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Michele Ortolani finished second in the Singha-SAT ADT Hua Hin Championship, an Asian Development Tour tournament played at the Royal Hua Hin Golf Course (par 72), in the Thai city from which the club takes its name. After an excellent performance, the Italian finished the competition on top with a 280 (68, 72, 71, 69, -8) tied with Thailand’s Amarin Kraivixien (71, 74, 66, 69), who then prevailed in the playoff.

The two protagonists began the final round in eighth place and both recovered to complete a partial 69 (-3). With two holes remaining, the Italian (seven birdies, one bogey, and a triple bogey) was one shot ahead, but his opponent caught him on the 17th with his seventh birdie of the day (against four bogeys), and went on to win the match.

In third place with 281 (-7) are two more local players, who dominated the scene with five top-ten finishes: Newport Laparojkit and Prayad Marksaeng, along with American Joo-young Lee. Nitithorn Thippong and Australian Peter Wilson finished sixth with 282 (-6), and Weerawish Narkprachar, joined by Malaysian Shahriffuddin Ariffin and Bangladeshi Siddikur Rahman, finished eighth with 283 (-5). Gabriele De Barba, who led after two rounds before falling, finished 38th with 289 (69 69 76 75, +1).

Michele Ortolani, a 29-year-old from Milan, whose successes include a title in the Open Championship (2024), achieved his best result on the tour where he has played in two years. De Barba, a 30-year-old Japanese player on the Japan Golf Tour, holds an Italian passport and last May won the Ambassador ADT in Taiwan, his first victory on the tour.

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