Portmarnock Golf Club
(Portmarnock Golf Club Photo)
AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (December 7, 2016) -- Ireland's
Portmarnock Golf Club opened with a 7-under to take
the lead after day one of the 12th World Club
Championship. On Thursday, after the second day of
stroke-play qualifying, Portmarnock will look to hold
onto a top-4 spot and punch their ticket for match play.
Each team at Ayodhya Links is
comprised of the represented courses 2016 club
champion and a
selected partner from the track.
The Portmarnock duo of Geoff Lenehan and
Jack Pierse exploded out of the gates with six birdies
against no bogeys on the front nine to turn in 6-under
30. On the back nine they cooled off a bit, but with
three
more birdies and two bogeys they still put together a 1-
under 35 side that allowed them to sign for a 65.
In second place one shot behind at 6-under is
British Open rota member Royal St. George's Golf Club.
The highlight of the day for the seaside course pairing of
Karl Gilbert and Richard Osterdahl was a hole-in-one on
the 12th hole. Over the remaining 17-holes Gilbert and
Osterdahl rolled in seven birdies and three bogeys.
The highest ranking United States team is third
place Los
Angeles Country Club, the site of next years Walker
Cup. Through 18-holes the course from the city of
angels is 5-under following a 67. Representing the club
are John Callaghan and Sandy Horacek and the two
paired for a bogey-free, five birdie round.
Currently the final spot of the match play bracket is
being held by Thai National at 4-under. Playing in their
home county Kammalas Namuangruk and Sadom
Kaewkanjana put together a bogey-free round with
birdies on the 3rd, 8th, 15th and 17th holes.
Overall there are eight other United States in
the
field:
Baltusrol Golf Club (5th, -3)
---Jeffrey Kiley and Nick Mullen
Riviera Country Club (T6, -2)
---Kaj Vazales and Mike Riedel
Pine Valley Golf Club (T6, -2)
---Gene Elliot and Michael McCoy
The Olympic Club (T6, -2)
---Kory Storer and Randy Haag
Oakmont Country Club (T15, E)
---Brett and Brock Bergman
Shinnecock Hills Golf Club (T17, +1)
---Alex Robertson and John Picket III
Merion Golf Club (19th, +3)
---Donald Ashley and John LeBoeuf
Seminole Golf Club (24th, +6)
---John Pinkham and Kelly Miller
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ABOUT THE
World Club Championship
The club champion and a partner from GOLF
Magazine’s
Top 100 World Courses List compete at another Top
100
golf course over the course of three days. The first
two
days feature 18 holes of stroke play qualifying after
which the top 4 teams advance to the final day of
match play. The event began in 2004 and is held
every other year.
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