Amateurs tee off Johnnie Walker week<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The seventh Johnnie Walker International Club
\nChampionship tees off at Emeralda Golf & Country Club near here
\nfrom Dec. 7 to Dec. 8 when 14 nations are competing to win Asia's
\nmost prestigious amateur team event.<\/p>\n
The tournament will host teams from China, Guam, Hong Kong,
\nIndia, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the
\nPhilippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is the first country to have staged the Johnnie
\nWalker International Club Championship twice since its inception
\n-- the Bali Golf and Country Club hosted the event in 1994.<\/p>\n
T. Sugianto, Zainal Effendi and Anthony Hatuley from the Bogor
\ngolf club won the 1997 Johnnie Walker Inter-team Championship
\nnational final at the Jagorawi Golf and Country Club on Nov. 2 to
\nrepresent Indonesia in the Johnnie Walker International final.<\/p>\n
Each team consists of three players representing each of the
\nhandicap classes, Class A (0-9), Class B (10-16) and Class C (17-
\n24). The format of the championship will be 36 holes of
\nstrokeplay over two days and the team with the lowest aggregate
\nscore will be crowned champion.<\/p>\n
Individual honors for each handicap bracket will also be
\nawarded.<\/p>\n
Other countries which have held the international final are
\nChina, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.<\/p>\n
Situated in the foothills of West Java's historical Gunung
\nSalak mountain, the spectacular Emeralda Golf and Country Club's
\nSouth course, which was designed by the legendary Arnold Palmer,
\nwill prove an impressive challenge for Asia's top amateur
\ngolfers.<\/p>\n
Enjoy<\/p>\n
\"The substance of organizing this event is to give amateur
\ngolfers of all levels the chance to enjoy the camaraderie of the
\ngame while representing their country in a competitive
\nenvironment,\" said Steven Foxcroft, Brands PR Director of United
\nDistillers Asia.<\/p>\n
Last year, the championship was played at Ta Shee Golf and
\nCountry Club in Taiwan where the team from India, represented by
\nSudeep Shitlangia, Ashit Luthra and Aditya Bajoria, triumphed
\nwith a two-round aggregate team score of 436.6, beating runner-up
\nThailand by 8.2 points.<\/p>\n
Wigberto Clavecilla of the Philippines won the individual
\ncompetition for Class A while Korea's Lee Sang-yoon was
\nsuccessful in class B. The Class C winner was Thailand's Uayporn
\nNilkumbaeng.<\/p>\n
The Royal Calcutta Golf Club, the oldest golf club in the
\nworld outside the British Isles will return to defend its 1996
\ntitle.<\/p>\n
Royal Calcutta claimed its place to represent India in the
\ninternational final after beating competitors from 51 clubs. One
\nmember, Shitlangia will once again be part of the team.<\/p>\n
The amateur team championship will be followed on Tuesday by
\nthe opening round in the 1997 Johnnie Walker Super Tour, which
\nwill see a selection of the world's top-rated pro golfers in a
\nfray against some of Asia's best players.<\/p>\n
South Africa's Ernie Els will leads the world beaters who also
\ninclude England's Nick Faldo, Sweden's Jesper Parnevik and Ian
\nWoosnam of Wales. They will vie for US$350,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n
The Asian representatives are Maan Naasim (Indonesia), Boonchu
\nRuangkit (Thailand), Filipino Felix Casas and Taiwan's up-and-
\ncoming young amateur Hong Chia-yuh in the innovative eight-man,
\nfour-country tournament. (rsl)<\/p>",
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