KELLY TAN was a sweet as her age, as the 17-year-old Malaysian took her two rounds at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGC) as an entertaining challenge and not problemetic.Chirpy as ever during the press conference, she was not the least bothered by the two-and-a-half holes she left, after rain and thunderstorm interrupted play.
Kelly fired a 77 in the frist round, and her second round blew up to 73 after a double bogey in the final hole to bring her total to eight-over 150.
She had to wait for two hours, before resuming her game over two-and-half holes after rain finally stopped.
"I'm doing Ok, nothing to worry about as my game has been solid but for the missed greens. Somehow, I missed five greens today (yesterday) and that made it a little uphill," said the budding golfer.
She blamed it on wrong irons, which means she has still a lot to learn.
"I used some wrong irons and missed the greens, which made making birdies difficult. But I'm not worries, as I feel my game will pick up during the weekend," said Kelly.
The tournament does not have a cut-off mark, which means the amateur can enjoy two more rounds of solid gold among the best in the world.
Her five bogies were on the first, fourth, fifth, 11th and 16th. Her four birdies were on the third, sixth, 10th and 12th.
The other Malaysians finished their rounds and Aretha Pan was on a nine-over 151 total (75-76), Jean Chua was 12-over 154 (76-78), while Ainil Johani was 14 over 156 (76-80).
