Tiranan takes season opener
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April 25, 2010, Sunday
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THAILAND'S Tiranan Yoopan captured the first event of the Chinese LPGA Tour season yesterday when she sank a four-foot putt for par on the first extra hole of a five-way playoff to win the US$50,000 Yantai Yangmadao Challenge.
Playing under warm and sunny conditions at the Orient (Yantai) Sports and Country Club in east China's Shandong Province, the 22-year-old Bangkok native rebounded from a poor finish in regulation where she dropped three shots over the final two holes, to claim the US$7,500 winner's prize.
Through 54 holes of regulation, Tiranan (75) shot an aggregate score of 12-over 228 to finish tied with compatriot Porani Chutichai, China's Zhang Na (76) and Wang Chun (76), and Chinese Taipei's Hseih Yu-ling (74).
"This is exciting, this is my first CLPGA win," said Tiranan. "Although I won six times in Thailand, this is my biggest win with the largest check. I don't know how I will spend my prize money yet."
Overnight leader Yang Taoli suffered a collapse on the back nine with bogeys on the final two holes to finish with an 80, one stroke out of the playoff. Playing partner and defending champion Yang Hongmei closed with 81 to finish equal ninth.
On Jeju Island, South Korea, Marcus Fraser will take a one-stroke lead into today's third-round shootout at the Ballantine's Championship with Ernie Els just two shots off the pace after the second round was completed yesterday.
The US$2.9 million European and Asian Tour event was reduced to 54 holes after six hours of play were lost to heavy fog on Thursday.
Leader by the same margin after the first round, Australian Fraser shot a steady two-under 70 yesterday to add to his superb seven-birdie opening 65 and move to nine-under for the tournament.
Two full rounds
That kept him a shot ahead of Thailand's defending champion Thongchai Jaidee and Argentine Tano Goya, who both played almost two full rounds on Friday at the Pinx Golf Club, as well as Briton Gareth Maybin, who shot a 68 yesterday.
Three-time major winner Els scattered four birdies and a bogey across his round to card a three-under 69 and the South African shares fifth place with South Korean Ted Oh and Australian Brett Rumford.
Korean-American Anthony Kim, playing in his first tournament since finishing third at the US Masters, had a day to forget when he blew up spectacularly after a promising start.
The world No. 10 opened with four birdies in his first six holes but a run of bogey/double bogey/double bogey before the turn sent him plummeting down the leaderboard and he will go into the final round seven shots off the pace.
US PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun must have been resigned to missing the cut after 36 holes of golf on his home island on Friday left him at six-over-par.
The early departure of Asia's first major winner and the champion at the China Open last week was confirmed yesterday when the cut was set at one-over.
Playing under warm and sunny conditions at the Orient (Yantai) Sports and Country Club in east China's Shandong Province, the 22-year-old Bangkok native rebounded from a poor finish in regulation where she dropped three shots over the final two holes, to claim the US$7,500 winner's prize.
Through 54 holes of regulation, Tiranan (75) shot an aggregate score of 12-over 228 to finish tied with compatriot Porani Chutichai, China's Zhang Na (76) and Wang Chun (76), and Chinese Taipei's Hseih Yu-ling (74).
"This is exciting, this is my first CLPGA win," said Tiranan. "Although I won six times in Thailand, this is my biggest win with the largest check. I don't know how I will spend my prize money yet."
Overnight leader Yang Taoli suffered a collapse on the back nine with bogeys on the final two holes to finish with an 80, one stroke out of the playoff. Playing partner and defending champion Yang Hongmei closed with 81 to finish equal ninth.
On Jeju Island, South Korea, Marcus Fraser will take a one-stroke lead into today's third-round shootout at the Ballantine's Championship with Ernie Els just two shots off the pace after the second round was completed yesterday.
The US$2.9 million European and Asian Tour event was reduced to 54 holes after six hours of play were lost to heavy fog on Thursday.
Leader by the same margin after the first round, Australian Fraser shot a steady two-under 70 yesterday to add to his superb seven-birdie opening 65 and move to nine-under for the tournament.
Two full rounds
That kept him a shot ahead of Thailand's defending champion Thongchai Jaidee and Argentine Tano Goya, who both played almost two full rounds on Friday at the Pinx Golf Club, as well as Briton Gareth Maybin, who shot a 68 yesterday.
Three-time major winner Els scattered four birdies and a bogey across his round to card a three-under 69 and the South African shares fifth place with South Korean Ted Oh and Australian Brett Rumford.
Korean-American Anthony Kim, playing in his first tournament since finishing third at the US Masters, had a day to forget when he blew up spectacularly after a promising start.
The world No. 10 opened with four birdies in his first six holes but a run of bogey/double bogey/double bogey before the turn sent him plummeting down the leaderboard and he will go into the final round seven shots off the pace.
US PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun must have been resigned to missing the cut after 36 holes of golf on his home island on Friday left him at six-over-par.
The early departure of Asia's first major winner and the champion at the China Open last week was confirmed yesterday when the cut was set at one-over.
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