Thai golfers overwhelmed the first day

Weerawish Narkprachar is leading the Men’s group with a score of -4, while Natthakritta Vongtaveelap and compatriot Eila Galitsky are at T1 (point -5) in the Women’s group.

Two Thai female golfers lead four strokes compared to the next position – T3 includes Hailey Loh Suanne (Singapore), Jeneath Wong (Malaysia). The remaining three positions in the top 5 – position T5 (+2) all belong to the “sea lion island nation” member.

In Group 1, ggay behind Weerawish, one stroke away is Hiroshi Tai Hirahara of Singapore. In addition, this team and Thai also represent in T3 (-2) – Amadeus Susanto Christian and Pongsapak Laopakdee.

Each side added Ryan Ang John and Ratchanon Chantananuwat at T5 (-1), alongside Nguyen Anh Minh. This 15-year-old fighter belongs to pillar group of the home team, alongside Le Khanh Hung and Doan Xuan Khue Minh, through their high performance in the domestic professional arena, two months before the 31st SEA Games.

In the opening round, Anh Minh started from hole 1, kept the par sequence of the first four holes, added two birdies to close the top of the table, but all 14 holes returned to the starting point due to three bogeys and one birdie in the 7-14 hole. After the third bogey, Anh Minh kept par for the next three holes and then went up to -1 thanks to a 4.5-meter putt that recorded a birdie on hole 18.

Khanh Hung entered the match in the same direction, but after Anh Minh three holes. The 14-year-old talent scored -2 ​​after 16 holes, but returned to even par and finished at T8 due to two bogeys at the end of the round.

Meanwhile, Khue Minh went from hole 10, through nine holes at +7. Half a lap later, Khue Minh added two bogeys, but limited the extra points by three birdies, including the last score from a nearly six-meter putt. Thanks to that, Khue Minh rose to +6 and along with teammate Le Thi Thanh Thuy stood T12.

Today, the tournament recorded four women out of 11 players who scored negative on Dam Vac Stadium, par72. The host is aiming to be in the top 5 male and female teammates, being in the top 10 individuals of both sexes.

The individual stroke event opens the 31st SEA Games golf course and will finalize the results after three rounds, adding extra holes (play-offs) in the event of the same total score. The team medal competition will open from May 16, including eight men’s teams and six women’s teams based on the best three individual rounds. The team with the most points is seeded number one.

After the points review, the teams are matched in seed order for the quarter-finals, each pair has three doubles matches for men, two matches for women, of which one point is won and 0.5 is drawn. The team that touches two points will win the right to advance, draw points will play an extra hole, applied to the final.

Quoc Huy