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University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Golfer Dustin Bray Has Excellent Opening Round at the Fuji Xerox USA
July 17, 2002 | Men's Golf
July 17, 2002
GLENVIEW, ILL. - UNC sophomore golfer Dustin Bray, paired with Georgia Tech's Kris Mikkelson, fired a two-under-par 70 while Mikkelson finished at even par, 72, at the Fuji Xerox USA vs. Japan Collegiate Golf Championship.
Overall the United States jumped out to a quick lead. The Americans won four of the six matches and halved a fifth, building a 9-3 lead after the first day of competition. Bryan Clarke of the University of West Florida carded a course record 68 (-4) on the year-old Tom Fazio-designed course. The Tampa, Fla. native blistered the front nine, posting four birdies along the way. Clarke teamed with Clemson's Gregg Jones en route to defeating Haruo Fujishima and Yuusaku Miyasato, 140-146 in the aggregate four-ball format. Clarke's 68 combined with Jones's 72 for a team score of 140, bettering the Japanese duo by six strokes and earning two points for the United States.
rock Mackenzie (Washington) and Clint Colbert (Savannah College of Art & Design) won the days first match by 13 strokes over Toyokazu Fujishima and Satoshi Sakamoto. Japan tallied its first point in the third match, as Kunihiro Kamii and Shintaro Kai halved with Dustin Bray (North Carolina) and Kris Mikkelson (Georgia Tech). Vanderbilt's Brandt Snedeker and Arizona's Chris Nallen defeated Riki Ikeda and Kiyota Taichiro 142-147 in the final men's pairing.
Kyoko Furuya and Izumi Narita claimed the lone victory for the Japanese in the first women's match. The pair downed Danielle Downey (Auburn) and Kelli Kamimura (Washington) by a score of 154-156. The U.S. women answered the Japanese in next match, as South Carolina's Kristy McPherson and Oklahoma State's Christi Cano defeated Hitomi Matsumura and Chiharu Tunekawa 146-159.
Play continues Thursday and Friday at The Glen Club with singles medal matches beginning at 7:30 a.m. Admission is free of charge, and public galleries are encouraged.
First Round Four-ball Results
Combined stroke-play scores of two Japanese players vs. combined stroke-play scores of two American players.
Men
USA Clint Colbert (75) and Brock Mackenzie (71) def. JAPAN Toyokazu Fujishima (79) and Satoshi Sakamoto (80),146-159
USA Bryan Clarke (68) and Gregg Jones (72) def. JAPAN Haruo Fujishima (74) and Yuusaku Miyasato (72), 140-146
JAPAN Shintaro Kai (69) and Kunihiro Kamii (73) halved with USA Dustin Bray (70) and Kris Mikkelson (72), 142-142
USA Chris Nallen (71) and Brandt Snedeker (71) def. JAPAN Riki Ikeda (74) and Kiyota Taichiro (73), 142-147
Women
JAPAN Kyoko Furuya (76) and Izumi Narita (78) def. USA Danielle Downey (78) and Kelli Kamimura (78), 154-156
USA Christi Cano (74) and Kristy McPherson (72) def. JAPAN Kitomi Matsumura (84) and Chiharu Tunekawa (75), 146-159
Team Points: USA leads Japan, 9-3
Second Round Pairings
Singles stroke-play score of Japanese player vs. stroke-play score of American player. Winner earns two team points, halved match worth one point for each team.
7:30 a.m.
JAPAN Hitomi Matsumura
vs. USA Kelli Kamimura
7:37 a.m.
JAPAN Izumi Narita
vs. USA Danielle Downey
7:44 a.m.
JAPAN Kyoko Furuya
vs. USA Christi Cano
7:51 a.m.
JAPAN Chiharu Tunekawa
vs. USA Kristy McPherson
7:58 a.m.
JAPAN Satoshi Sakamoto
vs. USA Clint Colbert
8:05 a.m.
JAPAN Toyokazu Fujishima
vs. USA Kris Mikkelson
8:12 a.m.
JAPAN Haruo Fujishima
vs. USA Gregg Jones
8:19 a.m.
JAPAN Riki Ikeda
vs. USA Brock Mackenzie
8:26 a.m.
JAPAN Kunihiro Kamii
vs. USA Brandt Snedeker
8:33 a.m.
JAPAN Kiyota Taichiro
vs. USA Chris Nallen
8:40 a.m.
JAPAN Yuusaku Miyasato
vs. USA Dustin Bray
8:47 a.m.
JAPAN Shintaro Kai
vs. USA Bryan Clarke
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