Kuching (Malaysia) - Thailand’s Jakraphan Premsirigorn claimed his breakthrough win on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) after defeating local hope Nicholas Fung by one shot at the PGM MNRB Sarawak Masters Sunday.
The 21-year-old closed his campaign with a stunning six-under-par 66 for a winning total of 16-under-par 272 at the $65,000 event. Second-placed Fung also battled to a 66 at the Sarawak Golf Club but failed to overtake Jakraphan, who is playing in his first ADT season.
Malaysia’s R. Nachimuthu, who led the first three rounds, returned with a 69 to settle for third while American Dodge Kemmer took fourth on 277 after making a late charge up the leaderboard with a 66.
Australia’s Darren Tan and Pavit Tangkamolprasert of Thailand totalled matching 278s to share fifth after signing for rounds of 68 and 69, respectively.
Jakraphan, who has notched three other top-10 finishes this season, credited ‘lady luck’ for his victory.
“I am really lucky today. I putted nicely and I played very well. This win means a lot to me. This will probably be my last ADT event this year,” said Jakraphan, who took home $10,205 for his win.
Jakraphan moved from 14th to seventh on the ADT Order of Merit and earned six Official World Golf Ranking points.
The top-3 on the ADT Order of Merit will earn playing rights for the 2014 Asian Tour.
Leaderboard
272 – Jakraphan PREMSIRIGORN (THA) 69-67-70-66
273 – Nicholas FUNG (MAS) 66-70-71-66
274 – R. Nachimuthu (MAS) 65-70-70-69
277 – Dodge KEMMER (USA) 68-68-75-66
278 – Darren TAN (AUS) 71-70-69-68, Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 73-69-67-69
280 – Philip MATSSON (THA) 70-75-67-68, Pasavee LERTVILAI (THA) 72-69-71-68, Charles HONG (PHI) 73-67-70-70, Masaru TAKAHASHI (JPN) 70-70-70-70, Rufino BAYRON (PHI) 73-67-68-72
281 – Mitsuhiko HASHIZUME (JPN) 73-70-71-67, Lionel WEBER (FRA) 73-70-69-69
282 – Wasin SRIPATTRANUSORN (THA) 71-69-71-71
