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STEWART CLAWS HIS WAY TO AGEAS HKPGA LEAD

16 January, 2013

James Stewart took the lead after a brilliant second round of 64

Hong Kong’s James Stewart fired a brilliant 64 to take the outright lead after 2 rounds of the Ageas Hong Kong PGA Championship. Stewart played the New course at Fanling without a making a bogey. In ideal weather conditions, the long time Hong Kong resident had a quiet start to his round but stormed home in 5 under par 31 on his back nine.

Stewart who gave up playing on the Asian Tour back in 2008 to start up a golf company is back to playing some of the best golf of his life. “I hit the ball really nicely today and only missed my first green on the 16th and I happened to hole that putt from the fringe. I switched to the claw grip about 6 months ago and since then my putting has improved so much. The greens are absolutely perfect and of course, being a member of Fanling, I am very familiar with the course which obviously gave me a bit of an advantage.”

Stewart whose best finish in the Ageas Hong Kong PGA Championship was a second place in 2004 is bidding to become the first local professional to win this event since 2004 when Dominique Boulet won. “I am playing with some confidence but we have a very good leaderboard full of Asian Tour players so I will have to be on my game tomorrow at Kau Sai Chau,” said the 37 year old Stewart.

Defending champion Unho Park shot a 3 under par round of 67 to sit just 1 shot behind Stewart. The Singapore based Australian had 4 birdies and only 1 bogey in his round. “I didn’t hit the ball very well to start as I only hit 5 greens in the first 13 holes but my short game saved me. I was going along steadily but then started hitting a few good iron shots at the end and managed to make 3 birdies in my last 5 holes to give myself a chance tomorrow. I don’t remember Kau Sai Chau very well and James obviously knows it very well so he will be tough to catch.”
First round leader Ross Bain struggled mightily on the fast and tricky Fanling greens to shoot a 4 over par 74 and fall 5 shots behind.
Tournament favorite Scott Barr shot a second consecutive 1 under par round to be in third place at 2 under par alongside fellow Singapore resident Lam Chih Bing. “I injured my neck snowboarding and it has taken some time to get right,” explained Choy. “I feel good now and it is a good position to be in after the first day. I made a bad decision for a double bogey on the 13th when I was a little bit too aggressive with a nine iron but apart from that I played solid.”
Choy finished just ahead of compatriot Wong Woon Man who ended the day tied for third after a bogey on the last left him at one over for the tournament with Singaporean Lam Chih Bing, Australia’s Unho Park and Hong Kong-based Welshman David Freeman.
Australia’s 1990 US PGA Championship winner Wayne Grady – back at the Ageas Hong Kong PGA Championship for the third consecutive year – fired a four-over-par 74  on a day where the majority of the field struggled with the wind and intermittent rain.

Round Two Results: (16 Jan 2013)


Rank

Player Name

Country

R1

R2

2-Days
Combined Scores

+ / -

1

James Stewart

HKG

71

64

135

-6

2

Unho Park

AUS

69

67

136

-5

3=

Scott Barr

AUS

70

69

139

-2

3=

Lam Chih Bing

SIN

69

70

139

-2

5=

Shinichi Mizuno (A)

HKG

69

71

140

-1

5=

Ross Bain

SCO

66

74

140

-1

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Live Score
Venue: The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course, Hong Kong Golf Club and Clearwater Bay Golf Club
Date: 13th-15th January 2015

POS PLAYERS R1 R2 R3 TOTAL
1
UNHO PARK 74 68 64
206
2
SCOTT BARR 75 68 67
210
3
CHAN CHUN HUNG 74 68 69
211
T4
C J GATTO 74 73 70
217
T4
TANG TSZ HANG 75 70 72

217

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2015 HKPGA Order Of Merit - 1st Leg

(Open Division and Ladies Division)

Venue: The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course
Date: 30th-31st March 2015

1
STEWART JAMES
139
2
CHAU PUI
141
3
BOULET DOMINIQUE
148
T4
TANG TSZ HANG
149
T4
CHOY WILSON
149
T6
LAM ISAAC*
150
T6
KU YU
150
8
MA KAM FAT
151
9
WONG WOON MAN
152

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2015 HKPGA Order Of Merit - 1st Leg (Senior Div.)

Venue: Yinli Foreign Investors Golf Club
Date : 2nd-3rd March 2015

1
TANG MAN KEE
154
2
TANG SHU WING
156
3
SUNG SING
158
4
LEE YING TUNG
162
5
KAN KING YAU
163
6
LIU PING KWONG
164
T7
SO SEK MAN
165
T7
LEE WING MING
165
T7
WONG CHING KWAN
165
T10
YIP ON WAH
166
T10
MORALES ALFREDO
166
T10
YAU CHI MING
166

 

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