The 23-year-old displayed the maturity and composure of a seasoned professional to win his second Asian Tour title of the year and rise to a career-high world No 52.

Jazz’s victory at the Kolon Korea Open saw him become the first foreigner to break the Korean dominance since American Rickie Fowler won their National Open in 2011.

It also allowed him to move back to the No 1 spot on the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit after being overtaken by Australia’s Scott Hend in March and will increase his chances of making Captain Ernie Els’ International Team at the President’s Cup in Melbourne this December.

“I am really proud of myself that I manage to get the job done. It’s good to be back at the top on the Asian Tour Order of Merit now but it’s still a long way to go this season,” he said.

“I am not sure what Scott [Hend] plans to do now that he saw me winning but if he does come back to challenge, I’m sure it will be an interesting battle.”

At 14 years and 71 days, Jazz already first showed the world a glimpse of his raw talent when he became the youngest-ever player to make the halfway cut at the 2010 Asian Tour International in Bangkok.

He has faced several roadblocks, including finishing outside the top-60 on the Order of Merit in 2016 and missing the grade at the 2017 Asian Tour Qualifying School, but the young Thai has shown great resilience by bouncing back each time the odds were stacked against him.

He got his career back on track with a morale-boosting win at the Bashundhara Bangladesh Open in 2017 and has gone on to win at least once every year since then.

Jazz savoured a home victory at the Queen’s Cup in 2018 before lifting the season-opening SMBC Singapore Open trophy in January this year.

“I guess those setbacks helped in my game as you need them to bring out success,” said Jazz.

Apart from raking up four other top-10s on the Asian Tour this season, Jazz also enjoyed a remarkable tied-14th place finish at the PGA Championship last month, the best-ever result achieved by a Thai player at that major.

A borrowed putter from Zimbabwean Scott Vincent also proved to be his magical wand. He enjoyed back-to-back top-five finishes on the Japan Golf Tour in the last three weeks before tasting success again in the Land of the Morning Calm.

“I’ve been using this long putter since two weeks ago in Japan where I came in tied-third. This is not my putter. I borrowed it from Scott Vincent. I am feeling very good with it so I don’t have any plans on returning it to him now,” laughed Jazz.

Vincent, who secured his third top-10 finish of the season after closing with a 68 at the Kolon Korea Open, meanwhile remains in ninth place on the money list and is pleased his generosity has been one of the catalyst for allowing Jazz to orchestrate all the right moves lately.

“Yes, Jazz is using my putter this week. We might have to renegotiate our contract (laughs). But no, he’s going to keep it. He’s doing really well with the long putter and I am very happy for him,” said the Zimbabwean, who claimed his first international victory on the Japan Challenge Tour a fortnight ago,

Jazz, along with a host of leading players from the Asian Tour, will be back in action at the 148th Open, which will be held at Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland, from July 18-21.

As an official partner in Southeast Asia, Lazada will help Olympic stakeholders further the reach of the Olympic Movement and connect with this region’s fans.

“We are delighted to have Southeast Asia’s eCommerce leader on board as an advocate of our Olympic values. We believe Lazada’s digital footprint will assist us in spreading the spirit of the Olympic Games far and wide across this important region, particularly with a younger audience,” said Timo Lumme, Managing Director, IOC Television & Marketing Services.

Lazada is Alibaba Group’s eCommerce flagship in Southeast Asia.

“As an eCommerce pioneer in the region, Lazada seeks to continuously accelerate progress in Southeast Asia and encourage every individual to pursue and ignite new possibilities,” said Lazada Group CEO Pierre Poignant. “We are honoured to be activating Alibaba’s partnership with the IOC under our brand and look forward to bringing more Olympic-related Moments to this region over the next nine years.”

Lazada will leverage the advertising and promotional opportunities connected with using Olympic marks and imagery, including marks from National Olympic Committees.

The editions leading up to 2028 include the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the Olympic Games Paris 2024, the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 and the Olympic Winter Games 2026 in a city yet to be selected by the IOC.

