ENGLAND QUARTET TRIUMPH IN JAPAN
 The
teenage quartet of Tommy Fleetwood, Matt Haines, Gary King
and Eddie Pepperell (pictured left - photo courtesy of Tom
Ward) gave England yet another overseas victory when they
won the Honda International World Junior Championship in Japan
over the weekend.
Going into the third and final round at the par 71 Wild Duck
Country Club in Nikkawa Kamisu City, the England team led
by six strokes but doubled that to finished on a collective
17 under par, beating the team from Thailand by 12 shots with
Korea third, 20 strokes back.
Fleetwood, from Formby Hall Golf Club, won the individual
title in an all-England playoff with Haines, with an eagle
at the first extra hole after starting the day two strokes
behind his team mate who is based at Rochester & Cobham
Golf Club.
All four England Boys shot under par on the final day over
the 6,977 yard course, Pepperell (Drayton Park) finishing
tied fourth and King (Tyrrells Wood) equal eighth. Phiphatplong
Naeosuk from Thailand was third on 207.
The England team learned a lot about playing golf in Asia
and were better than the local players, which promises well
for next year’s World Boys Team Championship in Japan.
Results
Team Event:
622 England
634 Thailand
642 Korea
Leading individual:
206 T Fleetwood (Eng)71 68 67
206 M Haines (Eng) 68 69 69 - Fleetwood won playoff at first
extra hole
207 P Naeosuk (Tha)
210 E Pepperell (Eng) 68 72 70
Other scores:
218 G King (Eng) 73 75 70
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