SINGAPORE GOLF ASSOCIATION Annual Report

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1 SINGAPORE GOLF ASSOCIATION 2013 Annual Report

2 2013 ANNUAL REPORT (APR 13 MAR 14) Introduction FY 2013 has been a good year for SGA by any standard. We did very well to finish in 6th position behind Australia, Korea, Thailand, China and Japan at the 26th Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship (Nomura Cup) and to achieve a historic 3rd consecutive win over MGA in our annual match. However, FY 2013 was also a year when, despite the strong buildup, we were not able to deliver where it mattered most. Team Singapore could only finish in 4th position at the 27th South East Asian Games behind Thailand, Myanmar and Malaysia. It was also a year when the Singapore Open was not staged. page 2

3 52nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 52nd SGA AGM was held at the Singapore Island Country Club on 31 Jul 13 with eleven Ordinary Members present. Mr Lee Ek Tieng was unanimously reelected Chairman of the Governing Council for FY The office bearers and members of the SGA Executive Board remained the same having being appointed at the last AGM for a term of office of two years. They were President Bob Tan, Vice-President Goh Hup Chor, Honorary Secretary Andrew Kwa and Honorary Treasurer Yee Woon Yim and five other board members. Lee Ek Tieng Chairman Bob Tan President Goh Hup Chor Vice-President Andrew Kwa Hon Secretary Yee Woon Yim Hon Treasurer Marvane E Member Loh Ju Fern Member Kong Choong Soon Member Andrew Lim Member Paul Thomas Member page 3

4 TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS IN REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Nomura Cup team members, from left, Marc Ong, Jonathan Woo, Coach Andrew Welsford, Jerome Ng, Abdul Hadi. 26 th Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship (Nomura Cup) Team Singapore did very well to finish in 6th position at the 26th Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship (Nomura Cup) hosted by Thailand. A total of 26 countries took part in this bi-annual event. The last time Team Singapore performed equally well at this level was at the 24th Nomura Cup in 2009 when we tied with Team Australia for 6th position. Team members standing proudly in front of the leader board. We were represented by the team members of the 27th SEA Games and this was part of their workup training. The players were Jonathan Woo, Jerome Ng, Marc Ong and Abdul Hadi. President SGA enjoying Thai dinner with the players. President SGA Bob Tan with Dominic Wall, R&A Dir Asia Pacific. Team Singapore marching in for the opening ceremony. page 4

5 President SGA Bob Tan hoisting the ChallengeTrophy with Marc Ong. SGA vs MGA Annual Match The historic consecutive 3rd win in our annual SGA vs MGA Annual Match was also a notable achievement. Since the inaugural match in 1976, this is the first time SGA has won this annual match three times in a row, having won it in 2011 and Team SGA also won with a convincing score of 14½ points against MGA s 9½ points. Team SGA Marc Ong and Johnson Poh. Team officials from MGA and SGA. The two presidents, Tan Sri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor and Bob Tan, having a lighthearted moment. Team MGA Mohd Afif and Thaznim Hamdan. The victorious Team SGA lifting the Challenge Trophy page 5

6 The complete Team Singapore members departing for the 53rd SEA Amateur Team Championship. Team Singapore at the closing ceremony. Putra Cup team members, from left, Nicklaus Chiam, Jonathan Woo, Jerome Ng and Marc Ong. 53rd SEA Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup) At the 53rd edition of the SEA Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup), hosted and won by the Philippines, Team Singapore did well to take the 1st runner-up spot to stay ahead of Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, PNG and Brunei. Santi Cup team members, from left, Kok Jo Ee, Amanda Tan and Koh Sock Hwee. Held concurrently with the 53rd Putra Cup were three other tournaments, namely, the 7th Lion City Cup, the 5th Santi Cup and the inaugural Kartini Cup. Lion City Cup team members, from left, James Leow, Edgar Oh and Thomas Tan. Kartini Cup team members, from left, Ariel Lee, Elizabeth Ang and Goh Jen. Putra Cup team members with President NGAP Tommy Manotoc. page 6

7 President SGA shaking hands with Jerome Ng at the 18th green President SGA with Amanda Tan on his right and Amelia Yong and Koh Sock Hwee on his left. 27th South East Asian Games The 27th SEA Games golf tournament was hosted by Myanmar at the Royal Myanmar Golf Club. Singapore golf team members were Jerome Ng, Marc Ong, Jonathan Woo, Abdul Hadi, Amelia Yong, Amanda Tan and Koh Sock Hwee and team officials were Marvane E, Andrew Welsford and Roko Kho. Thailand won the men s gold medal whilst host Myanmar took the silver and Malaysia the bronze. Singapore finished in fourth position. Team Singapore from left: Team Manager Roko Kho, National Coach Andrew Welsford, Jonathan Woo, Abdul Hadi, Jerome Ng, Marc Ong, Koh Sock Hwee, Amelia Yong, Amanda Tan, and Team Manager Marvane E In the women s event, Philippines took the gold medal followed by host Myanmar with silver and Thailand bronze. Singapore finished in sixth position. INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS Our players won four Malaysian state events, namely, the 26th Saujana Amateur Open won by Nicklaus Chiam; the 2013 Selangor Amateur Open Championship won by Jerome Ng, the 2013 Negri Sembilan Amateur Open won by Abdul Hadi and the 2014 Pahang Amateur Open won by Gregory Foo. In the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final held at Mission Hills, Marc Ong won the Under-18 Division title and the overall 3rd position. Marc Ong with Sir Nick Faldo Nicklaus Chiam Abdul Hadi page 7 Jerome Ng and Michelle Koh posing with their trophies.

8 SGA LOCAL AMATEUR TOURNAMENTS 2013 Singapore Junior Golf Championship Keppel Club hosted this tournament from 3 6 Jun 13. The winner was our own local boy Edgar Oh who became only the second Singapore player to have won the Singapore Junior Golf Championship and the Singapore Amateur Open Championship, having won the latter in The winners Pornpawee Thammavichai and Edgar Oh posing with their trophies. The winner of the Girls Division was Pornpawee Thammavichai of Thailand. Liu Yu-Jui with the winner s trophy and President SGA Bob Tan. 66th Singapore Open Amateur Championship Singapore Island Country Club hosted our premier amateur event at its Island Course from Jul The winner was Liu Yu-Jui of Chinese Taipei. Captain SICC, Andrew Lim, with 1st Runner Up Kasidit Lepkrut. 2nd Runner Up Marc Ong receiving his trophy from Captain SICC. page 8

9 The champions of the 14th SNAC Koh Sock Hwee and Yash Majmudar. 14th Singapore National Amateur Championship This event was played at the Jurong Country Club from Aug 13. The Men Champion was Yash Majmudar and Koh Sock Hwee was the Women Champion. Men finalists Yash Majmudar and Marc Ong. Ladies finalists Koh Sock Hwee and Joey Poh. 2nd Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship Francis Chia of Keppel Club won this event which was hosted by Raffles Country Club at the Palm Course from 20 to 23 May Vice President SGA Goh Hup Chor presenting Francis Chia with the winner s trophy. page 9

