Faldo, Parnevik retains joint lead in Super Tour<\/p>\n
By Robert Soelistyo<\/p>\n
BANGKOK (JP): Playing under bright blue skies, the Johnnie
\nWalker Super Tour's second round saw overnight joint leaders Nick
\nFaldo of England and Sweden's Jesper Parnevik retain top spot
\nafter they each shot a 71 here yesterday.<\/p>\n
Parnevik charged round the Paya Indra Golf and Country Club
\ncourse, playing with reckless abandon at times. The result was
\nfive birdies against two bogeys and a double bogey on the par-
\nthree 11th to leave him on a two-round total of 138.<\/p>\n
\"It was a great golf course -- very long and very tough. I
\nbogeyed 10 and double bogeyed 11. I found the greens on the
\nsecond nine were more difficult,\" Parnevik said in a post-round
\npress conference.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old son of a popular comedian who turned pro at
\nthe age of 21, promised to play better in the third round in the
\nPhilippines tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Faldo, 40, who has bagged 39 career victories since turning
\npro 11 years ago with six majors among them, was content with his
\n71.<\/p>\n
\"I played well and had plenty of chances but I found the
\ngreens very difficult. I three putted three, birdied four and
\nbogeyed on 10 and 11. But then birdied numbers 12, 16 and 17,\" he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Two shots behind the leaders was defending champion Ernie Els
\nof South Africa on 140 (69 71) just one stroke ahead of Filipino
\nFelix Casas (70 72) in fourth place.<\/p>\n
Els said he had at last recovered from a muscle spasm in his
\nneck which helped his play on a course he described as \"much
\nharder than Jakarta.\"<\/p>\n
\"I have had some physio on my neck and that and the warm
\nweather worked wonders,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's representative, Maan Naasim, got off to the worst
\npossible start when he took 11 strokes on the par-five first.<\/p>\n
His second shot hit a spectator, resulting in a two-stroke
\npenalty and his next drive dropped into a water hazard where it
\nremained a shot later.<\/p>\n
The next escape attempt landed in the rough and only reached
\nthe green after nine tries and two putts for an 11.<\/p>\n
\"I've been having problems with backache for several months
\nwhich has bothered me very much. I was suffering from it very
\nbadly when I woke up this morning,\" Maan said to explain his poor
\nplay, which he said was like an amateur.<\/p>\n
He was lying last on 161 (74 87), seven strokes (77 77) behind
\nHong Chia-yuh, a top Taiwan amateur who was invited specially on
\naccount of his outstanding recent performances.<\/p>\n
Today the unique Tour proceeds to the Philippines for its
\nthird round scheduled to be staged at Fairways & Bluewater Resort
\nGolf and Country Club on Boracay island tomorrow. The par-72
\nlayout was inaugurated in June has been dubbed the \"Golfing Jewel
\nof the Pacific\".<\/p>\n
The final round is on Sunday in Taiwan.<\/p>\n
The Tour, though only in its second year, has gained in
\nmomentum and has done a lot to project Asia and the continent's
\ngolf.<\/p>\n
\"We are unfolding the Super Tour for the second year and for
\nyears to come to give Asia its quota of high-class action,\"
\nBrands PR Director Steven Foxcroft said.<\/p>\n
Omega PGA<\/p>\n
In Hong Kong yesterday a three putt from 12 feet on the
\npenultimate hole cost in-form Korean Park No-seok the first round
\nlead in the US$500,000 Omega PGA Championship at Clearwater Bay
\nGolf and Country Club.<\/p>\n
In what is the final strokeplay event of the year on the Asian
\nPGA's Omega Tour, and the Tour's fourth \"major\", Park finished
\nwith a six-under-par 64 to tie with Australian Leith Wastle and
\nTaiwan's Lu Wen-teh.<\/p>\n
The trio lead by a stroke from Korean Choi Kyung-ju, with five
\nplayers tied on 66 Myanmar's Zaw Moe, Singapore's Dino Kwek, Hong
\nKong's Dominique Boulet, Taiwan's Chen Liang-hsi and Korea's Choi
\nKwang-soo.<\/p>\n
American Mike Cunning, looking to secure the Omega Order of
\nMerit title this week, made a solid start to the tournament
\nfiring an even-par 70.<\/p>\n
\"It was kind of brutal out there,\" said Cunning. \"I am
\nreasonably happy with my round.\" Cunning closest challengers on
\nthe money list, Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand and India's Jeev
\nMilkha Singh, shot 72 and 69 respectively.<\/p>\n
Standings after two rounds of the Johnnie Walker Super Tour:
\n 138 - Nick Faldo (Eng) 67 71, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 67 71
\n 140 - Ernie Els (Rsa) 69 71
\n 141 - Felix Casas (Phi) 70 71
\n 142 - Booncho Ruangkit (Tha) 72 70
\n 144 - Ian Woosnam (Wales) 70 74
\n 154 - Hong Chia-yuh (Twn) 77 77
\n 161 - Maan Naasim (Ina) 74 87<\/p>",
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