PETALING JAYA: It was a Swede day for rookie Malcolm Kokocinski as he shot a three-under 69 to share the third round lead with Zaw Moe of Myanmar and Japan’s Mitsuhiko Hashizume at the PGM CCM Rahman Putra Masters.
The Swede produced a flawless round to tie with veteran Zaw Moe and joint-overnight leader Hashizume, who shot a 67 and 72 respectively, in the US$65,000 (RM200,000) Asian Development Tour event at the Rahman Putra Golf and Country Club in Sungai Buloh yesterday.
The trio, leading on eight-under 208, are a shot ahead of Singapore’s highly-rated Quincy Quek (70) and local hope R. Nachimuthu (72), the 2011 PGM Tour number one.
After missing the grade at the Asian Tour Qualifying School last week, Kokocinski is aiming for his first professional win after joining the play-for-pay ranks four months ago.
“This is my first time playing in Asia and I’m really enjoying it. I’ve been putting pretty good and that was my main focus. I kept calm and didn’t make any bogeys. It was a good round,” he said.
The 21-year-old may be a newcomer in Asia but he swiftly acclimatised to the humidity and was rewarded with three birdies on holes No. 5, 10 and 11.
“I think Asia is a nice place to play in. The people are nice and the weather is really good because it’s freezing back home now! The ADT has world ranking points … so that’s an extra benefit for players who do well,” said Kokocinski.
Veteran Myanmar golfer Zaw Moe got off to a flying start, shooting four-under at the turn before adding two more birdies against one bogey in his homeward nine to charge up the leaderboard.
The 45-year-old, who is playing on a sponsor’s invite, made a slight change to his swing during the Asian Tour’s off season and the tinkering has paid dividends.
“I hit it quite close and made some putts. I made some changes to my swing but I’m not that comfortable on the course yet. Hopefully, I can keep the momentum going,” he said.
Joint overnight leader Iain Steel of Malaysia slipped back to a share of sixth spot after posting a two-over 74.
Swede produces flawless round for a share of the lead
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