Australia well placed at Eisenhower Trophy
Jeffrey Guan – in action during round two – image IGF
The World Amateur Teams Championship for the Eisenhower Trophy has reached the halfway stage at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club in the United Arab Emirates and the Australian team finds itself just two shots off the pace set at present by the United States who lead by one over The People Republic of China and France.
Two of the three scores from each team are counted each day and on day two it would be Karl Vilips (68) and Jeffrey Guan (69) who would again contribute after they had reversed those same scores on Wednesday.
The third member of the Australian team, Jack Buchanan has struggled on the opening two days but he could well play a part over the final 36.
Vilips and Guan are tied for 7th place in the individual contest, just two shots behind the leader, Hugo le Golf of France.
New Zealand is in a share of 11th place in the teams’ event, four shots behind the Australians with their current Australian Amateur Champion, Kazuma Kobori, leading their team in the individual in a share of 23rd place.
