Asian Tour Book 2024

the weekend. He needed 31 putts despite hitting 16 greens in regulation on Saturday and tallied 27 on Sunday after finding just 12 greens. “I didn’t putt well enough to win this. So that’s just kind of the point blank. I felt like I was pretty good for four days from tee to the green, and my approach play was really good, but I just putted terribly,” said Uihlein, who started his professional career playing a Challenge Tour event in India in 2012. Lee Chieh-po [far left] made birdie on the last two to win, while Richard T. Lee [left] birdied six in a row on the back nine. “I was awful on the greens yesterday (Saturday), and that kind of put everyone in a position where, if they go out and shoot 63, 62 they’d have a chance. And, so, I kind of shot myself in the foot a little bit yesterday. Today, I made a bogey on the last and I missed a couple of easy putts. It is what it is.” After making a bogey on the ninth, Richard Lee told his caddie he needed to shoot at least six-under for the back nine. When he made a second successive bogey on the 10th, that looked like an impossible plan. However, he dug deep and made six birdies in a row from the 12th, and almost made another on the 18th. The missed putt meant that the two-time Asian Tour champion had to be satisfied with a tied second place. “It was funny. I was talking to my caddie after I made a bogey on nine. I told him I’m going to shoot six under on the back nine. And he’s like, ‘okay, let’s do it’. Unfortunately, I made bogey on the 10th, and I was like, ‘oh no’,” said the Canadian whose last win on the Asian Tour was at the 2017 Shinhan Donghae Open. “So yeah, I went on a birdie streak of six, and I was just sticking everything and making putts. Unfortunately, on the last hole, I missed the putt.” MJ Maguire, champion the week before at Black Mountain, closed with a joint day’s best of 62 to tie for fourth at 262 alongside fellow-Americans Paul Peterson (63) and Christian Banke (64). Even as Uihlein continued to dominate after the third round, two young stars – India’s Rayhan Thomas and Pakistan’s Ahmad Baig – provided further notice of their talents when they rose to tied second place behind the American going into the final round. Baig shot rounds of 67 and 63 on Friday and Saturday, while Thomas recorded 63 and 64 to climb to tied second place. Baig did not have the best Sunday (72) to fall to tied 31st place, but Thomas held on with a 68 for his second top-10 finish on The International Series. American John Catlin, who led both the Asian Tour and The International Series Rankings, shot the tournament’s best round of nine-under 61 on Saturday and tied for 12th place with a 68 in the final round to widen the gap on top. 109 I N T ER NAT IONA L SER I E S THA I L A ND T H A I CO U N T RY C L U B O C TO B E R 2 4 - 2 7 | P R I Z E MON E Y: U S $ 2 M I L L I ON