Three Hogs Set to Compete at World Amateur Championships

Earlier than getting the 2022-23 schedule rolling, three student-athletes from the Arkansas girls’s golf crew are primed to signify their house nations on the 2022 World Beginner Staff Championships (WATC) from Wednesday, Aug. 24 to Saturday, Aug. 27. Ela Anacona (Argentina), Kajal Mistry (South Africa) and Ffion Tynan (Wales) will compete for the twenty ninth Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf Nationwide in Guyancourt, France.

The WATC, which is performed by the Worldwide Golf Federation, takes place biennially. Nevertheless, with the 2020 championships cancelled in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this yr’s WATC is a primary since 2018. Anacona, Mistry and Tynan are three of simply 169 chosen within the discipline with 56 totally different nations being represented. Three Hogs on the WATC is believed to be the most effective illustration Arkansas girls’s golf has had on the well-coveted occasion.

Every crew could have three gamers that play 18-holes of stroke play beginning Wednesday and going into Saturday. The full of the 2 lowest scores from every crew represents the crew rating for every spherical. The 72-hole whole throughout the 4 days denotes the crew’s rating for the match.

Anacona, who’s representing Argentina, is coming off a stable junior yr of collegiate golf. She tallied a fifth place displaying on the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional, which was pivotal within the Hogs’ qualification for the NCAA Championship. All year long, she logged two rounds within the 60s and 6 rounds at par or higher. The Buenos Aeries, Argentina native scored a season-low 69 twice final season and was additionally tabbed to the SEC Neighborhood Service Staff.

Mistry is one in all three on crew South Africa and is coming off her finest yr of collegiate golf. In her junior yr, Mistry was tabbed as a Golfweek All-American Honorable Point out choice and an All-SEC First Staff alternative. Mistry gained her first match final season on the MountainView Collegiate with a career-low 206, which additionally included a career-low 67 in spherical two. The Johannesburg, South Africa product is ranked No. 63, in line with Golfstat and led the crew with a 73.18 scoring common, in addition to sported 15 rounds at par or higher. This summer time, Mistry positioned seventh on the Gauteng North Open.

Tynan is closing out her busy summer time with Staff Wales this week. The sophomore appeared in six tournaments final season, logging a career-low 222 on the Moon Golf Invitational with a career-low 70 in spherical two. Her finest end was 18th on the Jackson T. Stephens Cup final fall. The Llanharry, Wales product has performed in essentially the most tournaments this summer time with the spotlight coming on the Welsh Women Closed Championships. Tynan has additionally represented Wales on the European Ladies’s Staff Championship and House Internationals.

The successful crew will get custody of the Espirito Santo Trophy till the following WATC. First, second and third-place groups can be acknowledged and obtain medals. The bottom scoring particular person can be acknowledged on the closing ceremony.

Apply rounds happen Monday and Tuesday earlier than the primary spherical commences Wednesday. Tee instances and reside scoring info can be made accessible quickly.

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