New Zealand powered to a superb closing round of 67 on Saturday to qualify for the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, with Singapore and Korea also securing their place alongside the elite. The Kiwi pairing of Michael Hendry and Gareth Paddison capped a perfect day by holing out from a greenside bunker to birdie the last at the Seri Selangor Golf Club and tie Singapore's 13-under-par total of 271.
Singapore's Lam Chih-Bing and Mardan Mamat shot a final round of 72 but conceded to New Zealand without playing any extra holes as both had qualified for the event proper at Hainan Island in China slated for November 24-27. Korea's Kim Hyung-Sung and Park Sung-Joon claimed the third and final ticket for the finals after closest rivals Gaganjeet Bhullar and Anirban Lahiri of India scored a disastrous eight on the par four 18th for a final round of 80.
Final totals, after play on Saturday. Par 71 271 - New Zealand (Michael Hendry, Gareth Paddison) 65-75-64-67, Singapore (Lam Chih-Bing, Mardan Mamat) 63-70-66-72 New Zealand won after Singapore conceded in a play-off
275 - Korea (Kim Hyung-Sung, Park Sung-Joon) 70-69-67-69 278 - Philippines (Mars Pucay, Antonio Lascuna) 70-73-63-72, Malaysia (Iain Steel, Shaaban Hussin) 64-77-63-74 280 - India (Gaganjeet Bhullar, Anirban Lahiri) 67-69-64-80 283 - Myanmar (Zaw Moe, Nay Bala Win Myint) 66-84-65-68, Pakistan (Muhammad Munir, Mohd Shabbir Iqbal) 68-76-66-73
284 - Sri Lanka (Anura Rohana, Mithun Perera) 70-70-70-74 292 - Taiwan (Tseng Hua Yen, Lin Kuan Po) 68-79-69-76 298 - Indonesia (Burhan Bora, Hardjito) 73-75-68-82 299 - Hong Kong (Wong Woon-Man, William Fung) 73-78-69-79 301 - Ghana (Stephen Kwame Klah, Godwin Sai) 77-76-69-79 302 - Vietnam (Michael Tran, Nguyen Thai Duong) 76-78-68-80 317 - Senegal (Gueye Diadji, Niang Samba) 74-83-69-91.