Asian Tour Yearbook: 2023

A S I A N DEV ELOPMENT TOUR : F EEDER C I RCU I T DEL I V ER S HOTBED OF TA LENT Fullcolor Ho Yu-cheng [LEFT] finished third on the Merit list while Deyen Lawson [FAR RIGHT] ended the year in second place. inaugural Kyi Hla Han Future Champions Award winner in 2023, was the other big mover during the week. He finished in outright third place, which was enough to secure the final place on the OOM. The year began on the tropical island of Phuket in Thailand, where Indonesia's Naraajie Ramadhanputra, winner of two ADT events in 2022, was crowned the Singha Laguna Phuket Open champion, at Laguna Phuket Golf, the overnight leader being confirmed as the winner after the event was cut to 54 holes due to inclement weather. Thailand's Kosuke Hamamoto held his nerve and secured victory in the ensuing ADT All Thailand Partnership Trophy – his clubhouse lead of 13 under was enough to win despite finishing with five of the leading groups still out on the course. The event was played at Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club. His compatriot Pattaraphol Khanthacha posted a blistering eight-under-par 62 to secure victory on the final day of the Singha Pattaya Open by a single shot. It was an emotional win for Pattaraphol, 154