Final Round preview, 2010 Thailand Open

It was a long day today. At the course at 9am, on air at 12pm, but in the interim did five interviews with various players. Then four hours on air, a rain delay, and forty minutes to finish off the broadcast just in case someone made a few birdies to close and changed the story after all the camera's had been turned off.

As it turned out, Liang Wenchong leads by one from Terry Pilkadaris and the 23 year old Thai, Namchok Tantipokakul.

It is a good looking leader board, with one of the key sub-text's to tomorrow's action being the story of Terry Pilkadaris, who this week was banned from playing on the Asian Tour, a tour where he has full playing status.

Pilkadaris has been fined by the Asian Tour for playing in OneAsia events, but has challenged the legitimacy of those fines in court. Even though no final ruling has been made, the Asian Tour have chosen to ban him from playing further on their tour.

Should he win tomorrow, it will doubtless be a very emotional Pilkadaris who steps up to make his victory speech in light of what he has been through recently. With regard to his case against the Asian Tour, further hearings are still in the pipeline before a conclusion is drawn on the matter and I'll report on the results when the matter is finalised.

Nonetheless, it looks like another fantastic finale is ahead of us tomorrow. It will be shown in 260 million homes around the world, check your local guides for dates and times.

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Thailand Open ,Round 1, OneAsia 2010

Made it to Thailand in one piece after a day of flying from South Africa, and now firmly ensconsed in the commentary box as round 1 heads into the afternoon.

As you might expect, Liang Wenchong leads after the morning round at 5 under. He is playing so impressively at the moment, and after finishing in the top 10 of the US PGA Championship it would be a brave man who would bet against him winning here.

Others who played well this morning are Brad Kennedy, Matt Millar and Matt Griffen, all at 4 under par. Perfect conditions for scoring today, with a light sea breeze in, soft greens and immaculate fairways. It looks like a great week for golf in Thailand

Thailand Open , OneAsia 2010

Just a few days left in South Africa before heading home, and then jumping a flight to Bangkok for the next OneAsia event in Pattaya. Another $1 million up for grabs, fantastic money given the relative strength of the fields at this stage of the OneAsia journey and chances are those that have made the commitment to OneAsia this year will remember it as golden time in their careers. There has never been such a thing as easy money in pro golf but some great opportunities await on OneAsia this year and pretty soon that story is going to get out.

The event is telecast again on ESPN Star and the ONE network in Australia, amongst other new outlets.