Singapore, Jan. 19 -- While most golfers at the SMBC Singapore Open headed for a meal, a massage or nap on Friday after a sapping 18 holes in the second round, Matt Kuchar opted to play table tennis with Iulia Necula, a former Romanian player who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The 41-year-old American lost 4-1 to Necula at the clubhouse, but the game of ping pong did little to stop him from clinching the other clubhouse lead yesterday.
He hit a flawless nine-under 62 in yesterday's third round at the Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong Course to surge to the top of the leaderboard with a 17-under total and a three-shot lead over defending champion Jazz Janewattananond (67) and Miguel Tabuena (66) at the US$1 million (S$1.35 million) ev...