Drysdale In Stunning Turnaround At 2025 Asian Tour Qualifier

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Scotland’s David Drysdale produced a stunning back nine turnaround in his fortunes on day one of the five-round 2025 Asian Tour qualifier at Hua Hin in Thailand.

Drysdale, 49 was out off the 10th tee on the host A/B course at the Lake View Resort but soon was back-pedalling in posting a horror four-over ‘7’ at the par-3 12th hole in his quest to regain his Asian Tour card after a disappointing 2024 season.

It got no better for the affable Scot in dropping shots at the 14th and 17th holes to have covered the outward nine holes with a six-over 40 and staring at the worst possible start he and caddying wife, Vicky could have imagined.

However as we all know golf is a crazy game and as just as it can quickly frustrate the life out of you and it can also just as quickly turn around to be your best friend.

And that is what transpired for the Drysdale’s in birdieing both the first and second holes before a third birdie of the round at the fifth hole on the scorecard and then a stunning hat-trick of birdies commencing from the seventh hole in an inward half of just 30 strokes to get back into red figures at one-under before proudly heading to the clubhouse after one of the couples craziest ‘chalk-and-cheese’ rounds for some time.

So, from making the turn at six-over and at near the bottom of the board in the 206-player field Drysdale brilliantly clawed his way back into a share of 64th place and back in sight of the leading duo at eight-under.

Fellow Scot Marc Warren, and making his debut appearance in seeking Asian Tour membership, posted a level par 71 while Macau-based Scot Ollie Roberts signed for a two-over 73

South Korean Kyungnam Kang and India’s Ajeetesh Sandhu lead the field in posting eight-under 63s with Kang finishing his round eagle, birdie.

“Everything felt good,” said Kang. “All parts of my game worked together. And I got a bit lucky on the last.”

The 41-year-old has been a professional for 20 years and spent most of that time playing on his home tour, where he won on 11 occasions, while he also had a spell on the Japan Golf Tour from 2016 to 2019.

He added: “The Asian Tour is doing so well; I thought it was time to get my card.”

The top-35 and ties after the five rounds will earn 2025 Asian Tour membership.

 

Full scores after round 1 of the 2025 Asian Tour Qualifying School-Final Stage (am – denotes amateur):