10 24th Singapore Open Senior Amateur Championship Our premier senior amateur event was hosted by Tanah Merah Country Club at the Tampines Course from 7 10 Oct 13. Douglas Williams of the USA was the champion. Douglas Williams with Vice President SGA Goh Hup Chor. SGA Inter-Club League 2013 The SGA ICL continued to generate intense competition amongst our Ordinary Members as they vied to claim the Overall Champion title. This year the ladies joined the men in the league that was played over 13 legs. The National Service Resort & Country Club emerged the Overall Champion for the third consecutive year. The 1st runner-up was Jurong Country Club and the 2nd runner-up was Keppel Club. Division Winners,from left: Premier Div SelCC, A Div JCC, Ladies Div SICC, Overall Champion NSRCC, B Div NSRCC and Senior Div KepC. The prize presentation dinner was held at the Keppel Hall, Keppel Club. The guests included Chairman Governing Council, Mr Lee Ek Tieng, President SGA Mr Bob Tan and members of SGA Governing Council, Executive Board, Club and Lady Captains. The Overall Champion 1st Runner Up Team Jurong Country Club. Team Keppel Club Overall Champion 2nd Runner. page 10

11 Senior Division champion - My Golf Kaki. A Division champion Acers Bon Club. B Division champion Acers Bon Club. SGA Inter-Associate Members League In the SGA Inter Associate Members League, Acers Bon Club took the Overall Premier, A and B Divisions titles whilst My Golf Kaki took the Overall Senior and Ladies Divisions titles. President SGA presented trophies to the division winners at the SGA ICL prize presentation dinner. President SGA presenting the SGA IAML Premier Division trophy to Acers Bon Club. Ladies Division winner My Golf Kaki with President SGA. page 11

12 HSBC Brand Governance/Marketing Penny Quek presenting Amanda Tan with the Overall Champion trophy. HSBC Youth Golf Challenge Sponsored by HSBC for the 6th year, the three legs of the Youth Golf Challenge were carried out during the school holidays. Amanda Tan was the Overall Champion. The winners of the 2013 HSBC YGC 2nd Leg with Captain OCC Oscar Oliveiro and SGA President Bob Tan (centre). Division winners of the 2013 HSBC YGC 2nd Leg. Division winners of the 2013 HSBC YGC 3rd Leg. All the winners of the 2014 HSBC YGC 1st Leg. page 12

13 Players and parents at the dialogue session. Player George Foo giving his feedback. SGA/PARENTS DIALOGUE Parent Uda Thith providing feedback. The annual SGA/Parents Dialogue was held on 22 Feb 14 at the SICC auditorium. A total of about 75 parents and players were present. Letters of appointment were presented to members of the SGA National and Development Squads for FY Hon Sec Andrew Kwa fielding questions from the audience. President SGA presenting DS letter of appointment to Jacqueline Young. President SGA addressing the audience. page 13

14 SGA ORDER OF MERIT PRESIDENT S TROPHY Jonathan Woo topped the SGA Order of Merit for 2013 for the second consecutive year. The President s Trophy was presented to him for his outstanding achievement. Jonathan Woo s mother Mei receiving the award on his behalf NATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT SQUADS Four new members, Lucius Toh, Goh Jen, Elizabeth Ang and Ashley Leanne Loh, were promoted to the 2014 National Squad. The Development Squad also saw six new members, namely, Tommy Tan, Desmond Kim, Louis Tee, Jordan Tsan, Callista Chen and Sarah Tan. New National Squad members from left, Elizabeth Ang, Goh Jen, Lucius Toh and Ashley Leanne Loh. New Development Squad members from top clockwise, Tommy Tan, Desmond Kim, Callista Chen, Jordan Tsan, Louis Tee and Sarah Tan. page 14

15 GOLF PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR Sean stressing a point. A three day golf psychology seminar was conducted by Sean Lynch, a well-respected coach and mentor on the Australian professional golfing circuit, for SGA from Jun 13. The objective of this seminar was to train our national golfers to focus on the psychological aspects of the sport of golf. A follow-up session was conducted from Nov 13 prior to the 27th SEA Games aimed at both the Men s and Women s SEA Games teams. The players listening intently. Sean and coach Andrew out on the field with players. page 15

16 The 26th APGC Biennial Congress in session. ASIA PACIFIC GOLF CONFEDERATION 26th BIENNIAL CONGRESS The 26th APGC Biennial Congress was held at the Dusit Island Resort Hotel, Chiang Rai, Thailand, on 13 Nov 13. It was attended by representatives of twenty six member countries participating in the 26th Nomura Cup tournament. Singapore was represented by President SGA, Bob Tan. President SGA addressing the members. ASEAN GOLF FEDERATION 6th AGM The 6th ASEAN Golf Federation AGM was held in the Philippines on 29 Jun 13. The AGM was chaired by the Sec Gen, Datuk Mohamed Zain Mohamed Yusuf. Present were members from Brunei, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. SGA Honorary Secretary, Andrew Kwa, attended the AGM. From left: Sec Gen AGF Datuk Mohd Zain Mohd Yusuf, President Brunei Golf Association, Pengiran Dato Mustapha and President NGAP Tommy Manotoc Delegates of the 6th AGF AGM. The 6th AGF AGM in session. page 16

17 THE SINGAPORE OPEN The Singapore Open was not staged this year due to the lack of a title sponsor. This was the second time since it was inaugurated in 1961 that the Singapore Open was not held. The first time it happened was from 2002 to R&A RULES SCHOOL Delegates of the Level 2 Rules School. Delegates of the Level 1 Rules School taking their examination. As part of our effort to increase the pool of qualified SGA Referees, we conducted two R&A Rules Schools. A Level 1 Rules School was conducted at Orchid Country Club from Dec 13. A total of 37 local candidates attended. This was followed by a Level 2 Rules School also conducted at Orchid Country Club from 3 5 Mar 14 with 21 local candidates. Candidates attending the Level 2 Rules School must have attended Level 1 first. Delegates of the Level 1 Rules School. page page 17 17

18 Sponsorship We continued to enjoy the generous support of Asia Pacific Breweries and Daimler SEA Pte Ltd for our SGA Inter Club League for APB provided product sponsorship of Tiger Beer at all 13 legs as well as Tiger Draft at the prize presentation dinner whilst Daimler SEA Pte Ltd provided outright cash sponsorship. HSBC maintained their strong support for junior golf development by sponsoring the HSBC Youth Golf Challenge series for This marked the 6th year of their strong support for SGA. TaylorMade-adidas Golf continued its support for SGA as the official apparel sponsor for page 18

19 SGA Conflict of Interests Policy SGA policy relating to the management and avoidance of conflicts of interest is as follows: a. Each SGA Executive Board Member and staff shall declare in writing the nature and extent of any relationship, arrangement, contract or agreement, which may result in a conflict of interest. b. When there is a change to a Board member or staff interests, the board member or staff shall provide an update to the secretariat as soon as is practicable. c. The disclosure of interests shall be tabled at the next practical Executive Board meeting, unless circumstances require, in which case, they shall be communicated as soon as possible to the other Board members and to staff. d. Where a Board member or staff is in a position of conflict of interest, the Board member should declare himself (or herself) as conflicted and offer not to participate in the discussion. Persons in a conflict of interest shall abstain from any decisions made on the matter. All disclosures and the nature of the discussions and decisions shall be appropriately minuted in the notes of the meeting. e. Where a Board member expects to find himself (or herself) in a significant conflict of interest position, he should seek, in the first instance, to minimize his (or her) participation in the process that could lead to the conflict of interest. f. The Board will seek to avoid perceptions of any conflicts of interest in its financial dealings. SGA has submitted the Online Evaluation Checklist via the Charity Portal at www. charities.gov.sg. Andrew Kwa Honorary Secretary page 19

