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Deng Claims Inaugural LCS Championship Hong Kong's Boulet denied victory following playoff loss
D
ominique Boulet bogeyed the first extra hole of a sudden death playoff to lose out to China's Deng Yong-hong at the inaugural Le Coq Sportif Golf Championship in mid-June. The Hong Kong veteran, who carded rounds of 70 and 73 over the North Course at Kau Sai Chau to tie Deng in regulation play, failed to get up and down from in front of the eighteenth green to narrowly miss out on the HK$100,000 first prize. Deng, a China Tour player, scooped the title after making a gutsy par save from a fairway bunker. "It was a disappointing way to finish," said Boulet, who now spends more time commentating on the Asian Tour than he does playing. "I didn't putt particularly great coming down the stretch, but Deng did well in the playoff. He made a great par when it mattered most." In a closely fought finish to the HK$800,000 championship, Chris Tang was one shot out of the playoff after ending on a two-day total of 144 (level par). Derek Fung and Grant Gibson placed fourth, while Hong Kong Professional Golf Association President Wilson Choy earned solo sixth. Amateur Steven Lam tied for 12th, alongside HKPGA trainee Jimmy Ko. In addition to the prize money, Le Coq Sportif, represented by Hong Kong Descente Trading Ltd, the event organizers, donated HK$15,600 to the HKPGA's Junior Golf Programme.
Leaderboard 1 2 3 4= 6 7= 9 10
DENG Yong-hong* Dominique BOULET Chris TANG Derek FUNG Grant GIBSON Wilson CHOY WONG Woon-man YAU Siu-ming YUAN Tin TANG Man-kee
69-74 70-73 73-71 73-72 73-72 74-72 73-74 77-70 75-73 73-76
143 143 144 145 145 146 147 147 148 149
A full list of results can be found at www.lcsgolfchampionship.com
Kau Sai Chau Climax (clockwise from top): Dominique Boulet in action; Deng holes the winning putt; the champion receiving his trophy; Jimmy Ko and Wilson Choy shake hands on the final green. 56
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