Indonesia Open organizers change Jagorawi golf course<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): In its efforts to make the Indonesia Open golf
\nchampionship more challenging, organizers have decided to change
\nthe Jagorawi Golf and Country Club from a par-72 to a par-71
\nlayout.<\/p>\n
The 6,275-meter golf link designed by Peter Thomson and
\nMichael Wolveridge, has been chosen by the Indonesia Golf
\nAssociation to host the event, held for the first time in 1974.<\/p>\n
\"Following an evaluation of each hole we decided to alter the
\npar-5 on the 10th to a par-4 to make the competition more
\nchallenging,\" Mark Adam of the International Management Group
\ntold The Jakarta Post yesterday.<\/p>\n
IMG and Mercurindo Sports Marketing are jointly organizing the
\nUS$250,000 tournament. For the last three years the event was
\nnamed the Sampoerna Indonesia Open, after the sponsor, a giant
\nclove cigarette producer.<\/p>\n
The annual tournament is due to tee off today and will last
\nuntil Sunday. It will see a huge field of golfers from as many as
\n10 countries competing for the US$250,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n
In yesterday's pro-am tournament, the official training before
\nthe competition proper, saw American Steve Flesch win the
\nindividual event with a 5-under par-66.<\/p>\n
Stephen Leaney of Australia, a regular golfer on the Asian
\nTour, came second, one shot behind.<\/p>\n
Two shots behind Flesch with a score of 68 in joint third
\nplace were Garry Webb (U.S.), Kim Jong-Duck (Kor) and Raul Fretes
\n(Paraguay). Webb was the champion when the 1993 Sampoerna
\nIndonesia Open was held at the Bali Golf and Country Club in Nusa
\nDua.<\/p>\n
In its 21-year history, Kasiyadi from Surabaya was the first
\nand only local golfer to win the title in 1989.<\/p>\n
Kasiyadi scored an impressive 11-under-par 273 to win the 1989
\nIndonesia Open at the Jakarta Golf Club, the country's oldest
\nlayout.<\/p>\n
\"Now the challenge is getting tougher and tougher and tougher
\nevery year. I think it's very hard for local players to win the
\nevent now,\" Maan Naasim, a leading local golfer said.<\/p>\n
The 1996 Asian Tour will feature 11 tournaments, with the
\nIndonesia Open being the sixth, and will end with the $1,000,000
\nKirin Open Golf Championship in Ibaraki, Japan.<\/p>\n
The eleven series in the Asian Tour offer cash prizes well over
\n$4 million in total. Once again Asia's top golfers will do battle
\nwith many rising young stars from North and South America, Europe
\nand Australia. (rsl)<\/p>",
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