Veteran Jamilah wins West Java women's event<\/p>\n
CIMANGGIS, West Java: Jamilah of Banten finished with a one-
\nunder par 71 on Thursday to sweep the West Java Ladies Amateur
\nOpen Golf Championship by eight strokes.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old veteran carded a 54-hole total of 215 (73-71-
\n1) to beat 17-year-old Perth based Singaporean Heng Su-Ann (223)
\nand Jakarta's Retno Purwandari (224).<\/p>\n
Jamilah said experience taught her to focus on her own game.<\/p>\n
\"I would always try to do what the other golfers were doing,\"
\nshe was quoted as saying in a release from the tournament
\norganizer. \"That was wrong. Being older now, I realize that
\ncontrolling yourself is most important in golf.\"<\/p>\n
Jamila and Retno, who was part of the historic gold-winning
\nteam at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) in Malaysia, beat
\nthe three national squad members who are in training for this
\nyear's event in Manila in November.<\/p>\n
Like Retno, national team member Juriah also scored 224 but
\nwas awarded fourth place on countback, followed by teammates
\nLidya Ivanna Jaya in sixth and Risti Yurindra Putri in 10th.<\/p>\n
\"We have to concede that the play of the national team members
\nis still inconsistent,\" the daily operations chief of the
\nIndonesian Professional Golfing Association, Avie K Utomo, said.<\/p>\n
\"I hope that their play will improve before they leave for
\nManila.\" -- JP<\/p>",
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