In Bangkok the second round of the Thailand Classic, DP World Tour tournament, speaks Spanish. With a lap in 65 (-7) out of a total of 131 (66 65, -13), Rafa Cabrera Bello recovered from 5th position and is now leading the leaderboard with two strokes ahead of the Paraguayan Fabio Zanotti, 2nd with 133 (-11).
While he is battling it out in 3rd place (134, -10), shared by six players, including the Germans Yannik Paul and Alexander Knappe as well as the South African Thriston Lawrence.
Thailand Classic, results
On the Amata Spring CC course (par 72), Cabrera Bello – number 212 in the world with four successes on the circuit – made 15 birdies in the first 36 holes played, with a double bogey in the second round (at hole 17, par 3) .
Among the blues, Edoardo Molinari surpasses the cut, 42/o with 140 (70 70, -4). Third consecutive elimination for Guido Migliozzi, 109/o with 146 (74 72, +2), called to change gears to find play and points in key qualification towards the Ryder Cup in Rome, scheduled from 29 September to 1 October at Marco Simone Golf & Country Club.
Bangkok, officially known as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep, is Thailand’s largest city and people located along the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. According to the 2020 census, there were 10.539 million inhabitants, 15.3% of the country’s population, while over 14 million (22.2%) lived in the metropolitan region in 2010, which also includes the surrounding provinces.
Among the most populous and busiest cities in the world, as well as one of the favorite destinations of world tourism, starting from the second half of the twentieth century it has experienced a very rapid industrial development, representing one of the most economically powerful cities in Southeast Asia.
Bangkok’s economy ranked sixth among Asian cities in terms of GDP per capita, after Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Osaka–Kobe and Seoul as of 2010, making it one of the most important cities in Asia. The territory of the administrative area of Bangkok is almost entirely covered by the city, extending for 1568.7 km² and making the capital of Thailand one of the largest urban centers in the world.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Region extends beyond the borders of Bangkok and includes the neighboring provinces of Samut Samut Prakankhon south, Nakhon Pathom to the west, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi to the north. Bangkok Municipality is landlocked with a stretch of coastline 4.4 km long.
