Teams ready for Johnie Walker Cup

Teams ready for Johnie Walker Cup

JAKARTA (JP): Representative teams from around the Far East are poised for a challenging two days of golf at the Johnie Walker amateur inter-club championship on Cheju Island, South Korea, starting Sunday.

The Chungmun Beach golf course will test the skills of a record number of teams representing 16 countries. The event, initiated in 1991, pits amateur golfers with handicaps from 0 to 24.

Teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand will be out in force on the Chungmun course, along with newcomers from Japan and Guam/Saipan.

The championship uses a 36-hole strokeplay format, with fourteen teams of three players competing in each handicap class.

Classes are split into three categories. Class A groups golfers with handicaps between 0 to nine, class B 10 to 16 and class C 17 to 24. The winner will be the team with the lowest net aggregate scores after 36 holes.

The championship has toured Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia since 1991 before moving to South Korea. Traditionally, the championship would be followed by a skin game with a number of prominent players taking part. (amd)