Holf circuit tournaments offer attractive cash prizes
Holf circuit tournaments offer attractive cash prizes
JAKARTA (JP): Handsome cash prizes totaling about Rp 250
million are on offer in a golf circuit to be staged on four
courses around the greater Jakarta area starting next week.
Two of the four events which offer minimum cash prizes of
US$40,000 are eligible for ASEAN golfers which are included in
the ASEAN mini tour, Indonesia Golf Association secretary-general
Taufik Aziz said yesterday.
This year's circuit will tee-off at the par-72 Pondok Cabe
Golf and Country Club on July 11 with Rp 40 million ($18,500) in
cash prizes being on offer. From there the circuit moves to
neighboring layout Pangkalan Jati from July 18 to 21, also with
Rp 40 million in cash prizes up for grabs.
Another event in the circuit included in the ASEAN mini tour
is the third leg in the circuit to be contested at the par-72
Matoa Golf Club, a newly established golf link at the southern
outskirt of the capital, from July 25 to July 28.
Competitors at the Matoa tournament will be vying for the
$40,000 cash prizes.
The Pondok Indah posh layout will host the fourth and the
final leg of the circuit, officially called the Jakarta Open on
Aug. 2 to 5.
Renowned for being the host of the 1983 World Cup golf
championship, the par-72 layout in South Jakarta, will offer
total cash prizes of $50,000 the biggest amount in the circuit.
Trophy
Meanwhile, at the luxurious par-72 Riverside course near
Bogor, a huge field of more than 400 men and women golfers took
part in the 1995 Mercedes Benz Trophy from July 6 to 7.
The golf link designed by world top player Australian Greg
Norman was chosen by PT Star Motor Indonesia, the sole
distributor of the luxurious Mercedes Benz cars, which organized
the annual event.
The competitors, most of them owners of upscale cars and
dealers, are vying for a few places for the Asian level
championship to be staged at Bumi Serpong Damai course next
month, a committee official said.
The participating golfers coming from Balikpapan, Banjarmasin,
Bandung, Surabaya, Medan and Jakarta, are split into four
categories, Group A (handicap 0-9), Group B (10-15), Group C 16-
20) and Group D (21-24).
"Through such a tournament the relationships among Mercedes-
Benz owners and the distributor hopefully can be well
maintained," Marketing Deputy Director Wenda Wonoseputro said.
(rsl)