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Emotional Lam boosts moneylist hopes
Lam Chih Bing showed a rare flash of emotion after safely putting for par on his last hole for a one-over-par 72 to safely make the halfway cut at the Barclays Singapore Open on Friday.
The Singaporean had to wait for nearly three hours to make his last stroke at the Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong course following a weather delay but after the ball disappeared into the cup, he clenched his fist with delight to the cheers of the fans around the 18th green.
Lying 65th on the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit, Lam knew he needed to make the cut here to improve his ranking as the top-60 will keep their playing rights for 2012.
“This will help my Order of Merit ranking. It will help a lot. I needed to play well this week. Still two more rounds to go. I’m pleased with where I am,” said a relieved Lam.
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After opening with a 66 at the easier Tanjong course on Thursday, Lam, a one-time winner on the Asian Tour, knew he had an uphill task at the Serapong, which will be used for the final two rounds.
It showed on his card with a lone birdie on the eighth against two bogeys.
“I didn’t make enough birdies. I wanted to make a few more birdies but only made one. But the good thing is that I only made two bogeys which I‘m pleased with. Struggling a little bit coming down the stretch but all in all, I’m pleased to be playing the weekend,” he said.
“I wasn’t hitting the greens. I hit a few loose iron shots which was a bit frustrating. One of the big goals was to play all four rounds. Now that I’ve done it, it’s a monkey off my back. I’ll try to go low the next few days.
“We teed off at 7.30 and usually it’s the best time to tee off as the winds would be calm but it was blowing pretty hard when we played the tough stretch from the 12th to 15 which made it really hard,” said Lam.
Big-hitting Thai Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who is currently 10th on the Order of Merit, shot up the leadeboard with an accomplished seven-under-par 64 on the Tanjong Course.
Kiradech shot 72 in the opening round but quickly improved his position with a scorching front-nine of 30 that included an eagle and four birdies. A double bogey on the 10th momentarily put the brakes on his progress before he picked up four more birdies.
He outshot playing partner Graeme McDowell, the 2010 US Open champion, by seven strokes.