Taiwanese Wins at the Solaire Open

Lin Wen was successful sinking a twenty-five ft birdie on number seventeen as he watched Thammanoon Srirojfrom Thailand self destruct with a finishing bogey to post a 1-stroke win in the three-hundred-thousand dollars Solaire Open.

The championship as well as the top prize of fifty-four thousand dollars were up for the taking until the last hole. Sriroj only needed a par on that last hole in order to force a playoff but he failed in his six foot attempt, which enabled Lin, who finished with a 73 to grab the victory. Lin Wen stated that he was lucky in the final 2 holes. He said that the game was not at all easy for him. He also stated that he said to himself that if God loves him, he would let him win and he was really glad that he won. He said that the final 2 holes were very exciting and he still can’t believe he won.

Sriroj matches the final round of Lin and settled for the 2nd spot in a tie with Richard Lee from Canada who carded a sixty-nine while playing 3 flights ahead. Just like Sriroj, he failed in the number 72 hole and finished at 286.

Wang Jeung-hun from Korea had a last round of 71 and he finished 4th with 287 while the Filipino player, Elmer Salvador, secured the 5th spot with an even par 288. The Salvadorian player birdied number 2 to press his luck but he didn’t not succeed in gaining headway with the missed birdie chances before exiting the competition with a bogey on number 14 & a double bogey on the par three -16th.

Marc Pucay shot a seventy-one while Miguel Tabuena was able to match par seventy-two to share the 6th place with Unho Park from Australia and Gunn Charoenku from Thailand. Both players had seventy-three for 289.