Yosuke Asaji’s victory at the Moutai Singapore Open on Sunday was built on consistency across all the statistics categories.

It marked the second time in three weeks he topped the tournament Birdie count for the week, after also doing so when he finished tied-second at the International Series Philippines.

At Singapore Island Country Club the 32-year-old from Japan tied the list with Zimbabwe’s Kieran Vincent with 25 birdies for the week, while in the Philippines he was alone on top with 26.

Asaji ranked T5 in Fairways Hit (62.5%), T6 in Scrambling (76.92%), T10 in Putts per Round (29.25), T12 in Putts Per GIR (1.729), and T16 in GIR (81.94%).

Not one of the longer drivers on tour, his Driving Distance average for the week was 300 yards for T54th.

Runner-up Jeunghun Wang from Korea had a stand-out week on the greens of the New Course placing T3 in Putts per Round and T2 in Putts per GIR with 27.5 and 1.661 respectively. His good performance with the putter resulted in 24 Birdies during the week, just one less than category leaders Asaji and Vincent.

Bio Kim.

Wang also led the Bounce Back category with 80%, making birdie immediately following bogeys on four out of five occasions. His other stats for the week: Driving Distance 313.3 yards (18^th), GIR 77.78% (T35),  and Fairways Hit 41.07% (T40).

Joint third-place finishers Rattanon Wannasrichan of Thailand and Korean Soomin Lee produced great putting stats and both were in the top-10 in Putts per Round with 28.25 (6^th) and 29.25 (T10) respectively.

Rattanon was also impressively fourth in the Putts per GIR category with 1.661 and his other stats: GIR 81.94% (T16), Fairways Hit 42.86% (T34) and Driving Distance 304 yards (T45).

Lee performed well off the tee and ranked T9 with 58.93% Fairways Hit while averaging 310.4 yards Driving Distance (27^th). His Putts per GIR average of 1.737 ranked him 17^th while his GIR percentage of 79.17 placed him T31 in those respective categories.

Korea’s Bio Kim finished in sole possession of fifth thanks to an outstanding display on the greens. He topped both Putts per Round (26.25) and Putts per GIR (1.6).

Statistics Categories leaders at the Moutai Singapore Open (of players making the cut):

• Putts per Round – Bio Kim (KOR): 26.25
• Putts per GIR – Bio Kim (KOR): 1.6
• GIR: – Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND): 90.28%
• Fairways Hit – Ajeetesh Sandhu (IND): 82.14
• Driving Distance – Wei-hsuan Wang (TPE): 335.63 yards
• Most Eagles – Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA), John Catlin (USA), Talor Gooch (USA), Chanmin Jung (KOR), Maximilian Rottluff (GER), Kevin Yuan (AUS): 2
• Most Birdies – Kieran Vincent (ZIM), Yosuke Asaji (JPN): 25
• Fewest Bogies or Worse – Jaco Ahlers (RSA): 4
• Scrambling – Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA): 85%
• Bounce back – Jeunghun Wang (KOR): 80%

Pictures by Graham Uden/Asian Tour.