U.S. remains in lead at weather-altered Men's World Amateur Team

10/5/2012 | by United States Golf Association

Chris Williams

Chris Williams and Justin Thomas led the U.S. to a record 13-under Round 1; Round 2 will continue Saturday

ANTALYA, Turkey (Oct. 5, 2012) -- Weather disrupted the second round of the 2012 World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) Friday and because of a six-hour morning delay, only six of the 72 teams in the field completed play. The morning wave of play did not begin until 1:30 p.m. because of dangerous weather conditions. Play was suspended again for dangerous weather at 6:20 p.m. and subsequently called for the day because of darkness. Only 48 of 72 teams started play. Twelve teams started their second rounds in the late afternoon Friday and 24 did not start. The second round will be resumed at 8:30 on Saturday morning. Republic of Korea and Canada, playing at the par-72 Cornelia Golf Club, moved into second place at 10-under-par. Canada had recorded scores for all three players through 15 holes and Korea had scores through 12 holes. USA, the first-round leader, had only three holes recorded by lead player Chris Williams, No.1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), who birdied the 10th and 11th holes at the par-71 Antalya Golf Club, to move his team to 15-under. Five teams in the top 10 on the leaderboard from the first round on Thursday did not play Friday. The teams with their positions from the first round are: Mexico in second, Netherlands and Spain tied for fourth, and Venezuela and Zimbabwe tied for seventh. The World Amateur Team Championship is a biennial international amateur competition, begun in 1958. It is conducted by the International Golf Federation, which comprises national governing bodies of golf in 126 countries and international professional tours. The competition, which is being held for the 28th time, is rotated among three geographic zones: Asia-Pacific, Americas and Europe-Africa. This year’s event is hosted by the Turkish Golf Federation. The teams play for the Eisenhower Trophy. The IGF is the international federation for golf for the International Olympic Committee and will conduct the Olympic golf competition in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. In each round, the total of the two lowest scores from each team constitutes the team score for the round. The four-day (72-hole) total is the team’s score for the championship.

Results: Men's World Amateur Team

Place	Player	Location	Pts	Scores
1	Sebastian Vazquez	, Mexico	1500	66-67-66--199
2	Chris Williams	Moscow, ID	1200	64-67-69--200
3	Moritz Lampert	, Germany	900	70-66-65--201
T4	Julien Brun	, France	900	67-72-65--204
T4	Julio Vegas	, Venezuela	900	69-70-65--204

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About the Men's World Amateur Team

In 1958 the United States Golf Association asked The R&A to join them in sponsoring a world-wide amateur golf team event to be played biennially in non-Walker Cup years. Between 35 and 40 nations were represented at the first meeting and President Dw...

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