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AJGA
Stars Shine Brightly at World Amateur Team Championships |
Granada
etches name in record books |
AJGA
mainstays Julieta Granada of Asuncion, Paraguay, and California
natives Paula Creamer of Pleasanton and Jane Park of La Crescenta
represented their countries proudly at the biennial World Amateur
Team Championships held October 20-23 at the Ocean and River
courses at the Rio Mar Country Club in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
Led by Creamer and Park, the U.S. team finished in a tie for
second place with a 6-under-par total, three shots behind the
Swedish national team.
Park, the reigning U.S. Women’s Amateur Champion and three-time
Rolex Junior All-American, finished the event alone in third
place with a 4-under-par tournament total. Park has claimed
three national junior golf titles during her career, with the
latest coming at the McDonald’s Betsy Rawls Girls Championship
in the summer of 2003.
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fired a 63, the lowest individual score in the history
of the World Amateur Team Championships. |
Creamer, a four-time Rolex Junior All-American and Player of
the Year in 2003, finished in seventh place after recording
a 2-under-par tournament total. The California native is the
owner of 17 national junior golf titles, 12 of which were AJGA
events. The 2005 high school graduate also finished in a tie
for second place at the Shoprite LPGA Classic in the summer
of 2004.
Granada, recently named the Rolex Junior Player of the Year,
had the most impressive showing of the week, firing an all-time
tournament record low 9-under-par 63 during the third round
at the River Course. With rounds of 76-72-63-69, Granada was
able to claim co-medalist honors, finishing the week at 8-under-par
280. With Granada leading the way, Team Paraguay finished in
a tie for 14th place, which marked the best finish for the South
American nation since they began competing in the event in 1998.
The World Amateur Team Championships, hosted by the International
Golf Federation, bring the top amateur golfers in the world
together every two years. Teams representing 48 nations were
comprised of three players, with the top two scores counting
toward the daily team total. The 2006 event will be held in
South Africa, with the course yet to be determined.
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