Pampling shoots 66 on Moving Day at Coolum

Rod Pampling has made his charge up the leaderboard on the 3rd day of play at the Australian PGA Championship after shooting a brilliant 66. Pampling's round which included 7 birdies was the lowest score recorded in the field yesterday at Hyatt Coolum and moved him up inside the top 10 on 7-under par for the Championship.

Fellow Gary Edwin Tour player and the defending champion, Peter Senior, couldn't quite get anything going in the 3rd round. Senior settled for an even par 72 which has him on a total of 1-under for the Championship.

With 5 of last week's President Cup players currently amongst the top 10, the stage is set for an exciting finish.

Barr T2nd at SPGA Testimonial Event

Scott Barr has finished in a tie for 2nd place at the 54-hole SPGA Testimonial Tournament. The event was played at the Warren Golf & Country Club where extremely undulating greens always provide a difficult challenge. Barr fired rounds of 69,72 and 68 to fall just one stroke short of fellow Australian and Asian Tour player Unho Park who stormed to victory with a closing round of 65.

Sock Hwee Leads 26th SEA Games

Academy student Koh Sock Hwee has fired a brilliant round of 3-under par 69 on the opening day of competition to take the early lead at the 26th SEA Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Sock Hwee played near flawless golf around the difficult Jagorawi Golf & Country Club to gain a one stroke lead in the Women's Individual Event over Malaysia's Kelly Tan and Thailand's Pinrath Loomboonru who both shot similar rounds of 2-under par 70. Sock Hwee is using experience to her advantage, with this being her 3rd time representing Singapore at the prestigious South-East Asian Games.

In the Women's Team Event, Koh Sock Hwee(69)and Amelia Yong(75) combined to put Team Singapore in 3rd place on the opening day, just 2 strokes behind Malaysia and 1 shot behind Thailand.

Solid Finish for Barr at Sentosa

Scott Barr fired a 3rd and final round 68 to end his campaign at the US$6million Barclays Singapore Open on a total of 6-under par and in a tie for 23rd alongside major winners Ernie Els and Y.E Yang, with tournament drawcard Phil Mickelson a further shot back on 5-under.

Barr, who was paired in the final round with 2010 US Open Champion Graeme McDowell, put together 4 birdies and just the one bogey on the last day of the rain-shortened event. This result has moved Barr up to 30th on the Asian Tour's Order of Merit with 3 events remaining for the season.

The championship was eventually won in thrilling fashion by Spains Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano who prevailed over Juvic Pagunsan in a 2-hole playoff. The Asian and Eurpoean Tour's will now go across the border to Malaysia where players will compete in this week's US$2million Iskandar Johor Open.

Singapore Open Reduced to 54 Holes

After yet another wet and miserable day at Sentosa, tournament organizers have been forced to reduce the $6million Barclays Singapore Open to 54-holes. Only a handfull of groups got their 3rd rounds underway before the lightning storm covered the island for more than 5hrs before play was abandoned on Saturday.

Scott Barr will return to the golf course early tomorrow morning to complete his 3rd and final round alongside 2010 US Open Champion Graeme McDowell!

Rain Delay Stalls Barr's Momentum

In an all too familiar scene at the US$6million Barclays Singapore Open, play was suspended in yesterday's 2nd round at Sentosa for 2hrs 45mins due to a lightning storm.

The suspension of play came just as Academy Touring Professional Scott Barr climbed to 5-under par for the tournament and in a tie for 10th place. Upon returning to the golf course, Barr dropped shots on his opening two holes but pulled his game together on Serapongs difficult back nine to shoot an even par round of 71 to go with his 1st round score of 68. Scott made a terrific birdie putt on the 18th hole yesterday to assure himself a place in the field for the weekend, but will have to wait for several groups to complete their 2nd rounds early this morning before the cut is decided and the 3rd round draw can be made.

Senior Secures 3rd in Charles Schwab Cup

Peter Senior ended a terrific 2011 campaign on the Champions Tour with a solid 3-under par round of 68 in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Senior's 68 equalled the lowest round of the day at Harding Park and moved him into 17th place for the championship.

This result earned Senior enough ranking points to collect the US$300,000 bonus for securing 3rd place in the season-running Charles Schwab Cup. Senior played consistently well throughout 2011, racking up 12 top 10's and amassing US$1,434,119 in prizemoney. With 3 runner-up finishes that included 2 playoff losses, the only thing that could have made Senior's year sweeter would have been a victory.

Congratulations to Pete and coach Gary Edwin on a fantastic season!!

Marc 2nd at Selangor Amateur Open

Marc Ong produced another impressive performance for a 15yr old junior golfer after finishing in 2nd place at the 2011 Selangor Amateur Open.

Marc shot an opening round of 2-over par 74, before launching himself into contention with a fantastic 6-under par 66 on day two of the tournament. His 66 around Perangsang Templer Golf Club was the lowest score recorded by any player for the week and included 7 birdies and just the one bogey on his 17th hole. Trailing by 4-shots heading into the final round, Marc posted a very commendable 1-under par round of 71 but could still not make up any ground on the leader as fellow countryman Jerome Ng ran away from the field with a closing 3-under par 69. It was an impressive wire-to-wire victory for Jerome and a terrific result for Singapore golf as members of the 2011 SEA Games team all showed solid form, taking out the top 3 places after Choo Tze Huang secured 3rd place behind Marc with a fine closing round of 68.

Congratulations Marc on yet another great tournament and best of luck to the Singapore team for the upcoming SEA Games in Jakarta!