Thailand’s Boonchu Ruangkit held his nerve to seal a first European Senior Tour title with a play-off victory over Frankie Minoza in the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters this morning.

Jimmy Heggarty fired six birdies en-route to a 67 in the second round of the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters today, but still finds himself nine shots adrift of leaders Frankie Minoza and Boonchu Ruangkit.

Denis O’Sullivan and Jimmy Heggarty have a mountain to climb to get back into contention after suffering back-nine collapses on the first day of the Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters.

Little-known Boonchu Ruangkit of Thailand and Australia’s David Merriman share top spot after they signed for rounds of seven under par 64, but the two Irishmen in the field had to settle for 75s despite both reaching the turn in level par.

Jimmy Heggarty will be looking for a repeat of his performance in last year’s Aberdeen Brunei Senior Masters as the European Senior Tour begins a two-week stretch in Asia.