Kedah, Malaysia: James Bowen of the United States savoured a memorable week when he closed with a one-under-par 71 to claim his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) breakthrough at the PGM Sime Darby Harvard Masters on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Victory, which came courtesy of his four-day total of 18-under-par 270, was especially sweet for Bowen as he had earlier suffered the agony of missing the cut at the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage last month.<\/p>\n
It was a four-way tie for second place after Thailand\u2019s Wasin Sripattranusorn, Pavit Tangkamolprasert, Jakraphan Premsirigorn and Canada\u2019s Lindsay Renolds closed their campaigns with matching 274s at the RM200,000 (approximately US$65,000) ADT event which was staged at the Harvard Golf and Country Club this week.<\/p>\n
Bowen has been in commanding form all week. Since taking over the lead after the second round, the American was a figure of consistency as he was determined to erase the heartbreak of last month where he slipped up and lost his chance to earn his Tour card on the region\u2019s premier Tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my first professional win since I turned pro in 2008. It\u2019s definitely a great confidence builder and made up for my disappointment of missing out on my Asian Tour card at Qualifying School,\u201d said Bowen.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a chance of playing my way into the Asian Tour again and I\u2019m looking forward to more wins on the ADT,\u201d said the American.<\/p>\n
The top three players at the end of the ADT season will earn their Asian Tour cards for 2014.<\/p>\n
Bowen\u2019s final day\u2019s score card was marked by three birdies and two bogeys. It was however his second round performance that gave the American the most satisfaction.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe turning point this week was my second round. I played really well then. My only mistake was a double-bogey on the fourth hole but apart from that, I was on fire. That helped my confidence a lot and started the momentum for me,\u201d said Bowen.<\/p>\n
Despite missing out on his win, Wasin remained optimistic that he can lift his maiden title, judging from his performances this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cI played well all-week but if I\u2019ve to put down one mistake on the final day, it would be my putting. It was not very good today. But overall I\u2019ve no complaints and if I continue playing this way, I\u2019ll be able to win one day,\u201d said Wasin.<\/p>\n
The PGM Sime Darby Harvard Masters is the second event on the ADT to receive world ranking points in the new 2013 season.<\/p>\n
Starting in 2013, all events on the burgeoning ADT, which is the secondary circuit of the Asian Tour will receive Official World Golf Ranking points.<\/p>\n
These points will be used to determine the field when golf makes a return to the Olympics in Rio De Janeiro in 2016.<\/p>\n
All winners on the ADT will receive a minimum of six world ranking points while the top-six players and ties will earn points based on a sliding scale.<\/p>\n
Leading final round scores Kedah, Malaysia: James Bowen of the United States savoured a memorable week when he closed with a one-under-par 71 to claim his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) breakthrough at the PGM Sime Darby Harvard Masters on Saturday.<\/p>\n Victory, which came courtesy of his four-day total of 18-under-par 270, was especially sweet for Bowen as he had earlier suffered the agony of missing the cut at the Asian Tour Qualifying School Final Stage last month.<\/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-13099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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270 James BOWEN (USA) 66-65-68-71
274 Wasin SRIPATTRANUSORN (THA) 70-68-68-68, Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN) 65-70-69-70, Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 68-63-72-71, Jakraphan PREMSIRIGORN (THA) 71-64-66-73
276 Malcolm KOKOCINSKI (SWE) 70-69-68-, Ratchapol JANTAVARA (THA) 69-69-66-72
277 Shaifubari MUDA (MAL) 65-73-70-69
278 Grant JACKSON (ENG) 68-71-72-67, Wolmer MURILLO (VEN) 71-70-70-67, Darren TAN (AUS) 73-70-66-69, S. Siva Chandhran (MAL) 69-66-71-72<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"