ANTEQUERA - The final round of the Championship took place June 11th, to decide the medal winners of the 13th edition of this Championship with Spain winning Gold and Silver in the Men's Individual event while Bronze went to Korea.
The two best rounds of the day were returned by Gerard Piris Mateu and Carlos Pigen Xammar of Spain with 68 and 69 respectively. This gave Gerard a total of 281 and a 7 shot win over his compatriot as well as Sung-Heak Park of Korea and, the leader from the third day, Yoshinori Fujimoto all on 288. Carlos took the Silver medal and Sung-Heak the Bronze on the better last day cards.
Gerard had 4 birdies and an eagle for 7 holes of his last nine and then dropped a shot at each of the last two holes or his score would have been even better.
Men's Scores of the Day
PIRIS MATEU, GERARD
SPAIN
68
PIGEM XAMMAR, CARLOS
SPAIN *
69
MATSUYAMA, HIDEKI
JAPAN *
69
PARK, SUNG-HEAK
KOREA *
71
HUANG, TAO
CHINESE TAIPEI *
71
LOWER, JUSTIN
USA *
71
TESTA, FRANCESCO
ITALY *
71
DALL'ARCHE, VALENTINO
ITALY *
71
Individual (Men)
PIRIS MATEU, GERARD
SPAIN
72
69
72
68
281
PIGEM XAMMAR, CARLOS
SPAIN *
72
71
76
69
288
PARK, SUNG-HEAK
KOREA *
74
72
71
71
288
FUJIMOTO, YOSHINORI
JAPAN *
71
71
69
77
288
WHITE, JAMES
GREAT BRITAIN *
76
75
67
72
290
MATSUYAMA, HIDEKI
JAPAN *
76
74
72
69
291
HUANG, TAO
CHINESE TAIPEI *
71
76
73
71
291
VAN TONDER, JACQUES
SOUTH AFRICA *
75
72
71
73
291
LOWER, JUSTIN
USA *
72
76
73
71
292
There was a tremendously close battle for the medals in the Men's Team event and it was only decided on the last hole. Korea took the Gold on a total of 869 by 3 shots from Japan on 872 who took the Silver from Spain by one shot on 873. Spain in turn won the bronze by just one shot from Chinese Taipei on 874.
The best scores of the day from the Women were returned by
HSU, KE-HUI
CHINESE TAIPEI *
71
ANDERSON, LAURA
USA
71
BAZIN DE JESSEY, MORGANE
FRANCE *
73
O'DONNELL, CATHERINE
USA
74
MOLINARO, GIULIA
ITALY *
75
KENDLER, ALIZAH
AUSTRALIA *
75
MACDONALD, KELSEY
GREAT BRITAIN *
76
CORÉ, MELISSA
CANADA
76
Catherine O'Donnell's 74 enabled her to win the Gold medal for USA on 290 ahead of Silver Medallist Morgane Bazin de Jessey of France on 292 and Bronze Medallist Ke-Hui Hsu of Chinese Taipei on 298.
Individual (Women)
O'DONNELL, CATHERINE
USA
75
70
71
74
290
BAZIN DE JESSEY, MORGANE
FRANCE *
71
73
75
73
292
HSU, KE-HUI
TAIPEI *
73
83
71
71
298
MOLINARO, GIULIA
ITALY *
71
84
73
75
303
ANDERSON, LAURA
USA
73
80
80
71
304
BAUER, ASHLEY
USA *
75
80
72
77
304
FERNÁNDEZ DE MESA SILONIZ, ANA
SPAIN *
76
78
73
79
306
MACDONALD, KELSEY
GREAT BRITAIN *
76
82
74
76
308
VAVRUŠKOVÁ, TEREZA
CZECH REP. *
81
78
72
77
308
KENOYER, STEFANIE
USA *
75
83
73
77
308
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