Peter Uihlein is a very wealthy young man without even playing professional golf. His father Wally Uihlein is the chairman and CEO of the Acushnet Company, a golf equipment manufacturer which comprises Titleist and other brands.
Peter showed some golfing promise as a young boy growing up in New Bedford Massachusetts so when he was 13 Wally moved the family Florida so Peter could attend the David Leadbetter Golf Academy.
The results were all they could expect, in fact Peter was named Player of the Year by the AJGA in 2005 and again in 2007, becoming the fifth boy in the award's history to win more than once, joining a list that includes Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods'
Overnight here, he fired his best round of the season, a -8 64 with nine birdies and a single bogey to take a one-shot lead at this True Thailand Classic. That equalled the course record set by Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey last year.
He took last week off in Phuket after making the flight to Thailand from Australia and the rest did the trick as he leads Sweden's Pelle Edberg (65) by a shot. Edberg is a member at this Black Mountain GC and he was out in 30 strokes but made a couple of late bogey's coming in.
Scott Jamieson is at -6 while Thailand's Pariya Junhasavasdikul and Prayad Marksaeng are at -5 alongside the English pair of Gary Boyd and Robert Dinwiddie, Welshman Rhys Davies, Taiwan's Hsieh Chi-hsien, American David Lipsky, South African Shaun Norris and Scotsman Simon Yates
Bryan Angus
(notes from europeantour)
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