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WWATC
6 Women’s World Amateur Team
Leaders
Round 1 — USA (OGC), at 8-under-par 136, by four strokes
over Argentina and France (also OGC). Round 2 — Korea
(BAGC), at 15-under-par 273, by one stroke over the USA
(BAGC). Round 3 — Korea (BAGC), at 25-under-par 40, by
13 strokes over the USA (BAGC).
Weather
Sunny and warm with highs in the upper 70s on Wednesday.
Increasing clouds with highs in the low 60s on Thursday.
Cooler and windy with increasing sunshine, highs in the mid-
60s in Friday. Breezy and warm with highs in the upper 70s on
Saturday.
Championship Notes
Korea’s second and third round scoring propelled them to a
championship record 30-under-par 546 for the championship,
lowest in Espirito Santo history … Although recognition
is given for individual play, but no prizes are given, Jung-Eun
Han set the mark for lowest individual 72-hole score at 275,
bettering Jenny Chuasiriporn’s mark of 276 in 1998 … Han’s
teammates Ji-Hee Kim (277) and Hyun-Soo Kim (278) were
second and third, respectively … Korea’s second-round 128
shattered the single-round mark of 134 set by the USA in
1998 … Their 407 for 54 holes is also a championship mark …
Ji-Hee Kim’s second-round 63 matched the lowest round in
championship history by Julieta Granada, of Paraguay, in 2004
… The Koreans set several other records: lowest third-round
score (134); lowest 54-hole total (407) … Kelli Shean, of South
Africa, recorded the second known hole-in-one in recent
years when she aced the par-3 fifth hole at Buenos Aires G.C.
in the second round … Ji-Hee Kim aced the par-3 14th at
Buenos Aires G.C. in the third round … Chloe Leurquin, of
Belgium, aced the par-3 seventh hole at Olivos in the fourth
round.
General Notes
A total of 52 teams competing in the championship, topping
the previous high of 48 from Puerto Rico (2004) and Australia
(2008) … Guam, Israel, Slovenia and the United Republic of
Tanzania made their first appearances in the Women’s World
Amateur Team Championship … Argentina played in its 22nd
Espirito Santo competition. The best finish for the Argentine
women is fifth place in 1970. The team placed eighth in 1972
at The Hindu Country Club in Buenos Aires, the last time the
World Amateur was contested in Argentina. The last host
nation to win the Espirito Santo Trophy was South Africa in
2006. South Africa (2006), USA (1980) and France (1964) are
2010 Championship Notes
the only host nations to win the Women’s World Amateur
Team Championship ... Maria Olivera, who had played on
10 consecutive Argentine Espirito Santo teams from 1990-
2008, was not a member of the 2010 Team … Ronnie Damm,
the golf course superintendent at Olivos Golf Club, played
in the World Amateur Team Championship for Argentina
in New Zealand in 1990 … The USA’s Jessica Korda, the
runner-up at the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur, played in her
second Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. Her
first appearance was as a 13-year-old playing for the Czech
Republic in South Africa in 2006 … Five members of the
National Golf Coaches Association All-America First-Team
participated: Carlota Ciganda, of Spain, and Juliana Murcia,
of Colombia (Arizona State University); Cydney Clanton, of
the USA (Auburn University); Caroline Hedwall of Sweden,
(Oklahoma State University); and Marta Silva, of Spain
(University of Georgia). Kelli Shean, of South Africa (University
of Arkansas), was a second-team selection. Honorable mention
choices were: Jennifer Kirby, of Canada (University of
Alabama); Sara-Maude Juneau, of Canada, (University of
Louisville); Lisa McCloskey, of Colombia (then at Pepperdine
University); and Sally Watson, of Scotland (Stanford University)
… The youngest player in the field was 13-year-old Lydia Ko,
of New Zealand, who turned 13 in April … At 62, Beatriz de
Arenas, of Guatemala, was the oldest of the competitors, and
represented her country for the seventh time as a player ... Five
members of the Great Britain and Ireland Team and two members
of the USA Team from the 2010 Curtis Cup Match represented
their countries … Watson, Holly Clyburn, of England,
and twins Leona and Lisa McGuire and Danielle McVeigh,
of Ireland, were on the Team that was defeated by the USA,
represented by Korda and Clanton, at Essex County Club near
Boston, Mass., in the summer of 2010 … Watson also played in
the 2008 Match ... In January 2010, the Copa de las Americas,
a team event for nations in the Americas region, was played
at Olivos Golf Club and Buenos Aires Golf Club … In that
championship, the United States of America won the overall
and women’s championships and finished second in the men’s
competition ... Korda played on the victorious women’s Team.