Asian Tour Yearbook - 2022

A second title of the season for Nitithorn Thippong (FAR LEFT). Gavin Green (ABOVE) was a whisker away from forcing a play off. A birdie on the final hole still left Phachara Khongwatmai (LEFT) one behind the winner. Because, with this course, a lot of things can happen. And especially on the last hole, as you saw, there was so much drama down the last. It was anybody's game, and anybody could have done something. A lot of things were going on, but I just kind of stayed in the moment really. -GAVIN GREEN 85 Chan’s costly closing seven meant he signed off with a 71, two behind the champion. Nitithorn had won for the first time on the Asian Tour in March at The DGC Open presented by Mastercard, in India, and became the second player during season to win twice on Tour along with American Sihwan Kim. Come the end of the season they and Chan remained as the only double winners of the year. He added: “It has just been a dream season so far, and to win an International Series event is unbelievable.” Nitithorn had started the day one shot behind overnight leaders Green, the 2017 Asian Tour number one, and Phachara. However, Green got off to the worst possible start and was four over after four, while Phachara also struggled to get going. “I got off to a horrendous start, and kind of just clicked the reset button and just kept going,” said Green, who also led at the halfway mark by three. I N T E R N AT I O N A L S E R I E S S I N G A P O R E TANAH ME R AH COUNTRY C LUB , TAMP I N E S COU R S E | AUGUST 11 -14, 2022 | P R IZE MON E Y US$1 . 5 M I LLI ON “Because, with this course, a lot of things can happen. And especially on the last hole, as you saw, there was so much drama down the last. It was anybody's game, and anybody could have done something. A lot of things were going on, but I just kind of stayed in the moment really. I just tried, I tried very, very hard just to keep moving along and just stay as patient as possible.” American star Patrick Reed closed with his best round of the week, a 67, which was helped by a hole in one on the par-three 14th. He finished on eight under in a tie for 31st. Said Reed: “I was actually between eight and nine on 14, we had 171, we were trying to figure out what way the wind was doing, so I hit a soft eight, and it never left the flag stick. That’s my third in tournaments, and the biggest one being right here as it kind of got the momentum going because it was really rough early on, needed something to spark the round.”