Bogor team to represent Indonesia

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)