20 SGA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS 2013/2014 President - Mr Bob Tan Vice-President - Mr Goh Hup Chor Hon Secretary - Mr Andrew Kwa Hon Treasurer - Mr Yee Woon Yim Member - Mrs Lam Lian Suan (Jun 12 Mar 13) Member - Ms Loh Ju Fern (appointed Mar 13) Member - Mr Andrew Lim Member - Mr Kong Choong Soon Member - Ms Marvane E Member - Mr Paul Thomas (appointed Nov 13) Legal Advisor - Mr Andrew Lim Ming Hui page 20

21 DETAILS OF OVERSEAS TOURNAMENTS Kuala Lumpur Amateur Open 1. We participated in the KL Amateur Open at the Royal Selangor Golf Club from Apr 13 with a big contingent of 22 players comprising 15 boys and 7 girls. 2. The tournament was won by Malaysian Low Khai Jei with 2-under 214 (69, 71, 74). Fellow Malaysian Chan Tuck Soon was second with level par 216 (70, 71, 75) and Bramantio Adi of Indonesia third with 1-over 217 (76, 72, 69). 3. Marc Ong was our best performer shooting 5-over 221 (75, 70,76) to tie in 8th spot. Melvin Chew (77, 76, 70) and Joshua Ho (76, 72, 75) finished in tied 10th position at 7-over The scores of our other players were: a. 16th - Johnson Poh 9-over 225 (72, 75, 78) b. T20th - James Leow 11-over 227 (77, 77, 73) - Jerome Ng 11-over 227 (72, 79, 76) - Billie Pay 11-over 227 (78, 72, 77) c. T 24th - Thomas Tan 13-over 229 (74, 73, 82) d. 26th - Low Wee Jin 15-over 231 (76, 76, 79) e. T27th - Abdul Hadi 16-over 232 (76, 77, 79) 5. Gavrilla Christina Arya of Indonesia took the Women s title with 3-under 213 (70, 67, 76) followed by Malaysians Loy Hee Ying with 1-over 217 (77, 69, 71) and Genevieve Ling 5-over 221 (71, 76, 74). 6. Goh Jen finished as our best player in 6th spot with 10-over 226 (74, 78, 74). 7. The scores of the other players were: a. T9th - Ariel Lee 11-over 226 (76, 75, 76) b. T11th - Rachel Lim 12-over 228 (78, 77, 73) - Amanda Tan 12-over 228 (74, 79, 75) c. 17th - Joey Poh 17-over 233 (81, 74, 78) page 21

22 8. Our players who missed the cut (156 for both Men & Women) were: a. Jordan Tsan (82, 75) b. Chung Hong Zheng (79, 78) c. Ryan Wong (79, 78) d. Lucius Toh (75, 85) e. Leonard Tee (84, 78) f. Edgar Oh (85, 79) g. Elizabeth Ang (86, 78) h. Jacqueline Young (86, 86) 35th Queen Sirikit Cup The 35th Asia-Pacific Ladies Invitation Golf Team Championship aka the Queen Sirikit Cup was hosted by Taiwan at the Sunrise Golf & Country Club from Apr The Singapore Team comprised players Low Si Xuan, Amelia Yong and Koh Sock Hwee and Coach Andrew Welsford and Manager Gillian Sim. 11. A total of 11 teams participated. Australia was the winning team with 437 followed by Japan 438 and Thailand 439. Singapore finished in 11th position with The full results were: a. T4th - Philippines Korea b. T6th - Malaysia Taiwan c. T8th - Hong Kong India d. 10th - New Zealand e. 11th - Singapore Supamas Sangchan of Thailand took the individual honours with 2-under 214 (75, 76, 69) followed by Oh Su Hyun of Australia with 1-over 217 (74, 69, 74) and Gyeol Park of Korea with 2-over 218 (72, 71, 75). 14. Our best performer was Amelia Yong in T26th position with 21-over 237 (77, 76, 84). Koh Sock Hwee and Low Si Xuan took the last two positions with 33-over 249 (79, 84, 86) and 44-over 260 (87, 87, 86), respectively. page 22

23 111th Malaysian Amateur Open 15. SGA sent nine players to participate in the 111th Malaysian Amateur Open held at the Royal Pahang Golf Club from 23 to 25 May The winner was Kevin Marques of Australia who shot 10-under 274 (68, 66, 72, 68) to win by 1 stroke. Poom Saksansin of Thailand shot the tournament s lowest score of 6-under 65 in the final round to clinch second place with 9-under 275 (69, 70, 71, 65). Taylor MacDonald finished in third at 8-under 276 (68, 67, 71, 70). 17. Edgar Oh did well to finish on 1-under 283 (70, 72, 70, 71) to share the 9th place with Malaysian Abel Tam (71, 69, 71, 72) and compatriot Jerome Ng (72, 66, 73, 72). 18. Results of other SGA players: a. 16th Marc Ong 4-over 288 (71, 70, 74, 73) b. T18th Melvin Chew 5-over 289 (72, 73, 70, 74) Nicklaus Chiam 5-over 289 (68, 70, 75, 76) c. T24th Abdul Hadi 6-over 290 (71, 72, 73, 74) d. 33rd Thomas Tan 9-over 293 (75, 70, 72, 76) e. 34th Johnson Poh 10-over 294 (76, 72, 74, 72) f. T45th Gregory Foo 16-over 300 (75, 74, 74, 77) 26th Saujana Amateur Open 19. Singapore players proceeded to the 26th Saujana Amateur Open (28 30 May 13) after competing in the 111th Malaysian Amateur Open. The team was accompanied by the National Coach Andrew Welsford and Team Manager Roko Kho. 20. Nicklaus Chiam overcame a 1 stroke deficit to win the 26th Saujana Amateur Open. Going into the final round 1 stroke behind Australian Taylor MacDonald, he shot 2-under 70 to take the title with a total score of 2-under 214 (72, 72, 70). 21. MacDonald, who was the 111th Malaysian Amateur Open 2nd runner-up, carded 3-over 75 to share second spot with fellow Australian Christopher Brown on 2-over Edgar Oh finished in 4th position with 9-over 225 (76, 76, 73) followed by Jerome Ng at 10-over 226 (77, 72, 77). page 23

