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Playing through wind and rain, the Europe 1 team of Sakke Siltala and Caitlin Whitehead posted a 17-underpar four-round score of 263 to win the 2018 Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation Ju n ior Cha mpion sh ip for t he Mitsubishi Corporation Cup 2018 held at The Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. The pair finished eight strokes ahead of the Korea 1 team of Oh Seunghyun and Hyun Selin, who combined for a score of 271. Silta la ca rded a n ind ividua l round of 69 to win the Boys Overall Tournament, narrowly beating Pickin Jye of Australia 2 and Josh Greer of Australia 1, who finished tied for second at 70. Whitehead shot a six-under par 64 to claim the Girls Overall title, beating Hyun of Korea 1 and Jo Hyelim of Korea 2, both of whom shot 68. By winning the Boys and Girls Overall championships, Sakke also qualified to play in the Asia-Pacific Open Golf Diamond Cup 2018 in Japan and Caitlin in the 2019 Korea Women's Open.
Hong Kong Golf Association
European Team Sweeps APGC Junior Championship
Yoshihiro Nishi, President of HKGA, presents trophies to the winners of the APGC Junior Championship and the Mitsubishi Corporation Cup Inclement weather conditions forced tournament organisers to reverse the format of this year’s tournament and hold stroke play on day 1. The stroke play competition featured a standard 18-hole round with a seeded draw where male and female players each produced individual scores toward their teams’ final four-round totals. Foursomes and fourball were played on days 2 and 3. Six teams from host nation Hong Kong competed in this year’s tournament. The Hong Kong team 1 of Cyrus Lee Yu-fung and Selina Li Yuen-yuet finished 15th with a score of 291, while the Hong Kong team 2 of Inara Diti Sharma and Yu Ka-jun finished 20th at 297.
Leon D’Souza, representing South Mo u n t a i n C o m mu n it y C o l l e g e , won the Ottawa University Arizona (OUAZ) Fall Invite at Eagle's Nest Golf Club, Arizona. D’Souza shot 14 -u nder 202 in t he t hree-rou nd tournament. He took the individual meda l ist honour a nd led Sout h Mountain to Team Event victory. The two-day, three-round event was played at Eagle's Nest Golf Club and featured a field of six teams. South Mountain claimed the team champion title with 23-under-par, two ahead of the hosting Ottawa University. D’Souza was the only player able to score 60s in all three rounds. Joe Baldeck from the Benedictine University finished 2nd with 4 shots back. D’Sou za was t he on ly a mateur golfer to make the weekend cut with 72-70 rounds in the 2017 UBS Hong Kong Open, which was only his first appearance in the showpiece event. But 10
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D’Souza Wins Ottawa University Arizona Fall Invite Title
the highlight of his campaign was still to come as the local amateur star fired a superb five-under 65 in the third round to prove he belonged with the big boys. He finished on even-par 280 for a tie for 41st place - but ahead of four-time European Tour winner Matteo Manassero of Italy, Thai veteran Thongchai Jaidee and Chinese star Liang Wenchong. HKGOLFER.COM