Thailand’s Witchayapat Sinsrang felt quite at home in changing conditions at Angkor Golf Resort today, posting an eight-under-par 64 to take a one shot lead after the first round of the ADT Players Championship presented by The R&A.

With the Asian Development Tour making its debut in Cambodia with this US$100,000 tournament, the picturesque course designed by Sir Nick Faldo was there to reward accurate players, and Witchayapat took full advantage.

“I hit it good today, “ he said after his round. “My driver was in play and I think I missed like two fairways today. My approach shots were very good and I made a lot of putts,” he added.

“The golf course is in good shape,” he said. “It’s a little wet but it’s OK, I just tried to not hit it too deep and stick it into the ground.”

He was full of praise for the course and surrounds.

“I like the area,” he said. “My dad was born near the border with Thailand which is similar to here so I really like it here.”

Marcus Lim of Malaysia pictured in action at the ADT Players Championship presented by The R&A. The US$100,000 Asian Development Tour event is being held at the Angkor Golf Resort in Cambodia from September 25-28, 2024.

Also giving the course the respect it deserved was Malaysia’s Marcus Lim, who shared second place alongside India’s Arjun Prasad and Sweden’s Erik Jonasson with all three posting bogey-free rounds of seven-under 65.

They were joined on seven under by Matt Killen of England and Thailand’s Tawit Polthai.

“I had a good start,” said Lim after finishing. “I birdied the first couple of holes then from three to nine it was kind of scrambled around but I caught fire on the back nine which was good.

“My good shots were good and my bad shots were still in play so I think that was the key,” he added.

“I made a lot of putts on the back nine which was nice and I’m happy with the way i started.”

In seventh place, on six-under-par, Sarut Vongchaisit of Thailand shared the spot with Malaysia’s Galven Green and Matthew Cheung of Hong Kong, another two of the 15 players who posted blemish-free cards for the day.

In tenth spot, with five birdies each, were Indonesia’s Jonathan Wijono and Joel Stalter of France. They were joined by Vanchai Luangnitikul of Thailand, Indonesia’s Kevin Akbar, Arno Bartholemow of South Africa and the Philippine amateur Carl Jano Corpus.

Round One of the four-day tournament was completed on schedule today and play will continue for Round Two tomorrow with the first groups starting at 6.40am from two tees. The afternoon wave will get underway at 11.05 am.

Witchayapat Sinsrang of Thailand, pictured in action at the ADT Players Championship presented by The R&A. The US$100,000 Asian Development Tour event is being held at the Angkor Golf Resort in Cambodia from September 25-28, 2024.