Hua Hin: Thailand\u2019s Kittiroj Chantharothai continued his grip atop the leaderboard when he posted a three-under-par 69 to take the second round lead at the Asian Tour Qualifying School First Stage Section A on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Kittiroj, who held the opening round lead at the Imperial Lakeview Golf Club, posted a two-day total of 10-under-par 134 to take a three-shot lead over compatriot Supravee Phatam who carded rounds of 69 and 68.\n<\/p>\n
At the Royal Thai Army Sports Centre, Korea\u2019s Jeong Dae-eok also maintained his position at the top when he signed for a 66. Japan\u2019s Tomoharu Otsuki is a single shot back in second place after he matched his opening round score of 68.<\/p>\n
Over at the Banyan Golf Club, Japan\u2019s Hirohito Koizumi, who opened with a 73, made up grounds by firing a 66 to take over the lead which had been held by Sweden\u2019s Thomas Pettersson.<\/p>\n
Pettersson slipped to second place when he returned with a 73.<\/p>\n
Due to the record number of entries which hit an all-time high of 761 players, the First Stage Section B will be played next week at the Imperial Lakeview Golf Club and Springfield Royal Country Club to accommodate the additional players.<\/p>\n
After four rounds, the top 15% players from each venue will qualify for the all-important Final Stage which will be held at the Imperial Lakeview Golf Club and Springfield Royal Country Club from January 23 to 26.<\/p>\n
The top-40 and ties from the Final Stage will earn their playing rights on the new 2013 Asian Tour season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hua Hin: Thailand\u2019s Kittiroj Chantharothai continued his grip atop the leaderboard when he posted a three-under-par 69 to take the second round lead at the Asian Tour Qualifying School First Stage Section A on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Kittiroj, who held the opening round lead at the Imperial Lakeview Golf Club, posted a two-day total of 10-under-par 134 to take a three-shot lead over compatriot Supravee Phatam who carded rounds of 69 and 68.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n