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Pawin makes up three-shot deficit with a 67 to win Phuket Open

Pawin makes up three-shot deficit with a 67 to win Phuket Open

Pawin Ingkharadit won his third title on the All Thailand Golf Tour with a one-shot victory at Singha Laguna Phuket Open 2020 on Sunday.

 

Three shots behind leader Witchayanon Chothirunrungrueng after three rounds, Pawin closed with a final-round 67 to win with 11-under 269 on the par-70 Laguna Golf Phuket.

Witchayanon, who was two shots in the lead after 54 holes, finished second at 10-under after he posted a 71.

One stroke behind were Atiruj Winaicharoenchai (64) and Panuphol Pittayarat (70), who shared third with a nine-under in the final event of the All Thailand Golf Tour 2020.

Pawin earned Bt300,000 in the Bt2-million tournament and five world ranking points for his third ATGT win after victories at the Singha Championship 2018 and the Singha Hua Hin Open 2015. Witchayanon, who is still waiting for this first ATGT title, took home Bt190,000 and three points.

Pawin, who turned pro in 2011, said that the key to his win is to focus on his own game.

“I have tried to concentrate on my own game. That helps me a lot,” said the Suphanburi native, who made five birdies and two bogeys.

“My iron play has improved a lot this week and that was a key. And on the back nine, I tried to play safe as much as I could.”

Kosuke Hamamoto, the 2015 Singha Classic winner, finished a solo sixth with eight-under, while Natipong Srithong (70) was one shot behind at seventh. Ratchapol Jantavara, bidding for back-to-back titles after his win in Chiang Rai last month, was joint 33rd on 281.

Amateur Ratchanon Chantananuwat, 13, finished as a low amateur. In his third attempt at the ATGT event, Ratchanon, who was among four amateurs who made the cut, shot a final-round 67 to tie for 17th with a total score of three-under 277.

In August, Ratchanon made the cut at Singha Pattaya Open, becoming the youngest player to make the cut in the 21-year history of the tour.

Pavit Tangkamolprasert, who won the season-opening Boonchu Ruangkit Championship in January, finished tied for 63rd with 10-over 290. However, it was enough for him to be crowned the Order of Merit champion with earnings of Bt879,754 in six events.

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