Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Lord of the Putt moves into BOTB lead

LOTP will take a one-shot lead into the final round at Augusta of Asia (RBGCC).

The well above 40-year-old Bruneian, who won DRM Tour 3 times this year, bogeyed the last to fall back few strokes but then watched as his closest rivals also faltered.

Playing with LOTP in the last pairing will be the Recruit - the winner has come from the final group every year since 1990 in PGA Augusta Masters Tour, Will it repeat itself in DRM Tour too?

Either man would be a popular and worthy winner.

Recruit, the 12th DRM Monthly Medal Champion, has never missed a cut in Prize Money if entering the tour, while LOTP, who won his third title at RBA this season, has had several top-five finishes in most of his DRM Tour appearances.
But with 12 players, including the rest of golf's "big five", within four shots of the lead it will not be easy.

Alongside the Recruit, the Freak and the Wizard, who posted a nett score of 86 and 90 respectively, will also try to stop the LOTP.

The Real Deal and Gold Tee Maniac would be forgiven for wondering how they are not playing in the same group as LOTP for the second straight round, but with their new-relaxed (side-bet) approach to golf they are probably not too upset.

The Mad Cat was in excellent shape coming in the tour. But he then was probably too relax whilst playing with his sunglasses through 18 holes.

The Serial showed great character by not giving up and determination not to stay long at the last spot. The Coach also produced some memorable rookie debut by showing his existence in the 12-men group.

Gold Buaya was on fire when playing his practice round on Wednesday, but struggled on the day, dropping a lot of shots to go 11th of the table.
The Fairway Artist back showed a good bounce, as he moved up the ladder and put an attempt to stop the LOTP, only shy of 11 strokes. He will be paired with the Twister, who sang his way down after struggling on most of his shot in RBA.

BOTB camp follower, Loan Shark and Pg Woody showed a classy performance with scores enough to challenge the leader and proved everyone how they deserved to be part of the tour. On the other hand, Smiley is still struggling to find his iron swing.

When asked about the significance of playing in the final group at RBGCC on Saturday, LOTP said: "I didn't give it much credence yesterday, but now I am leading I like that stat. Just wait and see this Saturday ...hope everybody will give a good fight. That is my main aim”. He smiled.

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