Titanic golf duel at Riverside
Titanic golf duel at Riverside
JAKARTA (JP): Golfing buffs here will have the rare
opportunity to watch a world class duel between former world
number one Greg Norman of Australia and his predecessor England's
Nick Price at the newly established Riverside Golf Club near
Bogor.
The two top golfers will play in a one-day exhibition
tournament over 18 holes on the layout designed by Norman at the
par-72 course on Feb. 1.
"This will be the first time that the world's leading players
have faced each other in a match play event," a member of the
organizing committee said yesterday.
The game is to celebrate the opening of Indonesia's latest
golf link, the Riverside Golf Club, located 40 kilometers
southeast of the capital.
Price, who gained the world's number one berth following his
victory at the British Open and the U.S. PGA, will be keen to
defend his position.
Norman, who was number one prior to Price's win, will be
anxious to do well on the layout he designed.
Dunhill Masters
Apparently satisfied with the organizing success of the 1994
Alfred Dunhill Masters tournament at the Bali Golf and Country
Club, the leading English luxury goods company, confirmed that
the 1995 Masters tourney would be played in Indonesia again from
Nov. 2 to Nov. 5.
"The prize money will be increased from US$350,000 to
$400,000. It is our intention to build the Alfred Dunhill Masters
into one of the most important and significant tournaments in
Asia," Richard Cole, the firm's Pacific managing director, said.
The increase in prize money, he added, is one of the first
steps towards achieving the goal. "We would like the tournament
to remain in Indonesia this year. But, it's too early to announce
the venue as we and the IMG, our partner in the event, currently
have a number of different courses under consideration."
The event, ranked among the richest in terms of cash prizes on
offer in Indonesia, will continue to be sanctioned by the PGA
Australasian Tour, although both Alfred Dunhill and IMG have made
no secret of the fact that they would like to work towards a
joint sanction with the Asian Tour.(rsl)