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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Sunningdale teenager chasing another big win

Stiggy goes two ahead with a 66
in Junior Orange Bowl

LATER NEWS FROM THE JUNIOR ORANGE BOWL
(Scroll down for first-round scores and report)
Sunningdale's Stiggy Hodgson broke clear of the Junior Orange Bowl's boys' championship field with a second-round of 66 (four under par) for a halfway tally of seven-under-par 133 over the Donald-Ross designed Biltmore course at Coral Gables, Florida today.
Hodgson, seeking to add yet another big win to his outstanding 2008 CV, leads by two shots from Mathias Schjoelberg (Norway) who added a 68 to his opening 67.
Jake Shepherd from Surrey, the second English 18-year-old in the field, slipped down to joint seventh, even though he improved a stroke with a 69 for 139.
Garth McPhee from Ireland is tied for 52nd place on 156 after a 79 today.
Victoria Tanco (Argentina) shares the girls' championship lead on 141 with Kristina Wong (United States). Tanco has shot 72 and 69, Wong 69 and 72.
Alexis Thompson (US) , the pre-tournament favourite, is in third place on 142.

LEADING HALFWAY TOTALS
BOYS
Par 140 (2 x 70)
133 Stiggy Hodgson (England) 67 66.
135 Mathias Schjoelberg (Norway) 67 68.
137 Jorge Fernandez Vakies (Argentina) 71 66, Matteo Manassero (Italy) 68 68.
138 Han Chang Won South Korea) 72 66, Stephan Wotters (Germany) 70 68.
139 Jake Shepherd (England) 70 68, Romain Wattel (France) 72 67.
Selected score:
156 Garth McGee (Ireland) 77 79 (joint 52nd).
GIRLS
Par 140 (2 x 70)
141 Victoria Tanco (Argentina) 72 69, Kristina Wong (US) 69 72.
142 Alexis Thompson (US) 71 71.
143 Yu-Ri Kim (South Korea) 70 73.
144 Stephanie Kim (US) 73 71, Emilie Alonso (France) 74 70.

+ We'll have a full report from David Mackintosh on this site on Monday morning.
In the meantime, if you want to read all the second-round totals, cut and paste the following
on to your PC.

http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/player/static/player1412.html

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