Amateur JGC golfer wins pro Tour

JAKARTA: Rizal Arya from the Jakarta Golf Club became the first amateur player to ever win a professional 2003 tournament when he finished the two-day PGPI Mini Tour II with a total score of 2-over 146 (72 74) on Wednesday.

The Tour, being played at the Riverside Golf and Country Club in Cimanggis, West Java, is organized every three months by the Association of Indonesian Professional Golfers (PGPI).

Overnight sole leader Sukamdi from Medan, North Sumatra, had to be content with fourth place after carding a poor 6-over 78 in the final round on Thursday for a total score of 148 (70 78).

Kasiadi from Surabaya, who became the first Indonesian golfer to win the US$120,000 Indonesia Open in the late 1980s, tied with Sanusi, with each carding a 147 (72 75). The two shared the top prize and second prize, with each pocketing Rp 11 million.

Rizal, as an amateur was restricted to collecting the cash prize total of Rp 75 million (US$9,500). --JP