Italian courses abroad again in the foreground with the splendid victory of Andrea Pavan in the John Burns Intercollegiate, which was held on the location of the Leilehua Golf Club in Wahiawa in Hawaii with the participation of fifteen major university representative. Pavan, who is studying at Texas A & M University in College Station, has prevailed in the individual competition with a score of 204 strokes (70 69 65), twelve under par, ahead of Derek Ernst (206 – 68 69 69). In third place with 207 Brett Kanda and Robbie Fillmore, fifth with 208 Kevin Penner.
The blue began the final round three shots behind leader Stephen Hale, then collapsed with a 74 (9 ° to the end with 210), with two by Ernst, and one by a quintet with 138, but with an excellent 65 operated overtaking imposing an impossible pace for opponents.
It could be twice the team title, but the Texas A & M (836 – 285 275 276) was passed with a birdie at first playoff hole of the University of Nevada (836 – 279 283 274). The two team had concluded the same after overtaking each other in the first two rounds and the final coupling of the boys in Las Vegas. In third place with 848 Brigham Young University and California University, in fifth with 853 New Mexico University.
J. Very satisfied T. Higgins, coach of the “Aggies” as they are called the young golfers of A & M: “The team was fantastic and was surpassed only by a great blow in the play offs. I’m really proud of Pavan, who was a fantastic day and that has brought us a great victory. We have a very strong team, which has already won two titles per season and I’m sure we will be a successful year. ”
Pavan, who turns twenty-one years next April, has long been one of the cornerstones of the Italian team. Come strongly to the fore in 2006 when he won the Omnium National Championship (now renamed the National Open Championship) beat the professionals on the course of the Golf Club Margara. In 2007 he received a full scholarship to Texas A & M for the faculty of Economics and moved to College Station. Since then he has taken part in numerous competitions and university in the season 2008/2009 (from October to April) was in eleven tournaments with four placings among the top ten and another three within the first twenty classified. Subsequently obtained the 11th place in the prestigious Southern Amateur Championship.
Pavan, who began playing at age six under the influence of Titian dad and mom Barbara, grew up golf at GC Olgiata. Time defending the colors of the GC Park of Rome, where he is coached by Master Filippo Del Piano. Won titles tricolor chicks (2003), Cadets (2005) and amateur medal (2005-2007). He attended the French school Saint Dominique until he obtained diploma in 2006.
The success of Pavan is the second for the Blues in 2010 after that of Domenico Geminiani in the Florida Junior Tour at Belleair CC.
