Parry grabs Satelindo Open title by five shots<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Playing more cautiously after Saturday's poor
\nshowing, Australian Craig Parry walked away yesterday with the
\nSatelindo Indonesia Open title and a US$44,412.50 cash prize.<\/p>\n
Parry, 31, who was in the lead until the second round Friday,
\nwas trapped in the Three Devils Corner with four bogeys on the
\n11th, 12th and 13th that relegated him to third place Saturday.<\/p>\n
"I played great from tee-to-tee. I only missed one green on
\nthe back nine. It's nice not to have to rely on the short game
\nsometimes," Parry told newsmen after the prize giving ceremony.<\/p>\n
Parry lost six balls during the pro-am tournament Wednesday at
\nthe par-72 Jagorawi Golf and Country Club near Bogor but scored
\n69 and 70 in the following days before playing poorly Saturday.<\/p>\n
"I lost six balls in the pro-am which did not do much for my
\nconfidence," said Parry. "It was, however, the first time I
\nplayed the course. I wasn't too concerned."<\/p>\n
The Sydney-based golfer fired a final 69 yesterday to finish
\nwith a four-day aggregate of 8-under par-280. He started the
\nfinal round two strokes behind overnight leader American Gerry
\nNorquist.<\/p>\n
Parry opened the round with a birdie put and made it again in
\nthe 482-yard par-5 8th before slumping with a one shot deficit on
\nthe 9th for a 1-under 35.<\/p>\n
The long-hitting and stocky Australian charged the back nine
\nwith three birdies and a bogey to make it a 2-under 34 for a 69,
\nwhich was enough for him to grab the title as Norquist began
\nmaking a series of costly mistakes.<\/p>\n
Norquist began the final round in a convincing manner,
\nbirdieing the two holes and reaching 10-under through to the
\n10th. He took the lead by three shots from Parry and five from
\nSouth African Des Terblanche.<\/p>\n
Problems for Norquist began on the 383-yard par-4 9th when he
\nwas punished with a double bogey after his first shot landed on
\nthe sand trap and failed to escape from it with a wood.<\/p>\n
Devil Corners<\/p>\n
On the par-4 12th, one of the three holes nicknamed Three
\nDevil Corners produced another double bogey to fall back into a
\ntie with Parry and Terblanche on 6-under. On the 13th, Norquist
\nslipped up again and made another bogey and led Parry to
\nrecapture the lead after birdieing the 13th.<\/p>\n
The Australian, a regular on the U.S. PGA Tour, led Terblanche
\nand Norquist by two strokes with five holes to play and held on
\nto claim the title and the top cash prizes.<\/p>\n
Terblanche carded a 2-under 70 for a 6-under par-282 to take
\nsecond place and Norquist third with an aggregate total of 283.<\/p>\n
Japan's Nozomi Kawahara ended in fourth place on three under
\nwhile Australian Jeff Senior took fifth spot on two under.<\/p>\n
The next event on the Asian PGA Omega Tour is the US$400,000
\nVolvo China Open at the Beijing International Golf Club from May
\n15 to May 18.<\/p>\n
The 1997 Satelindo Indonesia Open was the first time the
\nevent, that has been held since 1974, became part of the Asian
\nPGA's Omega tour.<\/p>\n
Indonesia's Kasiyadi, who won the title in 1989, was placed
\n30th and bagged a cash prize of $2,928 with a four-day total of
\n292 (71 76 70 75).<\/p>\n
The country's leading amateur golfer Sukamdi from North
\nSumatra was the champion in the amateur event after carded 295
\n(76 73 70 76). (rsl)<\/p>\n
Selected results:
\n 280 - Craig Parry (Aus) 67-70-74-69
\n 282 - Des Terblanche (Rsa) 69-70-73-70
\n 283 - Gerry Norquist (USA) 71-69-69-74
\n 285 - Nozomi Kawahara (Jpn) 69-70-73-73
\n 286 - Jeff Senior (Aus) 71-70-70-75
\n 287 - Clay Devers (USA) 72-74-71-70, Arjun Singh (Ind) 73-73-68-
\n73, Charlie Wi (Kor) 70-72-70-75
\n 288 - Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 70-73-75-69, Prayad Markasaeng
\n(Tha) 76-71-72-69, Mo Joong-kyung (Kor) 72-72-72-72
\n 290 - Greg Hanrahan<\/p>",
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