Golf at the Games?

Golf at the Games?

From Neraca

Indonesia failed to win first place at the 18th SEA Games held recently in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We need not feel downhearted but we should admit that our athletes did not do well in athletics, swimming and football. These failures should serve as an impetus for KONI (Indonesian National Sports Committee) and other sports organizations to analyze the system of sports development in this country.

Training must be done as early as possible to achieve the best results. Unfortunately, the country lacks the sports facilities needed to achieve the desired goals. It is sad, for example, that in some provinces there are fewer soccer fields than golf courses. There is only one football field in Tangerang, West Java, but there are four golf courses.

In Jakarta, there are only two sports stadiums of international standard but there are nearly ten golf courses. Clearly, we need to build more sports facilities if we're going to create better athletes.

MISDAN YATIM

Jakarta