24 23. Scores of other Singapore players: a. T9th Marc Ong 14-over 230 (74, 80, 76) Abdul Hadi 14-over 230 (72, 77, 81) b. T12th Melvin Chew 16-over 232 (78, 75, 79) c. 14th Johnson Poh 17-over 233 (80, 75, 78) d. 18th Thomas Tan 19-over235 (80, 75, 80) 30th Malaysian Ladies Amateur Open Championship 24. SGA sent Koh Sock Hwee and Amanda Tan to participate in this tournament which was held at the KL Golf & Country Club from May The winner was Kelly Tan of Malaysia who shot 5-under 208 (67, 70, 71). Cyna Rodriguez (69, 72, 68) and Princess Superal (70, 68, 71) of the Philippines were tied in 2nd place with 4-under Koh Sock Hwee finished in tied 16th position with 12-over 225 (73, 83, 70) whilst Amanda Tan ended in tied 24th position with 16-over 229 (80, 74, 75) South East Asia Amateur Golf Team Championship (53rd Putra Cup/7th Lion City Cup/5th Santi Cup /1st Kartini cup 27. The 2013 SEA Amateur Golf Team Championship comprising four events, namely, the 53rd Putra Cup, 7th Lion City Cup, 5th Santi Cup and the 1st Kartini Cup was held at the Sherwood Hills Golf & Country Club, Cavite, Philippines from 27th to 30th Jun The players were: a. Putra Cup - Jonathan Woo Marc Ong Jerome Ng Nicklaus Chiam b. Lion City Cup - Thomas Tan Edgar Oh James Leow c. Santi Cup - Amanda Tan Koh Sock Hwee Kok Jo Ee page 24

25 d. Kartini Cup - Goh Jen Ariel Lee Elizabeth Ang 29. They were accompanied by the National Coach Andrew Welsford and team managers Roko Kho and Marvane E. 30. The winner of the 53rd Putra Cup was host Philippines. Singapore did well to take the 1st Runner Up spot and stayed ahead of Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, PNG and Brunei. 31. In the Putra Cup individual results, the winner was Malaysian Gavin Green who shot an impressive 14-under 274 (70, 68, 68, 68) followed by Filipino Jonathan Delos Reyes at 11-under 277 (66, 69, 71, 71). Our best performer was Jonathan Woo who shot a total of 4-under 284 (72, 75, 69, 68) to come in tied 5th position. The results of our other players were: a. 10th position - Jerome Ng 2-over 290 (71, 76, 70, 73) b. T14th position - Marc Ong 8-over 296 (70, 77, 73, 76) c. 18th position - Nicklaus Chiam 13-over 301 (80, 71, 71, 79) 32. In the Lion City Cup, the winner was Thailand (580) followed by Indonesia (590), Malaysia (599), Philippines (600) and Singapore (617). 33. In the Santi Cup, the winner was Malaysia (576), followed by Thailand (577), Philippines (593) and Singapore (594). 34. In the inaugural Kartini Cup, which was for girls below 18 years old, the winner was Thailand (577), Philippines (582), Indonesia (597), Hong Kong (615), Malaysia (635) and Singapore (642) Negeri Sembilan Amateur Open 35. The Negeri Sembilan Amateur Open was held at the Seremban International Golf Club from Jun Abdul Hadi shot 3-under 213 (70, 68, 75) to win this tournament. This is Hadi s second Malaysian state amateur tournament having won the KL Amateur in page 25

26 Selangor Amateur Open SGA sent a large contingent to participate in the Selangor Amateur Open which was held at the Rahman Putra Golf Club (KRP) from 1 to 3 Oct 13. The team was accompanied by the National Coach Andrew Welsford and Team Manager Roko Kho. 38. Our players made a clean sweep of the 2013 Selangor Amateur Open Championship with Jerome Ng taking the men s championship title followed by Abdul Hadi and Low Wee Jin finishing in 1st and 2nd Runners-Up positions, respectively. 39. Jerome Ng shot 3-under 69 in the first two rounds to go into the final round with a 7 shot lead. A final 4-over 76 was enough for him to clinch the title with 2-under 214 (69, 69, 76). Abdul Hadi finished 6 shots behind at 4-over 220 (73, 73, 74). Low Wee Jin took the third place on count back with 6-over 222(69, 79, 74). 40. Michelle Koh of Malaysia took the Ladies Division title with 3-under 213 (71, 67, 75). Koh Sock Hwee took second spot on count back with 9-over 225 (82, 69, 74). Nur Durriyah Damian finished in third place with 9-over 225 (74, 76, 75). 41. The results of other Singapore players were: Men T8th - Chung Hong Zheng 11-over 227 (75, 75, 77) 10th - Lucius Toh 12-over 228 (76, 77, 75) T13th - Johnson Poh 15-over 231 (81. 79, 71) Princeton Yeo 15-over 231 (77, 78, 76) 21st - Thomas Tan 20-over 236 (83, 76, 77) T23rd - Tan Yong Jia 21-over 237 (81, 80, 76) T26th - Leonard Tee 22-over 238 (75, 85, 78) T28th - Billie Pay 24-over 240 (82, 74, 84) 39th - Ryan Wong 31-over 247 (82, 78, 87) Ladies 5th - Amelia Yong 15-over 231 (80, 73, 78) T11th - Low Si Xuan 20-over 236 (80, 76, 80) Joey Poh 20-over 236 (78, 78, 80) T16th - Jacqueline Young 4-over 240 (83, 79, 78) Missed cut - Nadhra Aqilah 22-over 166 (83, 83) page 26

27 79th Thailand Amateur Open 42. The 79th Singha Thailand Amateur Open 2013 was played at the Panya Indra Golf Club from 8 11 Oct 13. SGA sent 4 men and 4 ladies to participate in this tournament. 43. The winner was Suradit Yongcharoenchai of Thailand who sank a birdie on the first playoff hole. He shot an incredible 7-under 65 in the final round to finish on 7-under 281 (71, 72, 73, 65) to force a play-off with fellow Thai Poom Saksansin and Jerome Ng. Poom Saksansin took second spot on count back (72, 69, 70, 70). 44. Jerome Ng played brilliantly in the first three rounds with scores of 71, 68 and 71 and was one shot ahead of the field on the 18th green. However, a costly 3 putt from about 40 feet allowed the two Thai players to level up to force the play-off. Jerome had to settle for the third spot on count back (71, 68, 71, 71). 45. Marc Ong finished in a 4-way tie in 5th position with 5-under 283 (75, 72, 68, 68) followed by Abdul Hadi in 21st position with 3-over 291 (73, 78, 71, 69) and Johnson Poh in T41st position with 12-over 300 (77, 75, 76, 72). 46. In the Ladies Division, Budsabakorn Sukapan of Thailand won also after a play-off after finishing on 3-under 285 (75, 72, 69, 69) together with Princess Superal of the Philippines (72, 70, 73, 70). Koh Sock Hwee finished in 13th position with 9-over 297 (75, 75, 73, 74). 47. Results of our other ladies were: 22nd - Amelia Yong 15-over 303 (79, 73, 74, 77) 37th - Amanda Tan 23-over 311 (84, 78, 75, 74) 39th - Joey Poh 25-over 313 (80, 73, 83, 77) 5th Asia Pacific Amateur Championship 48. The 5th Asia Pacific Amateur Championship was held at Nanshan International Golf Club, Shandong, China from Oct 13. Six players from Singapore were invited to participate. 49. The winner was Lee Chang-woo who won by three shots. The Korean fired a closing 70 for a 3-under- 281 (70, 72, 69, 70) that earned him an invitation to next year s Masters Tournament. He also secured a place in International Final Qualifying for The Open Championship along with runner-up Shohei Hasegawa of Japan who shot a 71 for an even par 284 (72, 70, 71, 71). Hasegawa s compatriot Kenta Konishi finished in sole third place at 1-over 285 (76, 71, 68, 70). page 27

