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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