Prom grabs number one seed at World Super 6 Perth
Perth - Prom Meesawat of Thailand managed the course conditions superbly to card a round-three 67 and grab the number one seed at the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth on Saturday.
Prom carded seven birdies against two bogeys to return with a 12-under-par 204 total at Lake Karrinyup Country Club. He finished two shots ahead of the rest of the field. The burly Thai golfer, along with seven others in the top eight, will go into the second round of the knockout matchplay on Sunday.
“I’m very happy with my round. I finished first, but you’ll never know what will happen tomorrow as it is going to be matchplay. So, I’m going to try my best. I’ve been playing well over the last three days. I hope that I can bring my good form to Sunday,” said Prom, one of the four Thais to play on Sunday.
“If I can win the tournament tomorrow, it’s going to be very nice as it’ll be my first European Tour win. I've got a good chance. Like what I said, in matchplay, anything can happen. Last year, Rummy (Brett Rumford) knocked everyone out and won the tournament. I'm going to try to be like Rummy. Finish the stroke play rounds in first place, and then win the tournament,” added Prom, whose last matchplay experience in his professional career was in 2007, in a team event that pit Asian golfers against their European counterparts.
Sean Crocker of the United States carded a 67, while Lucas Herbert of Australia and Thorbjorn Olesen carded matching 69s to finish in tied-second.
The leading 24 players after three rounds will qualify for the six-hole knockout matchplay.
Other Asian Tour members who progressed to the knockout matchplay include Thais Pavit Tangkamolprasert (69), Poom Saksansin (67) and Kiradech Aphibarnrat (72) as well as Yi-keun Chang (71) from Korea.
Poom, Kiradech and Chang, qualified for Sunday via a play-off where nine players, who all finished in tied-17th, vied for eight spots. Australia’s Anthony Quayle was eliminated after a titanic battle with Kiradech that stretched to four play-off holes.
Defending champion Brett Rumford and England’s Lee Westwood failed to secure spots in the knockout matchplay after carding matching 78s.
Scores after round 3 of the ISPS HANDA WORLD SUPER 6 PERTH being played at the par 72, 7143 Yards Lake Karrinyup GC course (am - denotes amateur):
204 - Prom Meesawat (THA) 67-70-67.
206 - Sean Crocker (USA) 70-69-67, Lucas Herbert (AUS) 68-69-69, Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 70-67-69.
208 - Dimitrios Papadatos (AUS) 69-73-66, Brad Kennedy (AUS) 69-72-67, Yusaku Miyazato (JPN) 70-70-68, Sam Horsfield (ENG) 68-72-68.
209 - Marcus Fraser (AUS) 68-74-67, Grant Forrest (SCO) 69-68-72.
210 - Matthew Millar (AUS) 73-70-67, James Nitties (AUS) 66-76-68, Ben Eccles (AUS) 72-69-69, Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA) 70-71-69, Nick Cullen (AUS) 72-68-70, Min Woo Lee (am, AUS) 69-70-71.
211 - Callan O'Reilly (AUS) 72-71-68, Stephen Leaney (AUS) 69-72-70, Poom Saksansin (THA) 71-73-67, Satoshi Kodaira (JPN) 70-71-70, Yi-keun Chang (KOR) 67-73-71, Andrea Pavan (ITA) 73-66-72, Zander Lombard (RSA) 68-70-73, Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 67-72-72, Anthony Quayle (AUS) 71-68-72.
212 - Ryan Fox (NZL) 70-73-69, Aaron Rai (ENG) 71-73-68, David Bransdon (AUS) 71-70-71, Jason Scrivener (AUS) 67-73-72, Wade Ormsby (AUS) 67-73-72, Johan Edfors (SWE) 71-73-68, Scott Vincent (ZIM) 73-71-68.
