Local golfers to play for Peugeot challenge sports

Local golfers to play for Peugeot challenge sports

JAKARTA (JP): About 140 local golfers will battle for two
spots to represent Indonesia at the Peugeot Challenge World Tour
'97 in France in June.

The amateurs, with handicaps of 18 or less, are all members of
golf clubs in Greater Jakarta. They will contest a one-day
selection tournament on May 4 at the Pantai Indah Kapuk Golf and
Country Club in North Jakarta.

"We will select one lady golfer and one male player for the
tour in France to be played at St Nom-La Brereche Golf Course
near Paris." said committee official Avie K. Utomo yesterday.

They will compete on June 24 against golfers from Thailand,
Malaysia, Cameroon, Senegal and other African countries and South
American countries.

The top 50 percent of the men and women with the best net
scores in the June 24 final will qualify to play in the pro-am of
the Peugeot French Open 1997 on June 25.

Peugeot, represented in Indonesia by Mutlifrance, a subsidiary
of car assembler Astra International, sponsors two major
professional golf tournaments -- the Peugeot French Open (since
1984) and the Peugeot Spanish Open (since 1986). It recently
created the Peugeot Challenger World Tour, a high-level amateur
competition played on five continents.

The 1997 Peugeot Spanish Open concluded Sunday in Madrid. It
was won by England's Mark James after a sudden death playoff
against world number one golfer Greg Norman of Australia.

Peugeot says it appreciates golf because it demands a high
level of self-control, respect of others, elegance, intelligence
and greatly developed tactical skills.

Peugeot invites its distributors, clients and guests to play
in the Challenge World Tour. (rsl)