Once again, bad weather took the shine off a beautiful day of golf when it prevented the third round of the Toyota Tour Championship from being completed at Saujana Golf & Country Club, with 27 players having to return to the Palm course and continue from 7.15 in the morning.
The clubhouse leader is Nopparat Panichphol of Thailand who shot a 69 for a three-day aggregate of six-under 210 to lead Malaysia’s Paul San and Pakistan star Ahmad Baig by a stroke. Bunched together a further stroke behind were four players including Malaysian Danial Faidz.
However the highlight of the day was the hole-in-one by Suttinon Panyo who aced the second hole, reckoned as one of the toughest par threes in the region. It was the fourth hole-in-one achieved on the 2023 Toyota Tour, organised by PGM and delivered by MST Golf Group.
Galven Green of Malaysia looking for his first ADT win
Suttinon, involved in a battle royale with Malaysia’s Galven Green in the final group, used a five-iron for his first ace outside of Thailand where he is ranked ninth. After 15 holes, the Thai leads Green by two strokes with an eagle (hole-in-one), three birdies and a bogey and is at minus 12.
Green started his third round brightly, with four birdies in his opening nine holes and led his Thai opponent by a stroke. Then Green bogeyed 10th, 13th and doubled the 14th. He stopped the rot with a birdie on the next hole.
Khalin Joshi who also has three holes to go in the morning, is just one stroke behind Galven. The Indian professional started with a bogey on the first hole but added five birdies along the way.
Ahmad Baig of Pakistan
Golf fans at Saujana will be able to enjoy a “mini fan zone” experience as Puma are promoting its latest line of golf shoes and while TaylorMade are organising chipping and putting competitions on the practice green.
There is no admission fee to watch the Toyota Tour Championship. Spectators will also be treated to complimentary merchandise items.
Leading scores (Rd 3)
210 Nopparat Panichphol 73-68-69
211 Paul San 72-69-70, Ahmad Baig 71-70-70
212 Muhammad Danial Faidz 71-72-69, Ekpharit Wu 73-67-72, Supravee Phatam 74-71-67, Tawit Polthai 71-72-69
213 Peradol Panyathanasedh 74-68-71, Shinichi Mizuno 70-70-73, Oscar Zetterwall 71-69-73, Michele Ortolani 68-73-72
