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Tour Insider: Bandar Malaysia Open


Published on March 4, 2020

By Olle Nordberg, Former Asian Tour and European Tour professional

 

The Tournament

The Bandar Malaysia Open is making a return to the Asian Tour schedule after a four-year absence and is held in partnership with the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO).  A prize purse of US$1 million will be on offer with the winner taking home US$180,000.

The event was last held in 2015 where Indian star Anirban Lahiri beat Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger by one shot to secure his sixth title on the Asian Tour.

 

The Course

Kota Permai Golf and Country Club last hosted an Asian Tour event in 2012 with Thai legend Thaworn Wiratchant emerging victorious, and the course has also hosted Bandar Malaysia Opens in the past.

The last time the event was held at this course was in 2008 when Arjun Atwal of India won the title for the second time.

One of the premier courses in Malaysia, it will play as a par-72 at 7,016 yards from the championship tees this week.

 

Players to Watch

 

Joohyung Kim (KOR)

One of the most promising young players anywhere in the world, the 17-year-old Kim seems to be near the top of the leaderboard every time he plays.

Apart from three Asian Development Tour (ADT) wins and one Asian Tour title in 2019, he also won The Country Club Invitational on the Philippine Golf Tour to bring his total wins for the year to five.

His career record in OWGR counting events (which exclude two of his wins last year) has been impressive as he currently holds a 10.34% win percentage, 44.83% top-five percentage and a 51.72% top-10 percentage in 29 events played. For reference, Tiger Woods is currently at a 57.66% top-10 percentage.

A fourth-place finish in Singapore in January qualified Kim for The Open at Royal St. George’s this July, his first Major, and last week he led the New Zealand Open through the first three rounds and eventually finished in solo-fourth place.

While he had been hoping for a different outcome on Sunday afternoon, Kim picked up 4.5 important OWGR points and is now up to number 123, a career high and the second highest in the field this week.

Joohyung Kim

Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA)

The two-time Asian Tour winner started his season with a win at the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship on the ADT in late January, and his good form goes all the way back to the middle of last year.

Pavit won his second Asian Tour title at the Sabah Masters in November, two weeks after narrowly missing out on winning his National Open in a playoff.

After getting off to a disastrous start by being five-over-par in his first five holes last week in New Zealand, Pavit proved why he’s such a dangerous player by making 17 birdies and no bogeys in his next 40 holes.

While he was featuring near the top of the leaderboard most of Saturday, he would eventually finish the tournament in a creditable 11th place, which is his best outing in three straight attempts at the New Zealand Open

Pavit Tangkamolprasert

Wade Ormsby (AUS)

The Asian Tour Order of Merit leader after winning the season-opening Hong Kong Open where he claimed the title by four shots over The Open champion Shane Lowry.

It was the second time Ormsby had gotten his name engraved on the prestigious trophy, having also won the event in 2017.

Ormsby, however, endured three straight missed cuts on the European Tour after his win in Hong Kong, but would regain his form  in New Zealand last week. Ormsby finished tied-seventh and extended his lead on the Asian Tour Order of Merit with over US$209,000 in earnings.

Wade Ormsby

Rashid Khan (IND)

With top-10s in his last two events, a sixth-place finish at the Hong Kong Open and a tied-eight in Singapore, Khan is obviously in good form.

He also won the 2019 Professional Golf Tour of India Order of Merit in 2019, posting two victories and eight other top-10s on his local Tour.

He is the highest ranked Indian on the OWGR at 186th and is also inside the cut-off mark for the Olympics at number 53 on the Olympic Golf Rankings. The top-60 on the list as of June 22nd will qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, which should be a huge incentive for Khan to keep up the good play for the next few months.

Rashid Khan

Gunn Charoenkul (THA)

Having already made US$77,150 on the Asian Tour in the first two events of the 2020 season, the Hong Kong Open where he finished third and the SMBC Singapore Open where he tied for 11th, Gunn has been in great form for more than a year.

He played most of his golf last year on the Japan Golf Tour, where he posted 10 top-10s and finished 21st in the Money Rankings, but came back to the Asian Tour in December and finished the year with a solo-second at the BNI Indonesian Masters and a fifth-place finish at the season ending Thailand Masters.

