David Smail leads Japan Open with nine holes to go

IN: News | Japan | Japan Open (2002) | Round Four | by Bruce Young | 20 Oct 2002

Half way through the final round of the Japan Open, New Zealander David Smail is on target for his first win on the Japan Tour.

Smail, who shared the lead after fifty four holes, has a one shot lead over Katsuya Nakagawa and by two over South Korean Jong-Duck Kim.

The thirty two year old, who is in his seventh year on the Japan Tour, is having his best year to date currently in twenty fourth place on the money list. A win here in this prestigious event is worth considerably more than just the first place cheque of 24,000,000 yen ($A350,000)

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	-9	David Smail	71	66	67	67	271
2	-5	Jong Duck Kim	65	69	70	71	275
T3	-4	Katsunori Kuwabara	68	70	71	67	276
T3	-4	Katsuya Nakagawa	70	72	67	67	276
T5	-3	Masashi Ozaki	68	71	72	66	277
T5	-3	Nobuhito Sato	62	71	72	72	277
7	-1	Kiyoshi Miyazato	66	72	73	68	279
T8	Ev	Hidemasa Hoshino	69	73	70	68	280
T8	Ev	Keiichiro Fukabori	70	67	72	71	280

Position	Score	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	-9	David Smail	71	66	67	67	271
T45	+9	Scott Laycock	71	73	76	69	289
Cut +6
CUT	+8	Steven Conran	73	75	-	-	148
CUT	+16	Rich Tate	82	74	-	-	156

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