Faldo, Langer, Singh to star in Dunhill Masters
JAKARTA (JP): England's world number five Nick Faldo, Asia- Pacific's star Vijay Singh and Bernard Langer of Germany are among the golfers confirmed for the Alfred Dunhill Masters scheduled for Nov. 2 - 5 near Bogor.
Singh, whose world ranking is number 13 behind world number one Greg Norman of Australia, was ninth among the money winners on the U.S. PGA Tour with US$910,713. Singh is tipped to win the $400,000 Alfred Dunhill Masters at the Emeralda Golf and Country Club, 15 kms from Bogor.
The Masters was staged for the first time in Bali last year, when Faldo was disqualified for breaking local rules. The event is rapidly establishing itself as one of the most important on the Asian golf calender. It is attracting not only the very best of the Asian and Australasian PGA Tours but also some of the world's leading international players.
Aside from the three finest golfers in the world, a young hope from the world down under, Michael Campbell of New Zealand, will also see action.
Campbell burst onto the professional golf scene when he was named the 1993 Rookie of the Year. Success followed success for the 26-year-old Kiwi, winner of the 1994 St. Louis Open and then back-to-back victories on the European PGA Challenge Tour. He has already had six top-10 finishes this season, including a tie for third at the British Open at St. Andrew last July and second place at the British Masters.
Campbell was beaten by the runaway champion Sam Torance with a last-green birdie four.
In addition to the Alfred Dunhill Masters, the company's sponsorship portfolio includes the annual Dunhill Cup, which is being played at St. Andrew next week.
Dukuh Golf
Meanwhile, at the now defunct Kemayoran airport, a new golf course, which will include a driving range and a sports center, is being developed on 455 hectares of prime land in the center of the capital. The agreement was signed last Saturday.
PT Megacity Development Corporation (MDC), the developer of Dukuh Golf Jakarta, has appointed SAE/Waskita Karya, a joint operation, to build 2,072 apartments of the scheduled 9,000 units at a cost of Rp 450 billion (US$200 million).
Dukuh Golf will be built on 46.5 hectares, 24 hectares will be used for apartments and the rest will be for the golf course, club house, driving range and other sports facilities.
MDC is a consortium of Gajah Tunggal, Napan and Amcol, which been appointed to develop the former Kemayoran airport. The government has decided to change the airport into a new metropolis complex. (rsl).