Nguyen Anh Minh of Vietnam (right) and Yu Chun Chen of Taiwan pose with their trophies of the 31st Taiwan Amateur Golf Championship 2024 on April 12 in Kaohsiung city. (Photo of VGA) The last round was also the best round of the 17-year-old golfer atthe Kaohsiung Golf & Country Club golf course in Taiwan (China).
Setting a four-point gap against his nearest rivals, Minh wascomfortable beginning the day. In the front nine holes, he took two birdies andtwo bogeys to extend the gap to five points to his rivals.
The teenager continued bagging two more birdies and five even parsin the back nine holes to have 2-under 70 result, making his final score of3-under 285.
Cheng-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan, despite of his strong effort, could notcatch up with Minh. He came second with 2-over 290.
Indonesia’s Randy made a big jump from No 5 after round threeto No 3 overall with 6-over 294.
According to Vietnam's coaching board, it was a huge progress ofthe player in this tournament as he placed fifth last year. Minh's victorywould push him much higher in the world ranking in the next release.
On the women's side, Le Chuc An of Vietnam also had her best roundof the tournament, raising from No 23 to No 14 with 22-over 310.
Yu Chun Chen of Taiwan took the title with 3-under 285. She had aperfect day, scoring 5-under 67 in the last day to overcome round three'sleader Kim Shihyun of the Republic of Korea. Kim scored even par 288.
The third place went to Amy Im of New Zealand who recorded8-over 296./.
VNA
