LOGJAM AT TOP OF INDONESIA PGA CHAMPIONSHIP SCOREBOARD
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JAKARTA, Thursday - Japanese superstar Shingo Katayama birdied the last two holes for a seven-under-par 65 and a share of the lead after the opening round of the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship at Emeralda Golf Club today.
JAKARTA, Thursday - Japanese superstar Shingo Katayama birdied the last two holes for a seven-under-par 65 and a share of the lead after the opening round of the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia PGA Championship at Emeralda Golf Club today.
Katayama joined countrymen Katsumasa Miyamoto and Kazuhiro Yamashita,
Canadian rookie Richard T. Lee and South Koreans Song Young-han and Lee
Kyong-hoon atop the leaderboard at the U.S. $1 million event,
co-sanctioned by OneAsia and the Japan Golf Tour Organisation.
Showing the sort of form that has seen him win 26 times on the Japan
Tour, Katayama started like a bullet train with six birdies on his
outward nine. A bogey on the par three 13th was the only blot on his
scorecard, but he finished with a birdie-birdie flourish in pursuit of
his first victory since 2008.
"I was very satisfied with my first nine, but the wind picked up on the
back which made it a bit more difficult," said the 40-year-old, who has
won the Japan Order of Merit five times and boasts career earnings of
over 1.5 billion yen (U.S. $16 million).
"I saw that seven under was the lead before I started, so my aim was to
match that," said Katayama, a big supporter of burgeoning relationship
between OneAsia and the JGTO.
"I am pleased with my effort."
Playing the course back-to-front in the morning, Miyamato eagled the
par five 17th and the first, continuing the excellent form he produced
at the season opening Thailand Open two weeks ago where he equalled the
course record with a third-round 63 at Thana City Golf and Sports
Club.
Miyamoto, an eight-time winner on the Japan Tour, said he abandoned his
usually conservative strategy in order to take on the Arnold
Palmer-designed course.
"I feel you have to be aggressive here," he said, after stiffing a
three-iron 210 metres (235 yards) to six metres on the 17th for an eagle
putt and then a five iron 180 metres (200 yards) to two metres on the
first.
"In terms of shots, I actually played better in Thailand," Miyamoto said. "I am going a bit left, so I need to work on that."
Yamashita meanwhile credited a new driver for his bogey-free 65 and a
share of the lead -- as well as a familiarity with the course, having
arrived last week in a bid to get used to the sweltering conditions.
"I'm very satisfied with today's game, my shot accuracy and putting are good," he said.
"Since Monday I've been using a new Srixon driver -- it has a smaller
head -- and it is working very well. I'm very relaxed as I have got used
to the course."
Lee, who earned his place in the field by finishing runner-up at
Q-School in Malaysia in January, was also at home around the rolling
6,581-metre (7,198-yard) course having set lofty goals for the week.
"I really want to do well," he said. "Look, I don't mind saying I try
to win every tournament I enter and I think that is a positive mindset
to have, but there is a long way to go."
The big names kept in touch with the leaders with Indian ace Jeev
Milkha Singh, competing in a OneAsia event for the first time, posting
70, and England's Simon Dyson, a winner on this course in 2006, a shot
better.
Nick Cullen, winner of the Indonesian Open at this venue last year,
continued his romance of the course with a solid 68, while Asian number
one Thaworn Wiratchant finished with a 71.
Defending champion Andre Stolz from Australia, who won the title when
it was last played in 2011, was well in the hunt with a 67, while
China's Liang Wenchong, a four-time winner on OneAsia, went a stroke
better.
Home favourite Rory Hie, runner-up to Stolz in 2011, had four birdies and four bogeys for a topsy-turvy 72.
SCOREBOARD
Par 72. Yardage 7,198
65 - Katsumasa MIYAMOTO (JPN), Kazuhiro YAMASHITA (JPN), Richard T
LEE (CAN), SONG Young-han (KOR), Shingo KATAYAMA (JPN), LEE Kyoung-hoon
(KOR).
66 - Hideto TANIHARA (JPN), Akinori TANI (JPN), Yoshinori FUJIMOTO (JPN), LIANG Wen-chong (CHN).
67 - Tadahiro TAKAYAMA (JPN), Azuma YANO (JPN), CHOI Ho-sung (KOR),
Yuta IKEDA (JPN), Andre STOLZ (AUS), PARK Sang-hyun (KOR), Toshinori
MUTO (JPN), Matthew MILLAR (AUS).
68 - Gareth PADDISON (NZL), HUR In-hoi (KOR), Nick CULLEN (AUS), Mamo
OSANAI (JPN), PARK Eun-shin (KOR), Kaname YOKOO (JPN), Chris CAMPBELL
(AUS), Scott STRANGE (AUS), KIM Kyung-tae (KOR), Yusaku MIYAZATO (JPN),
JANG Dong-kyu (KOR).
