{"id":431,"date":"2011-10-26T09:09:35","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T09:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=431"},"modified":"2011-10-26T09:09:35","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T09:09:35","slug":"ssp-chowrasia-all-set-for-asia-pacific-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=431","title":{"rendered":"SSP Chowrasia all set for Asia Pacific Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kuala Lumpur: <\/strong>Asian Tour stars SSP Chowrasia and Thongchai Jaidee hope to overcome putting woes as they seek to launch title challenges at the US$6.1 million CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia starting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The duo are amongst a 10-man Asian Tour contingent who are chasing the top prize of US$1.3 million at the Mines Resort and Golf Club. The CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia is sanctioned by the Asian Tour and PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Chowrasia and Thongchai said on Wednesday that they must light up their putters to contend against a field which includes Major winners Vijay Singh, Lucas Glover, Angel Cabrera and Stewart Cink. Ben Crane is defending his title this week.<\/p>\n<p>Current Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Chowrasia has missed this year\u2019s Deepavali (Diwali) celebrations today, also known as the \u201cFestival of Lights\u201d as he prepares to make his debut in the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia.<br \/>He said it was too difficult to turn down the opportunity of playing alongside many of the best players from the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I\u2019m going to miss the festival with my family. I really miss my mum and dad but this is part of my job,\u201d said Chowrasia.<\/p>\n<p>He missed 10 consecutive cuts in Asia and Europe after winning the Avantha Masters on home soil earlier this year but has bounced back into form with a tied seventh placing at the Hero Indian Open two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy form was a bit down after winning because my putting was very bad. I worked on my putting with my coach and changed a bit of my swing. It showed some progress in the last few weeks so we\u2019ll have to see how things go,\u201d said the two-time Asian Tour winner.<\/p>\n<p>Chowrasia believes the Asian Tour stars will have a chance to upstage the PGA Tour players.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a two-time winner of the Malaysian Open, Thongchai was happy to be back in familiar territory as he prepares to improve on his tied 29th finish at the inaugural CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m putting better in the last couple of weeks. I\u2019ve been struggling with my putting for quite a while but I\u2019m more confident now. I got no complaints about my driver and iron shots. If I can putt well, I think I have a good chance,\u201d said Thailand\u2019s Thongchai, who is a three-time Asian Tour Order of Merit champion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is nice to be back here again. I\u2019ve played here many times and I like this course. I practised here yesterday (Monday) and the greens are fantastic. The set-up is very good,\u201d said Thongchai, who holds a record 13 victories on the Asian Tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the course. The course is fantastic. The greens are very fast. There has been a lot of rain here but the course is still in good shape. There are a couple of challenging holes like ninth hole. There are also a few short par fours. I\u2019m feeling very confident and I\u2019m getting better. I\u2019ve been working very hard on my game because I haven\u2019t really performed this year. Putting will be very important,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Thongchai has been worried about the floods which have hit his country badly over the past few weeks but his family in Lopburi is so far safe from the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t been home for the last five weeks. I call my home every day. In 42 years of my life, I\u2019ve never seen such a bad flood in Thailand. We are all very sad about this. My family are all okay and safe,\u201d said Thongchai, who has donated 500,000 baht to the victims of the flood.<\/p>\n<p>Tetsuji Hiratsuka of Japan, currently second on the Order of Merit, Bangladeshi Siddikur, who finished tied 11th at the CIMB event last year, and Jeev Milkha Singh of India, a two-time Asian Tour number one, will be in the field as well.<\/p>\n<p>Thai duo Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Chinnarat Phadungsil will also feature in the event alongside Chan Yih-shin of Chinese Taipei and Asian Tour members Jbe Kruger of South Africa and Australian David Gleeson, winner of the Hero Indian Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kuala Lumpur: <\/strong>Asian Tour stars SSP Chowrasia and Thongchai Jaidee hope to overcome putting woes as they seek to launch title challenges at the US$6.1 million CIMB Asia Pacific Classic, Malaysia starting on Thursday.<\/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":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SSP Chowrasia all set for Asia Pacific Classic - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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