April, 2009:

Zhou Xunshu is a man of his word. Thursday night, after a woeful opening round 80, Zhou predicted he’d shoot a 70 on Friday and live to play on the weekend.

And that is just what he did. A motivated Zhou rallied for five birdies and registered the sixth best round of the dark and windy day at Zhongshan International Golf Club in Nanjing. The 2-under-par performance vaulted Zhou from 109th place to 33rd on the leaderboard for the second stop on the 2009 Omega China Tour.

“I am happy, very happy,” Zhou beamed after the round. “My wife is happy for me, too. Today I was totally relaxed and I know for this course I can hit 72 no problem.”

Zhou’s second to last hole, No. 8, was perhaps the most satisfying. On Thursday, Zhou registered a quadruple bogey on the 227-yard par 3. It took him four strokes to get his ball out of a bunker. On Friday, Zhou landed his tee shot on the fringe 20 feet to the right of the pin. His cap turned backwards because of the darkness, Zhou used his putter on his second shot. The ball hit the pin and, as Zhou’s caddie Zheng Yunlong yelled “Get in the hole!” in English, it disappeared into the cup for a birdie.

Zhou pumped his fist and greeted Zheng with a fist bump.

“I cursed that hole,” Zhou said. “And I finally got my revenge.”

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周训书遵守诺言，打破诅咒，顺利晋级

周训书是个信守承诺的人.星期四晚上,在首轮打出了很糟糕的80杆之后,周训书预测星期五他会打出70杆,进入周末的比赛.

他说到做到.充满动力的周训书重整旗鼓,打出了五个小鸟球,在南京索菲特钟山高尔夫公开赛第二轮的所有选手的当天成绩中排名第六.低于标准杆2杆的成绩也让周训书从第109名一跃至33名,这是2009赛季欧米茄中巡赛的第二战比赛.

“我很高兴，非常高兴.”比赛结束后周训书兴高采烈,”我老婆也很为我高兴.今天我很轻松,我知道这个球场我打72杆没问题.”

周训书今天的倒数第二洞,也是第八洞,可能是最令人满意的了.星期四,周在这个227码标准杆3杆的洞打出了高于标准杆四杆的成绩,他用了四杆把球打出沙坑.星期五的比赛,周训书开球落在了旗杆右边大概20码的地方.天色渐渐暗了,周训书把帽子反着戴了,第二杆他用了推杆.球撞上了旗杆,伴随着周训书的球童郑云龙用英文喊出”Get in the hole!”,球落入洞中,小鸟球！

周训书挥拳庆祝，然后和郑云龙击拳互相祝贺。

“我骂了那个洞,” 周训书说,”我终于报仇了.”

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Zhou Xunshu will be fighting for his life on Friday after shooting a disappointing 8-over 80 Thursday in the opening round of the Sofitel Zhongshan IGC Open in Nanjing, the second stop on the 2009 China Tour. Zhou will need to play extremely well in the second round if he hopes to make the cut in the tournament, which with 144 players boasts the largest, and arguably the strongest, field in the tour’s five-year history.

Playing in gusty winds Thursday, Zhou bogeyed three of the first five holes. After birdieing the par-5 7th, Zhou blew up for a 4-over 7 on No. 8, wasting a handful of strokes trying to get out of a bunker. Zhou settled down after that, and was playing 1-under on the back nine until finishing bogey, double bogey. On the final hole he hit his drive into the trees. On the following shot, he struck a tree with his club, splitting his 6-iron in half. He spent the better part of the afternoon in downtown Nanjing trying to find a replacement iron.

Zhou tees off at 11:50 am Friday. Follow live scoring here. More updates here.

周训书的星期四：糟糕的成绩和打坏了的球杆

星期四在南京索菲特钟山高尔夫公开赛首轮的比赛里，周训书打出了令人失望的80杆，高于标准杆八杆的成绩，这是2009赛季中巡赛的第二战比赛。这也意味着周训书必须在星期五的比赛中打出极其优秀的成绩，才能保证他得以晋级周末的比赛。此战比赛有144位选手参赛，是中巡赛五年历史中参赛人数最多，据说也是实力最强的比赛。

星期四风很大，周训书在前五洞中三洞打出了柏忌。在第七洞五杆洞，周打出了小鸟球，在第八洞为了把球打出沙坑周训书尝试了多次才成功，最后打出了七杆高于标准杆四杆的成绩。这之后周训书稳扎稳打，后九洞的成绩一直在低于标准杆一杆直到最后两洞的柏忌和双柏忌。最后一洞，周训书开球打进树丛，在随后的一杆里，他的球杆打在了树上，把他的六号铁杆打断了。当天下午周训书去了南京市区修补球杆。

星期五周训书早上11点50分开球。点击这里关注实时成绩。更多新闻点击这里。