Kapur 40th, Bhullar 60th at Ballantines

JEJU ISLAND - Shiv Kapur (74) and Gaganjeet Bhullar failed to make any progress in the third and final round of the truncated Ballantine’s Golf championships and ended way down on the ladder here Sunday.

Kapur with his 74 ended at one-over 217 in tied 40th and Bhullar (78) was at five-over 221 ended at 60th place.

Australia’s Marcus Fraser landed the biggest win of his career when he carded a final round three-under-par 69 for a three-day total of 12-under-par 204 in the reduced to a 54-stroke play tournament.

The Australian held his nerves under pressure to win by four shots, fending off the challenges of closest rivals, Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland and compatriot Brett Rumford who took a share of second place on 208.

Two-time Asian Tour winner Noh Seung-yul of Korea closed with his best round score of 68 for the week to take equal fourth with England’s Oliver Fisher on 209 while Singapore’s Mardan Mamat enjoyed his best result of the season by signing for a 72 to take a share of sixth place alongside Wales’ Jamie Donaldson and Robert-Jan Derksen of the Netherlands on 210.

The opening round fog disruption resulted in almost six hours of lost play and led tournament officials to reduce the Ballantine’s Championship to three rounds so as to ensure a Sunday finish for the 2.2 million euros (approximately $2.9 million) showpiece that is sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and the Korea PGA.

Fraser’s wire-to-wire victory in Korea this week ended a seven-year title drought for the visibly emotional Australian.

“I had so many chances to win over the last seven years. So to go out there and play like how I did today and this week was simply unbelievable,” said Fraser whose maiden European Tour victory was in Russia in 2003.

Fraser who took home the winner’s prize purse of approximately US$496,000.

Defending champion Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand signed off with a 75 to take tied-ninth place on 211.