2014 Ageas Championship Newsletter Day 3.Pdf
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DAY 3! 15 JANUARY 2014 Ageas HKPGA Championship Park Enters the Record Books Australian holds off the challenge of compatriot Scott Barr to claim his Unho Park held his nerve to become the 4irst player in the history of the Ageas HKPGA Championship to win three consecutive titles after a day of high drama at the Hong Kong Golf Club. Park, who turned 40 on the eve of the HK$450,000 tournament, holed a succes- sion of crucial putts down the closing stretch to card a level-par 70 over the New Course to pip fellow Australian Scott Barr (71), his co-leader after two rounds, by a shot. ! ! ! ! PAGE "1 DAY 3! 15 JANUARY 2014 PRESS RELEASE Hong Kong's James Stewart 4ired a blemish-free 68 to secure solo third place, a fur- ther three shots behind. Tournament drawcard, 57-year-old Wayne Grady who won the 1990 US PGA Championship, 4inished in 10th spot after a closing 71. "I'm so relieved right now, over the moon actually," said Park, who bene4ited from a Barr bogey at the penultimate hole of the tournament. "I was trying not to think about winning today but it was hard not to. I had a two-shot cushion at one point and let that slip away. It was emotional out there; I may have looked quite comfortable but it felt like my stomach was in my mouth." Singapore-based Park, who earned a cheque for HK$81,000 in addition to the hand- some Joe Hardwick Trophy for the victory, got off to a 4lying start with birdies at the second and third holes. Bogeys at the fourth and ninth set him back, but Barr, who lost out to Colin Montgomerie for the 2003 Macau Open title, was having problems of his own, meaning Park had a two-shot advantage with nine holes to play. But Barr, one of the most consistent players on the Asian Tour since its inception a decade ago, roared back with birdies at the 10th and 14th to tie the lead. His only dropped shot of the back nine – after he failed to get up and down from behind the 17th green – would prove decisive, however. Park, who made nine successive pars to 4inish, was full of praise for his playing part- ner and hoped his fast start to 2014 would translate into a maiden win on the Asian Tour. "This has got to be the best [of the three HKPGA Championship victories]," declared Park, who compared his emotions over the closing holes to hitting his opening tee shot at the 2006 Open Championship – one of golf's four majors – at Royal Liverpool Golf Club. "Scott was a bit unlucky on 17, so to hole my own putt for par was really important. He's been playing really well ... I'm just trying to let it all sink in, but I couldn't have asked for a better start to the new year. I'm feeling good about my chances for the season ahead." ! ! ! PAGE "2 DAY 3! 15 JANUARY 2014 Images from Day 3 2014 Ageas HKPGA Champi- on Unho Park tees off on the inal hole with a one shot lead, he parred the last hole to complete a third consecu- tive victory in the event. Scott Barr (right) inished alone in 2nd, one shot back. After last years third place 4inish Barr will be back next year to try and complete the progression Unho Park retained the Joe Hardick Trophy and also won a Patravi Chronograph Stainless Steel watch from sponsor Carl F Bucherer ! PAGE "3 DAY 3! 15 JANUARY 2014 Images from Day 2: A blemish free 68 in the 4inal round left James Stew- Tim Tang’s 4inal round 68 lifted art again as the top Hong Kong player in third place. him in 4th place. ! PAGE "4 DAY 3! 15 JANUARY 2014 Day Two Scores: Hole% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In R3 R2 R1 Total Ydge 406 154 530 202 381 380 396 197 447 % 524 367 466 144 529 395 426 180 411 % % % % Par 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 34 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 36 70 70 70 210 Unho%Park 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 34 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 36 70 70 68 208 Scott%Barr 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 3 5 36 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 35 71 68 70 209 James%Stewart 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 3 4 33 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 2 4 35 68 72 72 212 Tim%Tang 4 3 6 3 4 3 4 3 4 34 4 4 5 2 4 4 5 2 4 34 68 73 73 214 Chau%Pui 4 2 5 3 4 4 4 3 4 33 6 5 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 40 73 72 72 217 Lam%Zhiqun 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 3 6 35 5 3 4 3 6 5 4 2 4 36 71 76 70 217 Wong%Woon%Man 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 6 4 38 4 4 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 37 75 72 71 218 Koh%Deng%Shan 4 3 5 4 5 5 4 3 4 37 5 4 4 3 5 4 3 3 4 35 72 77 69 218 Martin%Liu%(A) 4 4 6 4 5 4 4 3 4 38 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 34 72 72 74 218 Wayne%Grady 5 2 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 34 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 5 37 71 74 77 222 Dom%Boulet 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 3 5 33 5 4 4 3 5 3 4 2 4 34 67 79 77 223 Grant%Gibson 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 37 5 4 5 2 5 4 5 3 5 38 75 77 72 224 Chris%Tang 4 3 5 3 5 4 5 3 6 38 4 4 5 3 6 4 3 3 4 36 74 77 75 226 Danny%Kan 4 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 5 36 5 4 4 3 5 5 4 4 4 38 74 80 72 226 Brad%Schadewitz 4 3 5 3 4 4 5 3 4 35 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 37 72 79 76 227 Liu%Lok%Tin 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 3 6 37 4 3 4 3 5 4 3 4 4 34 71 75 81 227 Tong%Chun%Po 4 3 5 3 4 5 5 4 5 38 4 5 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 39 77 78 73 228 Tsai%Chun%Yu 4 3 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 39 4 3 4 3 5 5 4 4 5 37 76 76 76 228 Nathan%Goulding 4 3 4 3 7 4 4 3 6 38 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 4 36 74 77 77 228 Jovick%Lee 4 3 5 4 4 5 5 4 6 40 5 6 4 2 6 5 5 3 5 41 81 74 74 229 Wilson%Choy 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 5 38 4 4 5 3 6 4 3 4 4 37 75 78 77 230 Oliver%Roberts%(A) 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 6 35 6 4 4 3 5 3 4 3 4 36 71 79 80 230 Terrence%Ng%(A) 4 3 6 3 4 5 5 4 5 39 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 36 75 79 77 231 Man%Hung%Lap 4 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 39 5 3 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 36 75 80 77 232 Ducky%Tang 5 4 5 5 4 6 5 4 4 42 5 4 5 3 5 4 4 5 4 39 81 79 73 233 Li%Chun%Man 4 4 5 4 6 4 4 3 4 38 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 39 77 81 76 234 Mark%Mossip 4 3 6 3 4 4 5 3 4 36 5 5 5 3 5 5 4 3 5 40 76 80 78 234 Cheung%Kin%Ping 4 3 5 3 6 5 4 3 4 37 5 4 5 6 5 4 5 4 4 42 79 78 78 235 Charlie%Lee 4 4 6 3 5 5 5 4 5 41 5 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 37 78 79 78 235 Alexander%Cheng 3 4 5 3 5 4 6 4 6 40 6 5 4 3 5 7 5 4 4 43 83 79 75 237 Daniel%O'Neill 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 38 5 4 4 4 6 5 7 4 4 43 81 80 76 237 Benny%Yeung 4 4 7 4 4 5 6 3 4 41 6 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 42 83 82 75 240 Kenny%Wong 4 3 5 3 4 4 5 3 6 37 7 4 5 5 6 4 8 4 5 48 85 82 76 243 Shawn%Morley 5 3 6 4 6 5 4 3 5 41 7 5 5 3 6 5 5 4 5 45 86 81 77 244 Sponsors & Supporters of the Ageas HKPGA Championship 2014: ! 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