Kapur finishes 2nd, Harding takes title at Royal Cup golf (Lead)
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Kapur finishes 2nd, Harding takes title at Royal Cup golf (Lead)
Pattaya (Thailand) July 29 (IANS) Defending champion Shiv Kapur of India battled to a final round 71 to share the second place with Australia s Jake McLeod (67) American Kurt Kitayama (67) and Chapchai Nirat of Thailand at the Royal Cup golf tournament here on Sunday.
Nirat finished as the highest ranked local player following a 68 in his final round.
Justin Harding of South Africa cruised to a six-shot victory to become the first player since 2011 to win back-to-back titles on the Asian Tour.
The in-form Harding fired a three-under-par 67 in the final round of the $500 000 Asian Tour event. With a winning total of 14-under-par 266 Harding became the first player to win twice in his first two starts in Asia.
The 32-year-old won the Indonesia Open two weeks ago and took home the winner s purse of $90 000 while earning his fourth title in two months at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club.
"I m disappointed obviously. Around the turn I played poorly and made a bad decision on the ninth hole in my second shot and then ended making double bogey and carried on the frustration to make bogey on the next hole. So that s when I lost the tournament and played myself out of it but I m proud with the way I came back from that despite being completely out of sorts I managed to fight back and finish second " Kapur said.
"Every time you re defending a title you want to defend it well and I think I can be pretty proud of the way I came and played this week. I haven t been able to play with my injuries and I haven t been able to play the kind of schedule I wanted to. I m glad I had a week to get the rest I needed " he added.
"The idea is to take the momentum forward and kick on like how I did last season. So I am hoping this will spur me on and bring me more success in the second half."
--IANS ajb/
Nirat finished as the highest ranked local player following a 68 in his final round.
Justin Harding of South Africa cruised to a six-shot victory to become the first player since 2011 to win back-to-back titles on the Asian Tour.
The in-form Harding fired a three-under-par 67 in the final round of the $500 000 Asian Tour event. With a winning total of 14-under-par 266 Harding became the first player to win twice in his first two starts in Asia.
The 32-year-old won the Indonesia Open two weeks ago and took home the winner s purse of $90 000 while earning his fourth title in two months at the Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club.
"I m disappointed obviously. Around the turn I played poorly and made a bad decision on the ninth hole in my second shot and then ended making double bogey and carried on the frustration to make bogey on the next hole. So that s when I lost the tournament and played myself out of it but I m proud with the way I came back from that despite being completely out of sorts I managed to fight back and finish second " Kapur said.
"Every time you re defending a title you want to defend it well and I think I can be pretty proud of the way I came and played this week. I haven t been able to play with my injuries and I haven t been able to play the kind of schedule I wanted to. I m glad I had a week to get the rest I needed " he added.
"The idea is to take the momentum forward and kick on like how I did last season. So I am hoping this will spur me on and bring me more success in the second half."
--IANS ajb/
