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GOLF UNION:
DOUGHERTY AND ENGLAND DEFEND TITLES IN JAPAN
Nick
Dougherty will defend the individual title in the World Boys Team
Championship in Japan next month. The Lancashire teenager has been named in the
four-strong England side that will seek to complete a hat trick
of titles in this prestigious international tournament.
>The rest of
the England line up will be Yasin Ali (Ealing), David Porter (Stoneham)
and Zane Scotland (Woodcote Park).
Last June at
the Asahi Kokusai Tojo Golf and Country Club, Dougherty carded rounds
of 69, 70, 73, 70, for a winning aggregate of 282, six under par,
four clear of the field.
That proved
the foundation on which England emerged victorious with a four round
tally of 863, six clear of the United States and nine ahead of third
placed Canada. It ensured the title returned to England for the
second successive year.
Dougherty will
be making his third appearance in the tournament.
On both previous occasions England have won the title, so
he is proving a lucky omen. He will celebrate his 18th birthday
before the tournament.
Porter, 17 was
member of the winning team last year, finishing with an aggregate
of 299, but Ali, 18, and Scotland, 17, will be making their debuts
in the event.
Dougherty
and Scotland made their senior international debuts recently against
France at Chart Hills, and Scotland celebrated with a hole-in-one
at the 17th in his opening singles.
Last
year’s World Boys Team Championship attracted 15 teams, including
South Africa, Argentina, Chile, New Zealand, Korea, Finland, Philippines
and Japan.
The
Tojo course is part of a magnificent 63-hole complex and is claimed
to be the longest course in Asia, measuring 7,777 yards.
But for the Championship the length was reduced to 7,063
yards.
The
non-travelling reserves are David Skinns (Canwick Park) and Stephen
Lewton (South Bedfordshire). The Team Captain will be Roy Case, accompanied
by Anthony Abraham.
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