KING FOR A DAY
Chester King of the Philippines (pictured) dominated the first
round of the Singapore Open Men's Masters Thursday afternoon, averaging 225 at
the halfway stage and holding just a five pin buffer over Malaysia's Zulmazran
Zulkifli after the first eight of 16 games.
King hit a high game of 269 in this block and had six games over 200, just 182s
in the sixth and eighth games spoiling the over-par run.
Zulkifli was in sixth place after the first four games but a run of 225, 241,
198 and 245 brought him up to second place.
Whilst the Malaysians played snakes and ladders, those on the downward trend
included the ebullient Tim Mack and Sean Rash of the United States who both
dropped three places after a promising opening four games, Mack to sixth and
Rash to eighth.
Defending champion Dino Castillo of the United States is not faring so well this
year. Currently in 27th place, the personable Texan only hit four games above
200 and had a low of 168.
Nobody has so far added to the pair of 300 games hit in the qualifying rounds by
Dino Castillo of the United States and Cecilia Yap of the Philippines, today's
high game so far being rolled by Y C Lin of Chinese Taipei with a 278.
The top six players after the 16 games will qualify for Friday evening's
Stepladder Final.
Pic courtesy of Sidney Tung, MTBC.
UPDATED STANDINGS AFTER 10 OF 16 GAMES:
Al Muraikhi takes over pole position and
King is relegated to third place after this
morning's opening two games. Two-handed delivery
Belmonte sneaks into third place. Mack clings on
to sixth place, the cut for the stepladder
final. UPDATED STANDINGS AFTER 12 OF 16
GAMES:
Al Muraikhi consolidates his lead and a 246
and 247 from Tim Mack brings him into second
place. Overnight leader King has now dropped to
ninth place. A second American, Sean Rash slips
into sixth place. UPDATED STANDINGS AFTER
14 OF 16 GAMES:
Now it's the ebullient Tim Mack leading the
pack, taking over from Al Muraikhi with a 266
and 247 over the last two games. Aussie Belmonte
comes into second and Rash is up to fourth. Five
nations are represented in the top six right
now. MEN'S MASTERS - FINAL STANDINGS:
Top six qualify for Stepladder Final Tim
Mack continued his strikefest over the final two
games to consolidate his position as top seed
for the Stepladder Final later today.
Despite hitting 249 and 194 over the final
hurdles, the sad story is for Sultan Abdullah of
the UAE who dropped from fourth to eighth place
and out of the final as Daniel Lim's 226 and 256
brought him up to sixth.
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37th SINGAPORE OPEN
2004 |
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Victor's SuperBowl |
|
Men's Open - Master's Finals |
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S/NO |
NAME |
C'TRY |
FINALS DAY |
|
|
1st Block |
2nd Block |
FINALS |
|
Total |
Hi Game |
Avg |
G1 |
G2 |
G3 |
G4 |
G5 |
G6 |
G7 |
G8 |
G9 |
G10 |
G11 |
G12 |
G13 |
G14 |
G15 |
G16 |
Pin Diff |
|
1 |
TIM MACK |
USA |
3621 |
266 |
226 |
199 |
213 |
266 |
246 |
204 |
170 |
229 |
224 |
180 |
232 |
246 |
247 |
266 |
247 |
234 |
218 |
0 |
|
2 |
JASON BELMONTE |
AUST |
3608 |
277 |
225 |
181 |
226 |
224 |
214 |
242 |
219 |
230 |
237 |
259 |
204 |
203 |
203 |
277 |
247 |
215 |
227 |
13 |
|
3 |
MUBARAK AL MURAIKHI |
QTR |
3603 |
268 |
225 |
238 |
195 |
257 |
237 |
221 |
226 |
197 |
213 |
268 |
210 |
190 |
257 |
166 |
217 |
255 |
256 |
5 |
|
4 |
SEAN RASH |
USA |
3544 |
268 |
221 |
244 |
186 |
212 |
252 |
222 |
200 |
223 |
202 |
179 |
217 |
268 |
202 |
241 |
235 |
227 |
234 |
59 |
|
5 |
ADRIAN ANG |
MAL |
3470 |
279 |
216 |
269 |
224 |
217 |
210 |
209 |
203 |
220 |
237 |
173 |
159 |
279 |
236 |
181 |
210 |
247 |
196 |
74 |
|
6 |
DANIEL LIM |
MAL |
3453 |
256 |
215 |
170 |
217 |
238 |
196 |
207 |
226 |
245 |
244 |
200 |
187 |
203 |
237 |
188 |
213 |
226 |
256 |
17 |
|
7 |
AZIDI AMERAN |
MAL |
3434 |
279 |
214 |
212 |
236 |
176 |
210 |
169 |
228 |
168 |
238 |
223 |
186 |
199 |
204 |
255 |
203 |
279 |
248 |
19 |
|
8 |
SULTAN ABDULLAH |
UAE |
3429 |
249 |
214 |
192 |
212 |
198 |
233 |
233 |
243 |
225 |
183 |
191 |
223 |
223 |
246 |
249 |
194 |
182 |
202 |
5 |
|
9 |
SANDRA SAGERAN |
SIN |
3411 |
258 |
213 |
203 |
225 |
211 |
227 |
200 |
258 |
248 |
162 |
183 |
247 |
204 |
170 |
204 |
246 |
203 |
220 |
18 |
|
10 |
CHESTER KING |
PHI |
3408 |
269 |
213 |
235 |
269 |
266 |
213 |
222 |
182 |
236 |
182 |
218 |
212 |
167 |
183 |
188 |
223 |
208 |
204 |
3 |
|
11 |
ZULMAZRAN ZULKIFLI |
MAL |
3397 |
256 |
212 |
189 |
256 |
222 |
224 |
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