THE SIDELINES : Sweden Leads in Amateur Golf
mer soldier Mathias Gronberg shot a 2-under-par 70 today as Sweden took a seven-stroke lead after the first round of the world amateur team golf championship for the Eisenhower Trophy.
Gronberg was supported by the teen-age duo of Klas Eriksson and Gabriel Hjertstedt. Eriksson, 19, carded a 72 and Hjertstedt, 18, had a 73 as Sweden compiled a team total of 215.
New Zealand, South Korea and Argentina were tied for second at 222.
Defending champion Britain and nine-time champion the United States both slumped.
The United States finished 12 strokes back in seventh place.
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