Singapore's former no.1 ranked amateur Quincy Quek has recorded a T11th place finish at Final Stage of Asian Tour Qualifying School in Hua Hin, Thailand and as a result has earned himself one of 40 Tour Cards. Quincy will now join fellow Singaporeans Mardan Mamat and Lam Chih Bing with full playing rights on the Asian Tour for the 2010 season.
In his rookie year as a Professional Golfer, Quincy played steady through the first 2 rounds of Qualifying School shooting 71, 68 to make the Final Stage halfway cut before a brilliant 3rd round of 6-under 66 charged him into contention for medalist honours. Quincy's 3rd round included an impressive 8 birdies. Going into the final round he was just 3 shots off the lead held by Katsumune Imai of Japan. In very difficult windy conditions and under the pressure of playing in the championship group, Quek posted a round of 74 to finish on a total of 8-under and just 4 shots behind former Asian Tour winner Artemio Murakami who took out the medalist honours.
This was a terrific result for Quincy as several notables failed to qualify amongst the top 40, including former British Open runner-up Jean Van De Velde who ended in a tie for 67th.
Congratulations to Quincy from all here at the Singapore Academy!!
No comments:
Post a Comment