GRIFFIN WINS TELECOM OPEN WITHOUT PLAYING A SHOT ON FOGGY SUNDAY
JEJU
ISLAND, South Korea, May 19 - Australian Matthew Griffin won his second
OneAsia title in less than a year on Sunday when the final round of the U.S. $900,000) SK Telecom Open was called off without a
shot being played because of thick fog at Pinx Golf Club on Korea's
Jeju Island.
Players from South Korea unless stated
203 - Matthew GRIFFIN (AUS) 64-67-72.
Griffin can credit a spectacular 40 foot putt from off the back of the
18th green on Saturday for the win, as it meant he held a one-shot lead
over South Korean veteran Kang Wook-soon at the end of three rounds.
The tournament ended in similar circumstances in 2011 when Kurt Barnes
was declared the winner after fog prevented any play in the final
round.
Built on a plateaux, Pinx Golf Club is prone to rolling fog from the
extinct Mount Halla volcano, but the weather had been perfect for two
rounds -- albeit damp and windy for the third.
"It's unfortunate to finish like this, but I'll take it," said
Griffin, 29, who banked around U.S. $180,000) for the win
and leapt to the top of the OneAsia Order of Merit with earnings of over
$233,000 for the season.
"I thought my final putt yesterday was big as it gave me the lead, but
I didn't think it would be the winning putt. It just goes to show you
really must try and make everything."
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72) Yardage 7,361
+Final
round cancelled because of fog.Players from South Korea unless stated
203 - Matthew GRIFFIN (AUS) 64-67-72.
204 - KANG Wook-soon 65-72-67.
207 - LEE Ki-sang 67-68-72, PARK Do-kyu 67-66-74, HU Mu (CHN) 66-68-73.
208 - David OH (USA) 66-72-70, AN Jae-hyun (NZL) 71-69-68, KIM Hyung-tae 67-69-72, MOON Kyong-jun 67-69-72.
209 - Michael LONG (NZL) 66-72-71, LEE Soo-min (am) 67-70-72, KIM
Do-hoon 753 66-70-73, K.J. CHOI 69-67-73, KIM Chang-yoon 68-62-79, Jason NORRIS (AUS) 66-66-77.
210 - Andre STOLZ (AUS) 69-70-71, KIM Bi-o 68-70-72, David
McKENZIE (AUS) 68-70-72, PARK Sang-hyun 68-68-74, Jin JEONG 68-67-75.
211 - Andrew KELLY (AUS) 70-69-72, LEE Sang-hee 69-70-72, HWANG
In-choon 69-70-72, YOON Jung-ho 71-68-72, Joshua YOUNGER
(AUS) 71-69-71, Ryan HALLER (AUS) 70-70-71, Jake HIGGINBOTTOM (AUS)
68-69-74, Ryan FOX (NZL) 70-71-70, KANG Kyung-nam 66-75-70.
212 - Craig HANCOCK (AUS) 67-72-73, CHAN Shih-chang (TPE) 71-69-72,
BYUN Jin-jae 71-67-74, Jamie ARNOLD (AUS) 69-71-72, Akinori TANI
(JPN) 67-69-76, JANG Dong-kyu 66-74-72, Nick CULLEN (AUS)
71-70-71.
SELECTED OTHER TOTALS
213 Anthony
BROWN (AUS) 66-73-74, Gareth PADDISON (NZL) 68-70-75,Aaron TOWNSEND (AUS)
73-68-72
214 Stephen DARTNALL (AUS)
68-72-74, Peter WILSON (AUS) 70-71-73
215 Scott LAYCOCK (AUS) 71-70-74.
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