{"id":9907,"date":"2012-09-10T11:35:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T11:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9907"},"modified":"2012-09-10T11:35:07","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T11:35:07","slug":"tran-finds-new-love-for-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9907","title":{"rendered":"Tran finds new love for the game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kuala Lumpur:<\/strong>&nbsp;Vietnam\u2019s Michael Tran has credited his recent inspirational form to some sound advice from his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Tran, Vietnam\u2019s only player on the Asian Tour, performed superbly at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters&nbsp;where he challenged for the title throughout the week before settling for joint third place in the RM1.2 million (approximately US$395,000) event.<\/p>\n<p>It was his first top-five finish in three frustrating seasons for the 22-year-old talent from Ho Chi Minh who was contemplating quitting touring life after losing his sponsor and also finding success hard to come back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came in with no expectations. This was going to be one of my last tournaments. I was just aiming to enjoy the competition and being in the tournament as I wasn\u2019t going to play much next year,\u201d said Tran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis should give me some hope to get into some of the bigger events later this year like Thailand Golf Championship Iskandar Johor Open. If I can get my card by finishing in the top-60, it will change my decision. I\u2019m already into next week\u2019s (this week\u2019s) tournament, the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship in Taipei, so I will play again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said his girlfriend Huynh Ly Dong Phuong, who is a pilot, has given him a fresh outlook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe I\u2019ve found something more than golf. Maybe my girlfriend has helped me a bit. She\u2019s got my mind off things, not to get so much into it (golf). Sometimes if you try too hard, you won\u2019t get the results and it\u2019ll go the other way. I\u2019ve known her for the last few months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, I actually lost my sponsorship deal. It was getting tough to travel. I made some money but I spent it all on travelling. It\u2019s hard to look at what you\u2019re making and what you\u2019re spending. It made me become realistic. This cheque, hopefully it\u2019ll get me through to the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tran displayed some wonderful golf, shooting rounds of 67, 68, 73 and 68, for a 12-under-par total, four behind winner Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand, who secured an unprecedented 14th Asian Tour victory.<\/p>\n<p>His cheque of US$19,377 pushed him up to 62nd place on the Order of Merit, with the top-60 earning full playing rights for 2013.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis course taught me that you can\u2019t overpower it. It\u2019s about ball placement. I think I used less than 10 drivers. I placed my ball and still had good chances for birdies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week taught me about consistency. I played with Thaworn a lot this year. It was nice to play with him in the third round. There wasn\u2019t any pressure. I just had a bad hole in the third round,\u201d Tran said.<\/p>\n<p>He was delighted to fight back in the final round after dropping two double bogeys on his outward nine. He stormed home in 31 to enjoy his best finish yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I made the turn, I saw I had no chance to win. I just said to enjoy the last nine holes and that\u2019s what I did. I stopped trying to force it to happen. I was trying to curve my ball and stuff but the last nine, I just stopped trying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I don\u2019t finish top-60, I may go back to Q-school to get a better status. We\u2019ll see. I will still have my country exemption and I\u2019ll play on that. I may not play all the tournaments. I still like playing the game and my plan was to play less. I may have to change now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kuala Lumpur:&nbsp;Vietnam\u2019s Michael Tran has credited his recent inspirational form to some sound advice from his girlfriend. Tran, Vietnam\u2019s only player on the Asian Tour, performed superbly at the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters&nbsp;where he challenged for the title throughout the week before settling for joint third place in the RM1.2 million (approximately US$395,000) event. 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