Canada takes lead, Australia one behind at EMC World Cup
BY iseekgolf.com | US PGA Tour | 2002 World Cup | Round One | 13 Dec 2002
The Canadian team is off to a great start at the US$3 million EMC World Cup in Mexico with the Australian team of Craig Parry and Adam Scott just one stroke off the pace. Canada’s Mike Weir and Ian Leggatt, ranked 42nd and 141st in the world, respectively, posted an eagle and eleven birdies on their way to breaking the magic figure of 59.
Parry and Scott took the slightly harder route to get to their total of 60 with their round consisting of 12 birdies, six on the way out and six coming in. They take outright second place into tomorrow’s “Foursome” matches.
The French team of Thomas Levet and Raphael Jacquelin and the South Korean pair of KJ Choi and SK Ho are tied in third place following rounds of 61. Defending champions, South Africa sit in equal 5th alongside Sweden at -10.
Phil Mickelson and David Toms, who came into this week as tournament favourites, have begun slowly with a first round of -7 (65) to leave themselves in equal 16th at -7. World number one, Tiger Woods decided to skip the event after playing in several recent end-of-year events.
The New Zealand team of Craig Perks and Michael Campbell posted a – (65) to close the day in a tie with the US and England.
Four Day Schedule
Thursday, Dec. 12: Four-ball matches
Friday, Dec. 13: Foursomes matches
Saturday, Dec. 14: Four-ball matches
Sunday, Dec. 15: Foursomes
First Round Scoreboard – Four-ball matches
1 -13 Canada – Mike Weir, Ian Leggatt (59)
2 -12 Australia – Craig Parry, Adam Scott (60)
T3 -11 France – Thomas Levet, Raphael Jacquelin (61)
T3 -11 Korea – K.J. Choi, S.K. Ho (61)
T5 -10 Sweden – Niclas Fasth, Carl Pettersson (62)
T5 -10 South Africa – Tim Clark, Rory Sabbatini (62)
T7 -9 Switzerland – Andre Bossert, Marc Chatelin (63)
T7 -9 Fiji – Vijay Singh, Dinesh Chad (63)
T7 -9 Denmark – Anders Hansen, Soren Hansen (63)
T7 -9 Trinidad Tobago – Stephen Ames, Robert Ames (63)
T7 -9 Wales – Ian Woosnam, Bradley Dredge (63)
T7 -9 Scotland – Paul Lawrie, Alastair Forsyth (63)
T13 -8 Argentina – Angel Cabrera, Eduardo Romero (64)
T13 -8 Japan – Shigeki Maruyama, Toshi Izawa (64)
T13 -8 Ireland – Padraig Harrington, Paul Mcginley (64)
T16 -7 New Zealand – Michael Campbell, Craig Perks (65)
T16 -7 England – Justin Rose, Paul Casey (65)
T16 -7 United States – Phil Mickelson, David Toms (65)
T19 -6 Columbia – Jesus Amaya, Rogoberto Velasquez (66)
T19 -6 Venezuela – Carlos Larrain, Jaime Acevedo (66)
T19 -6 Myanmar – Kyi Hla Han, Soe Kyaw Naing (66)
22 -5 Germany – Alex Cejka, Sven Struver (67)
23 -4 Mexico – Esteban Toledo, Pablo del Olmo (68)
24 -2 Singapore – Lam Chih Bing, Mardan Mamat (70)
