PANNAKORN UTHAIPAS SAVOURS MAIDEN ADT VICTORY AT THE TAIFONG OPEN

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Thai hotshot Pannakorn Uthaipas gave himself the perfect birthday gift by securing a three-shot victory for his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the US$160,000 Taifong Open on Sunday. The talented Thai, who turns 27 in three days, overcame a shaky start where he traded two birdies against two bogeys in his opening five holes with three birdies on his way home for a closing three-under-par 69 and a winning total of 13-under-par 275 at the Taifong Golf Course.

Local hero Lin Wen-tang held a one-shot lead after nine but an errant tee shot on 14 saw his title hopes dashed as he stumbled with a double-bogey. He bounced back with a birdie on the last to share second place with Australia's Marcus Both (68) and Gunn Charoenkul (69) of Thailand. Thailand's Nattawat Suvajanakorn marked his best efforts of the week with a bogey-free 67. He settled for fifth place on 279 alongside countryman Phanuvich Onchu (71), local talent Hsu Hao-sheng and American Blake Snyder, who closed with matching 71s at the Taifong Open.

Pannakorn, who held a two-shot advantage heading into the final round, was thrilled to finally claim his breakthrough win in the tournament where he had finished tied-second after losing in a five-way play-off three years ago. He is the second Thai, following Asian Tour winner Rattanon Wannasrichan, to win the Taifong Open, which came on board the ADT schedule in 2014. Pannakorn takes home his career's biggest prize purse of US$28,000 and receives six Official World Ranking Point (OWGR) thanks to his victory. The top-six players and ties also earn points on a sliding scale.

TAIFONG OPEN (Final)
275 - Pannakorn UTHAIPAS (THA) 72 67 67 69
278 - Marcus BOTH (AUS) 69 69 72 68, Gunn CHAROENKUL (THA) 72 69 68 69, LIN Wen-tang (TWN) 69 72 67 70
279 - Nattawat SUVAJANAKORN (THA) 71 70 71 67, Blake SNYDER (USA) 68 71 69 71, HSU Hao-sheng (TWN) 72 68 68 71, Phanuvich ONCHU (THA) 72 69 67 71
280 - YEH Yu-chen (TWN) 72 71 70 67, Sattaya SUPUPRAMAI (THA) 69 67 73 71
282 - LU Chien-soon (TWN) 70 73 69 70, Sorachut HANSAPIBAN (THA) 68 69 72 73, Steve LEWTON (ENG) 72 68 69 73

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