28 50. Singapore s best performer was Jonathan Woo who finished in a three-way tie for 30th position at 15-over 299 (77, 74, 71, 77). 51. The results of our other players were: Joshua Shou - T34th - 17-over 301 (77, 75, 75, 74) Jerome Ng - T39th - 18-over 302 (75, 75, 75, 77) Marc Ong - 51st - 23-over 307 (75, 75, 77, 80) Johnson Poh - T52nd - 24-over 308 (75, 76, 76, 81) 52. Abdul Hadi missed the cut for the top 60 players set at 17-over 159 when he finished at 18-over 160 (78, 82). 53. Executive Board member, Mr Andrew Lim, and GM SGA represented SGA at the tournament Opening Ceremony and the Gala Dinner. 26th Asia Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship (Nomura Cup) 54. The 26th Asia-Pacific Amateur Golf Team Championship was held from 14 to 17 Nov 13 at Santiburi Country Club, Chiang Rai, Thailand. 55. Singapore was represented by the team members of the 27th SEA Games and this was part of their workup training. The team manager/coach was Andrew Welsford and the players were Jonathan Woo, Jerome Ng, Marc Ong and Abdul Hadi. 56. Team Australia won the 26th Nomura Cup with a total score of 828. Team Korea finished in 2nd spot with 837 and Team Thailand in 3rd with 842. One shot behind at 843 were Team China and Team Japan. 57. Team Singapore did well to finish in 6th position with 850. The last time Team Singapore performed equally well was at the 24th Nomura Cup in 2009 where we tied with Team Australia for 6th position. 58. There was a three way tie in the Individual Event with Geoff Drakeford (75, 66, 69, 67), Taylor MacDonald (71, 69, 69, 68), both of Australia, and Lim Nam Hun of Korea (68, 73, 67, 69) finishing on 11-under Singapore s best performer was Jerome Ng with 2-under 286 (70, 69, 76, 71) in tied 20th position followed by Abdul Hadi with 1-under 287 (74, 72, 69, 72) in T24th position, Jonathan Woo with even par 288 (72, 76, 70, 70) and Marc Ong with 3-over 291 (74, 73, 68, 76). page 28

29 SGA vs MGA Annual Match 60. Team SGA won the SGA MGA Annual Match with a convincing score of 14½ points against MGA s 9½ points. The win is historic in that, since its inaugural match in 1976, this is the first time SGA has won this annual match three times in a row, having won it in 2011 and SGA hosted the annual SGA MGA Match 2013 at the SICC New Course from 27 to 28 Nov 13. At the welcome dinner, both MGA President Tan Sri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor and SGA President Mr Bob Tan were present to grace the occasion. 62. At the prize presentation lunch, President SGA, Bob Tan, proudly presented the Trophy to Team SGA. Also present were Captain SICC, Paul Thomas, Hon Sec SGA Andrew Kwa and SGA Exec Board Member CS Kong. 63. The annual match started in 1976 with the aim of fostering close relationship between the two countries and to develop rapport amongst its golfers. The tally so far since its inception is MGA 25 wins and SGA 11 wins and 2 ties. However, since 2003, the tally has been more in favour of SGA with SGA 8 wins and MGA 3 wins. 64. The full details of the results are as follows: FOURSOMES 27 Nov 13 (morning) Match SGA MGA 1 2 Koh Sock Hwee Amanda Tan Abdul Hadi Joshua Ho 0 1 (1 Up) Nur Durriyah Michelle Koh Abel Tam Kuhanesh Ganesan 1 (1 Up) 0 3 Edgar Oh Jerome Ng 1 (3&2) Muhd Afif Muhammad Thaznim 0 4 Joey Poh Amelia Yong 1 (2 Up) Hillferah Tan Cheryl Lo Thomas Tan Chung Hon Zheng Johnson Poh Marc Ong 0 1 (3&2) Muhd Wafi Ervin Chang Alvin Hiew Aaron Cheong 1 (2&1) 0 Sub-Total 4 Sub-Total 2 page 29

30 FOURBALL 27 Nov 13 (afternoon) Match SGA MGA 1 Koh Sock Hwee Amanda Tan 0 Nur Durriyah Hillferah Tan 1 (1 Up) 2 Chung Hong Zheng Thomas Tan 0 Kuhanesh Ganesan Muhd Afif 1 (3&2) 3 Jerome Ng Abdul Hadi ½ (A/S) Abel Tam Muhammad Thaznim ½ (A/S) 4 Amelia Yong Joey Poh ½ (A/S) Michelle Koh Cheryl Lo ½ (A/S) 5 Joshua Ho Johnson Poh 1 (1 Up) Aaron Cheong Alvin Hiew 0 6 Edgar Oh Marc Ong 1 (3&2) Muhd Wafi Ervin Chang 0 Sub-Total 3 Sub-Total 3 SINGLES 28 Nov 13 Match SGA MGA 1 Amanda Tan 1 (1 Up) Michelle Koh 2 Koh Sock Hwee 1 (3&2) Hillferah Tan 3 Abdul Hadi 1 (5&4) Muhd Wafi 4 Johnson Poh ½ (A/S) Muhammad Thaznin 5 Edgar Oh 1 (5&4) Aaron Cheong 6 Chung Hong Zheng 0 Muhd Afif 7 Joey Poh ½ (A/S) Nur Durriah 8 Amelia Yong 1 (3&2) Cheryl Lo 9 Jerome Ng 0 Abel Tam 10 Marc Ong 0 Ervin Chang 11 Joshua Ho 1 (4&3) Alvin Hiew 12 Thomas Tan ½ (A/S) Kuhanesh Ganesan ½ (A/S) 0 1 (2&1) ½ (A/S) 0 1 (1 Up) 1 (4&3) 0 ½ (A/S) Sub-Total 7½ Sub-Total 4½ Grand Total 14½ Grand Total 9½ page 30

