Singapore, Oct 2 (PTI) :

Young Honey Baisoya and national champion Seenappa Chikkrangappa finished as the best Indians in the 46th place with a total of seven-over 295 at the end of the Asian Amateur Golf Championships here today.

Baisoya carded 74 and Chikkra returned 73. The other Indians had a less than a happy day. Trishul Chinappa (74) ended tied 53rd at nine-over 297 and Angad Cheema, the only Indian to return a under-par card on any of the days, had a final round of 74. He finished at 10-over 298 and in 54th place.In the first, Cheema shot 71, the only time any of the six Indians had a sub-par round.

Khalin Joshi and Abhijit Chadha carded 76 each, but Joshi was tied 58th at 11-over and Chadha ended 61st at 15-over.Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama successfully defended his Asian Amateur Championship with a superb final round of 67 for a total of 18-under at The Singapore Island Country Club.

The 19-year-old defending champion, who won the title in Japan last year, was one shot clear of South Korea�s Lee Soo-min, who signed for the lowest score of the week after a birdie on the 18th hole secured a round of 64. The win means a return to the Masters Tournament in April for Matsuyama, where he made history last year by becoming the first Asian golfer to win the Silver Cup for low amateur.

Matsuyama finished T-27 at last year’s Masters to record the third best finish ever by an international amateur. Overnight leader Ben Campbell stayed in touch with the winner after recovering from a difficult start to shoot 70 and finish in third place at 16-under thanks to late birdies on holes 16 and 17. Although Lee missed out on the title, he, as runner-up, will join Matsuyama in International Final Qualifying for The Open Championship 2012.The fourth Asian Amateur Championship will be staged at Amata Spring Country Club in Chonburi, southeast of Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok, from November 1�4 next year

source: http://www.ibnlive.in.com/ PTI / September 28th, 2011