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Rattanon steals Ratchanon thunder with closing eagle

Rattanon Wannasrichan plays a shot in the second round of the Singapore International on Friday. (AFP photo)

SINGAPORE: Thailand’s Rattanon Wannasrichan sensationally eagled the 626-yard par-five 18th to take the lead after the second round in the Singapore International at Tanah Merah Country Club yesterday.

The 26-year-old fired a six-under-par 66 for a two-shot lead, on 139, over Ratchanon Chantananuwat, Thailand’s 14-year-old amateur golf prodigy, and India’s Khalin Joshi.

Ratchanon, nicknamed “TK”, also returned a 66 while first-round leader Joshi carded a 74.

The US$1million tournament is the second last event on the Asian Tour’s 2020-21 season.

On another difficult day on an exacting and windy Tampines Course, Rattanon took some of the attention away from headline grabbing Ratchanon with his…

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