DP World Tour Thailand Classic Final Round 4
‘Veteran’ Wang Jeong-hoon breaks into the ‘Top 10’.
On the 19th, Wang Jeong-hoon finished 8th (16-under 272) by adding a 2-under 70 in the final 4th round of the DP World Tour (formerly European Tour) Thailand Classic (total prize money $2 million) held at Amata Spring Country Club (par 72, 7,505 yards) in Chonburi, Bangkok, Thailand. Following a tie for 3rd place at last week’s Singapore Classic, this marks his second consecutive ‘Top 10’ finish in two tournaments.
Starting from a tie for 5th place, 4 strokes behind the leader, Wang carded 5 birdies and 3 bogeys. Although he had a shaky start with bogeys on the 2nd hole (par 5) and 5th hole (par 3), he recovered all lost strokes with consecutive birdies on the 10th and 11th holes. A bogey on the 12th hole (par 4) was immediately ‘bounced back’ with a birdie on the 13th hole (par 3), and consecutive birdies on the 15th and 16th holes helped him climb the leaderboard.
Wang Jeong-hoon is a player who has claimed three victories on the European stage, including the 2016 Hassan II Trophy and Mauritius Open, and the 2017 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. He enlisted in the military in February 2021, was discharged in July 2022, and returned to the DP World Tour this year.
Thorbjørn Olesen (Denmark) surged with a 6-under round to secure a commanding 4-stroke victory (24-under 264). This is his 7th career win, coming 9 months after his victory at the Betfred British Masters in May last year. Olesen was charged with sexual assault of a woman and excessive consumption of alcohol and sleeping pills on a flight after the 2019 World Golf Championships (WGC) St. Jude Invitational held in Tennessee, USA. His tour eligibility was suspended following the incident, but he was acquitted by a jury verdict in December last year and has since returned to the tour.
Yannick Paul (Germany) finished 2nd (20-under 268), Joost Luiten (Netherlands) tied for 3rd (18-under 270), and Rafa Cabrera Bello (Spain) along with Nikolaj Højgaard (Denmark), famous as the ‘twin golfers,’ tied for 5th (17-under 271). Sami V?lim?ki (Finland), runner-up at the Singapore Classic, struggled with a 1-over par and finished tied for 22nd (11-under 277).
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