{"id":11783,"date":"2012-11-21T01:15:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T01:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11783"},"modified":"2012-11-21T01:15:07","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T01:15:07","slug":"local-hero-lin-strikes-it-hot-at-yeangder-adt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=11783","title":{"rendered":"Local hero lin strikes it hot at Yeangder ADT"},"content":{"rendered":"

 Taipei:<\/strong> The local stars dominated the opening round of the Yeangder ADT as Lin Wen-tang and veteran golfer Lu Chien-soon shared the lead on six-under-par 66 on Tuesday.
 
Lin, who is sponsored by the Yeangder Group, bounced back from an opening bogey with seven birdies as he tied with the 53-year-old Lu, who won a senior\u2019s golf tournament on home soil last week.
 
Hsu Mong-nan of Chinese Taipei, bidding to maintain his runner-up position on the ADT Order of Merit to earn a 2013 Asian Tour card, was a further shot back at the US$120,000 season-ending ADT event.
 
Hsu was tied with 20-year-old Hung Chien-yao and Sung Mao-chang at the National Garden Country Club, which is hosting its second ADT event after the Ballantine\u2019s Taiwan Championship in August.
 
Local hero Lin, who has won five Asian Tour events in his illustrious career and one ADT event in 2010, hopes to return to the winners\u2019 circle at the Yeangder ADT to boost his confidence ahead of the three remaining Asian Tour events.<\/p>\n

With a hot putter in tow on a slightly foggy day, Lin sank 27 putts highlighted by a monstrous 36 footer birdie putt on hole 14.
 
\u201cI\u2019ve never putted as good as I did in a long time! It was a very good round. I struggled with a back injury earlier this year but my body felt very good today. I\u2019m confident of getting a good score if I can continue to putt like how I did,\u201d said Lin.
 
Hsu has much to play for at the Yeangder ADT as he aims to erase his runner-up finish at the Ballantine\u2019s Taiwan Championship on the same venue with a victory. Should he win, he will overtake Jay Bayron at the peak of the Order of Merit as the Filipino leads by slightly over US$3,900.
 
\u201cI\u2019m feeling great. My irons have been working to my advantage and I\u2019m thinking about my Asian Tour card now. I played well here and this course seems to suit my game,\u201d smiled Hsu.
 
Bayron, a three-time ADT winner, cut a forlorn look after shooting a 71 as he is not taking his lead on the Order of Merit for granted.
 
\u201cThis is so important to me. I\u2019m quite comfortable at the top of the Order of Merit but I must not be overconfident. If I miss the cut, there\u2019s a slim possibility that I will get kicked out of the top three positions. I do not want to take that risk,\u201d said Bayron.
 
Brian Locke of the United States, who won his first ADT title in Malaysia a fortnight ago, is eyeing to grab third position on the Order of Merit, which is the last slot which players need to finish in to earn an Asian Tour card for next season.
 
He shot a 68 and is keeping his eye on the prize as he aims to win a second ADT title. \u201cI just need to win. I have a chance to claim the third position on the Order of Merit. I need to win and hope the other players missed the cut or get a bad result,\u201d said Locke, currently 12th on the Merit list rankings.
 
Leading first round scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n

66 – LU Chien-soon (TPE), LIN Wen-tang (TPE)         
67 – HUNG Chien-yao (TPE), SUNG Mao-chang (TPE), HSU Mong-nan (TPE)           
68 – HUANG Tao (TPE), Brian LOCKE (USA), T.J. KIM (KOR), Jhonnel ABABA (PHI), WANG Shih-jui (TPE), Nick REDFERN (ENG), CHEN Hao-sen (TPE), HSIEH Chi-hsien (TPE), CHIANG Chen-chih (TPE)   
69 – KAO Shang-hung (TPE), LIEN Chi-Wei (TPE), Grant JACKSON (ENG), LU Wei-lun (TPE), George GANDRANATA (INA), Wittawat SAE-UNG (THA), Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA),
Michael BIBAT (PHI)<\/p>\n

By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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