HOUSE OF THE WEEK
Ideal rental for small family
THIS one-storey, 1225 square-foot house in Tarmwe township is ideal for a small family. Located a convenient 20 minutes from downtown in Nat Chaung Street, off Kyaikkansan Road, it also has a compound of 4800 square feet, a rare size for the location, and well worth the K200,000 monthly rental. more
Young gun steals Maybank Open
KUALA LUMPUR – Korean teen sensation Noh Seung-yul secured a dramatic one-stroke victory over illustrious countryman K.J. Choi at the Maybank Malaysian Open after pulling off an audacious final-hole birdie on March 7.
The 18-year-old Noh produced the unlikeliest of birdies at the par five 634-yard 18th hole to close out the US$2 million Asian Tour event with a final round four-under-par 68 and a 14-under-par 274 winning aggregate.
“This is more special than my first win,” said Noh, who was triumphant at the 2008 Midea China Classic en route to becoming the Asian Tour’s Rookie of the Year that season.
Standing on the 634-yard 18th tee with a one stroke advantage over Choi, Soren Hansen, Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Rhys Davies, Noh hooked his drive wildly onto the 10th fairway.
With Choi and Hansen playing in front of him, and Aphibarnrat and Davies playing alongside him, Noh was under huge pressure as he fired his drive miles left off the tee.
His three wood second shot also stayed well left, flying to the left of the 18th green and eventually coming to rest on a concrete cart path 30 yards from the green. As spectators flocked around his ball, Choi, a seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, tied Noh on 13-under with a five foot birdie putt, adding to the pressure on Noh.
After being granted relief from the cart path, the young Korean stayed cool and hit a sublime chip over the left-hand bunker to within 18 inches of the hole, sending the crowd into rapturous applause before tapping in for his second Asian Tour and maiden European Tour success.
– AFP
