101 golfers from 20 countries to compete in Kosaido Open

101 golfers from 20 countries to compete in Kosaido Open

JAKARTA (JP): A total of 101 golfers from 20 countries will
compete in the US$100,000 Kosaido Ladies Indonesia Open golf
championship from Feb. 15 to Feb. 17 in Pandaan, a small town
60km south of Surabaya.

Winner of last year's Kosaido Circuit, Lisa Hackney of the
United Kingdom, the 1994 Thailand Open champion Liz Earley of
Canada and last year's Malaysia Open champion Corrine Dibnah of
Australia are among the participants.

Hosts Indonesia will field three amateur golfers, Gunaningsih
Utomo, Yati Yoenis and Jamillah.

However, Retno Mustari, the best Indonesian female golfer and
winner of the 1994 Indonesian Ladies amateur golf championship,
will not take part because she wants to focus on her studies.

The championship, to be held on the par 72, 5,637-meter course
of the Finna golf and country club, offers $13,500 in prize money
to the winner.

The three-day event is the third leg of this year's Kosaido
Ladies Golf Circuit which started in Chinese Taipei's Chang Gung
golf and country club from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3. The second leg is
due to start today on Tanah Merah Country Club's Garden course in
Singapore until Saturday.

At the end of the series, the player who collects the largest
sum of money will top the circuit's order of merit and be invited
to the US$ 1 million Kosaido Japan Open.

The circuit, set up in 1984, is open to female golfers aged
over 17. (arf)