Australia finish third in Queens Sirikit Cup

The Australian team of Stacey Keating (VIC), Justine Lee (NSW ) and Ebony Heard (SA) fired a final round even par 144 to finish in third place at the Queen Sirikit Cup at Hamilton Golf Club in New Zealand.

Keating and Lee both ended the tournament with final round even par 72s while Heard finished with a final round 77.

Australia finished with a 2-under par total of 430 after three rounds, three strokes behind New Zealand (427) and ten strokes behind Korea (420) who won the Queen Sirikit Cup for the fourth consecutive year and the sixth time since the tournament began.

Two shots behind hosts New Zealand overnight, Korea produced stunning golf with a superb eight-under par final round for their best two counting scores to streak the field.

Australia finished two shots ahead of Thailand while Chinese Taipei raced home with a brilliant eight-under par 136 today to finish fifth.

Korea was led by 16 year old prospect Hyo Joo Kim who shot a superb seven-under par 65.

The tournament involves 12 nations competing in the Asia Pacific teams’ championship over a 54-hole strokeplay competition.

AUSTRALIAN ROUNDS (*denotes non-counting round)
Stacey Keating (VIC) 75* 70 72
Justine Lee (NSW) 73 71 72
Ebony Heard (SA) 72 73* 77*

(Source – Golf Australia website-www.golfaustralia.org.au)

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