The first of the quarterly ranking tournaments, the Winter Cup, was just completed last week. These four season cups combined with some other Taiwan events, such as the Taiwan Amateur, form the list of ranked players that players are selected from for overseas tournaments throughout the year. Obviously, they are important for the players and everyone tries their hardest to score well.The boys section was close with two of my students, Hung Chien-Yao and Hsieh Chi-Hsien, tied for the lead on 6 under heading into the final round. Hung Chien-Yao made a great start to the final round and was 4 under after nine to take a 4 stoke lead heading into the final 9 holes. This lead was quickly cut to 1 after 12 holes due to 2 bogies made by Hung Chien-Yao and a birdie by Hsieh Chi-Hsien. Hung Chien-Yao regrouped and played the last 6 holes in 2 under to shoot a final round of 68, finish 10 under for the tournament and 4 strokes clear of Hsieh Chi-Hsien in second place on 6 under.
Overall, in the boys section, my students won the open section (Hung Chien-Yao 70, 74, 66, 68), the over 18 section (Hsieh Chi-Hsien 69, 72, 69, 72), the 16-17 age group (Yang Fei-Hao 71, 75, 71, 71) and the 14-15 age group (Lee Chieh-Po 75, 71, 73, 69).
The girls section was even closer than the boys section. The leader after three rounds was one of the students from one of the Sports Colleges in Taiwan. She was 2 under par and 2 shots ahead of another girl with two of my students Yao Hsuan-Yu +1 and Liu Yi-Chen +2 sitting close behind. In the end, the leader had a tough day on the last day and shot 77 which gave the other girls a chance.
The final round was exciting with three girls coming down the final hole with a chance to win the tournament. In the end Yao Hsuan-Yu had a final round of 72, Liu Yi-Chen had a final round of 71 and the girl that was coming second after three rounds had a final round of 73 which led to a three way tie at the top of the leaderboard. As it is difficult to actually get on a golf course in Taiwan, le
t alone have a playoff, the final results were determined by countback. This meant that Liu Yi-Chen finished first and Yao Hsuan-Yu finished second. Although these are the official results, I consider all three girls as joint winners.
t alone have a playoff, the final results were determined by countback. This meant that Liu Yi-Chen finished first and Yao Hsuan-Yu finished second. Although these are the official results, I consider all three girls as joint winners.Another of my students, Hsieh Yu-Ling, charged home with a 68 on the final day to only finish two strokes away from the girl winners.
Until next time,
Brent
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