Barclays Singapore Open - Round 3

Play got under way in the 3rd round at Sentosa Golf Club without many of the tournament's high profile players. With the halfway cut at 3-under par, the likes of European players Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington, Robert Karlson and Paul McGinley all found themselves outside the cut mark after 2 rounds. Also having the weekend off are two of Asia's leading players Thaworn Wiratchant and Noh Seung Yul who is trying to become the Asian Tour's youngest ever Order of Merit winner.

Barclays Singapore Open - Round 2

Right-Siders Scott Barr and Daniel Vancsik have survived the halfway cut at the US$6million dollar Barclays Singapore Open. Barr could not quite keep the momentum going from his earlier morning round where he recorded 7 birdies and an eagle. After a very long and exhausting day which saw Barr complete 31 holes, he ended the day on a total of 3-under par for the tournament. Argentina's Daniel Vancsik who trains with Right-Sided coach Luke Ringrose clawed his way back into the tournament with a round of 66 to be at 4-under for the Championship.

Singapore Sports School student Edgar Oh was doing a terrific job at managing his game against a world-class professional field and stood at even par through his first 11 holes around Serapong...one of the toughest courses in the region. The young star found the going tough through the next stretch of 6 holes which are notorious for claiming many victims. Edgar narrowly missed his birdie on the 18th and tapped in for a par and a round of 77, receiving a huge applause from the local supporters. What an amazing experience for a 14yr old!!

Australian Adam Scott who played a practice round on tuesday with our own Edgar Oh, fired consecutive rounds of 65 to take the 2nd round lead on 12-under par. Adam is 2 shots ahead of defending champion Ian Poulter.

Barclays Singapore Open - Round 1 Continued

Play resumed at 7:30am on friday morning for those players who were yet to complete thursdays opening round. Scott Barr (pic above)resumed his 1st round on the Tanjong course with par at the 6th and 7th holes before a brilliant approach shot on the par 4 9th hole hit the flagstick, setting up a birdie opportunity which he converted to close out his first nine holes of the tournament with a 6-under par score of 30. Barr then added another birdie on the difficult 11th before two terrific shots on the par 5 12th set him up for an eagle opportunity and a chance to take the outright lead on 9-under. The eagle putt narrowly slid past the edge of the hole but Barr tapped in the birdie for a share of the lead on 8-under par through 12 holes. With a 3-putt bogey on the 13th and a birdie on 16th, Barr was still holding a share of the lead with two holes to play.

Barr hit yet another great approach shot into the par 4 17th hole which set up a 6ft birdie putt and another opportunity to take the outright lead. He was unable to convert the birdie and with a bogey up the last, Barr signed off for a very impressive yet slightly disappointing round of 64.

Barclays Singapore Open - Round 1

Singapore Sports School student Edgar Oh (pic above) made history when he teed off this morning alongside Indian Jyoti Randhawa and Australia's Richard Moir at the Singapore Open. Edgar becoming the tournament's youngest ever qualifier at just 14yrs of age. After hitting a terrific approach shot into Tanjong's 4th hole, the siren went off and play was suspended due to inclement weather. A 4hr rain delay was to follow and all afternoon tee times were then pushed back meaning that Scott Barr did not hit his first shot of the tournament until 5:10pm, leaving very little light in the day.

Edgar played some commendable golf for a young kid in what is now being called "The Major of Asia", placing himself in position to shoot a solid even par round until some unfortunate putting woes on the final green. Edgar settled for an opening round of 75 however the score did not reflect how well he struck the ball and composed himself under the pressure of being the tournament's youngest competitor.

Scott Barr came out of the blocks firing on all cylinders as he put together birdies on the 3rd, 4th and 5th holes before a magnificent approach on the par 5 6th hole set up a short eagle opportunity which he rolled in to go 5-under through his first 6 holes. Unfortunately just as he was building some good momentum, play was suspended for the day due to darkness.

Preparing for the Barclays Singapore Open

Scott Barr accompanied Singapore Open Amateur Champion Edgar Oh for his final round of practice at the Tanjong course in preparation for the opening round of the 2010 Barclays Singapore Open. This years tournament will see 204 players compete over 2 rounds on the Serapong and Tanjong courses at Sentosa Golf Club before the field is cut to the top 65 players who will then play over the weekend on the demanding Serapong course.

Other Right-Siders in the field this week include Daniel Vancsik, Jason King and Fabrizio Zanotti who trains under the guidance of Luke Ringrose at the UK Academy.

Edgar plays alongside Adam Scott

14yr old Academy student Edgar Oh was privileged on tuesday with the opportunity to rub shoulders with 2005/2006 Barclays Singapore Open Champion and reigning Australian Open Champion Adam Scott. Joining them for tuesdays practice round was 2-time Asian Tour winner David Gleeson as well as Guido Van Der Valk of the Netherlands.

Adam was full of praise and encouragement for the young Singaporean!

Edgar earned his place in the 2010 Barclays Singapore Open by virtue of his impressive victory in this years Singapore Open Amateur Championship. Edgar will create history when he tees it up on thursday as the youngest ever to play in the Singapore Open. He is also one of the youngest ever to compete in a European Tour event.

Best of luck this week to both Edgar and Adam!!

Jason King Tops Singapore Open Qualifiers

Asian Tour player Jason King has emerged at the top of the qualifying field for the 2010 Barclays Singapore Open. Jason shot 67 around The Tanjong Course at Sentosa Golf Club to tie with South Korean Kim Young Jin and claim one of 5 qualifying spots that were on offer.

Jason was recently in Singapore working on his game at the Academy prior to the Iskandar Johor Open. King is a good ball-striker and a very long hitter who I expect to put up a good showing at Sentosa next week.

The US$6million Barclays Singapore Open will tee off at Sentosa Golf Club from November 11-14. This years event will have all four Major champions of 2010, headed by US Open winner and Europe's Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell. He will be joined in the elite field by Masters champion Phil Mickelson, British Open winner Louis Oosthuizen and US PGA Champion Martin Kaymer. 3-time Major champion Padraig Harrington, Asia's first Major winner Y.E. Yang and 2-time Singapore Open Champion Adam Scott will also be in Singapore to contend for the prestigous title.

For the second year running the Barclays Singapore Open will be joint-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and The European Tour and for the first time a field of 204 players will compete on both The Serapong and The Tanjong Courses.