Foreign golfers win the grand final of VGA Tour 2022
The tournament took place on the par72 course of Thanh Lanh Valley Golf & Resort, Vinh Phuc.
Troy hit 73-66-70-74 in turn, of which 66 in round 2 - breaking his own record of 18 holes on the VGA Tour 2022 with the old mark of 67.
After the penultimate stage, he monopolized the top of the table at -7, dropping 12 strokes from second place. In the final round, Troy dropped to -3 after 16 holes, due to a birdie but to five bogeys. However, Troy took birdies on both last holes to close the final mark -5 and 11 strokes ahead of T2 including Brian Jung and Truong Chi Quan. In the top 10, besides Chi Quan, there are four more domestic players - Do Hong Giang in T4 (+7), Dinh Song Hai in T6 (+11), Doan Van Dinh in 9th (+12) and Nguyen Van Toan (+13 ).
Troy's reward includes 500 million dong in cash, cup, and five-piece shirt designed according to the model from the Nguyen Dynasty.
"Today, I am very happy. After the match, I immediately called my parents to tell them the good news. And in this victory, there was a lot of support from caddy Nguyen Thao My", Troy shared after the award ceremony. Thao My is also a professional, winning the Lexus Challenge women's group in March.
VGA Tour Championship is considered a great final to find the champion of the entire VGA Tour 2022 arena, when only for the top 30 men's combined scoreboard, converted according to achievements through four stages, including Lexus Challenge, Vietnam National Championship, Vietnam Open, Vietnam Masters. In this calendar, Troy participated in two tournaments, including the first place in the Vietnam Open, in September.
This year, the Vietnam Golf Association (VGA) started to deploy a professional golf tournament system with the name VGA Tour, following the international model in which deciding the championship of the whole system similar to the US PGA Tour with the FedEx table. Cup and Grand Tour Championship final for the top 30 in East Lake, Atlanta. The DP World Tour (the new name of the European Tour) also applies the same way, through the rankings with the same title of the arena, but the closing tournament in Dubai opens to the top 50.
In the start-up season, VGA Tour has a total of 5 prizes from March to the end of the year, and the average bonus fund is equal to or better than the Asian second-place professional system - Asian Development Tour. With financial backing from businesses, the awards are currently associated with two auto brands and three companies in the financial - banking - securities sector.
