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For Immediate Release
Contact:Cal Smith
cal@collegiategolf.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Sweden Leads After First Round of Toyota Junior Golf World Cup
supported by JAL

Defending champion shoots 7-under

TOYOTA CITY, Japan - By shooting a 7-under 206, Sweden grabbed the lead after the first round of the Toyota Junior Golf World Cup supported by JAL. The Swedes lead Argentina and Denmark by a single stroke. Pontus Widegren helped the Swedish cause by shooting a 4-under 67 to take the top spot on the individual leaderboard.

Widegren and Daniel Jennevret (68, -3) provided the firepower for Sweden. Argentina used three below-par scores from Hector Emiliano Grillo (68), Jorge Fernandez Valdez (70) and Armando Zarlenga (69) to nearly catch the leading Swedes. Sebastian Cappelen and Patrick Winther each shot 68 to bring Denmark even with the Argentineans. Following the top three in the red were New Zealand (-2), the United States (-2) and England (-1).

Seven players fired 68s to trail Widegren by one shot - Denmark’s Sebastian Cappelen and Patrick Winther, Bud Cauley of the United States, Hector Emiliano Grillo of Argentina, Sweden’s Daniel Jennevret, Carlos Rodriguez of Colombia and New Zealand’s Peter Spearman-Burn.

The teams in the black rounding out the field were Australia (E), India (E), Norway (E), Japan (+1), Korea (+1), South Africa (+1), Colombia (+3), Guatemala (+10), Mexico (+10) and Kenya (+21).

Round two tees off at 8 AM Thursday with the leaders going off last.

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