ITALIAN BOY GETS HOLE IN ONE AND INCREASES D O Y LEAD

THE DUKE OF YORK YOUNG CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2013
Royal St George’s Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent, England
Tuesday 10^th-12^th September, 2013

Ace Migliozzi extends Duke of York lead at Royal St George’s

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Wednesday, September 11th, 2013

The omens bode well for Italy’s Guido Migliozzi, who not only extended his overnight lead but also enjoyed a hole-in-one on day two of the Duke of York Champions Trophy at Royal St George’s Golf Club in Kent, England.

On another testing day at the famous Sandwich links, Migliozzi was the model of consistency as he carded a best of the day 70. The level par round left the 16-year-old top of the leaderboard on three-over 143, four shots ahead of his nearest rival Jack Singh Brar, who carded a second round 72.

Undoubtedly the high point of Migliozzi’s round came at the par three sixth where he holed out with a seven-iron from 176-yards. Migliozzi laughed when he said: “Yes, it took two bounces and went straight into the hole, my first competitive hole in one.”

If the manner in which he made the hole-in-one was somewhat fortunate, the Italian was good value for the rest of his round. “Today, I think there was more wind than yesterday but I play so good, it was very nice round. I played very steady golf. I miss only three shots all day.

The key is to avoid the bunkers and putt well,” said the leader.

For much of the afternoon Migliozzi’s closest challenger was Ireland’s Robin Dawson. The Waterford golfer reached the turn in one-under 34 but then encountered trouble at the start of the back nine. Having found the rough at the 11^th, the Irish Boys champion shanked his recovery. Unsettlingly he did the same thing at the next hole in a run of double bogey, double bogey, bogey. After that, the 17-year-old did well to compose himself and sign for a second consecutive 75.

With a two round aggregate of 150, Dawson finds himself tied fourth alongside Norway’s Kristian Johannessen (76), while Blairgowrie's Bradley Neil moved up to third after a 74 moved the Scot to within six of Migliozzi’s lead. 

As for tomorrow, Migliozzi will try to play his normal game. “I don’t want to put myself under any more pressure than necessary. If I am lucky enough to win, it would be my third of the season. I would like to win because it is a very important tournament.”

Sweden’s Emma Svensson also enjoyed a great afternoon on the Kent links after carding a fine two-over 72 - the best girl’s score of the day - to climb up the leaderboard. The 17-year-old’s round came alive on the back nine after holing a 60-foot birdie putt at the 12^th. A further birdie came at the 14^th as the plus one handicapper came home in one-under 34.

SCOTTISH AND ENGLISH SCORES
147 Jack Singh Brar (England) 75 72 (2nd)
149 Bradley Neil (Scotland) 75 74 (3rd)
157 Robert MacIntyre (Scotland) 79 78 (23rd)
158 Sophie Keech (England) 79 79 (26th)
161 Sammy Fuller (England) 80 81 (36th)
165 Fiona Liddell (Scotland) 84 81 (46th)

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