Pariya Junhasavasdikul and Ben Crane share golf’s CIMB Asia Pacific Classic lead
A licensed pilot now shares the lead with an American at the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia yesterday. The pilot, Pariya Junhasavasdikul, is thus sharing the lead with Ben Crane.
The event held at the Mines Resort and Golf Club on the 29th of October witnessed Junhasavasdikul attaining a shared two stroke lead.
The graduate from the University of Purdue, Indiana, collected a total of 5 birdies. The birdies thus collected were after Junhasavasdikul played his last seven holes. He carded a total score of 65 with a 6 under and collected a total score of 131 after
two days with an 11-under.
At the start of the event, the leader board placed Junhasavasdikul at 5 under when he carded a 66 on the 28th of October. The Purdue graduate is one of the top golfers, who finished at the apex of the Asian Tour charts along with Thongchai Jaidee.
Coming to Ben Crane, he played his opening round with a four under and attained a 7 under at yesterday’s round. Crane carded a 67 in the first round and a 64 at the previous round.
Other than Crane and Junhasavasdikul, two Americans, Ryan Moore and Ricky Barnes followed the leaders with one shot only. Moore’s play involved him accumulating four consecutive birdies, which started from the fifth hole and ended with a 68 handing him a
three-under.
Then there is the overnight leader, who displayed remarkable form. Barnes played a stunning eight-under 63 at the start of the tournament but somehow couldn’t maintain his consistency in the round held yesterday. This is first return in Malaysia after winning
the 2002 World Amateur Team Championships. The event was previously held at the Saujana Golf and Country Club.
One Swede, Carl Pettersson, is also running in the race towards the top position and thus scored a 68. Pettersson is only two strokes behind the leaders after carding a three-under yesterday. The Swede is the winner of the PGA Canadian Open and collected
a six-under 65 at the beginning round.
Coming back to the twenty six year old Junhasavasdikul, he struggled at the first 7 holes of the event but later caught hold of the game and attained a strong finish. The player who won the first Asian Tour title at the Taiwan Masters last month, said that
his driver was at fault since it didn’t hit the fairways at all. Junhasavasdikul said that he was literally all over the place with his driver grinding the first seven holes.
Things changed when the twenty-six year old claimed a birdie at the 7th hole. He further played another birdie at the 8th hole, which was eclipsed by a bogey at the 11th, his next holes went easy on him and Junhasavasdikul thus collected more birdies after
that.
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