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EVIAN JUNIORS CUP - A HAT-TRICK FOR THE USA
At the end of the 3-day competition, the USA wins the third
edition of the Evian Juniors Cup for the third year in a row, ahead
of Italy and Japan.
The young American Bailey Shoemaker was victorious on the
greens in Evian thanks to a magnifi cent eagle on 18. Bailey can
now add another new victory to her young career, having won the
Section 4 girls golf championships in May. The young American
carded 69 (-2) today to produce an aggregate score of 213 (E)
over the three rounds, 4 shots ahead of her compatriot Sara Im.
The Czech Denisa Vodickova takes the third step on the podium
with a score of 218 (+5).
In the boys’ category, it is also the American Eric Lee who takes
fi rst place with a fi nal score of 212 (-1). He is followed by the
Italian Marco Florioli and Japan’s Eita Nakagawa and Misakimi
Yoshizawa, who both fi nish on 215 (+2).
Other noteworthy performances were made by the French player
Vairana Heck and the Italian Riccardo Tosi, both of whom made
a hole-in-one on the 8th hole.
F
or its 13th edition, the Evian Juniors Cup, held on 24, 25
and 26 September, welcomed 16 teams and 64 participants
to the course at the Evian Resort Golf Club.
The thirteen editions of the Evian Championship Juniors Cup have
brought some of today’s golfi ng talents to the fore, professional
players such as Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, Aditi Ashok and
Leona Maguire, and the world’s top amateurs including Albane
Valenzuela and Agathe Laisné.
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