GRANT JACKSON SLIPS OUT OF JOINT OVERNIGHT LEAD

PONTEFRACT PLAYER FINISHES 3rd

ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TOUR

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Langkawi, Malaysia: Chan Shih-chang of Chinese Taipei survived an early scare and a late charge by Singapore’s Koh Deng Shan to win his second Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the PGM Lada Langkawi Championship today.

Chan was two-over after seven holes but he swiftly recovered with an eagle three on hole eight followed by four birdies to seal the win with a four-under-par 68 at the Gunung Raya Golf Resort.

His winning total of 19-under-par 269 was one shot better than Koh, who had to settle for second after firing the day’s low round of 65 at the RM250,000 (approximately US$80,000) Asian Development Tour (ADT) tournament.

Grant Jackson (70), from Pontefract, Yorkshire, the joint overnight leader with Chan, struggled to maintain his title charge as he finished third on 271 while Thailand’s Poosit Supupramai was a further shot back in fourth following a 70. 

Chan won US$13,416 and earned six Official World Golf Ranking points.

“I didn’t want to think about my slow start. I wanted to get a better score and I did just that on the back nine. I’m lucky I won,” added the 27-year-old.

Chan was delighted to add a second ADT title in his fledging career as he aims to be one of the five players on the final Order of Merit at the end of the season to earn a 2015 Asian Tour card.

“All the ADT players are young and good. I like playing here because I gain a lot of experience and I can improve on my world rankings,” explained a beaming Chan.

The 25-year-old Koh will carry this momentum into the US$1.5 million The Championship, an event which is sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour in Singapore next week. 

Leading final round scores:

269 CHAN Shih-Chang (TPE) 64 67 70 68

270 KOH Deng Shan (SIN) 67 68 70 65

271 Grant JACKSON (ENG) 64 68 69 70

272 Poosit SUPUPRAMAI (THA) 66 64 72 70

273 Philip MATSSON (THA) 72 68 67 66, Pasamet POGAMNERD (THA) 67 68 69 69, Masaru TAKAHASHI (JPN) 68 67 68 70

274 Suppakorn UTHAIPAT (THA) 69 69 69 67, Tirawat KAEWSIRIBANDIT (THA) 68 69 69 68, TSENG Hong-sheng (TPE) 72 65 69 68, Blair WILSON (AUS) 68 66 70 70

275 Jakraphan PREMSIRIGORN (THA) 74 66 69 66, Jordan SHERRATT (AUS) 69 72 67 67, Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA) 68 69 70 68, Rizal AMIN (MAS) 68 72 67 68

276 Sattaya SUPUPRAMAI (THA) 66 72 72 66, Shaifubari MUDA (MAS) 69 68 72 67, Mitsuhiko HASHIZUME (JPN) 68 69 70 69, Senroku ISA (JPN) 69 64 70 73

278 Konosuke NAKAZATO (JPN) 69 69 70 70, B. K. SOBHANI (USA) 71 68 69 70