Although he made almost US$130,000 in the three Asian Tour events that he played last year, easily enough to keep his card, he did not play enough events to count on the Order of Merit.

Currently ranked number 136 on the OWGR, he is also one of the Tokyo Olympics hopefuls and is currently at number 46 inside the qualifying cutoff of top-60 on the Olympic Ranking list.

Gunn Charoenkul

Ben Leong (MAS)

The highest-ranking Malaysian in the field this week at number 532 on the OWGR, Leong is a one-time winner on the Asian Tour as well as a two-time winner on the ADT.

Leong’s best result on the Asian Tour last year was a tied-sixth at the Thailand Open and he finished in 48th place on the Order of Merit. He also had second-place finish on the ADT, as well as two other top-10s.

Ben Leong

Rikuya Hoshino (JPN)

The highest ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) in the field this week at number 117, the Japanese had a solid week at the SBMC Singapore Open where he finished tied-11th.

Hoshino also finished 11th on the Japan Golf Tour Money Rankings in 2019, posting a win at the Dunlop SRIXON Fukushima Open and had seven other top-10s.

He also won a tournament on home soil in 2018, the Fujisankei Classic, which helped him to a career high rank of seventh in the Money Ranking that season.

Rikuya Hoshino


Published on March 3, 2020

Shah Alam, Selangor, March 3: Proven Asian Tour winners Ben Leong, Nicholas Fung and Danny Chia are ready to fly the flag for Malaysia when they tee off for the Bandar Malaysia Open which gets underway at the highly rated Kota Permai Golf and Country Club on Thursday.

The trio, who holds a combined total of four Asian Tour wins and nine Asian Development Tour victories, are part of the 47-man strong local challenge vying to become the first Malaysian to win their National Open, which returns to the Asian Tour this week after a four-year hiatus.

Leong, the only Malaysian to win an Asian Tour event on home soil, is optimistic of his chances but will adopt a relaxed approach when he chases for a second victory and first since 2008 at the US$1 million event, sanctioned by the Asian Tour and in partnership with the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO).

Chia, a two-time Asian Tour winner, found an opportunity to give back to the game when he hosted a junior event, which was held in conjunction with the Bandar Malaysia Open, on the same venue last week. The 47-year-old enjoyed a tied-25th place finish when the event was last staged in 2015.

Fung, whose best finish at the Malaysian Open remains a tied-47th place result in 2014, believes he has the game to contend in his National Open. He got his season off to a disappointing start with two missed cuts in three events but will be looking to turn the corner with a fine showing this week.

Rahil Gangjee of India

India’s Rahil Gangjee and Scott Vincent of Zimbabwe, who is still chasing for an Asian Tour breakthrough, will feature in the talented 156-man field from 23 countries, which consists of over 50 Asian Tour champions and four Order of Merit winners.

The Malaysian Open boasts an illustrious list of past winners which includes India’s Anirban Lahiri and Arjun Atwal, Thai stars Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat, as well as Korea’s Noh Seung-yul, who have gone on to lift the coveted Asian Tour Order of Merit crowns following their victories in the storied event.

The highly acclaimed Bandar Malaysia Open, which boasts a new tagline ‘Pride, Passion, Prominence’, is the flagship event for the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA).

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Starts: From March 5, Thursday till March 8, Sunday

Venue: Kota Permai Golf and Country Club, Shah Alam, Selangor

Par/Yards: Par 72/ 7,016 yards

Field size: 156

Format: 72-hole stroke play with a cut made after two rounds to the leading 65 professionals and ties

Last winner: Anirban Lahiri (IND) – 2015

Hashtags: #BandarMalaysiaOpen2020   #BMO2020   #PridePassionProminence   

 

ABOUT THE FIELD

Past Champions: 2 (Charlie Wi, Yeh Wei-tze)

OOM winners: 4 (Thaworn Wiratchant, Liang Wen-chong, Jeev Milkha Singh and Juvic Pagunsan)

Asian Tour champions: 51

Nationalities: 23

Top contenders: Wade Ormsby (AUS), Joohyung Kim (KOR), John Catlin (USA), Gunn Charoenkul (THA), Poom Saksansin (THA), Rashid Khan (IND), Miguel Tabuena (PHI), Mikumu Horikawa (JPN), Rikuya Hoshino (JPN).

