Jazz strikes winning note to lift Singapore title


  • Golf
  • Sunday, 20 Jan 2019

FILE PHOTO: Golf - The 147th Open Championship - Carnoustie, Britain - July 17, 2018 Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond in action during the practice round REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff

(Reuters) - Thailand's Jazz Janewattananond fired a blistering round of six-under-par 65 to win the Singapore Open on Sunday, while also securing a spot at the British Open for a second consecutive year.

The 23-year-old carded seven birdies, including five on the front nine, to finish 18-under overall, two shots ahead of Japan's overnight leader Yoshinori Fujimoto and world number 24 Paul Casey.

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