Lazada held a series of local engagement initiatives themed “Every Small Inspiration Matters”, starting with internal employee events across the region. These local events were organised on 21 and 23 June to commemorate the annual Olympic Day, a property owned by the IOC.

The Lazada Heart logomark, which features in the unveiled co-branding with the Olympic Games this past weekend, represents the heartbeat of Southeast Asia. It is part of Lazada Group’s refreshed brand idea “Go Where Your Heart Beats” – capturing its evolved brand purpose from an online shopping platform to a lifestyle destination through which people can fulfil their desires.

“As Southeast Asia’s leading eCommerce platform by scale and by reach, we are capturing and also contributing to the heartbeat of the region,” said Mary Zhou, Chief Marketing Officer of Lazada Group. “Through this partnership, we hope to further extend the heart of the Olympic Games and its meaningful values to Southeast Asia.”

France are desperate to follow in the footsteps of their male counterparts and win a first World Cup as hosts, and they edged out Brazil 2-1 after extra time in their last-16 clash in Le Havre thanks to captain Henry, who turned in Amel Majri’s free-kick in the 106th minute at the Stade Oceane.

Les Bleues progress to a last-eight tie back in Paris next weekend, which will be a heavyweight showdown with holders the United States, provided they get the better of Spain on Monday.

“It was tense, really, really tense, against a great side. We put everything into it and never gave up,” said the France coach, Corinne Diacre.

France had been denied a first-half opener when Valerie Gauvin’s headed effort was disallowed following a VAR review for a foul on Brazil goalkeeper Barbara, but Gauvin converted Kadidiatou Diani’s assist to give the hosts the lead seven minutes into the second half.

However, Brazil hit back and a Cristiane header was turned onto the bar before Thaisa made it 1-1 just past the hour mark, her strike eventually being given having originally been disallowed for an offside against Debinha.

Into extra time they went, and Lyon star Henry had the last word to spark scenes of joy in the crowd of almost 24,000.

The French could yet end up facing England in the last four, with Phil Neville’s team easing through to the quarter-finals thanks to a 3-0 win over Cameroon in Valenciennes.

– Neville ‘ashamed’ by Cameroon –

Goals from captain Steph Houghton, Ellen White — her fourth of the tournament — and Alex Greenwood at the Stade du Hainaut took England through to the next round, where they will play Norway.

However, the last-16 tie will be best remembered for the Cameroon players’ furious response to several refereeing decisions, which included them apparently threatening to walk off the pitch at one point.

“I sat through the 90 minutes of football there and felt ashamed — proud of my own players’ behaviour under circumstances that I’ve never seen on a football field before, and completely and utterly ashamed of the behaviour of the opposition,” fumed Neville.

“It takes you back to the times when you were a kid, and you lost and you went home crying with your ball.”

Cameroon coach Alain Djeumfa claimed his team had been the victims of an “injustice”, and they were certainly hard done by at the manner in which England’s opening goal came about in the 14th minute.

– ‘Against African countries’ –

Houghton’s strike came from an indirect free-kick awarded in the box when goalkeeper Annette Ngo Ndom picked up what was adjudged to have been a backpass.

Their anger reached boiling point when White’s goal to make it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time was initially disallowed for offside before being awarded after Chinese referee Qin Liang consulted with the Video Assistant Referee.

It was the correct decision, but their players surrounded the referee, pointing to the big screen replays of the goal and seemingly threatening to walk off.

Further confusion came just three minutes after the restart when Cameroon thought they had pulled a goal back to make it 2-1, but Ajara Nchout’s effort was eventually disallowed for offside after the referee had again consulted with the VAR. Greenwood swept in England’s third goal soon after.

“VAR should be for everyone but we get the impression that they are against the African countries and it is shameful for a World Cup,” fumed Cameroon midfielder Raissa Feudjio.

The USA meet Spain in Reims on Monday at 1600 GMT before Sweden take on Canada at the Parc des Princes in Paris at 1900 GMT.

Former world No 1 Ariya Jutanugarn, with  a finishing 77, fell to tied 10th on 285 along with Lydia Ko, So Yeon Ryu and Megan Khang.

