{"id":1229115,"date":"2023-02-10T19:04:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/?p=1229115"},"modified":"2023-02-10T19:17:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:17:16","slug":"singapore-classic-2023-r2-chinese-amateur-takes-share-of-the-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/singapore-classic-2023-r2-chinese-amateur-takes-share-of-the-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese amateur takes share of the lead in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>19-year-old Chinese amateur Ding Wenyi carded two eagles, two birdies and a bogey to join overnight leader Tom McKibbin in the lead at 11-under before play was suspended overnight due to fading light.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Zhang Lian Wei became the first Chinese winner on Tour back in 2003 when he won in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>18-year-old, Ding Wenyi, is looking to follow suit this weekend \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SingaporeClassic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SingaporeClassic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hF0SJLI2xo\">pic.twitter.com\/hF0SJLI2xo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/1624038521991225346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Play was suspended for an hour in the afternoon due to flooded greens. Round 2 will resume at 0815 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\"I played very nicely most of the day, especially the front nine. A little bit colder on the back, overall a pretty good day,\" said McKibbin.<\/p>\n<p>\"I just hoped we would finish it off. I didn\u2019t fancy coming back early in the morning to hit three shots, very happy we managed it.<\/p>\n<p>\"I\u2019m looking forward to it. Hopefully go out and play some of my own golf, concentrate well and see how it goes.\"<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;What a shot that is!&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tommckibbin8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@tommckibbin8<\/a> is picking up where he left off yesterday \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SingaporeClassic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SingaporeClassic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zhJhvRI7Zc\">pic.twitter.com\/zhJhvRI7Zc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DPWorldTour\/status\/1623928500460695553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Northern Ireland's McKibbin closed with a 69 after the delay while Ding still has four holes to play.<\/p>\n<p>Germany<a href=\"https:\/\/golftoday.co.uk\/singapore-classic-2023-r1-tom-mckibbin-takes-opening-lead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">'<\/a>s Marcel Schneider (67) and England<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfTodayUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">'<\/a>s Andy Sullivan (65) are tied in third at 10-under ahead of a group of eight players tied for fifth at 9-under among them Scotland's Scott Jamieson and England's Nathan Kimsey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore Classic R2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1230516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[98,9295,88,9323,89,90,91,92,893,9322,4450,94],"class_list":["post-1229115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dp-world-tour","category-the_tours","tag-dp-world-tour","tag-february-2023","tag-golf-news","tag-laguna-national-golf-resort-club","tag-news","tag-reports","tag-results","tag-scores","tag-singapore","tag-singapore-classic","tag-tom-mckibbin","tag-tournament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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