{"id":9408,"date":"2012-08-23T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T11:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9408"},"modified":"2012-08-23T11:48:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T11:48:45","slug":"park-takes-opening-lead-at-ballantines-taiwan-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9408","title":{"rendered":"Park Takes Opening Lead At Ballantine\u2019s Taiwan Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Taipei<\/strong>: Korea\u2019s Park Il-kook posted an opening two-under-par 70 to take first round lead at the US$110,000 Ballantine\u2019s Taiwan Championship on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A host of Chinese Taipei players that included Chan Ting-li, Lien Lu-sen, Yeh Wei-tze and Lin Wen-tang kept the local hopes alive after they returned with a 71 to stay one shot back of Park in equal second place.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Lindsay Renolds and England\u2019s Grant Jackson are among the nine players bunched in tied-sixth place after they signed for a 72 at the National Garden Golf Course in Taipei.<\/p>\n<p>The Ballantine\u2019s Taiwan Championship is set to showcase the region\u2019s aspiring professionals on the Asian Development Tour (ADT), which recently received a massive boost when it was awarded Official World Golf Ranking status from 2013 onwards.<\/p>\n<p>With golf returning to the Olympics in 2016, the ADT will become a platform for emerging players from across Asia to have the opportunity to play their way to Rio De Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>From next season, all winners of ADT events will receive a minimum of six World Ranking points while the top-six players and ties will earn points based on a sliding scale.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2010 with the aim of creating a career pathway for professional golfers in Asia, a record total of 12 events will be played this season with the top three finishers on the Order of Merit earning Asian Tour cards for 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leading first round scores<\/strong><br \/>70 PARK Il-kook (KOR)<br \/>71 CHAN Ting-li (TPE), LIEN Lu-sen (TPE), LIN Wen-tang (TPE), YEH Wei-Tze (TPE)<br \/>72 Tommy MANSUWAN (THA), HSU Mong-nan (TPE), Lindsay RENOLDS (CAN), Grant JACKSON (ENG), LIN Chie Hsiang (TPE), HSIEH Chi-hsien (TPE), Greg MOSS (USA), SUNG Mao-chang (TPE).<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taipei: Korea\u2019s Park Il-kook posted an opening two-under-par 70 to take first round lead at the US$110,000 Ballantine\u2019s Taiwan Championship on Thursday. 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