In what was a commendable performance for a 22yr old, Indonesia's rising star Rory Hie has finished outright 2nd at the OneAsia Tour's Indonesian PGA Championship in Jakarta, collecting a cheque for US$102,000.
Playing in front of a home crowd in Sunday's final round, Rory shot 1-under through his first 9 holes and held on to the lead heading into the back nine. Hie then stumbled on the par 5 11th after his 2nd shot unfortunately hit a tree and finished out of bounds. Hie went on to drop 2 shots and give up the lead to Australia's Andre Stolz. With another bogey on the par 4 12th hole, it seemed as though the tournament was well out of his grasp, but in a gutsy display, Rory went on to birdie the 14th, 17th and 18th to end up just one shot short of forcing a playoff with eventual winner Andre Stolz.
This was a terrific effort by Rory considering that the Indonesian PGA Championship was his first tournament back after recently spending time at the Singapore Academy remodelling his golf swing. Looks like he is back on the right path and has a bright future in tournament golf.
Congratulations Rory!
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