Highest ranked player on OWGR: Rikuya Hoshino (JPN), #117

Highest ranked player on Asian Tour Order of Merit: Wade Ormsby (AUS), #1

No. of Malaysians in the field: 47 (including 10 local amateurs)

Top Malaysian pro on OWGR: Ben Leong, #532

 

DID YOU KNOW?

  • The Bandar Malaysia Open, one of the oldest National Opens in the region, makes a welcome return to the Asian Tour schedule following a four-year hiatus this week.
  • The highly acclaimed event, which boasts a new tagline ‘Pride, Passion, Prominence’, is the flagship event for the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA).
  • The 2020 Bandar Malaysia Open, sanctioned by the Asian Tour in partnership with the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO), offers a prize purse of USD$1,000,000 with the winner taking home a prize purse of US$180,000.
  • A total of 156 players from 23 countries will be vying for top honours at the award-winning Kota Permai Golf and Country Club, which last staged the National Open of Malaysia in 2008.
  • The highly rated Kota Permai Golf and Country Club last staged an Asian Tour event in 2012.
  • The Malaysian Open, which was inaugurated in 1962, has featured prominently on the annual Asian Tour schedule from 1999 to 2015. It also became the first event to be co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour and the European Tour in 1999.
  • Past champions include former World Number ones Vijay Singh and Lee Westwood, as well as Major champion Louis Oosthuizen.
  • Thai stars Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Korea’s Noh Seung-yul, India’s Arjun Atwal and Anirban Lahiri have also gone on to lift the coveted Asian Tour Order of Merit crowns following their victories in the storied event.
  • The Malaysian Open was last staged in 2015 where Lahiri emerged victorious for his first win on the European Tour and sixth victory on the Asian Tour.
  • Atwal is a two-time champion of the prestigious event. He recorded the tournament’s lowest winning score with a 24-under-par 260 total in 2003 and emerged victorious at the Kota Permai Golf and Country Club in 2008.
  • Bandar Malaysia, which came onboard as the title sponsor of the 2020 Malaysian Open, is a mixed-use, transit-oriented development (TOD) in Kuala Lumpur and will become a gateway to the capital and set the standard for future transformational city design in Malaysia and Southeast Asia.
  • The master developer of Bandar Malaysia is IWH-CREC Sdn Bhd- a consortium comprising Iskandar Waterfront Holdings Bhd and China Railway Engineering Corp Sdn Bhd (IWH-CREC).
  • The Bandar Malaysia Open 2020 also received unprecedented backing with Tree Technologies and Tourism Malaysia as co-sponsors and Kota Permai Golf & Country Club as host venue. Other sponsors are Mazda (Official Car), Sunway Clio Hotel (Official Hotel), 100PLUS (Official Drinks), Callaway (Official Equipment), Titoni (Official Timekeeper), CrestLink (Official Apparel), Kenwood (Official Communications) and Luen Heng (Official Spirits). Meanwhile, Malay Mail and The Edge are media partners while Golf Malaysia is Official Magazine. The championship is also supported by TM Unifi, Red Crescent and Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam.

Published on March 2, 2020

Hong Kong, March 2: The Hong Kong Golf Club, host venue of the popular Hong Kong Open has been nominated for the “World’s Best Eco-Friendly Golf Facility” by the World Golf Awards.

An industry awards platform that celebrates and rewards excellence in golf, the Hong Kong Golf Club will be up against a host of other renowned golf clubs in the world.

They include the Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, Pinehurst in the United States, The Gleneagles in Scotland and Sentosa Golf Club, Singapore which was voted the Asian Tour’s Players’ choice Golf Course of the Year in 2019.

Winners are determined by an online public vote which runs until September, 2019.

And they will announced at the World Golf Awards gala event in Dubai in October.

To cast your votes, click here.

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Published on March 1, 2020

Queenstown, New Zealand, March 1: Australia’s Brad Kennedy returned to the winner’s circle again when he signed for a stunning eight-under-par 63 to win the 101st New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport on Sunday.

