In Bangkok the Dane Thorbjorn Olesen conquers the Thailand Classic and celebrates the seventh title of his career on the DP World Tour. On the course of the Amata Spring CC (par 72) the 33-year-old from Fureso dominated the scene by breaking away, with a total of 264 (67 67 64 66, -24), the German Yannik Paul by four strokes, 2/o with 268 (-20) ahead of his compatriot Alexander Knappe and the Dutchman Joost Luiten, both 3/i with 270 (-18).
Top 20 for Edoardo Molinari who finished the competition in 17th place with a score of 276 (70 70 65 71, -1). In the last round, the Turinese lost three positions and was unable to repeat the test offered in the third round.
In any case, a positive race for the vice-captain of the Europe team at the Ryder Cup in Rome, scheduled from 29 September to 1 October on the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club course.
Thailand Classic, results
He took the lead at the end of the “moving day” and finished the tournament in glory, Olesen.
In the last 36 holes played he made 14 birdies, without bogey. The exploit earned him $340,000 for a total prize pool of $2,000,000. And speaking of the Ryder Cup, his is an important undertaking towards the challenge between the Europe team and the USA team.
With Olesen who also has a good feeling with the Bel Paese where he won the Sicilian Open in 2012 and the Italian Open in 2018 respectively when in Lombardy he overtook Francesco Molinari. Bangkok, officially known as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep, is Thailand’s largest city and people located along the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand.
According to the 2020 census, there were 10.539 million inhabitants, 15.3% of the country’s population, while over 14 million (22.2%) lived in the metropolitan region in 2010, which also includes the surrounding provinces.[2 ] Among the most populous and busiest cities in the world, as well as one of the favorite destinations of world tourism, starting from the second half of the twentieth century it has experienced a very rapid industrial development, representing one of the most economically powerful cities in Southeast Asia.
Bangkok’s economy ranked sixth among Asian cities in terms of GDP per capita, after Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka–Kobe and Seoul as of 2010, making it one of the most important cities in Asia.