The 22-year-old Green, who had never won on the LPGA Tour before, had and up and down par save on the final hole for an even-par 72 and a one-stroke victory over defending champion Park Sung-hyun.

“To win a major as my first event I am so over the moon,” said Green.

Green, of Perth, capped her win with a nervy four-foot putt on 18 for her third birdie of the round to reach a nine-under 279 total at the Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota.

“I was really nervous playing the last five holes,” said Green. “I am just happy I made a clutch putt because that is what I was struggling with in the middle of the round. It really is surreal.”

Green had to overcome a mid-round wobble with three bogeys in a four hole stretch. But then she got back on track with a long birdie putt on 16 to become the first player to win the event wire-to-wire since Taiwan’s Tseng Yani in 2011.

Green said she tried to not to let the magnitude of the moment distract her from her goal.

“I didn’t feel too nervous at start, but coming towards the back nine and missing putts on eight and nine, that really hurt. I wasn’t in the right head space for that,” Green said.

“Then making the putt on 16 obviously relieves everything. I heard Sung-hyun birdied the last so I knew I needed to make par. I really didn’t want to play that hole again. I am just really happy I made it.”

– Added inspiration –

She is the third woman from Australia to win a major, joining seven-time winner Karrie Webb and three-time winner Jan Stephenson, who won the 1982 PGA Championship.

Green got some added inspiration when she walked off the eighth green on Sunday when a young fan named Lily stepped forward and handed her a poem she had written.

“I got a cute little poem saying that I had given her a ball and also said, ‘You can win this’,” Green said.

“I had it in the back of my yardage book because I didn’t want it to get rained on. I didn’t want it to get wet and ruined.

“A couple times on the back nine when I was feeling nervous and had some time, I actually read it to myself. I have to thank Lily for writing that. I think it really helped me.”

Green had a one-shot lead going into the final round as she sat on a 54-hole lead for the first time in her career with no less than four major champions within striking distance, comprising Park, Ariya Jutanugarn, Park In-bee and Danielle Kang.

Green started her tournament with luck and momentum on her side as she holed putts in each of the first two rounds to take a three shot lead into the weekend.

“I felt like Justin Rose on the first day — barely hitting any greens and holing a lot of putts,” said Green, who missed the cut last week and came into this event ranked 141st in the world.

Park Sung-hyun, who sank an 18-foot birdie putt at the final hole to get to eight-under overall and put added pressure on Green’s finish, fired a four-under 68. Park was the lone player to post four sub-par rounds this week.

Park birdied the second playoff hole to defeat Ryu So-yeon last year and she almost sent the event into its fourth playoff in the past six years.

England’s Mel Reid shot a six-under 66 to finish in a tie for third with American Nelly Korda (71) on six-under 282.

Kang, who won this event two years ago, finished in a tie for fifth with fellow American Lizette Salas, at five-under 283.

Jazz, who extended his overnight two-shot lead to five after sinking three birdies in his opening seven holes, overcame a wild triple-bogey on the par-four 11th hole and a bogey on 14th to become the first foreign winner of the prestigious event since American Rickie Fowler in 2011.

The 23-year-old Jazz signed for a closing one-over-par 72 to win by one shot over Korea’s Innchoon Hwang with a six-under-par 278 total in the KRW 1,200 million (approximately US$1,067,000) event, co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the Korea Golf Association (KGA).

“I’m really honoured to win the National Open of Korea. This is a really tough course. I got away with most of it but still struggled towards the ends. I got off to a good start today and I was like flying until that triple-bogey,” said Jazz.

Despite missing out on his second Asian Tour victory, Hwang took pride in his runner-up result, which not only marked his best finish in his National Open but also earned him a coveted spot at The Open next month where he will be making his Major debut.

He will be heading to Royal Portrush with compatriot Dongkyu Jang, who closed with a 72 to finish tied-fourth in the event, which offered two spots to The Open to the leading two players (not otherwise exempt) finishing in the top-eight and ties as part of The Open Qualifying Series.

