Article: Golf: International stars dominate Asian tour qualifying school

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Golf: International stars dominate Asian tour qualifying school

MALACCA, Malaysia, Jan 19 AFP - The attractions of the increasingly lucrative Asian golf tour were underlined on Saturday when an American, an Australian and a Japanese finished top of the final qualifying school for the 2002 season.

American Jim Johnson edged out Australian Terry Pilkadaris with a final hole birdie to finish top of the class on his first trip to Asia.

The 36-year-old Johnson holed a 10-foot birdie chance on the final green to pip Pilkadaris at the Orna Golf and Country Club.

He mixed four birdies against a lone bogey for a closing three- under-par 69 and a 282 aggregate.

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