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)