Bank Mandiri will title sponsor the Indonesia Open for the fourth successive year this season – the Asian Tour announced today.

The tournament, one of the region’s most enduring and prestigious National Opens, will also make a popular return to Pondok Indah Golf Course – a regular destination for the tournament over the years.

It will be played from 28-31 August and boast prizemoney of US$500,000, with the winner earning US$90,000.

Bank Mandiri and Pondok Indah Golf Course have partnered with the country’s National Open on many occasions before, with this year’s edition representing an exciting extension of the partnership.

Wisnu Trihanggodo, Senior Executive Vice President of Corporate Relation, Bank Mandiri, said: “Bank Mandiri believe in staying the course with key projects that we are associated with and our involvement with the Indonesia Open is a perfect example of this.

Steve Lewton triumphed last year. Picture by Graham Uden/Asian Tour.

“It has been an honour to title sponsor the tournament since 2022 and be able to watch the tournament grow so successfully. The longevity of the event itself, the respect it has in the region as a whole and the important role it plays in helping the development of the game of golf in our country are some of the primary reasons why we see this as a preferred partnership.

“We are looking forward to another great week of golf at a famous Jakarta golf course that is rich in history, Pondok Indah Golf Course.”

The tournament, won last year by Englishman Steve Lewton – third time lucky as he was runner-up in the previous two editions – will be the ninth event of the season on the Asian Tour.

Cho Minn Thant, Commissioner & CEO, Asian Tour, commented: “In its now regular slot, mid-way through the season, the Mandiri Indonesia Open will once again help ensure a strong pivot into the second half of the season.

“With an exemplary title sponsor in Bank Mandiri and perfect venue in Pondok Indah Golf Course the stage has been set for another great week of golf in keeping with the history of the Indonesia Open. We thank them and our friends at Persatuan Golf Indonesia for their cumulative efforts in ensuring everything is on track and ahead of schedule.”

Suharsono, Secretary-General, Persatuan Golf Indonesia (the Indonesia Golf Association), said: “We are truly grateful to Bank Mandiri for their loyal support of our National Open. We have enjoyed three excellent years working with them and their unprecedented four-year title sponsorship of our event is testament to their wish to help grow the game in Indonesia.

Nitithorn Thippong was triumphant at the Pondok Indah Golf Course in 2023. Picture by Graham Uden/Asian Tour.

“We are also extremely excited to be heading back to one of Indonesia’s finest golf clubs that boasts a world-class golf course and has a long association with our flagship event, Pondok Indah Golf Course.”

Pondok Indah Golf Course last hosted the tournament in 2023, when Thailand’s Nitithorn Thippong triumphed, having staged six successive tournaments from 2016.

In the 1970’s Robert Trent Jones Jnr designed the course, while it underwent a complete renovation in 2010. Located very close to Jakarta city centre, it famously hosted the World Cup of Golf in 1983 – won by the American team of John Cook and Rex Caldwell.

Said Erick Purwanto, Director of Pondok Indah Golf Course: “It is an honour for Pondok Indah Golf Course to be hosting the country’s National Open again. The tournament has played an important part in helping to shape our history and we will once again pull out all the stops to deliver a world class tournament.”

India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar is the only player to win the tournament on three occasions, with two of those victories, in 2016 and 2022, coming at Pondok Indah Golf Course.