MALTA FINISHES 8TH AT PESCARA

06/07/2009

The Malta Golf team, comprising of Andrew Borg, Christopher Bergedahl and John Junior Micallef Verelst placed 8th with 617 points from 12 places at the Mediterranean Games that have just been held at Pescara.

Malta placed ahead of Tunisia, Greece, Monaco and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya but behind Lebanon, Morocco and Slovenia. As was expected the experienced teams hailing from Italy, France, Turkey and Spain took the four top places.

With Bergedahl and Micallef still in their teenage years, the Malta team competed with two of the three youngest players in these Championships. Bergedahl’s rounds of +7, +11, +15 and +3 gave him an individual total of 324 (+36) for the tournament and placed him tied 25th in the individuals table out of 36 players. Micallef’s +11, +17, +14 and +10 rounds led to his individual total of 340 (+52) and 34th placing.

Borg played steadier, with rounds of +3; +2; level par and +1. His 72 holes featured two eagles, nine birdies, forty-six pars, thirteen bogies and two doubles for an individual tally of 294 (+6) and a credible 13th placing – eleven shots behind the winning individual score.

Rank Name Round1 Round2 Round3 Round4 Total
1 ITALY 143 ( -1 ) 145 ( +1 ) 142 ( -2 ) 140 ( -4 ) 570 ( -6 )
2 FRANCE 140 ( -4 ) 144 ( Par ) 145 ( +1 ) 141 ( -3 ) 570 ( -6 )
3 TURKEY 143 ( -1 ) 143 ( -1 ) 145 ( +1 ) 142 ( -2 ) 573 ( -3 )
4 SPAIN 146 ( +2 ) 145 ( +1 ) 148 ( +4 ) 152 ( +8 ) 591 ( +15 )
5 SLOVENIA 155 ( +11 ) 144 ( Par ) 149 ( +5 ) 152 ( +8 ) 600 ( +24 )
6 MOROCCO 150 ( +6 ) 153 ( +9 ) 150 ( +6 ) 151 ( +7 ) 604 ( +28 )
7 LEBANON 155 ( +11 ) 146 ( +2 ) 149 ( +5 ) 154 ( +10 ) 604 ( +28 )
8 MALTA 154 ( +10 ) 157 ( +13 ) 158 ( +14 ) 148 ( +4 ) 617 ( +41 )
9 TUNISIA 157 ( +13 ) 163 ( +19 ) 151 ( +7 ) 151 ( +7 ) 622 ( +46 )
10 GREECE 153 ( +9 ) 157 ( +13 ) 157 ( +13 ) 156 ( +12 ) 623 ( +47 )
11 MONACO 167 ( +23 ) 158 ( +14 ) 153 ( +9 ) 164 ( +20 ) 642 ( +66 )
12 LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA 171 ( +27 ) 178 ( +34 ) 162 ( +18 ) 159 ( +15 ) 670 ( +94 )