BARCLAYS SINGAPORE OPEN RELATED STORIES Barclays Singapore Open home page Barclays Singapore Open Preview Six to watch this week Round 1: Mickelson in the hunt despite wayward driving Round 2: Liang on cut line waits to know his fate Round 2: Cabrera powers into the lead with 63 Round 3: Amateur Quek is leading local hope Round 3: Cabrera opens up four shot lead Round 4: Cabrera outduels Vijay to win by one Final Scores & Prize Money About the Sentosa Serapong course Choi looks to the gallery to sharpen his game Scott has a shot at historic hat trick Chapchai to play with Mickelson and Scott Final trio qualify after six-way playoff Boulet will call the shots, not hit them Mardan aiming for his "major" title Mickelson brings new swing to Singapore Teenager, veterans & amateur among qualifiers Zhang looking for second Singapore success Liang looks to putting tip for Singapore success Galaxy of Asian stars for Singapore Open Record numbers for Singapore Open qualifying Prom aiming at Singapore top three finish Liang is confident of victory in Singapore Open O'Hern and Schwartzel for Singapore Open Japanese duo earn Singapore Open berths British Master Westwood to play Singapore Open Charles Howell III joins Singapore Open field KJ Choi joins Singapore Open field Mickelson to tee up at Singapore Open Angel Cabrera to play Singapore Open Singapore Open introduces regional qualifying 2006 Barclays Singapore Open home page Full details of Sentosa Golf Club ASIAN GOLF TODAY TOP STORIES Ben Leong claims maiden victory PGA: Jeev and Wi tie for ninth Prom targets Thai win in Brunei Shin Ji-yai takes Women's British Open Asian Tour starts 2nd half on a high Norman to play 2009 Johnnie Walker Mission Hills to host AP Summit GOLF TODAY TOP STORIES Paul Azinger names US wildcards Faldo chooses Casey and Poulter Havret gains wire to wire Gleneagles win Sluman clinches First Tee Open with closing 67 Fallout continues over LPGA "English" rule Poulter chooses high risk Ryder Cup strategy

Amateur Quek is leading local hope

Singapore amateur Quincy Quek is enjoying a fairy-tale run at the Barclays Singapore Open where he is the leading local player after a brutal third round on Saturday.

The 20-year old Quek returned in the morning to complete his weather-disrupted second round in three-under-par 68 which placed him in tied seventh place, one shot ahead of big guns Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and Choi Kyung-ju.

After a two-hour break, the slightly-built Singaporean was out at the Sentosa Golf Club’s Serapong Course again and battled to a third round 76 which saw him slip back to a share of 17th place on two-over-par 215.

He was tied with Choi, a six-time winner on the US PGA Tour and he got his wish of a final round pairing with the Korean world number nine.

“I’m pretty excited, pretty happy to be playing this weekend. I’m even ahead of many of the world’s best and that’s really a great achievement,” said Quek who earned his berth in the elite championship after winning the Singapore National Amateur Championship in August.

Quek dropped five bogeys in a sun-baked third round and failed to sink any birdies, a sharp contrast to his second round effort which he sank six birdies. However, the affable Quek is just contented to enjoy the experience and his magical run in Asia’s richest national Open, after failing to make the cuts in his first two appearances.

“I’m really excited to go out there today and just enjoy the round. It was tough out there this afternoon. The winds blew quite hard and a couple of putts just didn’t drop. However it’s still a great experience. Two over par after three rounds and with 18 more holes to go. It’s pretty awesome!” said an excited Quek.

On his thoughts and chances for the final day tomorrow, Quek said: “I just want to go out there and do my best. I’ll be carrying the flag and hopefully I can do Singapore proud.”

The only other Singaporean player who qualified for the weekend rounds was Lam Chih Bing, who ended the third day in tied 47th place on 221.

November 3, 2007