Local triumph as Prayad takes Queen's Cup

[Sports News]

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Thailand's Prayad Marksaeng swept to victory on home soil at the Queen's Cup in Koh Samui Sunday shooting a six-under par 65 on a day that proved to be a nightmare for Japan's Akinori Tani. Fellow Thai Thanyakon Khrongpha matched Prayad's 75 to jump up the leaderboard to second on 272, closely followed by compatriot Jazz Janewattananond and Bangladesh's Siddikur Rahman who ended four strokes off the lead in joint third. Tani had begun the day a comfortable three shots ahead of the pack but repeatedly floundered at the Santiburi Samui Country Club under hot and humid skies.

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