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6 Women’s World Amateur Team2010 Championship NotesWWATCLeadersRound 1 — USA (OGC), at 8-under-par 136, by four strokesover Argentina and France (also OGC). Round 2 — Korea(BAGC), at 15-under-par 273, by one stroke over the USA(BAGC). Round 3 — Korea (BAGC), at 25-under-par 40, by13 strokes over the USA (BAGC).WeatherSunny and warm with highs in the upper 70s on Wednesday.Increasing clouds with highs in the low 60s on Thursday.Cooler and windy with increasing sunshine, highs in the mid-60s in Friday. Breezy and warm with highs in the upper 70s onSaturday.Championship NotesKorea’s second and third round scoring propelled them to achampionship record 30-under-par 546 for the championship,lowest in Espirito Santo history … Although recognitionis given for individual play, but no prizes are given, Jung-EunHan set the mark for lowest individual 72-hole score at 275,bettering Jenny Chuasiriporn’s mark of 276 in 1998 … Han’steammates Ji-Hee Kim (277) and Hyun-Soo Kim (278) weresecond and third, respectively … Korea’s second-round 128shattered the single-round mark of 134 set by the USA in1998 … Their 407 for 54 holes is also a championship mark …Ji-Hee Kim’s second-round 63 matched the lowest round inchampionship history by Julieta Granada, of Paraguay, in 2004… The Koreans set several other records: lowest third-roundscore (134); lowest 54-hole total (407) … Kelli Shean, of SouthAfrica, recorded the second known hole-in-one in recentyears when she aced the par-3 fifth hole at Buenos Aires G.C.in the second round … Ji-Hee Kim aced the par-3 14th atBuenos Aires G.C. in the third round … Chloe Leurquin, ofBelgium, aced the par-3 seventh hole at Olivos in the fourthround.the only host nations to win the Women’s World AmateurTeam Championship ... Maria Olivera, who had played on10 consecutive Argentine Espirito Santo teams from 1990-2008, was not a member of the 2010 Team … Ronnie Damm,the golf course superintendent at Olivos Golf Club, playedin the World Amateur Team Championship for Argentinain New Zealand in 1990 … The USA’s Jessica Korda, therunner-up at the 2010 U.S. Women’s Amateur, played in hersecond Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. Herfirst appearance was as a 13-year-old playing for the CzechRepublic in South Africa in 2006 … Five members of theNational Golf Coaches Association All-America First-Teamparticipated: Carlota Ciganda, of Spain, and Juliana Murcia,of Colombia (Arizona State University); Cydney Clanton, ofthe USA (Auburn University); Caroline Hedwall of Sweden,(Oklahoma State University); and Marta Silva, of Spain(University of Georgia). Kelli Shean, of South Africa (Universityof Arkansas), was a second-team selection. Honorable mentionchoices were: Jennifer Kirby, of Canada (University ofAlabama); Sara-Maude Juneau, of Canada, (University ofLouisville); Lisa McCloskey, of Colombia (then at PepperdineUniversity); and Sally Watson, of Scotland (Stanford University)… The youngest player in the field was 13-year-old Lydia Ko,of New Zealand, who turned 13 in April … At 62, Beatriz deArenas, of Guatemala, was the oldest of the competitors, andrepresented her country for the seventh time as a player ... Fivemembers of the Great Britain and Ireland Team and two membersof the USA Team from the 2010 Curtis Cup Match representedtheir countries … Watson, Holly Clyburn, of England,and twins Leona and Lisa McGuire and Danielle McVeigh,of Ireland, were on the Team that was defeated by the USA,represented by Korda and Clanton, at Essex County Club nearBoston, Mass., in the summer of 2010 … Watson also played inthe 2008 Match ... In January 2010, the Copa de las Americas,a team event for nations in the Americas region, was playedat Olivos Golf Club and Buenos Aires Golf Club … In thatchampionship, the United States of America won the overalland women’s championships and finished second in the men’scompetition ... Korda played on the victorious women’s Team.General NotesA total of 52 teams competing in the championship, toppingthe previous high of 48 from Puerto Rico (2004) and Australia(2008) … Guam, Israel, Slovenia and the United Republic ofTanzania made their first appearances in the Women’s WorldAmateur Team Championship … Argentina played in its 22ndEspirito Santo competition. The best finish for the Argentinewomen is fifth place in 1970. The team placed eighth in 1972at The Hindu Country Club in Buenos Aires, the last time theWorld Amateur was contested in Argentina. The last hostnation to win the Espirito Santo Trophy was South Africa in2006. South Africa (2006), USA (1980) and France (1964) are