Pannakorn, who came in tied-second at the 2014 Taifong Open, reckoned hitting solid drives off the tees will be key to conquering the challenging Taifong Golf Course for his breakthough win on Sunday. “I know how important tee shots are on this course. I had come close to winning a lot of times so I hope the experience will help me in getting my first ADT win tomorrow,” Pannakorn added. Local hero Lin, a six-time winner on the premier Asian Tour, took advantage of all the par-fives to stay within touching distance of Pannakorn at the Taifong Open. Leading third round scores:206 - Pannakorn UTHAIPAS (THA) 72 67 67208 - Phanuvich ONCHU (THA) 72 69 67, LIN Wen-tang (TWN) 69 72 67, HSU Hao-sheng (TWN) 72 68 68, Blake SNYDER (USA) 68 71 69209 - Gunn CHAROENKUL (THA) 72 69 68, Steve LEWTON (ENG) 72 68 69, Sorachut HANSAPIBAN (THA) 68 69 72, Sattaya SUPUPRAMAI (THA) 69 67 73210 - Marcus BOTH (AUS) 69 69 72211 - Namchok TANTIPOKHAKUL (THA) 72 67 72212 - LU Chien-soon (TWN) 70 73 69, Nicolas PAEZ (USA) 71 72 69, Nattawat SUVAJANAKORN (THA) 71 70 71213 - YEH Yu-chen (TWN) 72 71 70, George GANDRANATA (INA) 72 69 72

Source: The Nation Bangkok June 24, 2017 10:07 UTC