UN golf event nets Rp 1b for charity
UN golf event nets Rp 1b for charity
JAKARTA (JP): A golf tournament held yesterday to mark the
United Nations' 51st anniversary at Matoa Golf Course, South
Jakarta, raised more than Rp 1 billion (US$431,000) for charity.
The funds, collected by the Indonesian Forestry Society and
from the auction of one of President Soeharto's clubs, were
donated to the National Fosterparents Drive, chaired by
Soeharto's daughter-in-law Halimah Bambang Trihatmodjo.
With a bid of Rp 5 million ($2,119), Indonesian Ambassador to
Germany Hartono Martodiredjo took home a club bearing the
President's signature in an auction following the 18-hole golf
tournament. The bidding was opened by the United Kingdom
Ambassador to Indonesia Graham Burton with US$100.
Twelve members of the Jakarta Ambassador's Golf Association
(JAGA) were among the 114 participants in the charity tournament
teed off by Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas under cloudy
skies.
Alatas was grouped with Burton, JAGA secretary-general TK
Adhyatman and Dato Abdul Wahid Jalil, a representative of the
UN's Food and Agricultural Organization .
Reza Pahlevi, whose handicap is 13, won the best-net-overall
competition with a five-under-par 67 and took home the
President's trophy.
In the men's A flight, former Indonesian ambassador to the
Philippines Pieter Damanik, whose handicap is 12, won the
Minister of Foreign Affairs trophy after carding a four-under par
68.
Yusar Yunin, playing off 14, won the UN trophy after producing
a five-under par 67 for the men's B flight.
In the men's C flight, Richard Oh, with a handicap of 21,
produced a five-under par 67 to take home the Mohammad Hasan
trophy. Timber tycoon Hasan is chairman of the Indonesian
Forestry Society and deputy chairman of the Indonesian Golf
Association.
Tuti Sujiono, a 12-handicapper, won the United Nations
Association Indonesia trophy after producing a four-under par 68.
Avie Utomo and Srihono grabbed the men's and women's longest
drive prizes with 229 and 137 meters respectively. (yan)