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Park Reigns Supreme

17 January, 2013

Unho PARK Champion of 2013 Ageas HKPGA Championship

Australian enters the record books by winning the 30th edition of the Ageas HKPGA Championship
Australia’s Unho Park won his second successive Ageas HKPGA Championship in dramatic fashion after capitalizing on a late error by local favourite James Stewart at Kau Sai Chau.
Singapore-based Park, 39, finished on a three-round total of 207, six-under-par, to win by two shots from Stewart, who let things slip with a triple bogey at the penultimate hole of the championship.
Hong Kong amateur Shinichi Mizuno and Australia’s Scott Barr tied for third on three-under.
“I feel for James as I know he, coming from Hong Kong, really wanted to win this event,” said Park, who finished 59th on the Asian Tour Order of Merit last year. “But I was happy with the way I played, and to come out on top for the second year in a row is very pleasing. It’s the first time I’ve successfully defended a title, so it’s a very positive start to the season for me.”
Park, who earned a cheque for HK$72,000, became the first player to win back-to-back championships since Kyi Hla Han, the current executive director of the Asian Tour, achieved the feat in 1993 and 1994.

Australian Unho PARK

Stewart, 37, had entered the final round with a slender one-shot advantage over Park after enjoying a brilliant 64 at the Hong Kong Golf Club on day two. But despite getting off to a shaky start with three bogeys on the front nine, the long-time Hong Kong resident bounced back to regain the lead from Park with a fine birdie at the 16th.
But then disaster struck. A pushed drive at the long par-5 17th found a fairway bunker, from which he required two shots to escape. After missing the green with his approach, the unfortunate Stewart took four more shots to record a miserable “snowman” eight.
Park, by contrast, made a solid five, and with a two-shot lead held on with another regulation par at the closing hole.
“It’s obviously a disappointing way to finish,” admitted Stewart, who won leg four of the HKPGA Order of Merit in Dongguan last month.“I caught that first bunker shot a little thin and then it unravelled a bit from there. But overall it was still a good week, and it made me realize I can still compete with some of the guys from the Asian Tour.”

Tournament drawcard Wayne Grady, who won the 1990 US PGA Championship, finished in a share of 19th spot alongside 2010 Ageas HKPGA Championship winner CJ Gatto.

Results:  (17 Jan 2013):

Rank	Player Name	Country	R1	R2	R3	3-Day Combined Score	+ / -
1	Unho Park	AUS	69	67	71	207	-6
2	James Stewart	HKG	71	64	74	209	-4
3=	Shinichi Mizuno (Amateur)	HKG	69	71	70	210	-3
3=	Scott Barr	AUS	70	69	71	210	-3
5	Lam Chih Bing	SIN	69	70	74	213	0
6=	Tang Man Kee	HKG	73	70	74	217	+4
6=	Ross Bain	SCO	66	74	77	217	+4
8	Jimmy Ko	HKG	75	71	74	220	+7
9	Oliver Roberts (Amateur)	HKG	73	71	77	221	+8
10	Jovick Lee	HKG	74	68	80	222	+9

Complete Leaderboard

Daniel Liu, Chairman of The Hong Kong PGA and Stuart Fraser, CEO of Ageas Insurance Company (Asia) present Champion trophy to Unho Park

Daniel Liu, Chairman of The Hong Kong PGA present prize cheque to 1st Runner up James Stewart

Left to right- HKGA amateur Shinichi Mizuno, Daniel Liu, Chairman of The Hong Kong PGA, Asian Tour player Scott Barr

Stuart Fraser, CEO of Ageas Insurance Company (Asia) present prize cheque of HKD72,000 to Champion Unho Park

 

 

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