Asian Tour moves on to Bintan, Indonesia
THREE HOLES WILL KEEP BARRY
HUME AWAKE TONIGHT AFTER
76 IN INDONESIA
Former Scottish amateur champion Barry Hume had the kind of round that the description "nightmare" does not do justice to in the first round of the Motoralo International Bintan tournament, Indonesia today.
While American veteran Mike Cunning and New Zealand's Mark Brown were jointly establish a new course record mark of six-under par 66, Barry, pictured right, was running up a four-over-par 76.
While American veteran Mike Cunning and New Zealand's Mark Brown were jointly establish a new course record mark of six-under par 66, Barry, pictured right, was running up a four-over-par 76.
On the credit side, he had birdies at the first, eighth, 10th and 11 in halves of 37 and 39.
He did not have any single bogeys .... but he had a triple bogey 8 at the seventh, a double-bogey 6 at the 14th and a double-bogey 7 at the 16th.
Other Scots in the field for this latest Asian Tour event, Simon Dunn and Ross Bain, scored 74 and 76 respectively.
The inaugural US$350,000 Asian Tour event enjoyed a spectacular launch at the picturesque Ria Bintan Golf Club as Malaysia's P. Gunasegaran and England's Yasin Ali produced hole-in-ones en route to a 68 and 69 respectively.
Thailand's newcomer Kwanchai Tannin also delivered the fireworks with eight birdies for a 67 to share third place with Korean duo Ted Oh and Han Lee. Another Korean, Park Jun-won, American Clay Devers, Australian Peter Fowler, Canadian Rick Gibson and Chinese Taipei's Lin Keng-chi, Asia's No. 1 in 1995, are tied sixth on 68.
A 70min suspension of play due to lightning in the afternoon meant that 27 players failed to complete their opening rounds. They will resume play at 6.35am on Friday.
Ten years after winning Asia's Order of Merit, Cunning is preparing for a career on the Seniors Tour as he will turn 49 in July. But he showed glimpses of his best form with a glorious start in the Motorola International Bintan
"I've re-dedicated myself to the game. Last year wasn't much fun (when he missed 11 cuts from 15 tournaments). I wasn't concentrating and wasn't enjoying the golf that I was playing. If you're not enjoying what you're doing, it's always going to be a struggle," said Cunning, who has one victory and 27 top-10s on the Asian Tour.
The Motorola International Bintan, promoted by Global Premier Sports and is a full field Asian Tour event, also features 10 invited players each from the Japan Golf Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 Mark Brown (NZ), Mike Cunning (US).
67 Kwanchai Tannin (Tha), Han Lee (Kor), Ted Oh (Kor).
68 Rick Gibson (Can), Lin Keng-chi (Tpe), Park Jun-won (Kor), P Gunasegaran (Mas), Clay Devers (US), Peter Fowler (Aus).
69 Cameron Percy (Aus), Scott Hend (Aus), Yasin Ali (Eng), Jason Knutzon (US), Angelo Que (Phi), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), David Diaz (Aus), Scott Strange (Aus), Airil Rizman Zahari (Mas)
70 Brad Kennedy (Aus), Tatsuhiko Takahashi (Jap), Adam Groom (Aus), Simon Griffiths (Eng), Gareth Paddison (NZ), Taichiro Kiyota (Jap), Chris Campbell (Aus), Masaya Tomida (Jap), Adam Blyth (Aus), Mo Joong-kyung (Kor), Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Soushi Tajima (Jap), Lin Wen-tang (Tpe).
Thailand's newcomer Kwanchai Tannin also delivered the fireworks with eight birdies for a 67 to share third place with Korean duo Ted Oh and Han Lee. Another Korean, Park Jun-won, American Clay Devers, Australian Peter Fowler, Canadian Rick Gibson and Chinese Taipei's Lin Keng-chi, Asia's No. 1 in 1995, are tied sixth on 68.
A 70min suspension of play due to lightning in the afternoon meant that 27 players failed to complete their opening rounds. They will resume play at 6.35am on Friday.
Ten years after winning Asia's Order of Merit, Cunning is preparing for a career on the Seniors Tour as he will turn 49 in July. But he showed glimpses of his best form with a glorious start in the Motorola International Bintan
"I've re-dedicated myself to the game. Last year wasn't much fun (when he missed 11 cuts from 15 tournaments). I wasn't concentrating and wasn't enjoying the golf that I was playing. If you're not enjoying what you're doing, it's always going to be a struggle," said Cunning, who has one victory and 27 top-10s on the Asian Tour.
The Motorola International Bintan, promoted by Global Premier Sports and is a full field Asian Tour event, also features 10 invited players each from the Japan Golf Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.
LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES
Par 72
66 Mark Brown (NZ), Mike Cunning (US).
67 Kwanchai Tannin (Tha), Han Lee (Kor), Ted Oh (Kor).
68 Rick Gibson (Can), Lin Keng-chi (Tpe), Park Jun-won (Kor), P Gunasegaran (Mas), Clay Devers (US), Peter Fowler (Aus).
69 Cameron Percy (Aus), Scott Hend (Aus), Yasin Ali (Eng), Jason Knutzon (US), Angelo Que (Phi), Chapchai Nirat (Tha), David Diaz (Aus), Scott Strange (Aus), Airil Rizman Zahari (Mas)
70 Brad Kennedy (Aus), Tatsuhiko Takahashi (Jap), Adam Groom (Aus), Simon Griffiths (Eng), Gareth Paddison (NZ), Taichiro Kiyota (Jap), Chris Campbell (Aus), Masaya Tomida (Jap), Adam Blyth (Aus), Mo Joong-kyung (Kor), Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha), Mardan Mamat (Sin), Soushi Tajima (Jap), Lin Wen-tang (Tpe).
Other scores:
74 Simon Dunn (Sco).
76 Barry Hume (Sco), Ross Bain (Sco).
++ 27 players to complete round one on Friday morning.
++ 27 players to complete round one on Friday morning.
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