AMERICAN BOWEN WINS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT TOUR EVENT
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Kedah,
Malaysia: James Bowen of the United States savoured a
memorable week when he closed with a one-under-par 71 to claim his
maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) breakthrough at the PGM Sime Darby
Harvard Masters on Saturday.
Victory,
which came courtesy of his four-day total of 18-under-par 270, was
especially sweet for Bowen as he had earlier suffered the agony of
missing the cut at the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage last
month.
It
was a four-way tie for second place after Thailand’s Wasin
Sripattranusorn, Pavit Tangkamolprasert, Jakraphan Premsirigorn and
Canada’s Lindsay Renolds closed their campaigns with matching 274s at
the RM200,000 (approximately US$65,000) ADT event which was staged at
the Harvard Golf and Country Club this week.
Bowen
has been in commanding form all week. Since taking over the lead after
the second round, the American was a figure of consistency as he was
determined to erase the heartbreak of last month where he slipped up and
lost his chance to earn his Tour card on the region’s premier Tour.
“This
is my first professional win since I turned pro in 2008. It’s
definitely a great confidence builder and made up for my disappointment
of missing out on my Asian Tour card at Qualifying School,” said Bowen.
“I
have a chance of playing my way into the Asian Tour again and I’m
looking forward to more wins on the ADT,” said the American.
The top three players at the end of the ADT season will earn their Asian Tour cards for 2014.
Bowen’s
final day’s score card was marked by three birdies and two bogeys. It
was however his second round performance that gave the American the most
satisfaction.
“The
turning point this week was my second round. I played really well then.
My only mistake was a double-bogey on the fourth hole but apart from
that, I was on fire. That helped my confidence a lot and started the
momentum for me,” said Bowen.
Despite
missing out on his win, Wasin remained optimistic that he can lift his
maiden title, judging from his performances this week.
“I
played well all-week but if I’ve to put down one mistake on the final
day, it would be my putting. It was not very good today. But overall
I’ve no complaints and if I continue playing this way, I’ll be able to
win one day,” said Wasin.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72) 270 James BOWEN (USA) 66-65-68-71
274
Wasin SRIPATTRANUSORN (THA) 70-68-68-68, Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN)
65-70-69-70, Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 68-63-72-71, Jakraphan
PREMSIRIGORN (THA) 71-64-66-73
276 Malcolm KOKOCINSKI (SWE) 70-69-68-, Ratchapol JANTAVARA (THA) 69-69-66-72
277 Shaifubari MUDA (MAL) 65-73-70-69
278
Grant JACKSON (ENG) 68-71-72-67, Wolmer MURILLO (VEN) 71-70-70-67,
Darren TAN (AUS) 73-70-66-69, S. Siva Chandhran (MAL) 69-66-71-72
Ends.
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