Asian Tour Yearbook - 2022

Sarit Suwannarut (FAR LEFT) celebrates the victory. Anirban Lahiri (ABOVE) secured solo second. Three-time champion Lee Westwood (LEFT) put in another good performance. It was a really good week. I think I finally got into some rhythm you know, just coming off not playing much golf -ANIRBAN LAHIRI 125 remaining and with a comfortable five-shot lead. Play resumed at 2.30pm with the rising Thai star able to par his way home. “I think I almost cried coming down the 18th,” said Sarit. “I just can’t put into words how I feel. I am just happy. I didn’t feel the pressure that much, I was just enjoying my game. I have just enjoyed the whole week. “I worked with my coach last week and we discovered something with the set up. I wasn’t hitting it good for the Pro Am and the first round but we looked at the video and decided to squat more and get my chin up a little bit, just small things that made a really big impact.” Delays caused by bad weather over the first three days, meant Sarit had to complete the final four holes of his third round early Sunday morning, following a 6.45am restart. He parred 15, 16, and 17 before holing a testing 12 footer for a birdie on the 18th to lead on 16 under by three from countryman Kosuke Hamamoto. And he was never threatened in the final round making the turn in three under with a birdie on six and an eagle on nine before more birdies on 12 and 15. His only dropped shot came on 16 before the badly timed weather delay added more pressure to the closing stages. He added: “It’s been a really tough year. I had COVID at the start of the year, later I couldn’t get a visa for Korea, and I was battling to keep my card at one point. I am so happy.” While Lahiri was not able to win this event for a second time he was more than happy with his week’s work. He said: “It was a really good week. I think I finally got into some rhythm you know, just coming off not playing much golf. I think I was surprised on Thursday that I played the way I did. And then the next two rounds were more like what I was expecting, but I think as I played more and more I started getting into a good rhythm. “Just a few kinks in my game, I worked on my putting yesterday after the delay. I was really happy with the way I started swinging it, much better, more like what I like to see from my game.” England’s Lee Westwood, a three-time champion of the Indonesian Masters, closed with a 71 to finish in outright ninth place. B N I I N D O N E S I A N M A S T E R S P R E S E N T E D B Y T N E ROYA LE JAK ARTA GO LF C LUB | DEC EMB E R 1 - 4, 2022 | P R IZE MON E Y US$1 . 5 M I LLI ON