The final round of the Faldo Asia Grand Finals brought much action with the players at the top of the leaderboard. SGA Development squad member, Yoko Tai who was 2-under for the tournament and tied 4th coming into the final round battled hard to stay in contention. However, bogeys in the back nine hurt her chances for the title and she slipped to T10th place for the tournament.
Chang Hsin Chiao of Chinese Taipei became the overall champion after she sank her birdie putt at the second hole of sudden death playoff to beat fellow countryman Chen Ting Yu. Chang, was 1 stroke behind Chen coming into the 18th during regulation play. Unfortunate for Chen, he found trouble when his third shot on the par 5 18th ended in some unplayable bushes on the left of the green. Chen made bogey on that hole. When Chang missed her birdie putt on 18th, she tapped in her par and for the first time ever in the history of the Faldo Series, a playoff ensued between a boy and a girl.
On the first hole of sudden death playoff, both players made birdies and back again they went to the 18th tee. During the second hole of the sudden death, Chang sent her ball to within 5 feet for birdie. Chen however was unfortunate as his ball spun back from the top tier of the green and rolled back about 20 feet away from the hole. He missed his birdie putt and settled for par. Chang did not make any mistake and sunk her ball to be crowned overall champion of the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final 2019.
Sean Lee of the SGA National Squad had another good round of 1-under 81, 69, 70 (220) to close the competition. He finished at T25th place. Tommy Tan of the SGA Development Squad struggled again during the last round and finished T62 77, 75, 87 (239). Wong Yen Ting finished the competition at T52 79, 78, 76 (233).
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Yoko Tai of the SGA Development Squad fires her way to T4 place after her second round of 71 to keep her in check of leader Chen Ting Yu of Chinese Taipei. Chen followed his stellar opening round of 6-under 65 with a second round of 71. Sean Lee of the SGA National had a better second round in the Faldo Asia Grand Finals after returning to the clubhouse with a 2-under 69. Tommy Tan was disappointed after a triple bogey on the 18th cost him and he recorded a 4-over 75. Wong Yen Ting returned to the clubhouse with a 7-over 78. Round 3 action starts tomorrow.
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March 20 2019
The three qualifiers from Singapore are now in Laguna Lang Co, Vietnam for the 13th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final. SGA Development Squad member Tommy Tan opened his account with a 6-over 77 in the first round. Wong Yen Ting recorded an opening round of 8-over 79. She started well in the first 9 recording an even par at the turn. However, she found the going tough on the back nine. Another person who found the going tough was National Squad member Sean Lee who ended the first round with a 10-over 81. The leader, Chen Ting Yu of Chinese Taipei, recorded an impressive 6-under 65 to start his round. Following close behind him is fellow countryman, Chang Hsin Chao who posted a 68 and sit just 3 shots back. The second round starts tomorrow.
Sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Asia Pacific Golf Confederation, the Asia Grand Final will bring together more than 90 of Asia’s leading young golfers, plus winners from the 2018 Europe Grand Final. Results will count towards the World Amateur Golf Ranking (boys and girls) and Sir Nick will invite the champion in each age category (three boys, two girls tom compete in the 2019 Europe Grand Final in Al Ain, UAE. Sir Nick will also arrange for the overall boy and girl champion to play in the professional Tour event.
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