Global Golf Post - March 15, 2010

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TRAINING BALL

Rain Forces Monday Finish In Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rican Open presented
by Banco Popular will conclude
Monday because of torrential rains
that kept players off the golf course
at Trump International. It took until
the middle of Sunday afternoon for
the PGA Tour event to complete its
second round.
When dark-
ness stopped
play late Sunday,
Kevin Streelman
and Chad Collins
were tied at 12
under. Streelman
had 11 holes to
go in the third round, while Collins
had made it through just five holes.
Officials will resume the final round
early Monday, and it is expected to
conclude at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
The halfway cut came at 2-under-
par 142, with 70 players moving on
to the third round. Meanwhile, the
Tour made the decision not to re-pair
players between the third and fourth
rounds. After 36 holes, James Nitties
and Collins were tied for the lead.
In his first six events this season,
Collins had earned more money
than he did after 24 events during
his rookie year in 2008. Collins then
finished second on the Nationwide

Chad Collins

Tour money list in 2009. He won the
2009 Miccosukee Championship on
the Nationwide Tour. Nitties missed
his first six cuts this season.

How bad was the weather prior
to the weekend? On Thursday, the
first-round was suspended at 7: 19
a.m. local Atlantic time due to heavy
rains, which led to unplayable course
conditions. A total of 6. 6 inches of
rain fell on Trump International Golf
Club on Thursday. Six-tenths of an
inch of rain fell on the course on
Friday. Between Friday, March 5 and
Wednesday, March 10 at total of 5. 4
inches of rain fell on the course.
“I’m really happy but honestly it
hasn’t settled in yet,” said Noh, who
became the youngest professional
winner of a European Tour event
when he won the co-sanctioned Ma-
laysian Open the week before.

“It has been a great two weeks for
me,” he said.
The 150th British Open will be
played July 15-18 on the Old Course
at St. Andrews. RESULTS

ment at 13-under 275 and ended his
two-year title drought. The Kolkata
golfer finished a stroke ahead of
third-round leader R Murthy. It is
Chowrasia’s 12th professional title
and second win on the Aircel-PGTI.
The 31-year-old last won at the In-
dian Masters in 2008.
“This has been an outstanding
week for me,” said Chowrasia, third
on the PGTI’s 2010 Rolex Rankings
Order of Merit. “I only had one ordi-
nary round. I’m delighted to finally
post a win after such a long gap.”

RESULTS
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NOH;SAYS;YES;AGAIN
IN;OPEN;QUALIFIER

South Korean teenager Noh
Seung-yul booked a place in his first
major championship when he finished
tied for second at the British Open
international qualifier (Asia) Thurs-
day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The
18-year-old shot 66-68 to finish the
36-hole event at 10 under, a shot be-
hind winner Hiroyuki Fujita of Japan.
Danny Chia of Malaysia shared
second with Noh in the 78-man event.
South Korean amateur and North-
western University sophomore Eric
Chun, who lost in a playoff to qualify
for the 2009 U.S. Open and missed a
berth in this year’s Masters by finish-
ing second in the Asian Amateur,
took the fourth and final spot.
RUANGKIT;SETS;EURO
SENIOR;TOUR;RECORD
Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit rewrote
the European Senior Tour history
books with an 11-shot victory in the
Chang Thailand Senior Masters pre-
sented by ISPS. The 53-year-old shot
64-66-65 at Thailand’s Royal Gems
Golf Club for a 21-under-par 195
total. Fellow countryman Jamnian
Chitprasong, Frankie Minoza of the
Philippines and Japan’s Katsuyoshi
Tomori shared second at 10-under
206. Ruangkit won the Aberdeen Bru-
nei Senior Masters a week ago and is
35-under par for his last six competi-
tive rounds. RESULTS
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ONEASIA’S;VOLVO;CHINA;OPEN
CHOWRASIA;ENDS;DROUGHT
AT;SOLARIS;CHEMTECH;OPEN

Daniel Im and Scott Barr shared
first place in the OneAsia Tour’s 36-
hole international qualifying for the
Volvo China Open. The pair tied at
5-over par at Discovery Bay Golf Club
in Hong Kong. Also qualifying were
the Taiwanese duo of Chen Ming-
chuan and amateur Tsai Tsung-yu.
The Volvo China Open is April 15-18
at Jinji Lake International Golf Club
in Suzhou. RESULTS

DELPODIO;WINS;ON;ALPS;TOUR
Italy’s Matteo Delpodio hit a 2-iron
to within 10 feet on 18 and made the
eagle putt to win the co-sanctioned
Alps Tour/Peugeot Tour Valencia
Open at El Escorpion Golf Club in
Valencia, Spain. RESULTS