American Chan Kim, who played on a sponsor’s invitation, marked his best efforts of the week with a closing 68 to settle two shots back of Jazz in third place while Korea’s Minjoon Kim matched his final round efforts to grab a share of fourth on 281.

The second qualifying spot went to Jang as he is ranked higher than Kim on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).

Federer, 37, is aiming for a ninth Wimbledon title and a 21st major next month, but admitted that it will soon be time to call time on his glistening career.

“It’s a shame, because I am at the end of my career now, and it has gone by so quickly,” he said after reaching the final of the ATP event in Halle for the 13th time.

“That is good sign, though, because it shows that it has been enormous fun.”

“My career has been a blessing. I wouldn’t have done anything differently, apart from the mistakes I made when I was younger which we all make.”

The Swiss veteran said he was still unsure of what he would do when he finally hung up his rackets.

“My future is open. Some players need a very clear plan of what they will do ater tennis, but I don’t,” he said.

“I want to have flexibility, for my family. There will be plenty of opportunities.”

“I have my foundation, and I have various sponsors who I have been with a long time who will stay with me after my career.”

Federer warned that he may not play too many exhibition matches after his retirement.

“Of course I want to keep doing things in tennis, and maybe play some exhibition matches or charity matches,” he said.

“On the other hand, I will have to see how fit I can stay and how fit I want to stay.”

“I will have to see whether I want to play exhibition matches at a low standard,” he laughed.

Federer also said he was planning “six months to a year” ahead for the time being as he looks to continue winning tournaments.

The Swiss still faces a fight to defend his record number of majors from his rivals.

Rafael Nadal moved to within just two titles of Federer’s mark with his 18th Grand Slam title at the French Open, while Novak Djokovic has 15 majors to his name.

“The main thing is not to get injured, because my health comes first,” said Federer.

The 32-year-old, who is making his first competitive appearance since what he termed “life-changing” hip surgery, and his partner Feliciano Lopez came through 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 10-7 against John Peers of Australia and his Finnish partner Henri Kontinen.

“It was a good match. We obviously had some chances to finish it in the second set,” said Murray. “I’m very happy to be in the final.”

Murray, who said he felt zero pain in his hip but that his back was stiff and his arm tired from serving, said he had not expected to get this far.

“I didn’t have high expectations at all,” he said.

“Yeah, I think things have probably got a little bit better maybe with each match, as well.

“I didn’t expect to be playing in the final, no, that’s for sure.”

Murray, who was surprised to hear Maria Sharapova had offered to be his partner in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon despite him slamming her when she failed a dope test, had attracted a visit from former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho whilst he was practising before his match.

“Yeah, he just wished me well,” said Murray.

“Was asking a bit about my hip and asked him what he was up to, try and see if he was going to come to Arsenal,” added the avid Gunners fan with a smile.

Murray may have been the reason for keeping the stands packed — although they thinned out a bit by the end — but he owed a lot to an extraordinary effort by 37-year-old Lopez.

The Spaniard effectively stayed on centre court for most of the day — winning his singles semi-final in three sets.

Then he and Murray polished off their unfinished quarter-final before a marathon effort in the doubles semi-final.

Lopez said that if anyone had told him he would have played this much a week ago he would have said they were “crazy.”

He was also generous in his praise of Murray.

“What Andy showed me basically is he is a great champion,” said Lopez. “I mean he went through two surgeries. He’s here playing again.

“I’m learning a lot of things from him, no? He’s so competitive, he loves winning.”

– ‘What was I doing’ –

Lopez — who Murray may regret overlooking as his doubles partner for Wimbledon — earned a pat on the back from Murray.

Murray chastised himself for a mess he made of one shot in the first set, asking: “What was I doing?”

However, his brilliance was epitomised when he fired an unstoppable forehand winner off a Kontinen serve to secure a break point and they moved 6-5 ahead when Peer fired long.

Murray raised his fist and said “come on” as he ran back to his seat, but Lopez stayed standing, his herculean efforts perhaps beginning to tell.

