SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION 2014 Annual Report

2014 ANNUAL REPORT (APR 14 – MAR 15)

Introduction 2014 saw new highs being established by our amateur FYgolfers. We achieved our best ever performance at the World Amateur Team Championship (Eisenhower Trophy) with a 25th team position. We also continued our winning streak with a 4th consecutive win over MGA in our annual match. Our 2nd place finish in the 54th Putra Cup and our 7th place team finish in the 17th Asian Games were other notable achievements.

This momentum continued into early FY2015 when Team Singapore achieved its best SEA Games performance with a podium finish in all four events winning the men’s team and individual silver medals and women’s team and individual bronze medals at the 28th SEA Games.

3 53rd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

he SGA 53rd AGM was held on 29 Jul 14 at the SICC Bukit TLocation. The AGM elected Mr James Koh Cher Siang, Chairman SICC, as the Chairman of the SGA Governing Council for the ensuing year. The outgoing Chairman, Mr Lee Ek Tieng, stepped down after relinquishing his chairmanship of Raffles Country Club.

Outgoing Chairman, Mr Lee Ek Tieng (left), receiving a memento from Chairman SGA, Mr James Koh.

Mr Bob Tan was re-appointed President for a third term of office whilst Mr Goh Hup Chor was reappointed Vice President. Mr Yee Woon Yim and Ms Loh Ju Fern were appointed Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer, respectively. Mr Andrew Kwa stepped down as Honorary Secretary after serving two terms of office.

President SGA, Mr Bob Tan, thanking outgoing Chairman for his contributions to SGA. 4 Three members of the Executive Board, Mr Kong Choong Soon, Mr Paul Thomas and Ms Marvane E were reappointed and four were newly appointed, Mr Ross Tan, Mr Phua Hua Seng, Mr Lee Lian Hong and Mr Tay Liam Wee.

James Koh Bob Tan Goh Hup Chor Yee Woon Yim Loh Ju Fern Chairman President Vice President Hon Secretary Hon Treasurer

Kong Choong Soon Marvane E Paul Thomas Lee Lian Hong Member Member Member Member

Phua Hua Seng Ross Tan Tay Liam Wee Member Member Member 5 TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS IN REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS

29th World Amateur Team Championship (Eisenhower Trophy) apan hosted the World Amateur Team Championship from J10 – 13 Sep 14. Team USA won for the 15th time, successfully defending its 2012 title. Team Canada won the silver medal whilst Team Spain won the bronze medal.

Team Singapore finished in a four way tie in 25th position. This is Singapore’s best ever performance in the Eisenhower Trophy tournament finishing as the rd3 best Asian team behind Chinese Taipei and Korea.

Team members posing with the Eisenhower Trophy. Jonathan Woo, Marc Ong and Johnson Poh at the opening ceremony.

Team members with coach Luke Cantelo. From left, Kok Jo Ee, Amanda Tan and Koh Sock Hwee posing with the Espirito Santo Trophy. 6 SGA vs MGA Annual Match GA narrowly beat MGA 12½ to 11½ points to make it our 4th Sconsecutive win in our annual match. The 2014 edition of this annual match which began in 1976 was hosted by MGA at the Glenmarie Golf & Country Club from 11 to 12 Nov 2014.

Team SGA receiving the championship trophy, from left, President MGA, Tan Sri Mohd Anwar, Johnson Poh, President SGA Bob Tan, Jerome Ng and Team Manager Roko Kho.

President MGA presenting SGA player Goh Jen with the gold medallion.

President SGA presenting MGA players with the silver medallion. 7 Teams players and officials giving the thumbs up.

Team SGA on the first day.

SGA team officials and players at the 18th green.

8 54th SEA Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup) n the 54th SEA Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup) Ihosted by Brunei at the Empire Hotel & Country Club from 11 to 17 Oct 14, we finished in nd2 place behind winner Thailand. Malaysia finished in third position.

Team Singapore receiving the 1st runner up Putra Cup trophy from His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Malik.

Our ladies did well, too, to finish in rd3 position at the 6th Santi Cup which was held concurrently with Putra Cup and two other junior tournaments, namely, the 8th Lion City Cup and the 2nd Kartini Cup.

Team Singapore posing with the 2nd runner up Santi Cup trophy with His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Malik. 9 Santi Cup team members, from left: Putra Cup team members, Amanda Tan, Koh Sock Hwee, Goh Jen and from left: Gregory Foo, Johnson Poh, Marc Ong and Abdul Hadi. Volunteer team manager Ang Siew Yan.

Kartini Cup team members, from left, Jacqueline Young, Wong Yen Ting and Sarah Tan.

Lion City Cup team members, from left, James Leow, Louis Tee and Lucius Toh.

SGA Hon Sec Yee Woon Yim with, from left, Coach Luke Cantelo, Abdul Hadi, Marc Ong and Team Manager Roko Kho.

His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Malik meeting MGA President Tan Sri Mohd Anwar and SGA Hon Sec Yee Woon Yim.

His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Malik in a group photograph with team officials 10 and SGA Hon Sec Yee Woon Yim on the extreme right. 17th Asian Games he 17th Asian Games golf tournament was hosted by Korea at Tthe Dream Park Country Club from 25 to 28 Sep 14. Chinese Taipei won the gold medal followed by Korea winning the silver and Thailand the bronze. China and Japan were tied in 4th position with India in 6th position. Singapore finished in th7 position.

Asian Games team members, from left: Gregory Foo, Jonathan Woo, Marc Ong and Johnson Poh.

