Sun - 13 May
Written by KJ News
Newly appointed GC Am Reichswald Nürnberg captain Dennis Daurer and his team of AK18 talents, delivered a resounding 1st place success during qualifying for the GERMAN TEAM Championship at Golfclub Schwanhof.
The Reichswald boys, lead by Club Champion Keanu Jahns, tallied their combined scores at only 0.5 above par, while in other groupings, 2011 Bavarian Team Champion GC Olching, finished at 6.5 above par and GC Woerthsee produced an overall team result of 29.0 above par.
With this result, GC Am Reichswald and Daurer underlined, their eyes are firmly set on the 2012 Bavarian and subsequently the German Team Championship.
Keanu produced a steady result of 1-over par, but missed a repeat under-par performance on the very last hole. The 16-year old had fired a 7-under par 65 on the same course two weeks earlier.
Teeing up on 18 after 5 birdies and 3 bogeys, the youngster fired his tee-shot at 2-under par into the right fairway bunker and subsequently did not select sufficient loft on his iron to extricate with a clean shot. Hitting the lip of the bunker, Keanu's ball came to rest a few meters from the bunker, from where his mis-cued 3rd shot for the green found water. The result, a triple-bogey 7, but still a good overall team contribution at 1-over par.
15-year old newcomer Michael Hirmer celebrated a great christening in his first team competition for the renown Reichswald club. Playing on his home course, the youngster demonstrated sensational form and unleashed a string of birdies on 11, 12, 13 and 14 to offset 2 bogeys and close out at 2-under par.
Reichswald's player captain Marc-Andre Gehr and two other newcomers, reigning Bavarian AK16 Champion Jonas Liebich and Matthias Schmidt, likewise contributed solid performances to ensure Reichswald's 1st place finish.
Keanu now moves on to compete in this week's AUSTRIAN Junior Golf Championship at Golfclub Kremstal. The week after, the wolf-pack will reassemble at Golfclub Pottenstein-Weidenloh with Reichswald's 1st Men's Team under captain Julian Hacker, where the boys will be howling for the BAVARIAN TEAM CUP.
Photo from left to right: Keanu Jahns, Matthias Schmidt, Moritz Spindler (partially hidden), Timothy Rauth, AK18 TEAM Leader Marc-Andre Gehr, Leon-Linus Molina carrying 12-year old Tobias Rothe, Jonas Liebich, Matthias Wuerzinger, Michael Hirmer and AK18 TEAM Captain, Dennis Daurer.