JOHANNES VEERMAN WINS TAIFONG OPEN AFTER PLAY-OFF

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American Johannes Veerman captured his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) title after defeating local hope Wang Wei-lun on the second play-off hole at the weather-shortened Taifong Open on Sunday.

The 24-year-old Texan overcame a two-shot deficit to sign for a third consecutive two-under-par 70 and force a play-off with Wang after the duo were tied on six-under-par 210 total in regulation play at the Taifong Golf and Country Club.

The duo returned to the par-five 18 for the play-off battle where both of them shot matching pars on the first extra hole before Veerman sank a one-footer to outplay Wang, who settled for par after his 10-footer birdie putt lipped out.

Asian Tour stalwart Lu Wei-chih of Chinese Taipei posted a flawless 69 to finish one shot back in third place with countryman Lin Wen-tang, who battled to a 70, in the US$160,000 ADT event, which had earlier been reduced to 54-holes after the second round was delayed due to Typhoon Nepartak.

Overnight leader Pavit Tangkamolprasert of Thailand returned with a disappointing 74 to share fifth place on 212 with compatriots Nirun Sae-ueng (71), Rattanon Wannasrichan (73) and Chinese Taipei's Chan Shih-chang (69) in what is the richest event on the ADT schedule this season.

Born to an Indonesian mother and an American father, who was on his bag this week, Veerman was ecstatic to make his mark in Asia, where he had previously lived for 14 years in Philippines, Thailand, China and Indonesia.

The young Texan propelled to second place on the ADT Order of Merit after taking home his career's biggest pay cheque of US$28,000. He also received six Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points following his victory.

Taifong Open (Final)
210 - Johannes VEERMAN (USA) 70 70 70, WANG Wei-lun (TWN) 71 71 68
211 - LU Wei-chih (TWN) 71 71 69, LIN Wen-tang (TWN) 69 72 70
212 - CHAN Shih-chang (TWN) 70 73 69, Nirun SAE-UENG (THA) 69 72 71, Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA) 68 71 73, Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 70 68 74
213 - Mithun PERERA (SRI) 72 70 71, Chikkarangappa S. (IND) 70 71 72, TSENG Hong-sheng (TWN) 67 74 72, LEE Chieh-po (TWN) 70 70 73, Tirawat KAEWSIRIBANDIT (THA) 73 73 67
214 - Nick SHERWOOD (USA) 69 75 70, HSU Hao-sheng (TWN) 72 71 71, Danny MASRIN (INA) 67 76 71, Gavin GREEN (MAS) 72 71 71, HUANG Hsiang-hao (TWN) 72 70 72, Jose ROLZ (GTM) 75 71 68
215 - LEE Cho-chuan (TWN) 74 70 71, K P LIN (TWN) 69 74 72, KOH Deng Shan (SIN) 70 75 70, Shubhankar SHARMA (IND) 72 71 72, Poom SAKSANSIN (THA) 69 73 73, HSU Li-peng (TWN) 70 72 73




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