Bogor team to represent Indonesia

JAKARTA (JP): T. Sugianto, Zainal Effendi and Anthony Hatuley from the Bogor golf club won the 1997 Johnnie Walker Inter-team Championship national final at the Jagorawi Golf and Country Club Sunday.

They will also represent Indonesia in the upcoming Johnnie Walker International final at the Emeralda golf and country club on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4.

Vence Suwela, Gusti Agung Rake and Ida Bagus Gunawan from Denpasar finished second with the same number of points, 230, but the Denpasar trio had a handicap 45 while the Bogor team's handicap was only 41.

In third place were M. Zafrullah, Jimmy Samantha and Rudi Hermawan from the Cikarang team, which scored 237 points with a handicap of 43.

Twenty-five teams competed in the national final.

The international final will be contested by the best amateur golfers from the Philippines, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Malaysia, Singapore and other Asian countries.

The final is taking place in Indonesia for the second time. The first time was in 1994 at the Nusa Dua Golf Club.

The Emeralda golf and country club will also host the Johnnie Walker Super Tour, in which national golfer Maan Nasim, Briton Nick Faldo, South African Ernie Els, Welshman Ian Woosnam and Swede Jesper Parvenik are among those scheduled to play.

Thai Boonchu Ruangkit, Filipino Felix Casas and Hong Chia Yuh of Chinese Taipei will also compete in the US$350,000 event.

The tour will continue from Jakarta to Bangkok, Manila and Taipei. (yan)