Foreign golfers break through at VGA Tour Championship 2022
The Australian golfer scored seven birdies, only one bogey, and scored the deepest negative in round 2 (-6) and from the beginning of the tournament. And thanks to the birdie of the 18th hole, Troy finished the round with 66 strokes, thereby breaking his own record of 18 holes on the VGA Tour 2022 owned by him and Nguyen Huu Quyet, at 67 strokes.
The old record was set by Troy in the final round of Vietnam Open in September, and was caught up by Huu Quyet a month later, in the second round of Vietnam Masters. Both men were crowned champions in these two tournaments.
In the opening season of the professional arena with the name of VGA Tour, the Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) uses par72 for the entire schedule of five tournaments, including the grand final of the Tour Championship at Thanh Lanh Valley Golf & Resort, Vinh Phuc. . This award is considered as a big final to find the champion of the whole arena, with a bonus fund of 1.5 billion VND, of which 500 million VND is for the champion. Competitors will race for points through 4 laps, without cutting out.
The event is only for the top 30 pooled scoreboards, converted according to achievements through four stages, including Lexus Challenge, Vietnam National Championship, Vietnam Open, Vietnam Masters. After the penultimate stage, the top 3 respectively include Nguyen Huu Quyet, Joel Troy and Do Hong Giang.
Through two rounds of Tour Championship, Troy monopolized the top of the table (point -5), while Hong Giang ranked sixth (+4), while Huu Quyet was in T13 (+9).
Troy is five strokes away from the deadliest fighter – Park Jung Min. Right after Park Jung Min is Brian Jung (+2), and T4 (+3) has Dinh Song Hai and Doan Van Dinh.
In the first round, only Van Dinh got a negative score (-2) and thus occupied the top of the table. In the second round, the former national amateur champion 2012 dropped to form, hit 77 strokes, and in the end, four players scored negative, including Troy -6, Jay Park and Park Sang Ho with -3 and Song. Comedy -1. Particularly Park Sang Ho does not bogey. Jay Park is at T16 (+10), Park Sang Ho is at T7 (+7).
