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ASM @ Thailand (Bangkok) 2010
PRO Tournament on 16 & 17 December 2011
Muang Kaew GC
December 17, 2010
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ASM @ Thailand (Bangkok) 2010
Professional Tournament on 16th & 17th Dec 2011
Philippines rule the roost at the ASM @ Thailand (Bangkok)
From left to right -
Jipsapon, Hernandez, Fernando, Bagtas the Champion, Ramayah, Nikham and Chuan Campbell - Chairman of the AST
The inaugural ASM @ Thailand (Bangkok) 2010 sanctioned by the Asian Seniors Tour and featuring players from the Asian Senior PGA Tour was staged at Muang Kaew Golf on the 16th and 17th of Dec 2010 and saw a clean sweep by the golf professionals from the Philippines taking the top 3 places.
Conditions at the Muang Kaew golf course were highly praised by all the professionals “…..as the best we have played this season on tour.....”
The Muang Kaew Golf was laid out to play at a shortened 6,650 yards and the winning score of one under par reflecting the taxing nature of the course, which offered greens speeds of 11 on the stimpmeter and a gusting wind on the last day tested all players.
The first day of the ASM @ Thailand (Bangkok) professional tournament saw Eddie Bagtas, Antolin Fernando and Jessie Hernandez all 3 from the Philippines along with Nickham (Thailand) and M Ramayah (Malaysia) all tied with level par 72s
One shot further back was Klaiklueng (Thailand) with 73 and Mike Sinkinson (Australia) with 74 followed by a gaggle of golfers returning 75 including rookie sensation Scott Puzey (USA) (pictured below)
along with Jochpasong and Sawargwong both from Thailand and the eventual third placing professional Jay Hernadez (Philippines)
On the FINAL DAY the first to slip was Sinkinson, battling a loss of form and one of the pre-tournament favourites, slipped to a disastrous 92 and slipping to outside the top 25. American Puzey followed his opening 75 with a 77 to slip down to 10th place and a total of 152, overall a good return for a rookie player new to the professional ranks. Ramayah returned a second round 76 moving him down to 148 and 5th place, Nickham’s 78 moved him to tied 7th place with Klaiklueng leaving the top 3 players from the Philippines to share the rewards.
Hernadez made the biggest move up the leader board from tied 7th to 3rd spot with a one under 71. A solid 36 out was followed by a strong 35 made up of one bogey on the 11th par four and then a super strong finish of birdies on the 16th and 17th holes to apply pressure to Bagtas and Fernando, only to see his birdie put slip agonisingly passed the hole on the 18th green.
Fernando slipped to 2nd spot, shooting 73, lost the tournament on the back nine with a one over par 37 – including a bogey on the par 5 13th and a disastrous triple bogey 6 on the testing par 3 14th holes. This triple gave the eventual winner, Ernie Bagtas a 3 shot swing and he never looked back, and solid scoring nines of 35 and 36 shooting a one under 71 and two day score of 143.
The last few holes were not without drama as Fernando fought back after the triple on the 14th with his birdies on the 16th and 17th to Bagtas’ pars – however the older Bagtas’ experience and solid finish of 5 straight pars saw him through for the 2 shot victory.
“We were delighted to be asked to host this Asian Senior PGA event. All the players have enjoyed the golf course, including the two Pro Am days. The golf course staff did a great job getting the golf course into tournament condition and we hope to host this and similar events throughout the next few years. Our golf courser conditioning, location and our tournament experience make us a good choice for such events” commented Mike Varney General Manager of Muang Kaew Golf Course.
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Results (click on images for enlargement)
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