Frenchman Julien Sale, who took the card for the Asian Tour at the end of 2024, immediately scored in the first competition of the season, the Smart Infinity Philippine Open, played at The Manila Southwoods G&CC (Masters Course, par 70), in Manila in the Philippines, which he won with 269 (69 68 67 65, -11) shots. Stefano Mazzoli, the only Italian in the field, finished in 40th place with 280 (70 71 71 68, par).
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Sale, 28 years old, the last two seasons played on the Challenge Tour, came back in the final round from third place with a 65 (-5, seven birdies, two bogeys) and overtook Thailand's Sadom Kaewkanjana and Japan's Tomoyo Ikemura, the latter leader after three rounds, second with 270 (-10). In fourth place with 272 (-8) the Australian Kevin Yuan and in fifth with 273 (-7) the Filipino Miguel Tabuena, the Thai Poom Saksansin and the South African Ian Snyman.
Stefano Mazzoli faces the second season on the circuit after the first in which he obtained certainly appreciable results, including three top ten, behavior then rewarded with the nomination of "Rookie of The Year", or best debutant of 2024. He recovered sixteen positions in the final with a partial of 68 (-2, five birdies, three bogeys). Sale went a check for 90,000 dollars on a prize pool of 500,000 dollars.
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