Sunday, March 29, 2009

NERVOUS WAIT FOR MARKSAENG

NERVOUS WAIT FOR MARKSAENG


Swede Johan Edfors won the Black Mountain Masters in Thailand on Sunday and joint runner-up Prayad Marksaeng was left waiting to learn if his sparkling closing round had earned him a place in The Masters.

Marksaeng began the last day in 15th place but shot a 64 and shared the lead when Edfors double-bogeyed the 15th.

However, the former Scottish Open champion birdied two of the last three for a 68 and 17-under-par total and England's Chris Rodgers also finished with a birdie to join Marksaeng on 15 under.

The Thai golfer went into the tournament 50th in the world, but events in Europe and America meant he had to wait another day to see if he was still in the top 50 and therefore in the field for Augusta.

Collated final round scores & totals in the Asian Tour Black Mountain Masters,Black Mountain GC, Hua Hin, Thailand (Par: 72):

271 Johan Edfors (Swe) 64 68 71 68

273 Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 70 72 67 64, Chris Rodgers (Eng) 70 68 67 68

274 Anirban Lahiri (Ind) 69 70 67 68

275 Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 71 71 70 63, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 69 68 71 67, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 69 67 68

277 Darren Beck (Aus) 69 66 75 67, John Parry (Eng) 74 69 66 68, Angelo Que (Phi) 68 73 67 69, Noh Seung-Yul (Kor) 66 71 70 70, Lu Wei-Chih (Tpe) 71 71 66 69, Peter Cooke (Aus) 67 70 70 70, Jason King (Aus) 68 68 69 72

278 Will Yanagisawa (USA) 70 71 71 66, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 70 69 72 67, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 71 72 68 67, Frankie Minoza (Phi) 67 68 75 68, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (Tha) 69 69 71 69, Keith Horne (Rsa) 68 71 68 71

279 Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 71 73 68 67, Neven Basic (Aus) 67 74 70 68, Wu Ashun (Chn) 69 69 70 71, Kodai Ichihara (Jpn) 72 69 67 71, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 67 73 66 73

280 George Coetzee (Rsa) 67 70 78 65, Gary Simpson (Aus) 70 70 73 67

281 Scott Hend (Aus) 70 70 72 69, Lee Sung (Kor) 71 70 70 70, Artemio Murakami (Phi) 68 71 71 71, Simon Griffiths (Eng) 70 71 69 71, Kim Dae-Hyun (Kor) 74 66 70 71

282 Park Jun-Won (Kor) 72 72 71 67, Airil Rizman (Mal) 71 72 71 68, Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 71 72 68 71, Mitchell Brown (Aus) 75 65 70 72

283 Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 74 67 75 67, Pavit Tangkamolprasert (Tha) 71 72 73 67, Jbe Kruger (Rsa) 69 72 71 71, Sushi Ishigaki (Jpn) 72 72 67 72, Blair Wilson (Aus) 70 71 69 73

284 Wang Ter-Chang (Tpe) 70 71 74 69, Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 69 71 73 71, Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 71 71 71 71, Hendrik Buhrmann (Rsa) 74 69 70 71, Anthony Kang (USA) 75 68 68 73

285 Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 72 70 72 71, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 72 71 70 72, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 68 74 70 73, Richard Moir (Aus) 69 74 69 73

286 S. Siva Chandhran (Mal) 75 69 73 69, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 70 74 70 72, Rohan Blizard (Aus) 72 72 70 72, Himmat Rai (Ind) 73 71 70 72, Lin Wen-Hong (Tpe) 71 69 71 75

287 Mark Purser (Nzl) 69 72 75 71, Marcus Both (Aus) 69 73 74 71, Guido Van Der Valk (Ned) 71 73 71 72, Jason Norris (Aus) 74 68 71 74

288 Lien Lu-Sen (Tpe) 71 71 76 70, Namchoak Tantipokakul (Tha) 68 76 72 72, Zaw Moe (Mya) 72 68 74 74

289 Somkiat Srisanga (Tha) 68 73 79 69, Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 72 72 70 75, Scott Barr (Aus) 69 71 72 77, Andrew Marshall (Eng) 70 72 70 77

290 Pijit Petchkasem (Tha) 72 72 75 71

291 Adam Blyth (Aus) 72 71 75 73

292 Jerome Delariarte (Phi) 74 70 73 75

294 Ross Bain (Sco) 70 72 75 77, Mo Joong-Kyung (Kor) 71 73 72 78

296 Ben Leong (Mal) 74 69 74 79

(re-opens) "I guess I made it too exciting, I wasn't planning on doing that," Edfors said of his double bogey on the 15th.

"I made a couple of poor shots and bad decisions and then had to really fight for it at the end.

"This is one of the nicest wins of my career as I've not had so many Swedes supporting me during my other wins."

Rodgers reflected on what might have been after missed chances down the stretch saw his chances ebb away.

"I gave it my all. I picked a couple of wrong lines and lost a bit of momentum," he said.

"The killer for me was not making birdie on 16 after Johan made double on 15. That was the moment for me to seize but I didn't."