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ZIMBABWEAN professional golfers Scott and Kieran Vincent were outstanding at the weekend’s Jakarta International Championship in the Asian Tour.
Scott who had a slow start was too good in the last two rounds where he forced himself into the play-offs with Australian Wade Ormsby.
The finish was Scott’s second runner-up finish this season meaning he has now finished runner-up in his last two Asian Tour events as he was joint second in the Shinhan Donghae Open last month.
His young brother Kieran was in a five way tie with Doyeob Mun, Poom Saksansin, Pavit Tangkamolprasert, Sadom and Kaewkanjana.
Kieran came agonisingly close to making the play-off but also found water on 18 and made a bogey.
For his efforts, Scott pocketed US$220 000 while Kieran got US$86 320.
Australian Wade Ormsby defeated Scott on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to register one of the closest finishes seen on the Asian Tour this season.
He triumphed after making a routine par on the par-four 18th, where Vincent found water with his second shot.
Vincent was attempting to become the first player to win back-to-back events on The International Series having won the International Series Morocco in July.
He said, “I don’t see it as disappointing at all. Wade played great golf, he hung in there and is a well-deserved champion. I had my chances to win, but I don’t think it’s ever fully in my control. I was struggling just to make the cut on day two, and to then have a chance to win on Sunday, I can’t ask for much more than that.”
The Asian Tour has a week off now before the SJM Macao Open and a run of eight successive events to close out the season.
Ormsby moves into fifth place on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and third on The International Series Rankings. Vincent regained the lead over Japan’s Kazuki Higa on the Merit list — who finished in a tie for 33rd this week. He also goes top of The International Series Rankings, leapfrogging Lucas Herbert from Australia.
