Arjun Atwal in fourth place

Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee extended his lead in the Davidoff Tour Order of Merit to US$11,000 over closest rival Charlie Wi of Korea.

Thongchai, winner of the Wills Indian Open in March, took his season's earnings to US$167,908 after finishing in joint eighth place at the Kolon Cup Korean Open over the weekend. His ninth top-10 outing of the year was worth US$7,444.

Wi, the SK Telecom Open winner, remained in second place with US$156,897 after settling for joint 25th place in Seoul while Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand stayed in third spot with US$111,682 despite missing the weekend cut for the second straight week.

India's Arjun Atwal swapped places with American Andrew Pitts, moving one rung up to fourth place after a joint eighth outing in Korea. The in-form Pitts, who won the Acer Taiwan two weeks ago, was in contention at the weekend but faded with a final round 77 to finish in tied 17th place.

South African James Kingston leapfrogged from 17th to eighth position in the Order of Merit following his third-place finish which was worth US$30,372. Korean Open runner-up Park Do-kyu jumped into 12th spot on the merit list after picking up the winner's cheque worth US$54,669 as the champion, amateur star Kim Dae-sub, was not entitled to the prize-money.

The Davidoff Tour remains in Korea this week for the US$400,000 Shin Han Dong Hae Open in Kaya Golf and Country Club in Pusan.

Pos Player Order of Merit Events


1 Thongchai JAIDEE   (THA) 167908.51 13
2 Charlie WI   (KOR) 156897.00 12
3 Thaworn WIRATCHANT   (THA) 111682.83 13
4 Arjun ATWAL   (IND) 95212.62 10
5 Andrew PITTS   (USA) 93823.20 12
6 Simon YATES   (SCO) 84647.71 13
7 Daniel CHOPRA   (SWE) 83686.72 5
8 James KINGSTON   (RSA) 80709.64 11
9 KANG Wook-soon   (KOR) 80662.45 9
10 Mardan MAMAT   (SIN) 72905.34 11
11 Anthony KANG   (KOR) 66979.67 11
12 PARK Do-kyu   (KOR) 60952.00 5
13 Ahmad BATEMAN   (USA) 58398.00 4
14 ZHANG Lian-wei   (PRC) 57238.71 6
15 Clay DEVERS   (USA) 56262.83 11
16 Vivek BHANDARI   (IND) 54587.49 12
17 Thammanoon SRIROJ   (THA) 53707.81 12
18 CHOI Gwang-soo   (KOR) 53583.00 3
19 YANG Yong-eun   (KOR) 45821.50 10
20 HSIEH Yu-shu   (TWN) 45713.45 10
21 Prayad MARKSAENG   (THA) 44504.25 8
22 LIN Chie-hsiang   (TWN) 44425.00 11
23 Ted OH   (KOR) 44211.67 11
24 Arjun SINGH   (IND) 44183.32 13
25 CHUNG Chun-hsing   (TWN) 43562.43 10
26 YEH Wei-tze   (TWN) 42212.47 8
27 HWANG Sung-ha   (KOR) 40971.00 4
28 Chawalit PLAPHOL   (THA) 40835.84 12
29 Gerald ROSALES   (PHI) 39720.13 11
30 Scott KAMMANN   (USA) 37020.00 5