RELATED STORIES Tour Championship preview Tour Ch Rd 3: Tiger Woods coasts to 8-shot win Tour Ch Rd 3: Tiger Woods maintains 3-shot lead Tour Ch Rd 2: Tiger Woods takes control with 63 Tour Ch Rd 1: Tim Clark leads with opening 62 Mercedes-Benz Championship preview M-Benz Rd 3: Eagles clinch victory for Hansen M-Benz Rd 3: Bjorn & Hansen share lead M-Benz Rd 2: Soren Hansen takes over lead M-Benz Rd 1: Westwood shoots career low 61 Chawalit strongly placed in Japan Dyson holds onto top three spot at halfway Dyson lying third in Mercedes-Benz MORE ASIAN GOLF NEWS US Open within reach for Thongchai Kataoka believes victory is near Pratt feeling fortunate in Indonesia Australia flying high in Indonesia Vongvanij leads thai charge at Indonesian Masters Els playing well in Indonesia Clarke aims to bounce back in Indonesia Hend looks for success at Indonesian Masters NEWS & TOUR TOP STORIES Nick Faldo receives his Knighthood LPGA wins Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Mickelson raises expectations for 2010 Race to Dubai nears its conclusion Thousands follow Tiger Woods practice round Fans warned about fake Ryder Cup tickets

Chawalit misses out in Japan playoff

Thailand’s Chawalit Plaphol came close to adding a second career title in Japan when he lost in a play-off at the ANA Open on Sunday.

The Asian Tour star was involved in a three-way shoot-out with eventual winner Noria Shinozaki and Yasuharo Imana after the leading trio were tied on seven-under-par 277.

It was Chawalit’s best outing in Japan this year after a season which has seen him miss more cuts than playing in all four rounds. The sweet-swinging Thai, who won the ANA title in 2004, shot rounds of 69, 67, 72 and 69.

Filipino veteran Frankie Minoza settled for a share of 43rd place on 287 following rounds of 69, 69, 74 and 75.

In the Mercedez Benz Championship in Germany, India’s Jeev Milkha Singh, last year’s UBS Order of Merit champion, finished tied 16th with rounds of 72, 70, 72 and 67 for a 281 total. Dane Soren Hansen won the event with his winning total of 271.

Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand, the two-time Asian Tour number one, finished equal 21st after carding rounds of 71, 72, 71 and 68 and was tied with Korea’s Yang Yong-eun, who signed off with a solid 67.

England’s Simon Dyson was further back in tied 37th place on 285, followed by Jyoti Randhawa of India in 57th place and Singaporean Mardan Mamat in 72nd position.

In the Tour Championship in the US, Choi Kyung-ju of Korea finished tied 21st with rounds of 67, 65, 75 and 69 for a 276 total. World number one Tiger Woods claimed his seventh title of the year by a massive eight shots, thanks to a winning aggregate of 23-under-par 257.

Woods also claimed the inaugural FedEx Cup which comes with a US$10 million deferred bonus.

September 17, 2007