Scott raises the bar to share Yeangder lead
ASIAN TOUR NEWS RELEASE
Taipei:
Australia’s Scott Barr made his move with a flawless five-under-par 67
to grab a share of the second-round lead with overnight leader Namchok
Tantipokhakul of Thailand at the Yeangder Tournament Players
Championship (TPC) today.
Hung
Chien-yao together with Wang Wei-lun spearheaded the local charge after
they compiled identical two-day totals of eight-under-par 136 to trail
the co-leaders by one shot alongside the Spanish duo of Carlos
Pigem and Javi Colomo.
Malaysia’s
Danny Chia, whose previous two Asian Tour wins have come from Chinese
Taipei, is hoping to strike again after he carded a 68 to be bunched in
seventh place at the US$500,000 event, which is also
the final Olympic qualifying event on the Asian Tour
Barr,
who won a domestic event in Singapore before arriving at the Linkou
International Golf and Country Club, is looking to extend his winning
run this week.
“I
won an event in Singapore before coming here so I’m feeling good. It’s
nice to come straight here and get back into it. We’ll see how it goes
but things are going well so far,” said Barr.
The
Australian’s determination to win his maiden Asian Tour title showed
when he surged ahead with an outward 32 which was marked by four birdies
on holes one, four, five and seven.
Thanks to his course familiarity, Barr then went on to sink another birdie on 12 before returning home comfortably in 67.
“The greens can be really challenging here. You got to read them well and a little bit of intuition helps too.
“But I’ve been coming back here long enough and I have a feel of what’s going on,” said Barr.
Although
he could not match his opening efforts of a 65, Namchok continued to
find himself in familiar position atop the leaderboard.
The Thai hopes he can surmount the much-needed charge when the weekend rounds starts.
“I
played okay. Although it was not as good as yesterday, it’s still
alright as I’m in a good position. I did not hit the ball that good but
my putting was okay. I need to be sharper over the
weekend to give myself a chance.
Hung meanwhile credited his positive state of mind for another assured performance on home soil.
“I
did pretty much everything right today except for that bogey on 15
which I three-putted. I’m in a good position and the key is to continue
to enjoy myself out there and play my own game.
“Mentally,
I was more composed as compared to yesterday. I was feeling more calm
and was not distracted easily especially on the greens which can be
tricky,” said Hung.
The cut was set at one-under with a total of 73 players progressing into the weekend rounds.
SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 144 (2x72) Yardage 7,108
135 - Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA) 65-70, Scott BARR (AUS) 68-67.
136 - Carlos PIGEM (ESP) 66-70, HUNG Chien-yao (TPE) 68-68, Javi COLOMO (ESP) 65-71, WANG Wei-lun (TPE) 70-66.
138 - Danny CHIA (MAS) 70-68, Casey O'TOOLE (USA) 67-71, Simon YATES (SCO) 71-67, HSIEH Tung-hung (TPE) 69-69.
139
- Chiragh KUMAR (IND) 70-69, Jason KNUTZON (USA) 69-70, LU Wei-chih
(TPE) 70-69, Jazz JANEWATTANANOND (THA) 72-67, Nicholas FUNG (MAS)
72-67, Alessandro TADINI (ITA) 72-67, Miguel TABUENA (PHI) 67-72,
Pariya JUNHASAVASDIKUL (THA) 66-73, Johannes VEERMAN (USA) 70-69,
Masaru TAKAHASHI (JPN) 69-70.
140
- LIN Chien-bing (TPE) 70-70, Jbe KRUGER (RSA) 72-68, Sam BRAZEL (AUS)
69-71, LIN Wen-tang (TPE) 72-68, Michael WRIGHT (AUS) 68-72, Darren TAN
(AUS) 68-72, TSAI Chi-huang (TPE) 69-71, LEE Chieh-po (TPE)
70-70, Wolmer MURILLO (VEN) 69-71, Soonsang HONG (SKOR) 72-68.
141
- Himmat RAI (IND) 70-71, HSIEH Chi-hsien (TPE) 71-70, Shaun NORRIS
(RSA) 75-66, Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 73-68, CHEN Hao-sen (TPE) 70-71, Toni
FERRER (ESP) 72-69, Danthai BOONMA (THA) 71-70, LIN Chie-hsiang
(TPE) 70-71, Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 71-70, Sam CHIEN (USA) 71-70, HSU
Li-peng (TPE) 68-73, Shunya TAKEYASU (JPN) 71-70.
142
- YEH Chang-ting (TPE) 72-70, Tom JOHNSON (USA) 71-71, Giwhan KIM (SKOR)
68-74, Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) 73-69, Adam GROOM (AUS) 71-71, Simon
GRIFFITHS (ENG) 70-72, Poom SAKSANSIN (THA) 73-69, Gaganjeet
BHULLAR (IND) 72-70, Sutijet KOORATANAPISAN (THA) 72-70, Lionel WEBER
(FRA) 70-72, Dodge KEMMER (USA) 71-71, Gunn CHAROENKUL (THA) 70-72, Paul
PETERSON (USA) 72-70, Quincy QUEK (SIN) 69-73.
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