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Juicy Incentive for Yates

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190510-SIMON_YATES-001 Yates looks to the future of OneAsia

Thai-based Scotsman Simon Yates is already a winner after his sizzling 65 in the third round of the US$1 million Thailand Open that saw him soar up the leaderboard at Burapha Golf Club – he is going to be bought dinner by his caddy.

“My caddy Darren said yesterday ‘if you shoot 65 I will buy you dinner’. We will be going expensive. He has hoping I would miss that one footer on the last,” said Yates with a smile.
Before dinner, Yates – a keen car racer – was planning to head to the local circuit at Bira to watch a couple of races.
“I cannot drive today but I have entered my car,” said Yates, who won a couple of races in Thailand before the wrist injury that derailed his golf career for more than year also stopped him getting behind the wheel.
Yates has had a trio of ninth place finishes on OneAsia this season and reckons he could improve on that record with a good final round on Sunday.
“I still have a chance of winning – you never know. Play same tomorrow and it could happen,” said Yates, who has earned US$58,500 on OneAsia this season. “As we saw with Udorn Duangdecha (who shot a 60 in the second round) there are low scores to be had out there.”
Yates, the highest earning non-Asian in regional golf with winnings of more than US$1.75 million over the past 15 seasons, is delighted to be playing fledgling OneAsia.
“It is great that OneAsia is here in Thailand,” said Yates, nicknamed the “Wee Man” “There is a good field this week and a good television platform. More and more guys are playing – look there is Liang Wenchong (fresh from finishing eighth in the US PGA Championship) on television now.
“The thing for me is we are playing for a million dollars every time. It is fantastic. I look forward to going out and actually playing. If you finish in 20th place you make US$12,000 or more. You make a living. You play US$300,000 events on other tours and you can struggle.”

Thai-based Scotsman Simon Yates is already a winner after his sizzling 65 in the third round of the US$1 million Thailand Open that saw him soar up the leaderboard at Burapha Golf Club – he is going to be bought dinner by his caddy.

“My caddy Darren said yesterday ‘if you shoot 65 I will buy you dinner’. We will be going expensive. He has hoping I would miss that one footer on the last,” said Yates with a smile. 

Before dinner, Yates – a keen car racer – was planning to head to the local circuit at Bira to watch a couple of races. “I cannot drive today but I have entered my car,” said Yates, who won a couple of races in Thailand before the wrist injury that derailed his golf career for more than year also stopped him getting behind the wheel. 

Yates has had a trio of ninth place finishes on OneAsia this season and reckons he could improve on that record with a good final round on Sunday. 

“I still have a chance of winning – you never know. Play same tomorrow and it could happen,” said Yates, who has earned US$58,500 on OneAsia this season.

“As we saw with Udorn Duangdecha (who shot a 60 in the second round) there are low scores to be had out there.” Yates, the highest earning non-Asian in regional golf with winnings of more than US$1.75 million over the past 15 seasons, is delighted to be playing fledgling OneAsia. 

“It is great that OneAsia is here in Thailand,” said Yates, nicknamed the “Wee Man” “There is a good field this week and a good television platform. More and more guys are playing – look there is Liang Wenchong (fresh from finishing eighth in the US PGA Championship) on television now. 

“The thing for me is we are playing for a million dollars every time. It is fantastic. I look forward to going out and actually playing. If you finish in 20th place you make US$12,000 or more. You make a living. You play US$300,000 events on other tours and you can struggle.”

 

 

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