31 27th SEA Games Golf 65. The 27th SEA Games golf tournament was held at the Royal Myanmar Golf Club from Dec The Singapore golf team members were Jerome Ng, Marc Ong, Jonathan Woo, Abdul Hadi, Amelia Yong, Amanda Tan and Koh Sock Hwee. The team officials were Marvane E, Andrew Welsford and Roko Kho. 66. Team Thailand won the gold medal in the Men s golf team event with a total of 26-under 838 (210, 208, 204, 216). Host Team Myanmar took the silver with 18-under 846 (212, 211, 209, 214) and Team Malaysia the bronze with 16-under 848 (216, 217, 204, 211). Team Singapore finished in fourth position with 6-under 858 (213, 221, 214, 210). 67. Thai Danthai Boonma (68, 70, 68, 72) achieved a double for Thailand winning the Individual gold medal after a playoff with Malaysian Gavin Kyle Green (68, 73, 69, 68). Both finished on 10-under 278. The bronze medal also went to another Thai player Poom Saksansin who finished on 7-under 281 (72, 69, 69, 71). 68. Singapore s best performer was Jonathan Woo who carded 2-under 286 (70, 74, 73, 69) and finished in 11th position. Jerome Ng ended in 13th position shooting 1-under 287 (72, 75, 69, 71) whilst Abdul Hadi shared the 14th position with 2-over 290 (71, 75, 74, 70) and Marc Ong in 23rd spot with 7-over 295 (76, 72, 72, 75). 69. In the Women s event, Team Philippines took the gold medal with 428 (144, 129, 145), host Team Myanmar silver with 439 (147, 143, 149) and Team Thailand bronze with 440 (147, 148, 145). Team Singapore finished in sixth position with 455 (154, 153, 148). 70. In the Individual event, Filipina Princess Mary Superal won the gold medal with 6-under 210 (72, 66, 72), Yin May Myo of Myanmar the silver medal with even par 216 (71, 73, 72) and Indonesian Tatiana Jaqueline Wijaya the bronze medal with 1-over 217 (75, 73, 69). 71. Amanda Tan finished in tied 8th position with 9-over 225 (77, 76, 72) and Koh Sock Hwee and Amelia Yong ended in 16th and 17th positions with 16-over 232 (78, 77, 77) and 18- over 234 (77, 81, 76), respectively. page 31

32 2014 HSBC China Junior Golf Open Invitational 72. Lucius Toh and Amanda Tan participated in the HSBC China Junior Golf Open held at the Zhuhai Golden Golf Club Guangdong from 8 10 Jan Lucius Toh finished in 5th position with 12-over 228 (74, 75, 79). The event was won by Chinese She Zi Han with 4-over 220 (73, 72, 75) followed by fellow Chinese He Yi Hao with 10-over 226 (76, 77, 73) and Chinese Taipei Wen Cheng Hsiang one shot back with 11-over 227 (76, 76, 75). 74. In the Girls Division, the top three positions were taken by Chinese players, Zhang Wei Wei 16-over 232 (79, 80, 73), Wu Mu Yu 22-over 238 (81, 79, 78) and Cai Dan Ting 23-over 239 (83, 78, 78). Amanda Tan finished in tied 8th position with 37-over 253 (84, 82, 87) Philippine Amateur Open 75. Four National Squad members participated in the 2014 Philippines Amateur Open held at the Wack Wack Golf & Country Club from 6 9 Jan Filipino Lloyd Jefferson Go won the tournament with 3-over 291 (72, 72, 71, 76). In second place was fellow Filipino Jobim Carlos who shot even par 72 for a 14-over 302 (71, 77, 82, 72) beating defending champion Jerome Ng on count back. Jerome Ng attempted to make up for a 7 shot deficit going into the final round but eventually finished with 14- over 302 (74, 73, 75, 80) to settle for third position. 77. Our other players, Johnson Poh (74, 78, 78, 76) and Marc Ong (77, 76, 75, 78) finished with 18-over 306 and Abdul Hadi 20-over 308 (80, 71, 77, 80) Philippines Amateur Ladies Open 78. Koh Sock Hwee and Amelia Yong participated in the above tournament which was held at the Forest Hills Golf & Country Club from 8 10 Jan Supamas Sangchan of Thailand won with a score of 2-under 214 (71, 70, 73) followed by Filipina Princess Superal with 2-over 218 (75, 68, 75) and Uy Daniella with 5-over 221 ( 77, 74, 70). 80. Amelia Yong finished in tied 13th position at 17-over 233 (72, 78, 83) and Koh Sock Hwee in 18th position at 22-over 238 (79, 84, 75) page 32

33 Kuala Lumpur Amateur Open The Kuala Lumpur Amateur Open 2014 was held at the Kelab Golf Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia from Feb 14. A total of 22 SGA National and Development Squads members took part. 82. Our players did very well to take the top three spots. Jerome Ng stormed in from behind shooting 4-under 68 in the final round to grab the title with 2-under 214 (76, 70, 68). Johnson Poh did equally well to take the second spot on count back with even par 216 (76, 70, 70) ahead of Abdul Hadi (71, 74, 71). 83. Filipina Princess Superal dominated the ladies field shooting 4-under 68 to win the Ladies title with 6-under 210 (71, 71, 68). Koh Sock Hwee recovered to finish second after carding even par 72 for a 7-over 223 (76, 75, 72) winning on count back over Nur Durriyah (74, 71, 78) Riversdale Cup 84. The Riversdale Cup was held at Riversdale Golf Club from 6 9 Mar Ryan Ruffels won the Men s 2014 Riversdale Cup with an 8-under 280 (72, 72, 66, 70). Todd Sinnott took second spot with 7-under 281 (68, 65, 73, 75) followed by Jarrod Freeman in third with 5-under 283 (74, 65, 71, 73). 86. Johnson Poh did well to finish in tied 25th position with 5 over 293 (72, 75, 73, 73) and at 6-over 294 (71, 73, 73, 77) in a 7-way tie in 27th position was Jerome Ng. Gregory Foo ended in tied 41st position at 8-over 296 (72, 74, 74, 76). 87. Three other Singapore players missed the cut set at 5-over 149 and they were George Foo (80, 75), Abdul Hadi (74, 81) and Edgar Oh (88, 82). 88. Shelly Shin was the winner of the Ladies Riversdale Cup with a 2-under 290 (72, 71, 72, 75). Bianca Ling took second spot with 13-over 305 (80, 73, 75, 77) and Muchin Keh third with 15-over 307 (78, 70, 78, 81). 89. Goh Jen did equally well to finish in sole 10th position with 21-over 313 (76, 80, 81, 76) whilst Amanda Tan ended in 22nd position with 35-over 327 (79, 81, 82, 85). Koh Sock Hwee shot 83, 85 to miss the cut set at 15-over 161. page 33

34 Pahang Amateur Open The Pahang Amateur Open was held at Berjaya Hills Golf & Country Club from 28 Feb 2 Mar Gregory Foo won his first amateur tournament since his return to competitive golf after his release from fulltime National Service recently. He won the playoff with Malaysian Low Khai Jei after both carded 8-over 224 to take the Pahang Amateur Open 2014 title. He shot rounds of 73, 74, 77 whilst Low shot 75, 76, In tied 4th position were Jerome Ng (76, 78, 76) and George Foo (78, 72, 80) with both at 14-over 230. Chung Hong Zheng finished in tied 20th position with 32-over 248 (79, 85, 84). Faldo Series Asia Grand Final 93. The Faldo Series Asia Grand Final was held at Mission Hills from Mar The SGA Team comprising the Faldo Series Singapore Championship Overall Winner, Lucius Toh, Boys Winner James Leow and Girls Winner Dion Lim, was led by Roko Kho. Marc Ong qualified for the FSA Grand Final through the Faldo Series Brunei Championship. 94. Marc Ong won the Under-18 Division and overall 3rd position shooting 3-under 213 (70, 73, 70) and qualified for the 2014 Faldo Series Grand Final. 95. The Overall Champion was Mikumu Horikawa of Japan who carded 9-under 207 (70, 69, 68) to win by 3 shots. In second spot was Paul Kinnear of England who finished on 6-under 210 (66, 71, 73). 96. Lucius Toh and James Leow finished in 20th and tied 34th positions, respectively, with 10-over 226 (76, 75, 75) and 14-over 230 (77, 76, 77). Dion Lim shot 23-over 239 (82, 77, 80) to finish in tied 55th spot. page 34