69 - PARK Jun-won (KOR), Kunihiro KAMII (JPN), Aaron TOWNSEND (AUS),
Michael HENDRY (NZL), Ted OH (KOR), Simon DYSON (ENG), Koichiro KAWANO
(JPN), Kiyoshi MIYAZATO (JPN), David OH (USA), David McKENZIE (AUS),
Masamichi UEHIRA (JPN), Yosuke TSUKADA (JPN), Stephen DARTNALL (AUS),
Naomi OHTA (JPN), Mark BROWN (NZL), Juvic PAGUNSAN (PHI), YUAN Hao
(CHN), Tomohiro KONDO (JPN), LEE Jung-hwan (KOR), LEE Tae-hee (KOR),
Matthew GRIFFIN (AUS), Jay CHOI (USA), Eric MINA (USA), HONG Soon-sang
(KOR).
70 - Jason NORRIS (AUS), Stephen LEANEY (AUS), Scott LAYCOCK (AUS),
Terry PILKADARIS (AUS), Michio MATSUMURA (JPN), WU Ashun (CHN), Jeev
Milkha SINGH (IND), Andik MAULUDIN (INA), Koichi SUGIMOTO (JPN), Lucas
LEE (BRA), LEE Han (USA), S K HO (KOR), LEE Sang-hee (KOR), KIM
Hyung-sung (KOR), KIM Seung-hyuk (KOR), KIM Hyung-tae (KOR), YANG Ji-ho
(KOR).
71 - Yuji IGARASHI (JPN), Shinichi YOKOTA (JPN), LI Hao-tong (CHN),
KIM Bi-o (KOR), Kurt BARNES (AUS), Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA), Paul
SHEEHAN (AUS), KIM Dae-sub (KOR), Rinaldi ADIYANDONO (INA), Yosuke ASAJI
(JPN), Yasuharu IMANO (JPN), Yoshinobu TSUKADA (JPN), Yoshikazu HAKU
(JPN), Hidezumi SHIRAKATA (JPN), Johannes DERMAWAN (INA), LI Xin-yang
(CHN), Michael WRIGHT (AUS).
72 - Maan NASIM (INA), Anthony BROWN (AUS), Koumei ODA (JPN), Simon
YATES (SCO), Kim FELTON (AUS), David SMAIL (NZL), Hirotaro NAITO (JPN),
KIM Do-hoon 752 (KOR), Satoshi TOMIYAMA (JPN), John KIM (USA), Rory HIE
(INA), Jason KANG (USA), Gerald ROSALES (PHI), Norio SHINOZAKI (JPN),
BAEK Joo-yeob (KOR), JOO Heung-chol (KOR).
73 - KIM Do-hoon 753 (KOR), Daniel CHOPRA (SWE), JIN Da-xing (CHN),
Hiroshi IWATA (JPN), Masashi NISHIMURA (JPN), HUANG Wen-yi (CHN),
Tetsuya HARAGUCHI (JPN), Ren HAN (CHN), Michael LONG (NZL), Daisuke
MARUYAMA (JPN), George GANDRANATA (INA), David BRANSDON (AUS), Ramadhan
ALWIE (INA).
74 - ILYASSYAK (INA), Hidemasa HOSHINO (JPN), Jamie ARNOLD (AUS),
Ryan HALLER (AUS), Benny KASIADI (INA), Brad SHILTON (NZL), LEE Seong-ho
(KOR), Roby SUGARA (INA), Indra HERMAWAN (INA), Jamel ONDO (INA),
Hendry NASIM (INA), Hirohito KOIZUMI (JPN), Denny A. WIDJADYA (INA), Ian
ANDREW (INA), Sandro BERNAD (INA).
75 - Steven JONES (AUS), Wisut ARTJANAWAT (THA), Peter WILSON (AUS), Yuki KONO (JPN), Garrett SAPP (USA), Makoto INOUE (JPN).
76 - James OH (USA), Masatsugu MOROFUJI (JPN), PARK Il-hwan (KOR), Masahiro KAWAMURA (JPN), RYU Hyun-woo (KOR).
77 - David GLEESON (AUS), Tatsunori NUKAGA (JPN), Heri KL (INA).
78 - Ade SEBUL (INA), RUDIANTO (INA), Sushi ISHIGAKI (JPN), I Ketut SUGIARTA (INA).
80 - Junaidi IBRAHIM (INA), Dede IDRIS (INA).
81 - Randy MAWUNTO (INA), Ryutaro NAGANO (JPN), Andi YATMO (INA).
83 - HARDJITO (INA).
86 - JOKO (INA).
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