HONG KONG, 26 Sept 2016, (HK Golfer News Wire) - With only four shots separating the top eight players, the 16-year-old won by a single stroke and earns a professional start in the 2017 Hong Kong Ladies Open at Fanling.
Joint leader going into the third and final round, Tseng carded a four-over 75 in windy conditions to finish on 224, one ahead of compatriot Chen Hsuan and Bernice Olivarez-Ilas of The Philippines who fired the tournament-low round of 71 on day two. The Hong Kong duo of Hu Jing and Queenie Lai Ying-Tung were the leading locals, finishing only four shots back on 228 in a tie for seventh.
Having topped an international field that included more than 80 amateur golfers from 10 different countries, Tseng will now return to Hong Kong to take on the professionals. As winner of the national Ladies Open Amateur Championship, the Taiwanese teen receives an exemption from the Hong Kong Golf Club into next year’s Hong Kong Ladies Open.
In the Mid-Amateur Championship for players aged over 25, Alice Karr and Haj Wilcox, both from Hong Kong, took the Division 1 and Division 2 titles respectively.
Leading final scores:
224 – Tseng Tsai-Ching (TPE) 76 73 75; 225 – Chen Hsuan (TPE) 78 74 73, Bernice Olivarez-Ilas (PHI) 80 71 74; 226 – Chou Tzu-Yu (TPE) 76 73 77; 227 – Huang Yu-Ping (TPE) 75 77 75, Sofia Chabon (PHI) 78 74 75; 228 – Hu Jing (HKG) 81 72 75, Queenie Lai Ying-Tung (HKG) 78 74 76; 230 – Selina Li Yuen-Yuet (HKG) 79 75 76, Lin Jie-En (TPE) 79 74
