Amateur c'ships serve as PON warm-up

Amateur c'ships serve as PON warm-up

SURABAYA (JP): The Indonesian Amateur Golf Championships, held
next year in the East Java capital, will serve as preparation for
the 15th National Games (PON).

The championships, where 254 golfers will compete from 108
clubs, will take place at the Ciputra Golf and Country Club from
Sept. 23 to Sept. 26.

The organizers chairman, Rully Lasahido, told a news
conference on Thursday that it was the first time Surabaya would
host a national championship because it had just officially
opened an international standard golf course.

The championship will be divided into two sections: the
morning session will be attended by 77 golfers, while in the
afternoon session there will be 70.

The final round, which will use a qualifying cut-off system,
is to admit only 60 golfers.

Rully said that he would also organize another championship
for women in November at the Yani Golf Course, Surabaya.

The Indonesian Golf Association (PGI) East Java chairman,
Abdul Hamid, said five male and four female golfers were being
groomed to represent the province in PON.

The golfers are Suprapto, Sahid, Haryono, Suyanto and Sardi on
the men's side and Mrs. Daud, Mrs. Sugiono, Wati and Rita on the
women's side.

In PON, only eight provinces will send their golfers.

"We hope the men's team will be able to win the gold medal,
although we haven't set a target for them yet" Hamid said. (nur)