WESSELINGH'S GOOD START IN TAIWAN SENIOR OPEN
REPORT FROM EUROPEAN TOUR COMMUNICATIONS
Paul
Wesselingh’s opening score of three under par 69 at the Fubon Senior
Open in Taiwan has given the Englishman a fantastic opportunity to be
crowned the European Senior Tour’s Number One player of 2013.
Weselingh
is currently second on the Order of Merit, some €9,932 behind Number
One Steen Tinning of Denmark at this, the penultimate event of the
season.
But
the Englishman’s excellent opening score – which places him second on
the leaderboard alongside countryman Bob Cameron and one behind André
Bossert of Switzerland – saw him establish a five stroke advantage over
Tinning, who posted
a first round of two over par 74.
With
€60,000 on offer to the winner of the Fubon Senior Open, Wesselingh is
hoping to close the gap or preferably overtake Tinning at the top of the
Order of Merit before the John Jacobs Trophy is decided at next month’s
MCB Tour Championship.
“It’s
certainly an exciting finish to the season and I am absolutely loving
it,” said Wesselingh, who holed out from over 50 yards for a brilliant
eagle three in gusting, swirling winds at the Miramar Golf and Country
Club in Taipei.
“There
is a long way to go this weekend, but it is a great start for me,
especially as Steen could only manage two over today. It was very tough
out there but I played well and putted great and managed to put a great
score together.”
Bossert
was the only man to better Wesselingh as the Swiss, who is making his
Senior Tour debut this week, stole four birdies in the testing
conditions to make a dream start to his new career.
Lu
Wen The of Taiwan is in fourth spot on two under, while Simon P Brown
is joined one under by England’s Paul Eales, Scot Alan Saddington
and Taiwan’s Wang Ter Chang.
Brown
is another man who could still be crowned Number One for the year.
Currently fourth on the Order of Merit and some €45,386 behind Tinning,
he, like Wesselingh, is looking for a big weekend to chase down the
ultimate prize.
FIRST ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 72
68 A Bossert (Sui);
69 B Cameron (Eng); P Wesselingh (Eng);
70 W Lu (Tpe)
71 T Wang (Tpe); A Saddington (Sco); S Brown (Eng); P Eales (Eng)
72 C Chan (Tpe); C Hsieh (Tpe); G Wolstenholme (Eng); W Grant (Eng); D Ishii (USA); P Jonas (Can)
73 S Cipa (Eng); C Yeh (Tpe); G
Manson (Aut); M Cunning (USA); K Tomori (Jpn); C Williams (Eng); G Bell
(Eng); G Banister (Aus); N Job (Eng); T Thelen (USA); H Buhrmann (RSA); M
Kuramoto (Jpn); T Chen (Tpe); S Taylor (USA)
74
J Sallat (Fra); J Lin (Tpe); B Ruangkit (Tha); C Tseng (Tpe); J Bruner
(USA); A Franco (Par); R Gibson (Can); S Tinning (Den); J Carriles
(Esp); L Carbonetti (Arg)
75
J Gould (Eng); T Price (Aus); S Van Vuuren (RSA); H Chang (Tpe); G
Ryall (Eng); T Chen (Tpe); T Lin (Tpe); B Lincoln (RSA); M Deboub (Alg);
B Hardwick (Can); W Liu (am) (Tpe)
76
N Mitchell (Eng); D O'Sullivan (Irl); B Stormon (USA); M Belsham (Eng);
M Harwood (Aus); J Harrison (Eng); G Norquist (USA); A Sherborne (Eng);
B Longmuir (Sco); W Li (Tpe); R Drummond (Sco); L Chen (Tpe); J Kim
(Kor); C Lu (Tpe);
77 T Hsu (Tpe); M Chang (Tpe); J Chen (Tpe); C Yu (Tpe); J Lindberg (Swe); C Chung (Tpe); M McLean (Eng);
78 B Wu (Tpe); J Chen (Tpe); L Chang (Tpe); A Murray (Eng); T Chen (Tpe); M Hsieh (Tpe); W Wang (am) (Tpe)
79 S McNally (Eng); J Laforce (Can); C Chen (Tpe); C Chen (Tpe); S McAllister (Sco); G Emerson (Eng); T Gale (Aus);
80 Y Chuang (Tpe); K Chang (Tpe); M Bright (RSA); S Liao (Tpe)
81 S Hsu (Tpe); R Sabarros (Fra)
82 W Chan (Tpe); C Chang (Tpe)
83 D James (Sco); C Shen (Tpe)
84 C Chen (Tpe); M Chin (Tpe);
85 F Huang (Tpe)
86 C Chen (Tpe)
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