Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond signed off from his 2019 Asian Tour season just like the way he started when he cruised to a commanding five-shot victory at the Thailand Masters on Sunday.
It has been a stunning year for the 24-year-old as he triumphed again for the second time in two weeks after closing with a six-under-par 65 at Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club. Jazz got off to a flying start when he won the Asian Tour’s season-opener in Singapore in January and now, 12 months later, he would end the year by capturing his sixth Asian Tour title and fourth this season on home soil.
Jazz’s winning total of 23-under-par 261 at a venue which he won before too meant he will break into the top-40 on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), a target he had set out to achieve at the start of the week.
“It’s a huge honour to win on home soil and especially at an event promoted by the Jaidee Foundation. To be honest, I didn’t expect to win last week as I was not feeling too well as it was really cold in Japan and I had to adjust myself back to the weather conditions in Indonesia,”noted Jazz.
“It is indeed a very good year. I had four wins this year and I ended the year the way I started,” added the 2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner.
Jazz’s compatriot Suradit Yongcharoenchai tried to surmount a late challenge by firing seven birdies and one eagle for a 62 but it was still not enough to catch the 2019 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion on a day where he was simply unstoppable. Suradit settled for joint second place with compatriot Phachara Khongwatmai and Belgium’s Thomas Detry, while American Berry Henson also enjoyed his second top-10 of 2019 with a tied-seventh finish at the Thailand Masters.
Gavin Green finished as the leading Malaysian in T35 place on nine-under-par, followed by his younger amateur brother Galven and Nicholas Fung (T60 on minus-4), and Ben Leong (T71 on minus-2).
Leading Round 4 Scores
261 – Jazz Janewattananond (THA) 69-67-60-65.
266 – Suradit Yongcharoenchai (THA) 67-70-67-62, Phachara Khongwatmai (THA) 66-64-69-67, Thomas Detry (BEL) 63-68-66-69.
267 – Gunn Charoenkul (THA) 65-68-68-66.
268 – Jarin Todd (USA) 67-69-67-65.
269 – Berry Henson (USA) 65-69-70-65, Nicolas Colsaerts (BEL) 68-71-64-66, Suteepat Prateeptienchai (THA) 69-67-65-68, Miguel Tabuena (PHI) 68-68-65-68.
270 – Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND) 67-66-70-67.
271 – Settee Prakongvech (THA) 64-73-69-65, Kyongjun Moon (KOR) 68-66-71-66, Tanapat Pichaikool (am, THA) 68-68-68-67, Kosuke Hamamoto (THA) 68-64-71-68, Wang Wei-hsuan (TPE) 66-67-70-68, Scott Hend (AUS) 68-66-68-69, Panuphol Pittayarat (THA) 67-66-68-70.
