Toyota World Junior Cup: Flores Leads USA to Sweep

6/24/2005 | by

Erik Flores of Grass Valley, CA leads the USA and wins individual honors at 20-under-par

TOYOTA CITY, Japan (June 24, 2005) — The United States (824, -40) once again had the low round of the day at the par 72 Chukyo Golf Club Ishino Course in Toyota City, Aichi prefecture, Japan, to repeat as Toyota World Junior Golf Cup Champion. Led by three top-10 individual finishers - including winner Erik Flores (268, -20) - the Americans claimed the trophy by 12 strokes over Columbia (836, -28). Flores finished six shots ahead of Japan’s Yuki Usami (274, -14) to take home the individual honor. Though in second-place coming into the day, England (839, -25) fell to third following a final round 214. Argentina (845, -19) maintained the fourth position, followed by Chinese Taipei (851, -13), Japan (854, -10), New Zealand (856, -8), Spain (863, -1) and Belgium (864, E). The teams slipping above par were Canada (868, +4), Mexico (870, +6), India (872, +8), South Africa (882, +18) and Zimbabwe (910, +46). Flores and Usami were trailed by Columbia’s Andres Achavarria (275, -13) and Juan Pablo Candela (276, -12), Ming Chuan-Chen of Chinese Taipei (276, -12), England’s Daniel Willet (276, -12), Alan Wagner of Argentina (278, -10), New Zealand’s Jae An (277, -9) and Americans Matthew Swan (277, -9) and Michael Green (278, -8). The final American player - Nicholas Smith - finished the tournament at 2-over (290). "As repeating champions, it wasn’t a very good feeling having to give that trophy back at the opening ceremony. These guys really wanted to get it back," U.S. Coach Scott Moe said after the final round. "And that’s exactly what they did." 2005 Toyota World Junior Golf Cup Final Round Results Team Scores 1. United States 212-209-198-205=824 (-40) 2. Columbia 212-211-204-209=836 (-28) 3. England 212-208-205-214=839 (-25) 4. Argentina 212-213-208-212=845 (-19) 5. Chinese Taipei 220-212-212-207=851 (-13) 6. Japan 223-215-206-210=854 (-10) 7. New Zealand 219-211-213-213=856 (-8) 8. Spain 223-209-221-210=863 (-1) 9. Belgium 219-217-215-213=864 (E) 10. Canada 223-212-214-219=868 (+4) 11. Mexico 214-217-215-224=870 (+6) 12. India 227-216-215-214=872 (+8) 13. South Africa 223-218-220-221=882 (+18) 14. Zimbabwe 230-232-226-222=910 (+46) Top 10 Individuals 1. Erik Flores, United States 65-71-64-68=268 (-20) 2. Yuki Usami, Japan 72-70-67-65=274 (-14) 3. Andres Achavarria, Columbia 72-71-64-68=275 (-13) T4. Juan Pablo Candela, Columbia 66-73-69-68=276 (-12) T4. Ming Chuan-Chen, Chinese Taipei 70-69-72-65=276 (-12) T4. Daniel Willet, England 71-68-67-70=276 (-12) 7. Alan Wagner, Argentina 68-74-69-67=278 (-10) T8. Jae An, New Zealand 72-70-67-70=277 (-9) T8. Matthew Swan, United States 73-69-67-70=277 (-9) 10. Michael Green, United States 74-72-67-67=278 (-8)

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