35 DETAILS OF LOCAL SGA TOURNAMENTS 2nd Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship 1. The 2nd Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship was hosted by Raffles Country Club at its Palm Course from 20 to 23 May The winner was Francis Chia Kok Hui of Keppel Club who shot 237 (76, 82, 79). The Runner Up was Wong Yee Seong of Palm Resort who finished 5 shots behind at 242 (81, 80, 81), on count back. 24th SLGA Amateur Open 3. The 24th SLGA Amateur Open was held at the Laguna National Golf & CC at its Masters Course from May Princess Superal of the Philippines shot 1-under 71 to win the title. Her three day total of 7-under 209 (71, 67, 71) gave her a comfortable 4 shot victory over her nearest rival Michelle Koh who finished second with 3-under 213 (71, 70, 72). Kelly Tan took third place with 2-under 214 (69, 73, 72) and also achieved a hole-in-one at the 3rd hole of the Masters Course. 5. Singapore s best performer was Amanda Tan whose 7-over 223 (73, 73, 77) gave her a share of the 10th spot with Tatiana Wijaya of Indonesia. In T15th position at 10-over 226 were Amelia Yong (77, 74, 75) and Koh Sock Hwee (73, 76, 77). 6. Scores of other Singapore players: e. T18th Kok Jo Ee 11-over 227 (77, 74, 76) f. T20th Goh Jen 12-over 228 (74, 77, 77) g. 30th Low Si Xuan 16-over 232 (74, 76, 82) h. 31st Melissa Loh 17-over 233 (75, 79, 79) i. 37th Ashley Loh 24-over 240 (83, 76, 81) j. T39th Ariel Lee 26-over 242 (71, 81, 84) Joey Poh 26-over 242 (75, 82, 85) Rachel Lim 26-over 242 (79, 76, 88) k. 44th Jacqueline Young 31-over 247 (79, 83, 85) l. 45th Dion Lim Jia Yi 32-over 248 (83, 80, 85) page 35

36 Singapore Junior Golf Championship 7. The Singapore Junior Golf Championship 2013 was held at the Keppel Club from 3 to 6 June This was the 9th year that this event has been hosted by Keppel Club. 8. Edgar Oh won the Championship with 3-under 213 (70, 69, 74). Marc Ong finished second on count back after shooting the day s lowest score of 3-under 69 for a total of 2-over 218 (74, 75, 69). Thomas Tan took third spot with (74, 71, 73). 9. Thai Pornpawee Thammavichai won the Girls Title with 13-over 229 (75, 76, 78) whilst compatriot Bhenyapa Buranasiri took the second spot with 16-over 232 (76, 79, 77). Amanda Tan finished in third position on count back with 17-over 233 (74, 84, 77). 10. Edgar Oh is the second Singapore player to have won the Singapore Junior Golf Championship and the Singapore Amateur Open Championship, winning the latter in The first Singaporean to have achieved this feat is Choo Tze Huang who won the SJGC in 2004 and the SOAC in Choo also has the added distinction of having won all three major Singapore amateur tournaments, ie, SJGC, SOAC and the Singapore National Amateur Championship in th Singapore Open Amateur Championship 11. The 66th Singapore Open Amateur Championship was hosted by the Singapore Island Country Club at the Island Course from Jul Liu Yu-Jui of Chinese Taipei won the tournament with 10-under 278 (72, 71, 70, 65). In second place was Kasidit Lepkrut of Thailand with 8-under 280 (69, 77, 66, 68). Marc Ong finished in third position with 5-under 283 (71, 73, 68, 71) on count back. In the team event, Team Thailand was the winner followed by Team Philippines and Team A Singapore. 14th Singapore National Amateur Championship 13. The 14th Singapore National Amateur Championship was held at the Jurong Country Club from 27 to 30 Aug Yash Majmudar won the tournament beating Marc Ong 3 and 2 in the final. Koh Sock Hwee took the ladies title after beating Joey Poh 7 and 6. The men s 2nd runner up was Johnson Poh who beat Wong Qi Wen 2 and 1 and Low Si Xuan beat Elizabeth Ang 9 and 7 to take the ladies 2nd runner up spot. page 36

37 SGA Inter Club League The last and final leg of the SGA Inter Club League 2013 was played on 25 Aug The Overall Champion was National Service Resort & Country Club with a total of 31 points. The 1st Runner Up was Jurong Country Club with 27 points and Keppel Club was the 2nd Runner Up with 26 points. 17. The winners of the various divisions are as follows: a. Senior Division i. Runner Up - Singapore Island Country Club ii. Champion - Keppel Club b. B Division i. Runner Up - Seletar Country Club ii. Champion - National Service Resort & Country Club c. A Division i. Runner Up - National Service Resort & Country Club ii. Champion - Jurong Country Club d. Premier Division i. Runner Up - Tanah Merah Country Club ii. Champion - Seletar Country Club e. Ladies Division i. Runner Up - Keppel Club ii. Champion - Singapore Island Country Club 18. The prize presentation dinner was held on 19 Sep 13 at the Keppel Hall, Keppel Club. The guests list included Chairman Governing Council, Mr Lee Ek Tieng, President SGA Mr Bob Tan and members of Governing Council, Executive Board, Club Captains and Lady Captains. SGA Inter Associate Members League 19. The 4th and final leg of the 2013 SGA IAML was organised by Acers Bon Club at the WGCC on 4 Sep 13. Acers Bon Club swept three of the five overall divisional titles, namely, Premier, A, and B whilst My Golf Kaki won the Senior and Ladies Division titles. page 37

38 24th Singapore Open Senior Amateur Championship 20. The 66th Singapore Open Amateur Championship was hosted by Tanah Merah Country Club at the Tampines Course from 8 10 Oct The response to the tournament was overwhelming and the number of entries received after the closing date far exceeded the maximum 120 competitors. In view of this, the tournament committee decided to increase the maximum number of competitors to 128. The competitors who were accepted were all the 13 foreign participants and 115 local competitors who were ranked based on their Handicap Index. 22. The winner was Douglas Williams (USA) who shot 3-over 75 in the final round for a 4-over 220 (73, 72, 75) total. David Foo (SelCC) finished as the Overall Runner-Up with 11-over 227 (72, 77, 78). 23. Ralph Aeria (SemCC) shot 10-over 82 for a 14-over 230 (75, 73, 82) to take the A Division title. Paul Kwek was the winner in the B Division with 228 (74, 78, 76). The winners in the C and D Divisions were Yan Yeng Chiok (SemCC) 237 (77, 80, 80) and Terry Collins (USA) 238 (83, 81, 74), respectively Faldo Series Singapore Championship 24. Lucius Toh won the 2013 Faldo Series Singapore Championship held at the Seletar Country Club. He shot a total of 8-over 224 (73, 77, 74) to win by one shot. James Leow finished on 9-over 225 (77, 76, 72) to take the Boys Division title whilst Dion Lim returned 23-over 239 (81, 82, 76) to emerge winner of the Girls Division. All three winners qualified to participate in the 8th Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills Golf Club in March SGA Executive Board Member, Kong Chong Soon, presented the trophies to the winners. Captain Seletar Country Club, Phua Hua Seng, and Captain Warren Golf & Country Club, Oh Kian Beng, were also present to grace the occasion. HSBC Youth Golf Challenge 26. The HSBC Youth Golf Challenge series was successfully carried out. Amanda Tan won the 2013 HSBC Youth Golf Challenge Overall Champion title. She is only the second girl to have won the Overall Champion title in the six years that the HSBC YGC has been running. Her win earned her an invitation to play in the 2014 HSBC China Junior Golf Open held in Zhuhai, China, from 7 10 Jan 14. page 38

