South Korean
golfer Song Young-Han won the golf tournament prizes totaling 1 million dollars
SMBC Singapore Open on Monday, and the result is at once threatening the
position of the first golfer, Jordan Spieth.
Jordan Spieth |
In the final
round, Song recorded a 70 strokes or one under par, so that in total four
rounds or four days he recorded 272 strokes or 12 under par, and make sure the
lead one shot over the number one golfer from the US Spieth is the last round
notes 66 blows.
Meanwhile, Chinese
golfer Liang Wen-Chong (69) was alone in third position with a total record of
274 punches, while Miguel Tabuena (68) of the Philippines and Japanese golfers
Shintaro Kobayashi (71) share the same in the fourth position with 275 strokes.
The final round of
matches in the Serapong Golf Course in Sentosa Island
was delayed because of a storm when Spieth was getting ready to hit a birdie
putt from five feet on the 18th hole green.
But Spieth finally
able to get a birdie when he played the delay game on Monday morning, but Song
who plays in the group behind is able to record two par three holes in the game
to ensure his title.
The result was the
first title for Song after she could only six times in second place at the
tournament in Japan
and Korea
from 2013.
Song has become
the first Asian golfer to win the Singapore Open since the victory of the
Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh in 2008 on home soil.
Song said he felt
the pressure on the eve of the final round.
Song said that
last night seemed like a week, he could not eat because he kept looming on the
16th green. That nights Song feels hate Jordan.
Song also added
that the situation made him tense and he just felt it as a good luck.
Here are the final
results of the Singapore Open:
272 - Song
Yong-Han (Korea)
70-63-69-70
273 - Jordan Spieth (USA)
67-70-70-66
274 - Liang
Wen-Chong (China)
71-67-67-69
275 - Miguel
Tabuena (Philippines)
69-67-71-68, Shintaro Kobayashi (Japan) 66-69-69-71
276 - Wang
Jeung-Hun (South Korea)
73-67-67-69, Hideto Tanihara (Japan)
68-67-71-70
277 - Lee Won-Joon
(Australia)
71-69-67-70, Chapchai Nirat (Thailand)
69-70-712-67, Brett Munson (USA)
71-67-70-69