Aussie regains lead at Indonesia Open
Aussie regains lead at Indonesia Open
JAKARTA (JP): Australia's Don Fardon regained the lead he lost
to American Hale Irwin on Wednesday. He came out as the sole
leader by a stroke going into the final round of the Sampoerna
Indonesia Open yesterday, after scoring a total of 8-under par-
208.
One stroke behind for a shared second spot were American Gary
Web, winner of the 1993 tournament in Bali, Jose Cantero of
Argentina and Singapore's young star Mardan Mamat, who
relinquished his amateur status in October after the Hiroshima
Asian Games.
Mardan played a pivotal role in winning the prestigious men's
Putra Cup amateur tournament in Hong Kong in 1993. However, he
failed to help Singapore defend the title the following year,
which was won by host Indonesia at the plush Bumi Serpong Damai
course.
Defending champion Frank Nobilo of New Zealand was placed
third, together with South African Roger Wessels, each with a
210. Nobilo carded a 68 (32 36), the same score he produced on
Thursday.
"Everybody has an equal chance of winning the title if he
plays well." Nobilo said.
The battle for the top spot in today's final of the US$250,000
event at the Pantai Indah Kapuk will reach its height at 10.30
a.m. when the field of 73 pros enter the second nine.
While Webb was successful in regaining the title he lost to
Nobilo, advancing from fifth place after Thursday's round to
second, Irwin was downgraded from the top spot to sharing the
fifth at 212 (70 68 74) with three other players.
"I just played the ball right, made good putts and most of all
perfect weather helped me better my score," an elated Webb told
the Jakarta Post.
If he plays better today, he believes he can regain the title.
The sole Indonesian golfer surviving the cut off on Thursday
was Kasyadi, placed way below the leader board with a three-day
total of 218 (72 73 73).
The Surabaya-based Kasiyadi rewrote golf history in Indonesia
when he became the first local golfer to ever win the Indonesia
Open title in 1987.
The Indonesia Open is the sixth of the scheduled 12 on the
1995 Asian Tour. After Jakarta, the tour will move to Bali for
the Sempati Bali Open, slated for March 23 to 26 at the Bali Golf
and Country Club.
The richest cash prize, the Dunlop Open, will be played in
Ibraki, Japan, and has prize money totaling US$1,000,000.
Selected results
208 - Don Fardon (Aus) 68 70 70
209 - Gary Webb (USA) 69 74 66
Jose Cantero (Arg) 69 71 69
Mardan Mamat (Sin) 71 69 69
210 - Frank Nobilo (Nzl) 74 68 68
Roger Wessels (RSA) 68 72 70
211 - Todd Hamilton (USA) 70 71 70
212 - Gustavo Rojas (Arg) 69 72 71
Dustin Phillips (USA) 70 71 71
Gary Simpson (Aus) 69 71 72
Hale Irwin (USA) 70 68 74
213 - Raul Fretes (Par) 71 73 69
Andrew Bonhomme (Aus) 73 69 71
Eric Meeks (USA) 72 69 72
Kevin Wentworth (USA) 72 69 72
Craig McClellan (USA) 70 70 73
214 - Blair Philip (Can) 76 71 67
Johan Tumba (Swe) 76 71 67
Bob May (USA) 73 72 69
Jim Rutledge (Can) 71 72 71
David Podlich (Aus) 69 73 72
Danny Ellis (USA) 70 70 74