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Chabon saves day for Pinays as Superal falls

The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines - Princess Superal took charge early in the final round but fumbled with a costly double-bogey mishap on No. 13 and lost to Malaysian Kelly Tan by one in Division I while Sofia Chabon dominated Division 2 in the Malaysian Ladies Amateur Open in Malaysia Thursday.

One down at the start of the final round, Superal surged past the local ace on No. 7 with two birdies and held sway up to the No. 12 at the par-71 Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club layout. But the top ICTSI bet stumbled with a double-bogey on the next with poor approach shots, finishing with a 71 and a 209.

Tan also scrambled to salvage a 71 to snatch the crown at 208.

Cyna Rodriguez rallied with a late run of birdies but ran out of holes and settled for a three-under 68, finishing tied with teammate Superal at 209.

Chabon, one of the new members of Team ICTSI, matched par 71 for a 225, beating Malaysian Nur Shahzan, who had a 236 after 75, by 11 in Division 2 play to record her first international victory.

Thai Suthavee Chanachai also made a 71 and wound up fourth at 215 in a tie with Indonesian Gavrila Arya who made a 70, while Pauline del Rosario, the other ICTSI team bet, skied to a 78 and ended up 11th with a 221 in Division I.

Superal, Rodriguez and Del Rosario, meanwhile, combined for a 279 to edge Malaysia by two and claim the team championship in the 54-hole event.

The hosts, who included Tan, Michelle Koh and Iman Nordin, pooled a 281 while Thailand, composed of Sherman Santiwiwathanapong, Ornicha Konsunthea and Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras, wound up third with a 289.

 

CYNA RODRIGUEZ

DIVISION I

INDONESIAN GAVRILA ARYA

KUALA LUMPUR GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

MALAYSIA THURSDAY

MALAYSIAN KELLY TAN

MALAYSIAN LADIES AMATEUR OPEN

MALAYSIAN NUR SHAHZAN

MICHELLE KOH AND IMAN NORDIN

ORNICHA KONSUNTHEA AND PANNARAT THANAPOLBOONYARAS

PRINCESS SUPERAL

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