Asian Tour Yearbook - 2022

1 15 I N T E R N AT I O N A L S E R I E S E G Y P T MAD I NAT Y GO LF C LUB , CAI RO | NOVEMB E R 1 0 -13 , 2022 | P R IZE MON E Y US$1 . 5 M I LLI ON return to the top of the Asian Tour Order of Merit list – a position he was to hold through to the end of the year. Ogletree started the last day with a three-shot advantage from Wiesberger and took a firm grip of the tournament by touring the front nine in four- under-par 32 with birdies on one, three, five, seven and nine with a dropped shot on eight doing little damage to his lead. He was four ahead of Wiesberger at the turn. The Austrian pushed hard to mount a challenge and eagled the par-four 10th , after holing his second, but Ogletree responded with a birdie on that hole to sit comfortably three in front. Wiesberger closed to within two after a birdie on 13 but the 16th proved to be crucial as the American made a birdie while Wiesberger dropped a shot to put the gap back to four. Wiesberger birdied 17 but it still left Ogletree with the comfort of a three-shot lead going down the last, which he fittingly birdied to put the icing on the cake. “This is amazing, just incredible,” said the champion, who earned a cheque for US$270,000. “I have always been a huge fan of Matchplay and that is kind of what it came to in the end, it was basically a two-man race. I just tried to keep matching what he was doing, I kept making a lot of putts. Fortunately, I was able to play better than Bernd, he’s a great player and it was really awesome to come out on top.” He added: “It has been an awesome week. First time in Egypt. I got to experience everything the tourists do, I went to the pyramids, we stayed at a great hotel and the golf course was spectacular. It has just been a really awesome. My first trip to Egypt is one that I will never forget.” Wiesberger was attempting to win his third Asian Tour title and first in nine years but found Ogletree just too good. “Yeah, I mean I take that [shooting a 63] going into Sunday in the last group,” said the 37 year old. Sihwan Kim, Richard T. Lee, Jeunghun Wang and Issa Abou El Ela (FAR LEFT) at the Giza Pyramids. Bernd Wiesberger (ABOVE LEFT) holed his fair share of putts during the week. Jeunghun Wang (ABOVE) finished joint third having fairly recently completed National Service. You know, it wasn't good enough to throw everything at him. A couple of loose bogeys but other than that I did as much as I could. He holed a lot of putts when I was in position to do so. He had it going on the greens today, so fair play to him. I played a good round and can be proud of myself. -BERND WIESBERGER “You know, it wasn't good enough to throw everything at him. A couple of loose bogeys but other than that I did as much as I could. He holed a lot of putts when I was in position to do so. He had it going on the greens today, so fair play to him. I played a good round and can be proud of myself.” Wang’s performance was notable as it was his best result since returning from 18-months of National Service several months before. Said Wang: “Actually I’m really happy with my score today because I didn't make any bogeys. The first two rounds I didn't really hit it good, especially my irons, but it's getting better right now so hopefully I will play well next season.” James Piot made it a fine day for past US Amateur champions as the American, who won the prestigious amateur event in 2021, signed off with a 66 to finish in sole possession of fifth.