{"id":18256,"date":"2013-11-02T07:17:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-02T07:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=18256"},"modified":"2013-11-02T07:17:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-02T07:17:36","slug":"thongchai-steps-up-a-gear-with-a-68-at-wgc-hsbc-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=18256","title":{"rendered":"Thongchai steps up a gear with a 68 at WGC-HSBC champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Shanghai:<\/strong> Three-time Asian Tour Order of Merit winner Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand showed why he can never be written off when he made up for his disappointing opening performance with a second round four-under-par 68 at the WGC-HSBC Champions on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>The decorated Thai ace, who holds 13 victories on the region\u2019s premier Tour, struggled with a first round 76 at the Sheshan International Golf Club.<\/p>\n<p>However, he ensured he would find his way back into contention at the US$8.5million Shanghai showpiece by mixing his card with six birdies against two bogeys for a two-day total of even-par 144.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a bad round yesterday and I had to get it out of my mind quickly. My ball striking and putting made all the difference today,\u201d said Thongchai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI holed lots of putts and only three-putted once today. I managed to find most of the fairways and overall I\u2019m happy that I managed to make a good comeback,\u201d added the 43-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>While Thongchai was left to soak in the positives, compatriot Kiradech Aphibarnrat had a day to forget when he slumped to a 78.<\/p>\n<p>The current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader started the day four shots back of first round leader Rory McIlroy but found himself staring at a disastrous card that was marked with two birdies, six bogeys and one double-bogey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Shanghai:<\/strong> Three-time Asian Tour Order of Merit winner Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand showed why he can never be written off when he made up for his disappointing opening performance with a second round four-under-par 68 at the WGC-HSBC Champions on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>The decorated Thai ace, who holds 13 victories on the region\u2019s premier Tour, struggled with a first round 76 at the Sheshan International Golf Club.<\/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":[1212,946],"class_list":["post-18256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news","tag-kiradech-aphibarnrat","tag-thongchai-jaidee"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thongchai steps up a gear with a 68 at WGC-HSBC champions - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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