Kennedy had won New Zealand’s prestigious National Open in 2011 and held aloft its prized trophy for the second time after overcoming a two-shot deficit to pip compatriot Lucas Herbert to the title with his winning total of 21-under-par 264 at the Millbrook Resort.

Herbert, who won the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour in January, was seemingly in control of winning his second title in two months.

However, a costly double-bogey on 13 pegged him back momentarily before he battled back gallantly with three straight birdies from the 15th hole.

Standing on the 18th tee, Herbert still had a chance to at least force a play-off with Kennedy but hit his shot into the water which effectively cost him the title.

Herbert’s closing bogey meant he would end the week in second place, two shots ahead of fellow countryman Nick Flanagan, who finished in third place.

Korean teenager Joohyung Kim could not find his putting touch on the day that matters most and had to settle for outright fourth place after signing off with a 70.

Having started so promisingly and leading for three rounds, the 17-year-old marked his card with five birdies and four bogeys.

Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert meanwhile enjoyed his best result in three outings to the New Zealand Open after a closing 69 saw him finish in 11th place.

Pavit had previously finished in tied-29th place on both occasions at the 2018 and 2019 editions.

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Brad Kennedy (AUS) Final round 63 (-8) Total 264 (-21)
I just grinded it out and really tried to play within my game as much as I could. I just let my putter do the talking today and I’m just relieved, and to do this again after nine years is just unbelievable. I didn’t look at a leader board all day. I actually posted a number in my head last night, 21 was the number, and I didn’t think I’d reach it but I just knew that this course was out there to be had, the course is playing unbelievable. I was gutted after the Queensland PGA, I actually didn’t want to play last week, I was that mentally destroyed by what happened. To do that today under that sort of pressure and overcome that, I’m just really proud of what I did today. I’d always said 2020 was my last year. I’ve been playing 25 years on Tour and it was time to get home and spend some more time with my kids and wife. Who knows now? If I can still do it at 45 then I don’t know what’s going to happen.

Lucas Herbert (AUS) Final round 67 (-4) Total 266 (-19)
Obviously I had the win in Dubai and then to back it up with another top-five finish was really pleasing and realistically I didn’t have my best stuff this week. To finish second you’ve got to look at the positives and I sort of can’t slouch too much at that. Brad’s played great out there today. He shot 8-under and kind of deserves to win given how well he played. He made the birdies when he needed to and he played the tough holes better than I did.

Joohyung Kim (KOR) Final Round 70 (-1) Total 269 (-16)
It was just one of those days where I just couldn’t get really any momentum. And I think that just kind of got in my head, knowing that I needed to post a good number to win obviously with the calm conditions. But obviously like one where you hit a good drive and catch the long stuff, and you hit a good shot and he gets on the edge but you save par, and then the next drive I hit goes in a divot. So, there’s just like those little things that kind of just got into my head I think a bit. But yeah, I played a good week. I felt like I was playing really well. It was just some things that I wish I had done better, but I feel like those negatives, I can make those positive. I still have a lot to work on to be honest to get ready for next week, but I’m definitely positive.

Wade Ormsby (AUS) Final Round 66 (-5) Total 271 (-14)
I had a great start to the year and then three average events, but I worked it out last week and the game is back on song. If I’d had a decent putter this week it could have been good enough, I hit it great today on the front nine and I could have shot anything. I’m really pleased with the good result and trying to take some confidence into Malaysia next week. I always like playing in Malaysia so I’m looking forward to going back there. It’s always and nice week on tour in Malaysia, so like I said it would be nice to take this good form into next week and keep the ball rolling.

Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA) Final Round 69 (-2) Total 273 (-12)
This is my best performance in the New Zealand Open overall in my three years so I’m very happy. Especially after the bad start on the first day I didn’t expect to finish top-15, just to make the cut. Thankfully I was just mentally very strong after that. See, if I give up then I would miss the cut. I was hitting the ball pretty well this week so I hope I can continue doing that. Next week, and so on. I got my game since the Boonchu Ruangkit Championship, so this week I just played like I did there.


