Hiroyuki Fujita wins Diamond Cup Golf while Hu Mu dominates the first leg of the China Challenge Tour
Hiroyuki Fujita survived the final-round score of a one-over par 73 in the Diamond Cup Golf to record the 13th victory of his career on the Japan Golf Tour Organisation on Sunday, May 27, 2012.
Fujita started off well on Sunday, as he recorded three birdies against a lone bogey on the front nine of the course to go two-under for the round.
However, the back nine of the course witnessed him give the worst performance of the tournament and he suffered two double bogeys and a bogey against a lone birdie.
His final score after the tournament was 14-under par, which was still enough to earn him a three-stroke victory over Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
Aphibarnrat recorded an equal-par round to take the sole second position in the tournament.
In the meantime, his compatriots Yasuhara Imano and Hidezumi Shirakata made a late surge in the event and recorded a three-under par 69 each on the final day to tie for the third position at a 10-under par tournament score.
Jay Choi was another player to join both Imano and Shirakata on the leaderboard later in the evening.
Meanwhile, on the OneAsia’s five-event China Challenge Tour, Hu Mu managed to record a victory in the first leg at the Tian Zhu Golf and Country Club.
Mu was the only player to break the par in the tournament and won the event at a two-under par overall score.
The 21-year-old rookie pro Cao Yi was the closest contender at even-par to take the second spot on the leaderboard.
"I had the chance to win GS Caltex Maekyung Open (in Korea earlier this month), but in the fourth round I also made 80," said Hu. "It was the same in the SK Telecom Open (the following week). In the last round I made 77. I was too hungry to get more world
ranking points”.
He is now confident to make a good run in the upcoming events on both the OneAsia and European Tour as he believes that the win will give him a boost to his morale.
"This win will give me great confidence and help on OneAsia and the European Tour," added Hu. "I'm looking forward to the future".
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