March 18th, 2009:

The top three would advance to the prestigious Volvo China Open and Zhou Xunshu found himself tied for third place with three holes to play Wednesday in the second and final round of the Mid-China Qualifying tournament at Shanghai Silport Golf Club. But after bogeys on hole Nos. 16 and 18, Zhou found himself one stroke out of contention. The China Open would have to wait for another year.

“It’s disappointing, and I made some mistakes,” Zhou said, “but I feel very good about the way I am playing heading into the Omega China Tour season. I have a lot of confidence right now and I look forward to playing in Xiamen.”

Zhou added, “I’d really like to thank my coach Michael Dickie and the Silport David Leadbetter Golf Academy for taking me in and letting me train in Shanghai for the past five weeks. It’s been a huge help to my game.”

Zhou was on a flight headed for Xiamen just four hours after finishing his round in Shanghai. He tees off at 7:30 am on Thursday in the opening round of the Dell Championship at Orient Golf Country Club in Xiamen, the first event of the 2009 Omega China Tour. Follow live scoring of the event here.

Zhou finished in 8th place in Xiamen in 2008.

就差一点:最后的柏忌让周训书未能入围Volvo中国公开赛

在上海旭宝高尔夫俱乐部举办的华中资格赛中，星期三的第二轮也是最后一轮比赛还有三洞没打的时候，周训书此时并列排在第三位，而这场资格赛的前三名将入围久负声望的Volvo中国公开赛。但是在第十六和第十八洞分别打出了柏忌之后，周以一杆之差退出了竞争。参加中国公开赛只能再等一年了。

“很失望，我有一些失误,”周说,”但是我现在对自己的打法感觉很好，开始欧米茄中巡赛的新赛季。我现在很有信心，我很期待去厦门打比赛.”

周还补充道,”我真的很感谢我的教练Michael Dickie和旭宝大卫利百特高尔夫学院给我这个机会来上海训练过去的五个星期。对我帮助非常大.”

在上海的比赛结束四个小时之后，周搭上了去厦门的飞机. 他将参加星期四在东方(厦门)高尔夫俱乐部举办的戴尔锦标赛，这是2009年欧米茄中巡赛的首站比赛，周首轮早上7点30分开球。关注实时比分直播请点击这里。

2008年周在厦门取得了第八名的成绩。