39 27. The details of the three legs are shown in the table below: Legs Date Venue A Boys B Boys A Girls B Girls 2nd Leg Jun Orchid Lucius Toh Ryan Wong Lim Jia Yi Amelia Oh Country Club 3rd Leg Dec 2013 NSRCC Kranji Edgar Oh Tommy Tan Callista Chen Amanda Tan 1st Leg Mar 2014 Seletar Country Club James Leow Charles Alliston Sarah Tan Erika Layson National Ranking Games 28. Five National Ranking Games were held this year and the details are shown in the table below: Date Venue Men Winner Ladies Winner 2nd NRG Apr 13 SENGC Johnson Poh Yan Jing 3rd NRG Jul 13 NSRCC Marc Ong Koh Sock Hwee 4th NRG Sep 13 SEMCC Johnson Poh Yan Jing 5th NRG Nov 13 RCC Jin Cheng Ariel Lee 1st NRG Feb 14 TMCC Lucius Toh Koh Sock Hwee page 39

40 SGA Men s Order of Merit 2013 (as at Dec 13) Rank Player Age Squad Club Total Total Stroke Divisors Points Average 1 Jonathan Woo 23 SS SICC Jerome Ng 24 NS TMCC Marc Ong Chong Ching 18 NS NSRCC Melvin Chew 20 NS SICC Abdul Hadi 18 NS NSRCC Joshua Shou 23 SS SICC Johnson Poh 22 NS SelCC Nicklaus Chiam Yew Chun 18 NS KepC Wong Qi Wen 17 TMCC Edgar Oh Jie Qi 18 NS NSRCC George Foo 23 SS TMCC Lucius Toh 16 DS SelCC Princeton Yeo 19 DS WGCC Thomas Tan Wei Hao 18 NS OCC Shearn Chua 18 SICC Jin Cheng 15 SICC James Leow Kwong Aik 17 DS SelCC Low Wee Jin 20 DS KepC Tommy Tan Xuan Hao 13 OCC Ryan Wong Wey Ren 14 DS NSRCC Kenji Cheung 22 OCC Chung Hong Zheng 20 NS TMCC Joshua Ho 19 NS NSRCC Leonard Tee Zhi Xian 16 DS NSRCC Billie Pay Kian Heng 19 DS NSRCC Tan Yong Jia 19 DS MGK Desmond Kim Young Jee 14 KepC Giam Jia Hao 19 DS OCC Jordan Tsan Ming Kang 15 CGC Louis Tee Jun Jie 14 SelCC Brendan Chan Weixuan 18 OCC Jesse Yap 21 KepC Gregory Foo 20 NS TMCC Nicholas Mok Chee Yong 15 KepC Chua Yuan Min 20 DS OCC Nicholas Lim Jian Chao 19 DS NSRCC Dane Ang Tuan Juin Marc Tan Boon Hao 14 NSRCC Cody Lim Xu Jie 21 SemCC Benedict Ho Wei Jie 21 SelCC Teng Shao Xuan 13 KepC Charles Lim Wei Jie 18 NSRCC Glenn Yap 18 NSRCC Bryan Chua Wei Jin 17 SICC page 40

41 SGA Womens Order of Merit 2013 (as at Dec 13) Rank Player Age Squad Club Total Total Stroke Divisors Points Average 1 Koh Sock Hwee 24 NS OCC Amanda Tan 14 NS SenGC Amelia Yong 21 NS SelCC Goh Jen 18 DS NSRCC Low Si Xuan 23 NS SICC Joey Poh 20 NS SelCC Ashley Leanne Loh 15 DS SELCC Elizabeth Ang Tsin Yi 18 DS NSRCC Sarah Tan Wei 15 SICC Rachel Lim Rui Jia 18 DS WGCC Ariel Lee Zhi Zhen 17 DS KepC Kok Jo Ee 19 SS NSRCC Wong Yen Ting 16 DS KepC Dion Lim Jia Yi 18 DS TMCC Lim Jia Yi 18 DS OCC Jacqueline Young 14 DS WGCC Erika Layson 13 NSRCC Fariza Izanie bte Mohammed Zain 22 SS WGCC Phoebe Nicole Tan 19 NSRCC Callista Chen Wan Qing 15 KepC Rachel Cheang Ling Lin 16 LNGCC Linette Chua Wen Ting 16 NSRCC Maisarah bte Saadon 16 RCC Nadhra Aqilah Bte Mohd Saiful 19 DS NSRCC Melissa Loh 24 SS SelCC Rachael Lim En Yi 16 NSRCC Sabrina Chau Shu Ning 15 OCC Rachel Low 17 WGCC page 41

42 2014 National and Development Squad Members National Squad Members The following are the National Squad members for 2014: S/No Name Age Remarks 1 Jerome Ng 24 2 Marc Ong 18 3 Johnson Poh 22 4 Gregory Foo 20 5 Edgar Oh 18 6 Joshua Ho 19 7 Melvin Chew 20 8 George Foo 23 9 Nicklaus Chiam Chung Hong Zheng Abdul Hadi Thomas Tan Lucius Toh 16 New 14 Amelia Yong Koh Sock Hwee Joey Poh Low Si Xuan Amanda Tan Goh Jen 18 New 20 Ashley Leanne Loh 15 New 21 Elizabeth Ang 18 New page 42

43 Development Squad Members The following are the Development Squad members for 2014: S/No Name Age Remarks 1 Low Wee Jin 20 2 Princeton Yeo 20 3 Nicholas Lim 20 4 Billie Pay Kian Heng 19 5 James Leow Kwang Aik 16 6 Ryan Wong Wey Ren 15 7 Giam Jia Hao 19 8 Tan Yong Jia 19 9 Leonard Tee Zhi Xian Tommy Tan 13 New 11 Louis Tee 14 New 12 Desmond Kim 15 New 13 Jordan Tsan 16 New 14 Lim Jia Yi Dion Lim Jia Yi Ariel Lee Zhi Zhen Nadhra Aqilah bte Mohd Saiful Jacqueline Young Wong Yen Ting Callista Chen 15 New 21 Sarah Tan 16 New page 43

44 Singapore Golf Association 249 Sembawang Rd Singapore Tel: (65) Fax: (65) Cover: NSRCC Army Course Hole No 6