PARIYA ENDS THREE YEARS WITHOUT A WIN AT SELANGOR MASTERS
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Petaling
Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia: Pariya Junhasavasdikul holed a
pressure-packed five-foot par putt at the last hole to win the Worldwide
Holdings Selangor Masters by one stroke on Sunday, ending a frustrating
three-year winless run.
The
29-year-old Thai completed a wire-to-wire triumph following a
one-under-par 70 at the Seri Selangor Golf Club to edge India’s Anirban
Lahiri, who challenged with a 68 in the RM1.2 million (approximately
US$400,000) Asian Tour event.
South Korea’s Baek Seuk-hyun, who held the lead up till the 15th
hole, settled for third place after dropping a double bogey and bogey
on 16 and 17 to finish alongside another Thai, Namchok Tantipokhakul,
who stormed up the leaderboard with a 65.
Chinese
Taipei veteran Lu Wen-teh took fifth place while there was plenty of
admiration for 19-year-old Malaysian amateur Gavin Green, who tied for
the lead on the front nine, as he settled for a share of sixth place
after a 73 which included a one-stroke penalty which he called on
himself when his ball moved on the 11th green.
Pariya,
who pocketed US$68,954 for his second Asian Tour victory, raised his
fist in delight after he coolly got up and down at the closing hole to
grab victory following a day of high drama.
“I’m
still shaking right now. I can’t describe the feeling. Like in Taipei
(when he won the Mercuries Taiwan Masters in 2010), it just hit me when I
was in the car heading to the airport. Walking down the last three
holes, there was tremendous pressure,” said Pariya, who ended the week
on nine-under-par 275.
The
22-year-old Baek, who is Pariya’s regular practice partner and
roommate, was striding towards his first Asian Tour title but the 16th
hole, which he triple bogeyed on Saturday, got to him again as he lost
his ball with a poor drive for a double bogey 6 which gave Pariya the
lead.
With
Lahiri in the clubhouse on eight under after producing some sublime
golf, Pariya was forced to get up and down for par on the last hole but
he calmly rolled in his winning putt.
“I
didn’t think about it (the last putt) too much. I saw Baek’s line was
left to right, and Gavin had putted before me and they showed me the
line which was half a ball outside the edge. It was a downhill putt and
all I had to do was to put a good stroke in. Luckily, I didn’t feel any
pressure then. I kept to the routine and got it over with,” said Pariya.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x72) Yardage 6,927
275 Pariya JUNHASAVASDIKUL (THA) 66-68-71-70.
276 Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 73-68-67-68.
277 Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA) 72-74-66-65, BAEK Seuk-hyun (SKOR) 67-68-71-71.
279 LU Wen-teh (TPE) 70-72-70-67.
280 Scott HEND (AUS) 70-73-70-67, Peter RICHARDSON (ENG) 69-73-69-69,
Wade ORMSBY (AUS) 68-70-72-70, Gavin GREEN (am, MAS) 68-69-70-73.
281 Marcus BOTH (AUS) 73-69-70-69.
282 Adilson DA SILVA (BRA) 74-70-70-68.
283 Javi COLOMO (ESP) 74-68-71-70, Stephen LEWTON (ENG) 73-70-68-72, Thanyakon KHRONGPHA (THA) 75-67-67-74.
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