Miaoli, Chinese Taipei: Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chien-bing provided the home cheers when he carded a three-under-par 69 to take over the lead at the penultimate round of the Charming Yeangder ADT on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Lin, who started the round with a five-shot deficit, fired four birdies against a lone bogey to claim a one-shot lead on nine-under-par 207 total at the US$150,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event, which is the burgeoning Tour’s first stop in Chinese Taipei this season.<\/p>\n
Overnight leader Greg Moss of the United States signed for a disappointing 75 to slip to second place with Australian Unho Park, who posted a second straight 70 at the scenic National Garden Golf and Country Club.<\/p>\n
Local hero Lin Wen-tang returned with the day’s lowest score of 67 to share fourth place on 210 with compatriots Hsieh Chi-hsien, Fang Yin Jen and Australian Jake Stirling, who registered matching 70s, at the Charming Yeangder ADT.<\/p>\n
ADT Order of Merit leader Arie Irawan of Malaysia stayed five shots off the pace in tied-15th position following a 68 while Chinese Taipei’s number one Chan Shih-chang posted a 73 to tie in 22nd place on 214.<\/p>\n
Lin rode on his hot putter and good course knowledge for a creditable round.<\/p>\n
“I thought the pin positions were quite tough today. I am pretty familiar with this golf course so I guess that was an advantage for me. I played rather aggressively. I try to attack the greens as I want to make sure that I put the ball in a good position which is very important,” said the 41-year-old Lin, who needed only 30 putts.<\/p>\n
“This tournament is organized by the Yeangder Group which is also my sponsor. I want to try my best to play well. I will keep things the same tomorrow and we will see how it goes,” added Lin.<\/p>\n
Asian Tour regular Park hopes to take things in his stride as he heads into the final round in a favourable position on the leaderboard.<\/p>\n
“My game was pretty much the same as yesterday. I actually shot a better score on the first day where it rained and playing conditions were the toughest. It’s weird but the week has been good so far. Hopefully I can stay consistent tomorrow,” added the 41-year-old Australian, who mixed his card with four birdies against two bogeys.<\/p>\n
Despite falling off the lead, Moss held his head up as he readies himself for the final push.<\/p>\n
“I thought it was pretty alright on the front nine. It was windy and the course was playing tough. I kept grinding out there. The wheels kind of came off a little bit on the back nine where I had a couple of bad swings coming down the stretch,” said Moss, who endured a round of 16 pars, one bogey and one double bogey.<\/p>\n
“I’m actually surprised that I am not too far off the lead. I guess I have to work on my mental game a bit for tomorrow. Perhaps not being in the lead heading into the final round would shrug off some pressure when I step up to the tee tomorrow and hopefully allow me to play better,” added the 28-year-old American.<\/p>\n
The winner of the Charming Yeangder ADT will take home a winner’s prize purse of US$26,250 and receive six Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) points.<\/p>\n
The ADT will reward the top-five finishers on the Order of Merit at the end of this season with Asian Tour cards for 2016.<\/p>\n
With the Olympic Games looming in 2016 where golf will be reintroduced as a medal sport, players in the region could earn their spots in Rio de Janeiro by earning Official World Golf Ranking points through the Asian Tour and ADT.<\/p>\n
For more information on the ADT, please visit www.asiandevelopmenttour.com<\/p>\n
Leading third round scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n 207 – LIN Chien-bing (TWN) 70-68-69<\/p>\n 208 – Unho PARK (AUS) 68-70-70, Greg MOSS (USA) 62-71-75<\/p>\n 210 – LIN Wen-tang (TWN) 72-71-67, Jake STIRLING (AUS) 73-67-70, HSIEH Chi-hsien (TWN) 70-70-70, FANG Yin Jen (TWN) 71-69-70<\/p>\n 211 – Brett MUNSON (USA) 74-68-69, Jack MUNRO (AUS) 72-71-68, Fumihiro EBINE (JPN) 70-70-71, YANG Fei-hao (TWN) 68-71-72, Gavin FLINT (AUS) 69-69-73, LEE Chieh-po (TWN) 68-70-73, Jordan SHERRATT (AUS) 67-68-76<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Miaoli, Chinese Taipei: Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chien-bing provided the home cheers when he carded a three-under-par 69 to take over the lead at the penultimate round of the Charming Yeangder ADT on Saturday.<\/p>\n Lin, who started the round with a five-shot deficit, fired four birdies against a lone bogey to claim a one-shot lead on nine-under-par 207 total at the US$150,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event, which is the burgeoning Tour’s first stop in Chinese Taipei this season.<\/p>\n Overnight leader Greg Moss of the United States signed for a disappointing 75 to slip to second place with Australian Unho Park, who posted a second straight 70 at the scenic National Garden Golf and Country 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":[],"class_list":["post-21498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n