The Golfzon Vietnam Championship 2023 Final Round officially kicked off this morning, August 19, at Golfzon Park Grand Plaza, Hanoi. 24 professional athletes and 6 amateur athletes competed on the Champion Course – Phoenix Golf Resort in a 36-hole stroke play format (2 rounds) to compete for the championship worth 120 million VND and share a prize pool of up to 600 million VND.
The Phoenix Champion Course created many difficulties and challenges for the athletes on the first day of competition. The results did not have any athlete achieving a negative score. The leader is professional athlete Le Anh Duc with a result (+2), followed closely by Dao Van Hoan and Hana Kang (Sung Thi Xu) with a result (+3).
Athlete Le Anh Duc leads after the first day of competition.
For most of the first day, the leading position on the rankings belonged to female players, and Hana Kang. The 29-year-old golfer showed that she was not inferior to her male colleagues in terms of driving distance, and was even more stable. After the first 9 holes, thanks to 2 birdies and 1 bogey, Hana rose to the lead with -1 stroke. However, in the next 9 holes, unfortunate bogeys at holes 10, 12, 16 and 17 caused the female golfer to drop to 2nd place with a total score of 75 strokes +3 with golfer Dao Van Hoan.
Hana's decline created an opportunity for athlete Le Anh Duc to officially rise to the top spot with a result of 74 strokes +2. Le Anh Duc scored 04 birdies but he had 03 bogeys and 01 double bogey. Meanwhile, some other notable professional faces did not have good results on the first day of competition.
Qualifier leader Lo Anh Van scored +5 and tied for 6th place with Tran Van Hoang and Pham Dong Dung; Top 1 of VGA Tour 2023 rankings Truong Chi Quan currently scored 83 strokes and tied for 15th place. In the amateur rankings, golfer Tran Duc Anh temporarily leads with a result of +5 strokes, followed by golfer Nguyen Hai Ngoc with +7 strokes.
The two leading athletes in the Qualifying Round, Van Thanh Binh and Lai Nghiep Long, are currently tied for 5th place. The second and final day of the Golfzon Championship Vietnam 2023 Finals will take place at 3:00 p.m. on August 20. The awards ceremony will take place at 6:00 p.m. on the same day. The close score gap and challenges at the Phoenix Champion Course promise dramatic, pressure-filled competitions and chases.
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