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Sunday 31 July 2016European TourYear in Review
Shih-chang wins King's Cup
Phoenix Gold Golf Club, Pattaya, Thailand (region; the course comes with research) · Thursday 28 to Sunday 31 July 2016 · Chan Shih-chang’s win no. 1 on the European Tour · purse US$750,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
12 h 34 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 85° up at noon, and that night a waning crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
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The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Lin Wen-tang TPE · 270started the final round three shots behind Chan and closed with a 66 to finish two back Chan wins King's Cup - Golf365
156 started, 80 made it
Same week
DP World Tour event
King's Cup
Phoenix Gold Golf Club, Phoenix Gold Golf Club, Pattaya, Thailand
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Chan Shih-chang
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Asian Golf Industry Federation (Asian Tour release)
31 July 2016
Words cannot describe how I felt when I sank that last putt. It has always been my dream to win on the Asian Tour and I did it today,
Asian Golf Industry Federation (Asian Tour release)
31 July 2016
I knew it would be a very close fight as there was little separating the leaders. I told myself to play my own game and not look at the leaderboard too much
Asian Golf Industry Federation (Asian Tour release)
31 July 2016
If I was destined to win this week, I would be holding the trophy now. But that's golf. It has been a great week and I cannot ask for more,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shih-chang Chan | 71 · 67 · 63 · 67 | 268 | −12 |
| 2 | Wen-Tang Lin | 69 · 66 · 69 · 66 | 270 | −10 |
| T3 | Danthai Boonma | 68 · 68 · 71 · 64 | 271 | −9 |
| T3 | Mark Foster | 71 · 66 · 66 · 68 | 271 | −9 |
| 5 | Lionel Weber | 68 · 70 · 65 · 69 | 272 | −8 |
| T6 | Pelle Edberg | 71 · 69 · 67 · 66 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Victor gebhard Osterby | 69 · 69 · 69 · 66 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Chinnarat Phadungsil | 71 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −7 |
| T6 | Eddie Pepperell | 67 · 72 · 63 · 71 | 273 | −7 |
| T10 | Thitiphun Chuayprakong | 68 · 69 · 70 · 67 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Jason Knutzon | 70 · 68 · 68 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Miguel Tabuena | 70 · 67 · 69 · 68 | 274 | −6 |
| T10 | Jeev Milkha Singh | 71 · 67 · 67 · 69 | 274 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1986-06-07; TPE; turned pro 2008; age 30 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 737 that week (OWGR rankBefore for King's Cup 2016 (737 -> 376) per OWGR player profile).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet