{"id":9881,"date":"2011-08-06T03:08:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-06T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-06T03:08:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-06T03:08:35","slug":"Singapore-takes-lead-in-World-Cup-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9881","title":{"rendered":"Singapore takes lead in World Cup qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singapore’s Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat shot a five-under-par 66 yesterday<\/strong> to stay on track for a fifth World Cup appearance but India closed the gap to one shot in Asian qualifying.<\/p>\n

The duo fired six birdies and had one bogey in the third round’s fourball format but India’s rising stars Gaganjeet Bhullar and Anirban Lahiri had two eagles in a flawless 64 at the Seri Selangor Golf Club in Malaysia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Seventeen two-man teams have teed-up with the aim of becoming one of three countries to join top golfers at the 28-nation biennial Omega Mission Hills World Cup, which will take place November 24-27 at Hainan Island in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lam and Mardan, with a 14-under-par 199 total, are five shots clear from Malaysia and New Zealand who lie in joint third place but they are not taking their lead for granted.<\/p>\n

Lahiri, aiming to qualify for his first World Cup with Bhullar, fired the team’s first eagle of the day on the par five fifth before Bhullar sank a second eagle on the 13th from six feet.<\/p>\n

Malaysia’s pairing of Shaaban Hussin and Iain Steel bounced back with a superb 63 for a 204 total<\/strong> to share third with New Zealand’s Michael Hendry and Gareth Paddison, who returned a 64.<\/p>\n

The veteran team of Mars Pucay and Antonio Lascuna of the Philippines posted a brilliant 63 to surge up to tied fifth on the leader board with Koreans Kim Hyung-sung and Park Sung-joon (67) on 206<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Third round totals, after play on Friday (see below):<\/strong>
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\n199 – Singapore (Lam Chih-Bing, Mardan Mamat) 63-70-66<\/p>\n

200 – India (Gaganjeet Bhullar, Anirban Lahiri) 67-69-64<\/p>\n

204 – Malaysia (Iain Steel, Shaaban Hussin) 64-77-63, New Zealand (Michael Hendry, Gareth Paddison) 65-75-64<\/p>\n

206 – Philippines (Mars Pucay, Antonio Lascuna) 70-73-63, Korea (Kim Hyung-Sung, Park Sung-Joon) 70-69-67<\/p>\n

210 – Pakistan (Muhammad Munir, Mohd Shabbir Iqbal) 68-76-66, Sri Lanka (Anura Rohana, Mithun Perera) 70-70-70<\/p>\n

215 – Myanmar (Zaw Moe, Nay Bala Win Myint) 66-84-65<\/p>\n

216 – Indonesia (Burhan Bora, Hardjito) 73-75-68, Taiwan (Tseng Hua-yen, Lin Kuan Po) 68-79-69 220 – Hong Kong (Wong Woon-Man, William Fung) 73-78-69<\/p>\n

222 – Vietnam (Michael Tran, Nguyen Thai Duong) 76-78-68, Ghana (Stephen Kwame Klah, Godwin Sai 77-76-69 226<\/p>\n

Senegal (Gueye Diadji, Niang Samba) 74-83-69<\/p>\n

236 – Brunei (Pengiran Hassanal, Moksin Jinaidi) 78-83-75<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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