Charlie Wi takes Kuala Lumpur Open<\/p>\n
KUALA LUMPUR (Agencies): Charlie Wi won his first big
\ntournament as a professional yesterday taking the Mild Seven
\nKuala Lumpur Open by four strokes from Chinese number one Zhiang
\nLianwei and Taiwan's Lu Wen-teh.<\/p>\n
A smoky haze again settled on the Saujana Golf and Country
\nClub but could not stop the 25-year-old Korean-American firing a
\nfour-under-par 68 to win the Asian PGA Omega Tour event with a
\nfour round total of 277, 11-under-par.<\/p>\n
Zhang closed with a 67 and Lu a 69 but could not stop Wi
\ngetting his big day, despite having to sit through a 90-minute
\nholdup caused by a rainstorm.<\/p>\n
"I had to sit there for over an hour and let all those
\nthoughts go through my mind. I was thinking about all the things
\nthat could go wrong," said Wi.<\/p>\n
The break looked to have affected Wi after he bogeyed the
\neighth. On the par four next, however, he hit an eight iron to
\nthree feet and holed the putt for a birdie.<\/p>\n
"I am a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing. To be honest I
\nreally did not play well this week. I am normally a good ball
\nstriker but at the moment I am struggling.<\/p>\n
"The thing that really saved me this week was my putter," said
\nWi, who won US$48,450.<\/p>\n
As expected Zhang, winner of the previous two Volvo Masters in
\nMalaysia, made a bold bid for victory on the back nine.<\/p>\n
The Shenzhen based player, fresh from his joint sixth place
\nfinish in the European Masters on the European Tour, reached
\neight under for the tournament after 13 holes and lay two behind
\nWi.<\/p>\n
"I could feel Zhang breathing down my neck. I know what he is
\ncapable of and just how well he can putt," said Wi, who turned
\npro in 1995 after a distinguished college career in the United
\nStates.<\/p>\n
Zhang, however, could not keep the momentum going and bogeyed
\n14 and 16.<\/p>\n
American Clay Devers, Korean Jun Tae-hyun and Myanmar's Kyi
\nHla Han finished in fourth place on four under (284) with rounds
\nof 69, 69 and 70 respectively.<\/p>\n
The next tour event is the Yokohama Singapore PGA Championship
\nat Raffles Country Club from Oct. 2.<\/p>\n
Leading scores:
\n 277 - Charlie Wi (Kor) 67-73-69-68
\n 281 - Zhang Lianwei (Chn) 71-73-70-67, Lu Wen-Teh (Twn)
\n75-67-70-69
\n 284 - Clay Devers (USA) 73-69-73-69, Jun Tae-yun (Kor) 73-72-70-
\n69, Kyi Hla Han (Bma) 74-71-69-70
\n 285 - Jim Rutledge (Can) 71-72-72-70, Felix Casas (Phi) 72-69-72-72
\n 286 - M. Ramayah (Mas) 75-71-71-69, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 71-
\n74-71-70, Rafael Ponce (Ecu) 72-74-70-70, Prayad Marksaeng
\n(Tha) 72-72-68-74, Chou Hung-Nan (Tpe) 69-70-71-76
\n 287 - Andrew Bonhomme (Aus) 74-74-71-68, Hsieh Yu-Shu (Twn)
\n70-76-69-72, Soe Kyaw Naing (Mya) 71-75-68-73, Kenny Walker
\n(Sco) 72-70-72-73, Craig Kamps (Rsa) 70-69-74-74
\n 288 - Rob Stephens (Aus) 71-72-76-69, Chen Liang-Hsi (Tpe) 71-75-
\n71-71, Lee Petters (UAE) 71-72-72-73, Aaron Meeks (USA) 74-
\n69-71-74, Choi Kyung-ju (Kor) 66-76-72-74<\/p>",
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