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 THAWORN SCORES 18th ASIAN TOUR 

VICTORY  BY TWO SHOTS 

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Khon Kaen, Thailand: Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant rewrote the record books by winning an unprecedented 18th Asian Tour title after he closed with a five-under-par 67 to lift the King's Cup today.
With his second victory on the region's premier Tour this season, the Thai veteran also completed his royal collection, having won the Queen's Cup twice in 2012 and 2014 when it was staged as an Asian Tour event.
India's Anirban Lahiri, who led from the opening day, had to settle for a share of second place with Australia's Andrew Dodt while Qualifying School graduate Kalem Richardson of Australia enjoyed another good outing in Thailand by taking a share of fourth place with Thailand's Donthai Boonma and Paul Paterson of the United States.
Trailing overnight leader Lahiri by one shot, Thaworn set off with a blistering pace by reaching the turn in 32 at the Singha Park Khon Kaen Golf Club.
He picked up another advantage with a birdie on 10 before dropping his only shot of the day on the par-four 12.
"It was not easy out there as Anirban and Andrew were piling the pressure on me. It got a little shaky on 12 when I bogeyed for the first time today. But I maintained my composure and managed to see it through," said Thaworn.
Walking up to the 18th hole, the Thai veteran was determined not to let the contest go into a play-off with Lahiri and Dodt who were at 18-under.
"I really wanted to birdie 18 as I did not want to go into a play-off. I was confident of winning in regulation play but not in a play-off," said Thaworn.
Thaworn remained steady under pressure by draining his 15-ft birdie putt to close with a winning total of 20-under-par 268. He had two shots to spare at the finish from Dodt and Lahiri

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72) Yardage 7449 
268 Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 68-67-66-67.
270 Andrew DODT (AUS) 69-65-69-67, Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 65-67-68-70.
273 Kalem RICHARDSON (AUS) a66-72-68-67, Danthai BOONMA (THA) 66-70-68-69, Paul PETERSON (USA) 69-68-67-69.
274 Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA) 71-68-67-68, Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) 68-69-66-71.
275 Phachara KHONGWATMAI (THA) 71-71-65-68, Prom MEESAWAT (THA) 68-69-67-71, Jakraphan PREMSIRIGORN (THA) 69-65-69-72.
276 Jack MUNRO (AUS) 69-71-70-66.
277 Rashid KHAN (IND) 71-69-71-66, Stephen LEWTON (ENG) 71-68-70-68, Chan KIM (USA) 72-66-70-69.

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