Asian Tour Book 2024

His par on the 18th at the Legend Da Nang Golf Resort for a three-under-par 70 was enough to edge out overnight leader Aidric Jose Chan, who needed to par to force a play-off. The young Filipino golfer, who was not even born when Gangjee first joined the professional golf ranks, could only manage bogey at the last and saw his chance of a debut win slip away. “It’s been a gruelling day,” said Gangjee, “not because of the golf but because of the heat. It’s been a little bit tough also in the golf. It was a little bit dilly dally in the front nine - even par - I only got it going towards the back, especially in the last four holes.” The Indonesia Pro-Ampresented by Combiphar & Nomura: Tanapat’s 62 leaves field trailing in his wake Thailand’s Tanapat Pichaikool was another to score his first international victory with a win at the Indonesia Pro-Am presented by Combiphar and Nomura, posting the low round of the day, a nine-under-par 62, to best the field by three shots. With 10 birdies and just a single dropped shot in the final round he showed he was at the top of his game Gunung Geulis Country Club. “It was great,” he said. “I woke up feeling confident, went through my pre-game warm-up and everything was amazing. Then I get on the first hole, opened with a mistake when I picked the wrong club for my second shot. “I was like, ‘Ow, what’s today going to be’, but I did make par there, so it was a good positive vibe.” Long An Golf & Villas but charged through with a seven-under-par 65, just like the Lexus event. He made an eagle and three birdies on the front side and later made birdies on the 14th and 18th. And also much like his earlier win in Vietnam he watched from the clubhouse as, one by one, his pursuers failed to catch him. He said: “It was a great round today. Bogey-free and I’m very pleased with my second ADT win.” PKNS Selangor Masters: Battling Gangjee holds on for wire-to-wire win Indian veteran Rahil Gangjee held on to secure a dramatic wire-to-wire finish in the PKNS Selangor Masters at Kelab Golf Seri Selangor, against an onslaught of his younger competitors. He had a five-shot lead at the start of the final day after three days of outstanding play. But after four bogeys in his first 10 holes and no birdies on day four it looked like victory was slipping away. However, he rallied with birdies on 12, 13 and 16 to move back in front before again stumbling with bogies on the last two holes. He signed for a 73 which was enough for a one shot win over Aussie Deyen Lawson. Said Gangjee, a two-time winner on the Asian Tour: “Having a five-shot lead has got its own challenges. You think it’s going to be easy, but there are certain nerves that show up that you don’t expect ... and they definitely showed up on a golf course like this! BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur: Debutant Liu impresses in Indonesia Making his Asian Development Tour debut, Liu Yung-hua overcame a nervy start to his final round to shoot a seven-under-par 65 and triumph in the BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur tournament in Tangerang. Despite two bogeys after seven holes, the 27-year-old Chinese Taipei golfer recovered quickly and reeled off a string of birdies to overtake the overnight leader Vanchai Luangnitikul of Thailand and Hong Kong’s Matthew Cheung. Despite a tight encounter with the lead changing hole by hole, Liu finished with a two-shot advantage over Cheung and Vanchai on Damai Indah Golf’s BSD course outside the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Vanchai needed to chip in for eagle on the last hole to force Liu to make a birdie. His shot almost went in but ultimately went long and he could only par out. Liu made birdie to secure the win. BRG Open Golf Championship: Gangjee secures secondwin of season Rahil Gangjee certainly lived up to his billing as one of the star attractions at the BRG Open Golf Championship in Vietnam, having claimed the PKNS Selangor Masters two months before. He fired a string of birdies in the closing stretch to post the clubhouse lead and endured an anxious wait to see if he’d done enough to win. 145