Thaworn Wiratchant claimed 11th Asian Tour wins at Macau Open - 2009年澳門高爾夫球公開賽泰國選手Thaworn Wiratchant奪冠 (2009年澳门高尔夫球公开赛泰国选手Thaworn Wiratchant夺冠)

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Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant claimed his 11th Asian Tour victory, with a commanding six-shot triumph in Macau at the US $500,000-dollar full-field event at the Macau Golf and Country Club.

Thaworn charged home with a closing three-under-par for a four-day total of 15-under-par 269 to India's Gaganjeet Bhullar, who added the growing reputation as the rising star in Asian golf. Gaganjeet Bhullar powered his way to a final round 66 to finish in second place on 275, behind the seasoned veteran Thaworn Wiratchant. Matthew Griffin from Australia surged up the leaderboard with an eagle on the second hole to share third place with South African Keith Horne on 278. Taiwan's Lin Wen-hong and Yoshinobu Tsukada of Japan ended their campaign in fifth position on 279.

Thaworn Wiratchant victory left him one title short of equaling the Asian Tour record of 12 career wins, set by his compatriot Thongchai Jaidee, but the 42-year-old said he was confident of overtaking his countryman.


總獎金50萬美元的2009年澳門高爾夫公開賽在澳門鄉村高爾夫球會結束。 泰國名將Thaworn Wiratchant延續好狀態, 以總成績-15, 6桿優勢奪冠。 這也是他個人的第11項亞巡賽冠軍。 Thaworn Wiratchant早前在瑞士舉行的歐米茄歐洲名人賽, 取得了並列第11名的好成績。 在澳門高爾夫公開賽最后一輪比賽, Thaworn打出了68杆低於標准杆3杆, 四輪總成績為269杆低於標准杆15杆。 在奪得澳門公開賽的冠軍后, Thaworn與同胞Thongchai Jaidee第12個亞巡賽冠軍的紀錄隻差一個了。 不過42歲的Thaworn對超過Thongchai的亞巡賽冠軍紀錄很有信心。

印度新星Gaganjeet Bhullar落后Thaworn Wiratchant6杆, 總成績275杆獲得亞軍。 Gaganjeet Bhullar是本賽季印度尼西亞總統邀請賽的冠軍, 他在最后一輪打出了66杆的成績。 亞巡賽新人澳大利亞選手Matthew Griffin與南非球員Keith Horne都以總成績278杆獲得並列第3名。 台灣球員林文鴻和日本選手塚田好宣, 以279杆排在並列第5位。

Macau Golf Open 2009 - 澳門高爾夫球公開賽2009 (澳门高尔夫球公开赛2009)

The Macau Open, supported by the Macau Sports Development Board, is celebrating its 12th anniversary this year. The tournament has long been regarded as one of the most popular events on the Asian Tour. It will be staged at the Macau Golf and Country Club from September 10-13.

Former champions includes Lee Westwood (1999) and Simon Dyson of England (2000), Colin Montgomerie (2003) of Scotland, Kane Webber (2006) of Australia, two-time winner Zhang Lian Wei (2001 and 2002) of China and last year’s winner David Gleeson of Australia.

This US$500,000 Macau Open is the 15th leg of this season’s Asian Tour Schedule. The Asian Tour is the official regional sanctioning body for professional golf in Asia.

2009澳門高爾夫球公開賽9月10日至13日在澳門高爾夫球會開杆, 公開賽一連4日舉行。 來自世界各地好手雲集澳門競逐殊榮, 競爭50萬美元獎金。 今屆有144名來自27個國家和地區的選手參賽, 澳門有1位選手參加。

澳門公開賽一直被視為亞洲巡回賽上最熱門的賽事之一, 也是亞洲巡回賽上歴史最悠久的賽事。 澳門公開賽歷屆冠軍包括： Lee Westwood （英格蘭,1999）, Simon Dyson （英格蘭,2000）, 張連偉（中國,2001、2002）, Colin Montgomerie （蘇格蘭,2003）, Kane Webber （澳洲,2006）, David Gleeson （澳洲, 2008）。