Date: December 21, 2008
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Pilkadaris gets third

Australian Terry Pilkadaris&apos late charge has fallen three shots short in the final round of the US$750,000 Volvo Masters of Asia. Pilkadaris shot a six-under-par 66 to finish in third place behind Singaporian Lam Chih Bing who shot a 67 to take out the title. Fellow Australians Andrew Dodt and David Gleeson finished a further shot back in equal fourth place, Gleeson dropping off the pace with a 71 after his brilliant nine-under-par 63 in the third round. Adam Blyth finished in equal sixth place with a final round of 69 while Mitchell Brown couldn’t recover from his two-over 74 in the third round and finished a shot behind. Marcus Both and Rick Kulacz both struggled to three-over-par 75s in the final round to drop out of contention. Final round scores 274 – Lam Chih Bing (SIN) 69-66-72-67 276 – Chapchai Nirat (THA) 71-66-70-69 277 – Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 71-72-68-66 278 – Andrew Dodt (AUS) 70-72-71-65, David Gleeson (AUS) 72-72-63-71 279 – Lin Wen-tang (TPE) 68-70-72-69, Adam Blyth (AUS) 68-72-70-69 280 – Mitchell Brown (AUS) 70-67-74-69, Chawalit Plaphol (THA) 71-67-69-73 281 – Mo Joong-kyung (KOR) 73-71-67-70, Shiv Kapur (IND) 71-73-67-70 282 – Prayad Marksaeng (THA) 74-65-72-71, Marcus Both (AUS) 69-68-70-75 283 – Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 73-74-69-67, Mark Brown (NZL) 72-70-71-70, Rhys Davies (WAL) 72-68-73-70, Bae Sang-moon (KOR) 74-72-66-71, Simon Griffiths (ENG) 72-68-71-72, Antonio Lascuna (PHI) 70-67-71-75 284 – Kim Kyung-tae (KOR) 72-68-73-71, Rick Kulacz (AUS) 72-69-68-75