THURSDAY, March 28, 2024
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Suradit wins epic play-off

Suradit wins epic play-off

The gutsy Suradit Yongcharoenchai outlast Panuphol Pittayarat to win the Bt2 million Singha-SAT Kanchanaburi Championship after the epic seventh play-off at the Blue Sapphire Golf and Resort on Sunday.

Suradit wins epic play-off

After sharing the lead with Panuphol on 13 under-par-197 in regulation, the 22-year-old went neck-and-neck with the two-time Asian Tour champion until it turned twilight at the par 70 6,726 yard landscape.

Eventually, the 27-year-old Panuphol missed the fairway in the seventh play-off on the par 4 18th hole and never seemed to claw his way back. The young gun then capitalized on the opportunity as he sent home an eight-foot par putt to prevail.

“We both were playing well all the way but we just didn’t make the putts,” said Suradit after his second win on the Thai PGA Tour since the 2017 victory in Lamphun province. “I was so nervous during the first three play-offs but after that I became more relaxed and waited for the opportunity,” added Suradit who took home Bt240,000 as winner.

In fact, Panuphol could have wrapped it up since in the normal round had he not made a bogey on the finishing hole. He carded a final 67 while Suradit fired a brilliant 63.

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