Dante Becierra came out cold from an hour-long rain delay and folded up at the backside for an awful 80, finishing sixth in the Singapore Open Amateur Championship ruled by local bet Edgar Oh at the Warren Golf and Country Club in Singapore, Friday.
Becierra moved within one off Oh after four holes when play was suspended due to heavy rain but the top ICTSI-backed bet struggled at resumption of play, hobbling with too many bogeys and a double bogey at the backside and blowing a chance to contend for the crown.
He wound up with a 42 for that 80 and a 299, extending the Philippines’ title drought in this annual event last topped by a Filipino – Michael Bibat – in 2004.
“I suddenly turned cold after a long break and I couldn’t get my rhythm back,” said Becierra in Filipino. “Sayang, I had a chance (to win it).”
He virtually blew that opportunity when he failed to get up-and-down at the par-4 14th, missing a six-foot par putt and on No. 16 when he missed the fairway and Oh hung tough with clutch pars on his way home, holding off Sri Lanka’s Mithun Perera for a two-shot victory on a closing three-over 74 for a 291.
Perera shot a 72 for a 293 while Jerome Ng, also of Singapore, took third place with a 298
after a 75.
Myanmar’s Nay Bala Win shot a 78 and tied for fourth at 298 with last year’s winner Rashid Khan of India, who had a 76.
Justin Limjap made a 79 for a 313 while Brent Sumampong had an 83 for a 323.[pr]
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