Thailand’s Rattanon Wannasrichan started the week in Macao with a nine under-par-61 and after that nobody was able to catch him, winning wire-to-wire by two shots over countryman Gunn Charoenkul.

The 29-year-old kept mistakes to a bare minimum at Macau Golf & Country Club, making only four bogeys for the week. The only player with less was his closest challenger Gunn – who topped that category with just three

Rattanon also seemed to be in total control on the greens last week, averaging only 25.75 Putts per Round to lead that category by half a stroke over fellow Thai Prom Meesawat with 26.25. Rattanon also ranked second in Putts per Greens in Regulation (GIR) with 1.56.

Gunn was also rolling his ball well on the greens, ranking fourth in Putts per Round and joint ninth in Putts per GIR with 26.75 and 1.65 respectively. He was also very impressive off the tee in Macau, ranking joint first alongside Korean Seungtaek Lee and Hung Chien-yao of Chinese Taipei with 73.08% of Fairways Hit in Regulation.

Gunn Charoenkul. Picture by Paul Lakatos/IMG.

The top two players Rattanon and Gunn were both close to the top spot in most birdies made for the week with 22 for the tournament champion and 21 for the runner up.  Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert, Poosit Supupramai, and Chapchai Nirat finished first with 23.

On the Asian Tour Order of Merit side of things Rattanon made a big jump leaping from 37^th to sixth, while Gunn boosted his ranking from 36^th to 17^th.

Seungtaek Lee, who finished tied for 13^th in the tournament, had the most impressive driving performance of the week, ranking first in Driving Distance with 341.63 yards, and joint first in Driving Accuracy with 73.08%. A very rare combination. He also led the field in Putts per GIR with 1.54, but unfortunately for Lee he also made seven bogies and two doubles, which kept him from finishing higher up on the leaderboard in the end.

Seungtaek Lee. Picture by Paul Lakatos/IMG.

Statistics categories leaders at the SJM Macao Open (of players making the cut):

• Putts per Round: Rattanon Wannasirichan (THA) 25.75
• Putts per Greens in Regulation: Seungtaek Lee (KOR) 1.54
• Greens in Regulation: David Boriboonsub (THA) 86.11%
• Fairways Hit: Seungtaek Lee (KOR), Gunn Charoenkul (THA), Hung-chien Yao (TPE) 73.08%
• Driving Distance: Seungtaek Lee (KOR) 341.63 Yards
• Most Eagles: Matthew Cheung (HKG), Zhang Jin (CHN), Jeunghun Wang (KOR) 2
• Most Birdies: Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA), Poosit Supupramai (THA), Chapchai Nirat (THA) 23
• Fewest Bogies or Worse: Gunn Charoenkul (THA) 3