 60 yards from the green with my drive at the 7th
but over-flew the green and made bogey. And on the 17th, I thought
there was some break on a very short putt that I lipped out.”
Neimann, now 18 and considerably longer from the tee than when he
won the title two years ago, considered the course played easy, less wind than
usual and mostly soft pin positions.
“It was good to get off to this sort of start,” he commented. “I expect it will get tougher as the week goes on.” Asked if he viewed this year as a challenge of champions, the young Chilean said, “Mostly I want this week to be fun. Of course, it would be more fun to win again.”
“It was good to get off to this sort of start,” he commented. “I expect it will get tougher as the week goes on.” Asked if he viewed this year as a challenge of champions, the young Chilean said, “Mostly I want this week to be fun. Of course, it would be more fun to win again.”
Last year Agathe Laisne posted
even-par four-day total of 284 for a share of second place. This time around, as
a taller, more powerful striker, the 17-year old from Boulogne has eyes on the
main prize.
Starting from 10th tee, she
birdied four of her first six holes, a card with just one bogey all day. “I
putted in from off the green for an opening birdie and holed a sand shot on my
4th hole,” she said, “and my only bogey was at the 18th,
my 9th, where I drove into a fairway bunker.”
In his record-tying 5th consecutive JOBI appearance, Providence,
Rhode Island’s Will Dickson scored an ever-par 71.
Scottish boys' champion Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links), making his debut in the tournament, did not have a day to remember. He shot an eight-over-par 79 and is T45 in the boys' field of 56 players.
Eric had a triple bogey 7 at the sixth and a double bogey 6 at the 10th as well as bogeys at the fourth, eighth, 11th, 13th and 15th in halves of 40 (five over par) and 39 (three over).
On the plus side, McIntosh settled to birdie two of the last five holes - the short 14th and the par-5 18th
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
BOYS (par 67; yardage 6,742)
Scottish boys' champion Eric McIntosh (Bruntsfield Links), making his debut in the tournament, did not have a day to remember. He shot an eight-over-par 79 and is T45 in the boys' field of 56 players.
Eric had a triple bogey 7 at the sixth and a double bogey 6 at the 10th as well as bogeys at the fourth, eighth, 11th, 13th and 15th in halves of 40 (five over par) and 39 (three over).
On the plus side, McIntosh settled to birdie two of the last five holes - the short 14th and the par-5 18th
FIRST-ROUND SCORES
BOYS (par 67; yardage 6,742)
GIRLS
Par 71. Yardage 6,089
Go to www.jrorangebowlgolf
for live scoring daily.Par 71. Yardage 6,089
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