AUSTRALIA WIN JUAN TAILHADE CUP IN ARGENTINA

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VENUE: Los Lagartos Country Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Australia win Tailhade Cup The Australian team is the winner of the 41st Edition of Tailhade Cup (17th International Team Competition), played at Los Lagartos Country Club. With a total of 564, the Aussies 5th title in the history of the event makes them the country with more victories. In second place finished New Zealand with 577 and the Irish team finished third with a total of 579. Geoff Drakeford needed 74 (+3) in the final round, his partner Jordan Zunic finished with 67 (-4).  “I am so excited for this victory, which was our plan before coming here. Today I was a little nervous when I started playing, so I made a few mistakes that complicated the round. But I focused and made a few birdies in the final 9. Winning the individual competition has also been very important for me,” declared Drakeford.  Jordan Zunic said: “It was a very good day. We have both played very well, specially Geoff. Luckily I found something to correct my swing yesterday. We have had extraordinary results in the final rounds, I am very happy with this victory. The success of our country is a direct result of the great training programs that produces very good players.” In the individual category, Geoff Drakeford was the winner with a total of 280 (-4).The Uruguayan Juan Álvarez finished with 2 more strokes, and there was a tie at the third place between the Argentine Alejandro Tosti and the New Zealander Joshua Munn, with 283 (-1). LEADERBOARD 1 AUSTRALIA 144 144 135 141 564 2 NEW ZEALAND 142 145 144 146 577 3 IRELAND 139 143 151 146 579 4 SOUTH AFRICA 144 148 146 142 580 4 ARGENTINA 145 154 140 141 580 6 MEXICO 146 155 142 150 583 7 CANADA 150 149 141 144 584 8 PERU 144 153 149 149 588 9 URUGUAY 142 154 145 150 591 10 SPAIN 148 144 150 151 593 11 HOLLAND 146 156 149 151 602 12 ITALY 147 151 149 157 604 13 SWITZERLAND 154 148 150 155 607 13 FINLAND 159 149 146 153 607 DQ COLOMBIA 159 149 146 - -

TEAMS: ARGENTINA (Alejandro Tosti y Santiago Bauni) HOLLAND (Lars Van Meijel; Robert Junior van West) SPAIN (Eduardo Larrañaga Eizaguirre; Antoni Ferrer Mercant) FINLAND (Antti Sakari Lassila; Teemu Tapani Toivonen) URUGUAY (Juan Álvarez; Federico Levinsky) MEXICO (Juan José Salcedo Signoret, Aaron Terrazas Morales) ITALY (Paolo Ferraris; Giorgio De Filippi) PERU (José Luis Rodríguez; Luis Fernando Barco) COLOMBIA (Mateo Gómez Villegas; Santiago Tobon Salazar) AUSTRALIA ( Geoff Drakeford, Jordan Zunic) SOUTH AFRICA (Charles J Du Plessis, Drikus Bruyns) SWITZERLAND (Joel Girrbach, Mathias Eggenberger) NEW ZEALAND (Joshua Paul Munn, Jordan Travis Bakermans) IRELAND (Richard O´Donovan, Reeve Jackson Whitson) CANADA (Garrett Rank, Adam Redmond Svensson) PAST WINNERS: 1996 - Argentina (Juan Pablo Abbate - Fernando Delía) 1997 - South Africa (Trevor Immelman - Ulrich Van den Berg) 1998 - Australia (Adam Scott - Kim Felton) 1999 - Australia (Aaron Baddeley - Brett Rumford) 2000 - England (Gary Wolstenholme - Nick Dougharty ) 2001 - England (Zane Scotland - David Skinns) 2002 - Australia (Kurt Barnes - Luke Hickmott) 2003 - England (Gary Lockerbie - Michael Skelton) 2004 - Argentina (Sebastián Saavedra - Estanislao Goya) 2005 - Holland (Joost Luiten - Tim Sluiter) 2006 - England (Seve Benson - Edward Richardson) 2007 - Australia  (Rohan Blizar - Tim Stewart) 2008 - Holland (Reiner Saxton - Floris De Vries)  2009 - South Africa (Ryan Dreyer - JG Claassen) 2010 - Finland (Tapio Pulkkanen - Miro Veijalainen) 2011 - Holland (Daniël Huizing - Robin Kind) For more information, visit: www.aag.org.ar