Published on February 29, 2020

Queenstown, New Zealand, February 29: Korean teenager Joohyung Kim had a crucial birdie to thank as he closed with a four-under-par 67 to head into the final round with a share of the lead with Australia’s Lucas Herbert at the 101st New Zealand Open presented by Sky Sport on Saturday. 

Kim looked in danger of relinquishing his lead for the first time this week but calmly sank his putt from 10 feet on the par-three 18th to sign for a three-day total of 15-under-par 199 at the Millbrook Resort.

Herbert made one of the biggest moves of the day, having trailed Kim by two shots when he stepped up to the opening tee.

The 24-year-old, who won the Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour last month, stormed to the top of the leaderboard with three birdies in his final five holes.

2011 New Zealand Open champion Brad Kennedy of Australia closed strongly with back-to-back birdies to trail the pair by two shots in outright third place while American Chan Kim, a former member of the Asian Tour who topped the class at the Asian Tour Qualifying School in 2013, is tied for fourth with Australia’s Nick Flanagan on 202 total.

Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert signed for a 70 to stay five shots back of the leaders in tied-ninth place with Australia’s Ben Eccles and Kieran Muir.

Like his second Asian Tour win in Sabah last year, the 30-year-old Thai is ready to mount a late fight back, having been in similar situations before where he knows that all is not lost yet.

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Joohyung  Kim (KOR) Third round

I played really well today. I was playing well off the tee and approach to the greens, but I did leave a lot of shots out there on the greens to be honest. But you can’t have all days when it goes your way, I’m still in the hunt as I gave myself a really good chance for tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be fun to be honest, playing with Lucas is going to be really enjoyable. Obviously he’s a European Tour winner, so it’s going to be wherever it goes, whether I win or lose tomorrow, I’m just going to really enjoy myself.

 

Lucas Herbert (AUS) Third round 65 (-6) Total 199 (-15)

I was pretty happy with it. I started off quite nicely and got that little three-birdie run through the middle and got myself in a nice position but then straight after that I felt like I really battled my golf swing for a few holes and hit some errant ones. To fight back like I did and make some really good swings sort of 15, 16, 17 and even 18 there to hit it in the middle of the green, I was really proud of that because I think we’ve got a bit of work to do on the range to get ready for tomorrow.

 

Chan Kim (USA) Third round 65 (-6) Total 202 (-12)

I knew that the conditions were going to be very calm today, with not so much wind, so I knew I had to post something low to get close. I played about as good as I could play and left a few out there, but you just can’t complain, it’s six-under and up at the top of the leaderboard, it’s a pretty good feeling. I’ve been playing pretty well and I had a good offseason with my coach. I’m definitely really looking forward to tomorrow and seeing what I can do. Fortunately I played in the morning yesterday when the wind wasn’t as bad, but the first day when we had a lot of wind and some rain, it played really tough and some of those pins you just couldn’t get at. A day like today, it made it easier to fire at pins and give yourself birdie chances. From the looks of it I’m going to have to go pretty low tomorrow, especially if the weather stays like this, so I will be playing fairly aggressive. I just hope that the putts drop and we’ll see how it goes.

 

Pavit Tangkamolprasert (THA) Third round 70 (-1) Total 204 (-10)

I didn’t drive the ball very well today, I couldn’t find the fairways and it was difficult for me to hit from the rough. Especially with the pin positions, playing in the afternoon with firm greens. Overall, I’m very happy with the good start on the front nine, three-under-par, so I can still go low tomorrow. I had a good chance after the front nine today, my putting is still very good, but on the back nine I’m disappointed that I can’t find the fairways. So it puts me in a very difficult spot for tomorrow, but who knows.


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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 29: The highly anticipated Bandar Malaysia Open is set to feature a strong international field, comprising of over 50 Asian Tour champions and five Order of Merit winners, when it gets underway at the Kota Permai Golf and Country Club from March 5 to 8 next week.

A total of 156 players from over 20 countries will be vying for top honours in the US$1 million event, which will be sanctioned by the Asian Tour and in partnership with the Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO).

