{"id":3406,"date":"2012-03-17T11:04:48","date_gmt":"2012-03-17T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2012-03-17T11:04:48","modified_gmt":"2012-03-17T11:04:48","slug":"lipsky-secures-dramatic-maiden-win-at-handa-faldo-cambodian-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3406","title":{"rendered":"Lipsky secures dramatic maiden win at Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Siem Reap: <\/strong>American rookie David Lipsky produced a superb chip-in birdie to defeat a luckless Elmer Salvador of the Philippines in the first play-off hole and win the inaugural US$300,000 HANDA FALDO Cambodian Classic on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old, who won the Asian Tour\u2019s Qualifying School in January, enjoyed his maiden professional victory in front of six-time Major champion Nick Faldo, who watched the shootout at the impressive Angkor Golf Resort, a course he designed.<\/p>\n<p>Starting the day seven shots off the lead, Lipsky closed with a stunning seven-under-par 65 for a 15-under-par 273 total.\u00a0 A gritty Salvador had a 10-foot birdie putt at the last hole in regulation play for the outright win but he missed for a 68.<\/p>\n<p>It was a frenetic final day as there were six players tied for the lead at one stage before Lipsky and Salvador, who also lost in a play-off at last year\u2019s ISPS Handa Singapore Classic, edged ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really can\u2019t believe I\u2019m here right now,\u201d said a jubilant Lipsky, who earned US$47,550 and a priceless winner\u2019s exemption on the Asian Tour till the end of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe chip-in was unbelievable. I practice my short game pretty hard and I thought I had a chance to make it. It was one of those makeable ones up the hill. Just tried to give it a good strike and see what happens,\u201d added the Korean-American.<\/p>\n<p>Before the play-off, the pivotal moment for Lipsky came at the 15th hole. \u201cI won Q-school and I knew I had the game in me. I\u2019m happy it showed up here. On 15, I saw that everyone was bunched on 13-under. I had a 50 foot putt (for birdie) and I jarred it and thought I could have a chance to win,\u201d said Lipsky, who went on to birdie the 16th hole to pull ahead of the pack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is phenomenal as it opens up so many doors for me. Apparently, I\u2019m in the winner\u2019s category now and I didn\u2019t know what that meant. I guess I\u2019ll find out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old Salvador had a good look for an outright win but misjudged his putt at the 72nd hole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy putting was sometimes good, sometimes bad. On 14, I had a putter length chance for birdie but I didn\u2019t get it in. On 18, I charged my putt and my line was not good. That was my chance,\u201d lamented the Filipino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a good chip (by Lipsky), it was like a billiard shot \u2026 the way he stopped the ball (into the hole). Can\u2019t do anything about that. I still feel happy. Two times losing in a play-off now, I don\u2019t know why. I\u2019ll keep trying,\u201dadded Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>The lanky Turner was disappointed he finished third, one shot shy of the play-off after an even par 72.\u00a0 \u201cIt wasn\u2019t meant to be. I just couldn\u2019t get a putt to drop. I guess I was trying too hard to make the putts instead of letting it happen,\u201d said the Irishman.<\/p>\n<p>The consolation was he earned a spot into the next Asian Tour stop at the Panasonic Open India in two weeks\u2019 time. \u201cThat was the goal, to finish top five. I guess I accomplished that. But having a chance to win, that\u2019s disappointing but I\u2019ll take a ton of positives from this, it\u2019s been a great week,\u201d said Turner.<\/p>\n<p>Finland\u2019s Kalle Samooja enjoyed his best finish on Tour with a tied fourth placing with Thailand\u2019s Chinnarat Phadungsil and Korea\u2019s Baek Seuk-hyun on 275. He closed with a 65.<br \/>\u201cI saw the leaderboard after 15 after I made three birdies in a row and I was tied for the lead. I just tried to birdie a couple more but it ended like this. I played a solid round. I\u2019m pleased,\u201d said Samooja, who is playing in his second season on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a bad drive on 16 where I pulled it into the water and maybe it cost me the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overnight leader Kim Hyung-sung settled for joint seventh position after signing off with a disappointing 75.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scores after round 4 of the Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic being played at the par 72, 7279 Yards Angkor Golf Resort course (a- denotes amateur):<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>273 &#8211; David LIPSKY (USA) 73-68-67-65, Elmer SALVADOR (PHI) 68-69-68-68.<br \/>(Lipsky wins play-off with a birdie on the first extra hole)<br \/>274 &#8211; Niall TURNER (IRL) 67-67-68-72.<br \/>275 &#8211; Kalle SAMOOJA (FIN) 72-69-69-65, Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA) 69-64-76-66, BAEK Seuk-hyun (KOR) 66-71-69-69.<br \/>276 &#8211; KIM Gi-whan (KOR) 69-71-70-66, Thanyakon KHRONGPHA (THA) 71-66-68-71, KIM Hyung-sung (KOR) 68-65-68-75.<br \/>278 &#8211; Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 71-70-71-66, Scott BARR (AUS) 71-71-69-67, Berry HENSON (USA) 68-72-70-68, Chawalit PLAPHOL (THA) 68-70-71-69.<br \/>279 &#8211; Sushi ISHIGAKI (JPN) 73-69-68-69, Hirotaro NAITO (JPN) 72-70-67-70, Pablo HERRERIA (ESP) 71-68-69-71, Sam CYR (USA) 70-70-68-71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siem Reap: American rookie David Lipsky produced a superb chip-in birdie to defeat a luckless Elmer Salvador of the Philippines in the first play-off hole and win the inaugural US$300,000 HANDA FALDO Cambodian Classic on Saturday. The 23-year-old, who won the Asian Tour\u2019s Qualifying School in January, enjoyed his maiden professional victory in front of [&hellip;]<\/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":[513,2180,1408],"class_list":["post-3406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news","tag-david-lipsky","tag-elmer-salvador","tag-handa-faldo-cambodian-classic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lipsky secures dramatic maiden win at Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=3406\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lipsky secures dramatic maiden win at Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Siem Reap: American rookie David Lipsky produced a superb chip-in birdie to defeat a luckless Elmer Salvador of the Philippines in the first play-off hole and win the inaugural US$300,000 HANDA FALDO Cambodian Classic on Saturday. 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