Gunn Charoenkul, 27 years old from Thailand in his second season on Japan Tour, made 1 eagle, 7 birdies and 3 bogey 65 on R1 to finish at solo 2nd, 1 shot behind of the leader Shugo Imahira.

The magnificent eagle that he made on Par 5 16th was from 247 yards by 7W to just 30cm to the pin for tap in.
"My putting wasn't quite good until last week, but I went back to the basic practice and today, the putt was great."

He made 3 birdies in a row from 7th, his back nine to show that he is back on the track. He got married in March this year. His wife is 6 years older is elite business lady. She studied and worked in Japan and also was working in Japanese mega bank's Thai branch for 2 years. After they got married, she has been doing Gunn's caddy, translator and manager too. But they got happy news that she became pregnant, so she is off the work for now.

"When my wife carries the bag for me, I always do well, so I wanted her to be by my side until the end of this season. But I want to do well and earn a lot of milk money for our baby girl who is expected around Feb 22, 2020. We already named her Bella."