Murray’s serve in the following game came under pressure, but he showed great agility and touch to race to the ball and stroke it down the line, earning a grin from Lopez.

That moment of inspirational play boosted them and they sealed the set 7-5.

Murray and Lopez were constantly chatting to each other, even as one waited to receive serve, and something the Spaniard said provoked the two-time Olympic champion into a wry smile.

Lopez was broken early in the second but as the sun went down behind the clubhouse — the spectators wrapping themselves in towels to keep warm — they broke back and then broke again, leaving Murray to serve for the match.

However, he was broken and the defending champions went on to win the tie-break.

Murray and Lopez, though, were not to be denied and, despite some nervy moments in the champions tie-break, they came through and just about had the energy to embrace each other and raise a hand to the crowd at the end.

Goals from Casemiro, Roberto Firmino, Everton, Dani Alves and Willian ensured the Selecao would finish top of Group A and will play their quarter-final in Porto Alegre, potentially against out-of-sorts Argentina, their bitter rivals.

“We knew we’d get there sooner or later because we worked very hard,” captain Alves told TV Globo.

“It’s thanks to wins like this that we’re connected with the fans. When we’re all together, we feel the positive energy,” he added, alluding to the jeers that greeted the team in their first two group matches.

With Peru already 1-0 down, it was Gallese’s dreadful error that led to Firmino’s goal and swept the mat from under Peru’s feet, with the game turning into a rout.

Darwin Machis scored a brace as Venezuela beat Bolivia 3-1 in Belo Horizonte and leapfrogged Peru into second place, securing a quarter-final at Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Maracana stadium.

Peru, who finish third on four points, must now wait nervously to see what happens in the other two groups on Sunday and Monday to find out if they will qualify for the knock-out rounds as one of the two best third-place finishers.

Never before since the Copa America adopted a 12-team format in 1993 with eight sides going through to the quarter-finals, has a side mustering four points failed to progress.

Hosts Brazil took an early lead in scrappy fashion when Philippe Coutinho’s corner was flicked on at the near post for Marquinhos to head goalwards from inside the six-yard box, with Gallese rooted to his line.

The ball came back off the post, grazed Marquinhos’s shoulder and was then headed over the line by Casemiro on 12 minutes.

If Gallese was partly at fault there for not commanding his area, he was totally to blame for Brazil’s second.

The goalkeeper dallied over a clearance and when he tried to hoof the ball upfield, it cannoned off a jumping Firmino, looped over his head and again came back off the post.

The ball bounced back to Firmino who waltzed around the stranded Gallese and slotted the ball into the empty net on 19 minutes.

– Willian completes rout –

Peru had barely been in the game but captain Paolo Guerrero did curl a free-kick over the top.

Yet the match was effectively over as a contest on 32 minutes when Everton cut in off the left flank and fired a snap effort into the bottom corner, with Gallese a touch slow to react and beaten at his near post.

With almost two thirds of the match to go, Peru were relying on a favor from Bolivia to hold onto second place in the group.

Brazil, who were boosted by a visit from the injured and absent Neymar on Friday, did not let up in the second half.

Alves was next in on the scoring act after playing a pair of one-twos with Arthur and Firmino before firing across Gallese on 53 minutes.

Willian sealed the rout in the last minute with a stunning strike from the corner of the 18-yard box.

And there was still time for Gallese to give away and then save a Gabriel Jesus penalty in stoppage time.

In Belo Horizonte, Venezuela were off to a dream start when Machis headed home a cross from Ronald Hernandez in the second minute.

Machis doubled Venezuela’s lead on 58 minutes, converting a pass from Tomas Rincon.

But just after Jhon Chancellor missed the chance to extend Venezuela’s lead when he hit the bar with a header, Leonel Justiniano pulled back a goal for Bolivia from outside the area.

Venezuela, though, were not to be denied and Josef Martinez flick home a header from Yeferson Soltedo’s dinked cross to book their place in the knock-out stages.

“We dedicate this to the whole country, which is always keeping an eye on us,” said Martinez.