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Hsinchu, Chinese Taipei: Lin Wen-ko of Chinese Taipei continued to dominate the Ambassador ADT when he fired a seven-under-par 65 to open up a massive 11-shot lead after the third round on Saturday.<\/p>\nHsinchu, Chinese Taipei: Lin Wen-ko of Chinese Taipei continued to dominate the Ambassador ADT when he fired a seven-under-par 65 to open up a massive 11-shot lead after the third round on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 41-year-old Lin, who is the younger brother to Wen-tang and the 2003 Taiwan Masters winner, posted five birdies and one eagle to lead on 19-under-par 197 at the US$120,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event.<\/p>\n
Poom Saksansin of Thailand and Johannes Veerman of the United States carded matching 68s to share second place while James Byrne of Scotland, Chen Hao-sen of Chinese Taipei and Sam Cyr were a further shot back on 209 at the Hsin Feng Golf and Country Club.<\/p>\n
Lin birdied holes four, eight, 10 14, 18 and eagled the ninth hole from 10 feet but it was important par saves early in the round which kept him bogey-free. He has only dropped one shot in 54 holes.<\/p>\n
The home favourite hit a wayward drive on the first hole which landed under a tree but sank a five foot putt to save par. His tee shot found the trees again on hole five but he hit a sublime shot in between the trees to escape with another par.<\/p>\n
“When I saved par on the first hole, I had a feeling that this will be a good day,” said Lin, who credited his home course knowledge for his dominant display. “It looked like an easy round but I worked hard to stay bogey-free today.”<\/p>\n
“It looks like it will be an easy final round because I have such a big lead now. Maybe I won’t use too use too many drivers and just use a two-iron. It is going to be an exciting last day but I think the pressure will be on my opponents and not me,” he said.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Poom, a winner on the ADT, got off to a flying start when he birdied his opening two holes. He dropped a single shot on hole six but recovered with three birdies to return with his best round this week.<\/p>\n
“Overall my game was good. I saved a lot of shots. There are times when I hit a bad tee shot but I saved par. That’s the story of my day. I’ll continue to play like how I did today. Lin is playing so well, I think he is playing on a different course,” Poom joked.<\/p>\n
ADT rookie Veerman, who turned professional last year, stayed on track to claim a fourth straight top-five result on the ADT after posting five birdies against one bogey. He concedes that Lin has one hand on the title.<\/p>\n
“It was good. I played with Paul (Harris) and he is a good friend. That made it a very relaxing round. Lin is unbelievable! My game plan is still to play my best but good for Lin. I hope he keeps it going. I’m just going to do my best,” said the 24-year-old Veerman.<\/p>\n
The staging of the Ambassador ADT, which is sponsored by the Yeangder Group, will provide an opportunity for the local golfers to stake a claim at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August as the winner will receive six Official World Golf Ranking points.<\/p>\n
The ADT, which was inaugurated in 2010 as the gateway to the premier Asian Tour, will continue to reward the top-five finishers on the Order of Merit at the end of this season with Asian Tour cards for 2017.<\/p>\n
Leading third round scores: The 41-year-old Lin, who is the younger brother to Wen-tang and the 2003 Taiwan Masters winner, posted five birdies and one eagle to lead on 19-under-par 197 at the US$120,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event.<\/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":[16491,16524,12943,7261,16511,12444,16525],"class_list":["post-27191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news","tag-ambassador-adt","tag-chen-hao-sen","tag-golf-news","tag-james-byrne","tag-lin-wen-ko","tag-poom-saksansin","tag-sam-cyr"],"yoast_head":"\n
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197 – LIN Wen-ko (TWN) 65 67 65
208 – Poom SAKSANSIN (THA) 71 69 68, Johannes VEERMAN (USA) 69 71 68
209 – James BYRNE (SCO) 70 72 67, CHEN Hao-sen (TWN) 72 68 69, Sam CYR (USA) 71 68 70
210 – HUNG Chien-yao (TWN) 75 68 67, FAN CHIANG Hao Chuan (TWN) 72 70 68, Feroz Singh GAREWAL (IND) 72 69 69, Paul HARRIS (USA) 70 70 70, HSU Hao-sheng (TWN) 68 69 73, Itthipat BURANATANYARAT (THA) 70 66 74
211 – Pijit PETCHKASEM (THA) 72 71 68, Ben LEONG (MAS) 74 69 68
212 – Pasamet POGAMNERD (THA) 73 70 69, Donlaphatchai NIYOMCHON (THA) 72 68 72
213 – LIN Wen-tang (TWN) 74 69 70, Christopher CANNON (ENG) 69 74 70, Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA) 71 72 70, LEE Cho-chuan (TWN) 71 69 73, LU Wei-chih (TWN) 71 68 74
214 – George GANDRANATA (INA) 74 67 73, LU Wen-teh (TWN) 73 66 75
215 – Oscar ZETTERWALL (SWE) 73 70 72, HUANG Tao (TWN) 72 70 73, KAO Shang-hung (TWN) 74 70 71
216 – WENG Young-tien (TWN) 69 74 73, CHAN Shih-chang (TWN) 70 71 75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hsinchu, Chinese Taipei: Lin Wen-ko of Chinese Taipei continued to dominate the Ambassador ADT when he fired a seven-under-par 65 to open up a massive 11-shot lead after the third round on Saturday.<\/p>\n