Thai ace declares 2nd Thongchai Jaidee win
RELEASED: 11 Dec 2017 at 04:30
Pattaya: Kiradech Aphibarnrat highlighted his status as Thailand’s No. 1 golf player by raising the Thongchai Jaidee Structure prize for the 2nd time at the Siam Nation Club’s Waterside course the other day.
Beginning the round with a three-shot lead, Kiradech fired 4 birdies versus 2 bogeys to close with a two-under-par 70. He won by 3 shots with a 14-under-par 274 overall at the four-million-baht Asian Advancement Trip (ADT) occasion.
The 28-year-old Kiradech, who won the inaugural edition in 2015, took home a winner’s cheque of 700,000 baht and got 9 Authorities World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points, which will put him closer to burglarizing the world’s top-50 by the end of the season.
Asian Trip Qualifying School graduate William Harrold of England returned with a strong 66 to take 2nd location, while Thailand’s Pannakorn Uthaipas published a fighting 71 to go for 3rd put on 278.
American John Catlin, a two-time ADT winner, carded a 71 to settle a shot back of Pannakorn in 4th location while Pawin Ingkhapradit of Thailand signed for a good 67 to take 5th put on 280.
” It was a hard day. Pannakorn and John were stacking the pressure on me. I made an essential par on the 16, striking it 230 lawns versus the wind and two-putted on the green. That offered me some self-confidence and I handled to remain made up till completion to win,” stated Kiradech.
” It has actually been a fantastic week. It’s constantly terrific to win in your home. This will offer me some self-confidence heading into the Indonesian Masters next week too. It’s terrific to see that the requirement of play has actually enhanced a lot on the ADT,” included Kiradech, Asia’s No. 1 in 2013.
Kiradech, ranked 60th on the OWGR at the start of the week, likewise sang his applauds for the record three-time Asian Trip Order of Benefit champ Thongchai, who hosted the occasion for the 3rd successive edition on the ADT today.
” Thongchai did a great task in hosting the gamers today. It’s wonderful to see him returning to the video game by producing playing chances for the budding golf players in the area.
” The competition is truly well-organised and the course remains in leading condition. It’s much like a champion occasion,” Kiradech stated.
In spite of losing out on his 2nd win, Pannakorn’s third-place surface assisted him go up one sounded on the ADT Order of Benefit, where he now leads with a season’s haul of US$ 54,827 (around 1.8 million baht).
Japan’s Masaru Takahashi, who carded a strong 66 to end up 10 shots back in tied-12 position, tracks by $5,892 (194,000 baht) in 2nd put on the cash list.
Gamers will have whatever to bet when they continue to fight for the ADT Order of Benefit crown in addition to the 5 Asian Trip cards available at the season-ending Boonchu Ruangkit Champion, which gets underway in a fortnight at Rancho Charnvee Resort and Nation Club in Nakhon Ratchasima.
The leading 5 gamers on the last ADT Order of Benefit at the end of the season will make playing rights on the area’s premier Trip for 2018.
