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Choi holds halfway lead at OneAsia school

Xinhua, March 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Australian Michael Choi took control of the OneAsia Qualifying School on Day 2 after shooting a one-over-par 72 on Wednesday.

He leads the tournament on one-under-par 141 at Sutera Harbor Golf and Country Club by a stroke from South Koreans Lee Hogeon and Youm Eunho, who both carded 70.

First round leader Park Jinwoo from South Korea came in with a 76 to sit in fourth position with Australian Jamie Arnold, who fired a 74.

Choi, aged 32, went out in four-under with birdies on one, two, six and nine to storm into the lead. However, he struggled on the homeward stretch shooting five-over-par 40 due in part to two doubles.

Rising Australian star Antonio Murdaca carded a 71 and is four off the lead.

Murdaca turned professional last year after a fine amateur career highlighted by victory in the 2014 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship and the Australian Boys Amateur the year before.

The 72-hole qualifying school will finish on Friday.

OneAsia will stage at least nine events this year with the winner of the Qualifying School eligible for all tournaments while players ranked second and third will be exempt for most events.

Players finishing from fourth to 20th spot will be eligible for membership and be exempt for some tournaments.

In addition, graduates will gain even greater access to tournament golf in the region following an exciting new tie up with the ASEAN PGA Tour.

The top-15 from the Qualifying School will be eligible to play in four ASEAN PGA events played in Thailand in 2016, namely the Singha Hua Hin Open, the Singha Pattaya Open, the Singha Esan Open and the Singha Phuket Open. Endit