Sweden takes the lead for the final round of the World Junior Girls Championship, presented by Sargent Farms
Canada 1 and Canada 2 placed fifth and seventh respectively in the team competition; Sweden’s Meja Őrtengren continues to lead in the individual stroke play competition
MARKHAM, Ont. – Individual leader Meja Őrtengren followed up yesterday’s sizzling 68 with a third-round 2-under 70 to push Team Sweden atop the leaderboard heading into Saturday’s final round of the World Junior Girls Golf Championship, presented by Sargent Farms.
Sweden (140-143-142—427) started the day two shots behind Spain, but paired Őrtengren’s 70 with teammate Nora Sundberg’s even-par 72 for a third-round team score of 2-under 142 to sit at 5-under through 54 holes, two shots free from Spain. Teammate Matilda Bjőrkman shot 77 for the Swedish team looking to claim its first-ever team title at the World Junior Girls Golf Championship, presented by Sargent Farms.
The second-round leaders from Spain (140-143-146—429) tallied rounds of even-par 72 from Cayetana Fernández and 2-over 74 from teammate Andrea Revuelta to sit alone second at 3-under, setting up a showdown on Saturday .
Chinese Taipei (144-150-141—435) is alone third at 3-over and Colombia (145-146-147—438) is fourth at 6-over.
Canada 1 squad by Lauren Kim of Surrey, BC (72-76-72—220), Michelle Liu of Vancouver (72-77-74—223) and Angela Arora of Surrey, BC (68-80-75—223) ) sits alone at 7-over to round out the top-five.
The Canada 2 squad of Anna Huang of Vancouver (72-77-76—225), Yeji Kwon of Port Coquitlam, BC (73-75-75—223) and Michelle Xing of Richmond Hill, Ont. (74-83-82—239) are seventh (+16), five shots behind sixth Germany (+11).
The following are team results in the third round of the World Junior Girls Championship, presented by Sargent Farms:
1 Sweden -5 (147-138-142—427)
2 Spain -3 (140-143-146—429)
3 Chinese Taipei +3 (144-150-141—435)
4 Colombia +6 (145-146-147—438)
5 Canada 1 +7 (140-153-146—439)
6 Germany +11 (147-150-146—443)
7 Canada 2 +16 (145-152-151—448)
8 France +18 (156-146-148—450)
T9 Belgium +21 (144-157-152—453)
T9 England +21 (150-151-152—453)
T9 Mexico +21 (146-152-155—453)
12 Denmark +26 (150-150-158—458)
13 Ireland +31 (150-158-155—463)
14 Italy +32 (154-156-154—464)
T15 Finland +36 (154-161-153—468)
T15 Switzerland +36 (156-158-154—468)
T15 Wales +36 (152-159-157—468)
18 Austria +37 (156-158-155—469)
click here for a link to the entire team competition leaderboard.
In the individual competition, Meja Őrtengren of Sweden shot a 2-under 70 on Friday to sit at 7-under for the tournament (71-68-70—209), good for a 3-shot lead. Spain’s Cayetana Fernández (70-70-72—212) sits T2 at 4-under with Ting-Hsuan Huang of Chinese Taipei (70-73-69—212) while María José Marin of Colombia (72-71-71—214) at 2-under and Nora Sundberg (76-70-72—218) at 2-over round out the top five.
Lauren Kim of Surrey, BC (72-76-72—220) is the low Canadian at 4-over (T7) with a trio of Canucks — Yeji Kwon of Port Coquitlam, BC (73-75-75—223), Angela Arora of Surrey, BC (68-80-75—223), and Michelle Liu of Vancouver (72-77-74—223) — sit inside the top-10 at 7-over.
The following are the top-10 results in the individual competition at the World Junior Girls Championship, presented by Sargent Farms:
1 Meja Őrtengren, Sweden 71-68-70—209 (-7)
T2 Cayetana Fernández, Spain 70-70-72—212 (-4)
T2 Ting-Hsuan Huang, Chinese Taipei 70-73-69—212 (-4)
4 María José Marin, Colombia 72-71-71—214 (-2)
5 Nora Sundberg, Sweden 76-70-72—218 (+2)
6 Savanah De Bock, Belgium 69-76-74—219 (+3)
T7 Andrea Revuelta, Spain 70-76-74—220 (+4)
T7 Lauren Kim, Canada 1 72-76-72—220 (+4)
9 Larissa Carrillo, Mexico 71-75-76—222 (+6)
T10 Yeji Kwon, Canada 2 73-75-75—223 (+7)
T10 Angela Arora, Canada 1 68-80-75—223 (+7)
T10 Hsin Chun Liao, Chinese Taipei 74-77-72—223 (+7)
T10 Marie-Agnes Fischer, Germany 72-73-78—223 (+7)
T10 Michelle Liu, Canada 72-77-74—223) (+7)
T10 Sophia Fullbrook, England 76-74-73—223) (+7)
click here for a link to the full individual leaderboard.
A total of 54 athletes in 18 teams representing 17 countries – including two teams from host nation Canada – will compete October 12-15 at Angus Glen for team and individual titles. The event marks the acclaimed return of the prestigious global competition after two years of suspension due to the pandemic.
The final round of the 72-hole competition begins on Saturday morning at 8.30 and the last groups start at 9.50. Entry to the competition is free.
This year’s field for the World Junior Girls Championship, presented by Sargent Farms, is highlighted by 11 competitors ranked in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) top 100. A full list of competitors including their WAGR position is here.
With two victories (2015 and 2019) in the event’s six-year history, Korea has won the most team event titles followed by the United States (2014), the Philippines (2016), Spain (2017) and Italy (2018). A history of previous winners is available here.
A number of players who have competed in the World Junior Girls Championship have gone on to great success on the LPGA Tour, led by Canadian Brooke Henderson, a 12-time LPGA winner and world no. 6 who finished fourth in the individual event at the inaugural championship held in 2014.
Other notable competitors who went on to become LPGA Tour winners include world no. 2 Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand who won back-to-back World Junior titles in 2018 and 2019 as well as world no. 35 Yuka Saso of the Philippines who won the 2016 World Junior title. Other former World Junior competitors who have won on the LPGA Tour include Hannah Green of Australia and Maja Stark of Sweden.
In addition, 12 players who competed for the 2022 CP Women’s Open at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club are alumni of the World Junior Girls Championship.
Angus Glen Golf Club, hosting the World Junior Girls Championship for the third time, is home to two 18-hole golf courses in Markham, Ontario. The North and South courses offer variety, beauty and challenges. Angus Glen has been ranked as one of the top 80 golf courses in the world outside the United States. It was home to the 2002 and 2007 Canadian Open and an official host of the 2015 Toronto Pan/Parapan American Games. The Junior WC 2022 will be contested on the southern course.
Additional information on the seventh annual World Junior Girls Championship is available at competition website.