Report by Rajlakshmi Retesh
September 5, 2014: Going into the final round, Indian team of Aditi Ashok, Gurbani Singh and Astha Madan have slipped to 13th position at Women’s World Amateur Team Championship at Karuizawa 72 Golf East.
Gurbani shot a two-under 72 and Aditi added one-over par 73 round on Friday. Madan’s round remained un-counted for third consecutive day at four-over par 76.
While, Canada’s Brooke Henderson and Brittany Marchand combined for 9-under-par 135 to maintain lead over defending champion Republic of Korea by two-stroke through 54 holes at the 2014 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship.
Henderson, 16, No. 2 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking™ (WWAGR), fired a 6-under-par 66 and Marchand, 22, added a 69 to give the Canadians a three-round total of 23-under-par 409, second-best in history.
The round was suspended because of dangerous weather at 3:27 p.m. with only Canada, Japan and Korea still on the course. Play resumed at 5:16 p.m., following a delay of one hour and 39 minutes.
Two-time defending champion Korea received a 66 from Hye-Jin Choi and a 68 from Gyeol Park to pass Japan and finish in second position at 21-under 411.
Koreans , who won in 2010 and 2012, aim to become the first team to capture three consecutive Espirito Santo Trophy competitions since the USA in 1980, 1982 and 1984.
Host Japan is third, six strokes behind Canada at 415, followed by Australia at fourth. Spain is fifth at 417 and Denmark and USA are tied for 6th after 8-under rounds of 136 at 418. Germany and Sweden share 8th place at 419 and England and Mexico are tied for 10th at 420.
The Women’s World Amateur Team Championship is a biennial international amateur competition conducted by the International Golf Federation (IGF), which comprises 137 national governing bodies in 131 countries. The competition, which is being held for the 26th time, is rotated among three geographic zones: Asia-Pacific, Americas and Europe-Africa.
This year, the event is hosted by the Japan Golf Association. The teams play for the Espirito Santo Trophy.
For the final round, the top half of team scoring will play the Iriyama Course and the other half will play Oshitate on Saturday.