Order of Merit leader Wade Ormsby of Australia will spearhead the Asian Tour challenge in the storied event alongside teen titan Joohyung Kim of Korea, John Catlin of the United States, Thailand’s Gunn Charoenkul and India’s Rashid Khan.

The 39-year-old Ormsby, who claimed his third Asian Tour victory at the 2020 season-opener in Hong Kong last month, enjoyed his best outing in six previous appearances at the Malaysian Open when he came in tied-11th place in the last edition in 2015.

Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino, who sits in a current 116th place on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR), will also make his debut appearance in the prestigious event as the highest ranked player in the elite field.

Ben Leong, who remains the only Malaysian to win an Asian Tour event on home soil with his lone victory coming in 2008, will spearhead the local charge which consists of 36 professionals and 11 amateurs. They are all vying to become the first player to win their National Open which was inaugurated in 1962.

Local veterans S. Murthy, Rashid Ismail and Danny Chia, the first Malaysian winner on the Asian Tour and the first to play all four rounds at The Open, will also be part of the home challenge at the Bandar Malaysia Open, which returns to the Asian Tour schedule after a four-year hiatus.

Rashid was part of the team with Chia who qualified for the Argentina World Cup in 2000 while Murthy played for Malaysia between 1990 to 1996 and has been an active player on the domestic circuit and the Asian Development Tour (ADT) in recent years.

The highly acclaimed Bandar Malaysia Open, which boasts a new tagline ‘Pride, Passion, Prominence’, is the flagship event for the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA).

India’s Anirban Lahiri along with Thai stars Thongchai Jaidee and Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Korea’s Noh Seung-yul and compatriot Arjun Atwal have gone on to lift the coveted Asian Tour Order of Merit crowns following their victories in the storied event.

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Published on February 28, 2020

Kuala Lumpur, February 28: Four talented juniors today received a tremendous boost to their budding golfing career as they received the coveted playing slots at the US$1 Million Bandar Malaysia Open 2020 next week.

The quartet of Nateshvar A. Ganesh, Rizq Adam Rohizam, Nor Harith Nor Hadi, and Hariz Hezri will be among the 40 Malaysians teeing up at the championship at Kota Permai Golf & Country Club from March 5-8. For all of them, it will be their first time playing in a world-class, professional event.

Fresh from winning the amateur title at the Zurich PGAM Junior Invitational held at Kota Permai yesterday after an opening round of six-under-par 66, Nateshvar would carry that warm feeling to the course next week.

“I didn’t expect to qualify for the Bandar Malaysia Open. It surely feels great to have the chance to play at our National Open,” said the 15-year-old Melaka lad. “I will keep training hard this few days, especially on my short game to prepare for the championship. I will try to make the weekend cut.”

For another young prospect, Rizq Adam, who only last week won the Faldo Series at Impian Golf & Country Club, he would be playing on a familiar ground having been a member of Kota Permai for the past four years, although he did not think that would be of any advantage.

“I’ve not played here that often, I’m kind of familiar with the course. It’s quite long and I don’t hit that far but I think it should be ok as my putting suits these slick greens,” said the 15-year-old who is a Tiger Woods fan. “I’m honoured to play in the Bandar Malaysia Open and it would be an interesting week, hopefully I will make the cut.”

For Johorean Nor Harith Nor Hadi, 17, it was a dream come true to qualify for the Bandar Malaysia Open. For his maiden outing playing in a professional field, he hoped to do well but will not put any target.

Fifteen-year-old Hariz Hezri, who hails from Kedah, was simply grateful for the opportunity to play his first professional championship. He felt that the course suit his game but conceded that he had to put in a lot more practice on his putting these few days to play well.

“We are delighted to be able to offer playing opportunities to these talented juniors. They are the future of the game in our country, with hopefully a long and fruitful golfing career ahead, not only as amateurs but eventually as professionals,” said Arep Kulal, Chief Executive Officer of Winning Matters, the event promoter.

“We believe the experience that they will gain from being in the field, teeing up against top players from the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO), will put them in good stead for their future career development,” he added.

Photo caption: (From left) Hariz Hezri, Rizq Adam Rohizam, Arep Kulal, CEO of Winning Matters, Nor Harith Nor Hadi, and Nateshvar A. Ganesh.

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