74th Singapore Open Amateur Championship

Round 1 

The 74th Singapore Open Amateur Championship (SOAC) is held once again at Tanah Merah Country Club, Tampines Course with a total of 110 participants from 18 countries.

In the men’s division, Thailand’s Sahasawat Ariyachatvakin fired a spectacular six-under 66 to take a five-shot lead over Philippine’s Gabriel Manotoc and Malaysia’s Anson Yeo who both shot 71 (-1).

“It’s a great round, l made a lot of putts today, I think the key is l had a good tee shot and I rolled the ball pretty good,” said Ariyachatvakin. “My expectation for this week is to try to stay in my game and keep the ball in play I’m not thinking about the result that much and try to think shot by shot.”

Singapore’s Inez Ng and Malaysia’s Mirabel Ting shot 71 (-1) to co-lead the ladies’ division. Inez is mentally prepared to kick off her second round well tomorrow. She said, “My ball striking has been good, so hopefully it will be more of the same tomorrow.”

We wish all players the best of luck as they embark on the second round of the SOAC tomorrow!

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