63 – Kyungnam Kang (KOR), Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND).
64 – Sean Ramos (PHI).
65 – Doyeob Mun (KOR), Jack Thompson (AUS), Miguel Carballo (ARG), Flint Bekkers (USA), Niklas Regner (AUT).
66 – Zach Murray (AUS), Manav Shah (USA), Taiki Yoshida (JPN).
67 – Sunkyu Baek (USA), Michele Ortolani (ITA), Wang Wei-hsuan (TPE), Yosuke Asaji (JPN), Agustin Errazuriz (CHI), Dominic Foos (GER), Khemkhon Limbhasut (THA), Karandeep Kochhar (IND), Darcy Brereton (AUS), Brett Rankin (AUS), Ervin Chang (MAS), Yu Sung-po (TPE), Carl Jano Corpus (PHI), Taiga Sugihara (JPN), Christopher Hickman (USA).
68 – Sam Broadhurst (ENG), Ekpharit Wu (THA), Shahriffuddin Ariffin (MAS), Berry Henson (USA), Siddikur Rahman (BAN), Liu Yanwei (CHN), Denzel Ieremia (NZL), Paul Dunne (IRL), Julien Sale (FRA), Settee Prakongvech (THA), George Kneiser (USA), Yusaku Hosono (JPN), Marcus Fraser (AUS), Keita Okada (am, JPN), Tyler Wood (NZL), Su Ching-hung (TPE), Pukhraj Singh Gill (IND).
69 – Taiko Nishiyama (JPN), Carlos Pigem (ESP), Wu Ashun (CHN), Yuki Shino (JPN), Luis Carrera (MEX), Kuangyu Chen (am, AUS), Jason Knutzon (USA), Jordan Zunic (AUS), Zhou Yanhan (CHN), Sarut Vongchaisit (THA), Wit Pitipat (THA), Sven Maurits (NED), Eduard Rousaud (ESP), Aryan Roopa Anand (IND), Bai Zhengkai (CHN), Takumi Murakami (JPN), Minjun Kim (KOR), Jaemin Park (am, KOR), Ivan Ramirez (COL), Kota Kaneko (JPN).
70 – Aidric Chan (PHI), James Leow (SIN), Charng-Tai Sudsom (THA), Lu Wei-chih (TPE), Junsub Park (KOR), Trevor Simsby (USA), Dengshan Koh (SIN), Carson Enright (USA), Leon D’Souza (HKG), Charles Porter (USA), Kasper Nyland (DEN), Christian Nido (USA), David Drysdale (SCO), Hunter Logan (USA), Patrick Newcomb (USA), She Zihan (CHN), Robert Foley (SUI), Aman Raj (IND), Cody Montgomery (USA), Yujun Jung (KOR), Joel Stalter (FRA), Grant Godfrey (USA), Will Florimo (AUS).
71 – Todd Sinnott (AUS), Minwook Gwon (KOR), Chonjarern Baramithanaseth (THA), Lawry Flynn (AUS), Taehoon Ok (KOR), Naoki Sekito (JPN), Xiao Bowen (CHN), Andrew Campbell (AUS), Filip Lundell (SWE), Marc Warren (SCO), Santiago De la Fuente (MEX), Ben Jones (ENG), Jasper Stubbs (AUS), Naraajie Ramadhanputra (INA), Rashid Khan (IND), Matthew Gilchrest (USA), Pawin Ingkhapradit (THA), Rafael Becker (BRA), William Harrold (ENG), Suradit Yongcharoenchai (THA), Ryoto Furuya (USA), Georges Stal (FRA), Jordan Wrisdale (ENG), Niall Kearney (IRL), Gregory Foo (SIN), Minhyuk Song (KOR), Roberto Lebrija (MEX), Pep Angles (ESP), Parathakorn Suyasri (THA), Brady Watt (AUS), Si Ngai (MAC), Nirun Sae-ueng (THA), Zachary Portemont (USA), Taisei Shimizu (JPN), Hamza Amin (PAK), Jakkanat Inmee (THA).
72 – Matloob Ahmad (PAK), Lachlan Barker (AUS), Alejandro Canizares (ESP), Yikeun Chang (KOR), Tyson Reeder (USA), Daniel Hudson (USA), Yin-ho Yue (HKG), Changwoo Lee (KOR), Anshul Kabthiyal (IND), Nicklaus Chiam (SIN), Alexander Bishop (USA), Lu Sun-yi (TPE), Austin Rose (USA), Othman Raouzi (MOR).
73 – Thitipan Pachuayprakong (THA), Jonathan Wijono (INA), Cameron Sisk (USA), S. Chikkarangappa (IND), Chanat Sakulpolphaisan (THA), Khalin Joshi (IND), Woohyun Kim (KOR), Terrence Ng (HKG), Ryo Katsumata (JPN), Chen Po-hao (TPE), Nicolas Horder (GER), Newport Laparojkit (THA), Ryan Ang (SIN), Moojin Cho (KOR), Peter Gunawan (INA), Luca Cianchetti (ITA), Amir Nazrin (MAS), Shotaro Ban (USA), Zhang Xinjun (CHN), Ayoub Lguirati (MOR), Kevin Akbar (INA), Ryusei Yokota (JPN), Arjun Sharma (IND), Henry Hyoun Ho Lee (CAN), Ollie Roberts (SCO), Nopparat Panichphol (THA), Andrew Martin (AUS), Adam Guedra (SWE).
74 – Finlay Mason (ENG), Jason Norris (AUS), El Mehdi Fakori (MOR), Daniel Miernicki (USA), James Song (USA), Paul San (MAS), Zachary Maxwell (AUS), Sungjin Yeo (NZL), Andre Lautee (AUS), Honey Baisoya (IND), Jonghark Kim (KOR), Phoenix Campbell (AUS), Tunyapat Sukkoed (THA), Tao Deng (CHN).
75 – Wataru Ishikawa (JPN), Joshua Andrew Wirawan (INA), Alam Muhammad (PAK), John Barker (CAN), Syed Saqib Ahmed (IND), James Marchesani (AUS), Issa Abouelela (am, EGY), Daeyoung Kim (USA), Matt Killen (ENG), Poom Pattaropong (THA).
76 – Khalid Attieh (KSA), Michael Graboyes (USA), Leon Breimer (GER), Jakraphan Premsirigorn (THA), Khandaker Parash (BAN), Isaac Lam (HKG).
77 – Anthony Truong (VNM), Enrique Dimayuga (PHI), Heemin Chang (KOR), Ye Lwin Oo (MYN).
78 – Max Sekulic (CAN), Galven Green (MAS), Dhruv Sheoran (IND), Joshua Greer (AUS), Ty Campbell (CAN), Nhat Long Nguyen (VNM), Gabriel Manotoc (PHI).
80 – Justin Han (SIN).



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