Team members posing at the 15th Hole during the practice round.

Team members and their parents. 11 INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS IN REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS

ur players continued to dominate Malaysian State tournaments. Abdul OHadi successfully defended the Negeri Sembilan Amateur Open and won three others, the Johor Amateur Open, the Penang Amateur Open and the Malacca Amateur Open. Lucius Toh won the Selangor Amateur Open, his first win in an international tournament, whilst Marc Ong finished second in the 112th Malaysian Amateur Championship.

Abdul Hadi with the Abdul Hadi with the Lucius Toh with the Selangor Marc Ong 1st runner up at the Johor Amateur Open trophy. NS Amateur Open trophy. Amateur Open trophy. Malaysian Amateur C’ship.

Our ladies also made good progress with two players making their maiden victory. Koh Sock Hwee achieved a major breakthrough in her amateur career winning the SLGA Amateur Open. Goh Jen achieved her first international victory when she won the Hong Kong Ladies Open Amateur.

Koh Sock Hwee with the SLGA Amateur C’ship trophy and President SLGA Ms Loh Ju Fern.

Goh Jen with the HK Ladies Amateur Open trophy. 12 Jerome Ng achieved a top 10 finish ending in tied th8 position at the Asia Pacific Amateur Championship, a by invitation only tournament with the winner being invited to the US Masters.

Jerome Ng at the 2014 APAC.

Singapore players at the 2014 APAC, from left: Jonathan Woo, Gregory Foo, coach Luke Cantelo, Jerome Ng, President SGA Bob Tan, Exec Board member Tay Liam Wee, Johnson Poh, Marc Ong and Wong Qi Wen. 13 LOCAL AMATEUR TOURNAMENTS

3rd Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship he 3rd Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship was Theld at the Warren Golf & Country Club from 20 – 22 May 2014. The winner was Douglas Ooi.

Douglas Ooi receiving his trophy from Vice President SGA Goh Hup Chor.

14 Singapore Junior Golf Championship 2014 his tournament was hosted by Keppel Club from 4 – 6 Jun 2014. TThai Sangchai Keawcharoen and James Leow were declared joint winners after both finished tied and bad weather prevented a play- off. James Leow was also the recipient of the Best Local Boy Trophy.

The overall Girl Champion was Thai Budsabakorn Sukapan.

Joint winners Sangchai Keawcharoen (left) and James Leow.

Budsabakorn Sukapan receiving her trophy from SGA Exec Board member and Captain Keppel Club Kong Choong Soon.

All the winners of the Singapore Junior Golf Championship. 15 67th Singapore Open Amateur Championship he 67th edition of our premier amateur tournament, the TSingapore Open Amateur Championship, was hosted by the Singapore Island Country Club at the venerable Island Course from 14 to 18 Jul 2014.

Thai Danthai Boonma won the tournament after a play-off with compatriot Natipong Srithong. Gregory Foo took the 2nd Runner-up position.

Danthai Boonma with President SGA Bob Tan.

16 15th Singapore National Amateur Championship he 15th SNAC was played at the Sentosa Golf Club, Tanjong Course, Tfrom 12 to 15 August 2014.

Johnson Poh was the men’s champion, his second win having won the first time in 2010. Goh Jen was the women’s champion.

SNAC Women’s Champion, Goh Jen, and Men’s Champion, Johnson Poh, with their trophies.

17 SGA Inter Club League 2014 he SGA Inter Club League 2014 prize presentation dinner was held Ton 2 Oct 14 at the Keppel Club. The Guest of Honour was President SGA, Bob Tan, and guests included Governing Council members, Exec Board members, club captains and lady captains and participants of the SGA ICL.

The Overall Champion was NSRCC which amassed a total of 33 points winning 11 out of the 12 legs. This is NSRCC’s fourth straight win since the new match play format was introduced in 2011. The Overall Champion 1st Runner Up was SICC and 2nd Runner Up was TMCC.

The 2014 SGA ICL Overall Champion National Service Resort & Country Club

The SGA ICL Overall Champion 1st Runner Up Singapore Island Country Club 18 The SGA ICL Overall Champion 2nd Runner Up Tanah Merah Country Club

Trophies were also awarded by President SGA to winners of the SGA Inter-Associate Members’ League during the prize presentation dinner.

Acers Bon Club – “A” Division Winner Society of Singapore Golfers – “B” Division Winner

Acers Bon Club – “Ladies” Division Winner

Society of Singapore Golfers – “C” Division Winner

Society of Singapore Golfers – “D” Division Winner 19 25th Singapore Open Senior Amateur Championship he winner of the 25th edition of the Singapore Open Senior TAmateur Championship, hosted by Sembawang Country Club from 7 – 10 Oct 2014, was David Foo.

Champion David Foo (left) posing with SGA Hon Sec Yee Woon Yim.

20 HSBC Youth Golf Challenge our HSBC Youth Golf Challenge legs were successfully held and Fthe Overall Champion was Leonard Tee.

Division winners of the HSBC YGC 1st Leg, from left: James Leow, Sarah Tan, Erika Layson and Charles Alliston.

HSBC YGC 2nd Leg Division winners, from left: James Leow, Deanna Ngo, Jacqueline Tan and Louis Tee.

21 HSBC YGC 3rd Leg Girls “A” Division Winner, Jacqueline Young, receiving her trophy from Ms Penny Quek,

HSBC Brand Governance/Marketing.

HSBC YGC 4th Leg Division Winners, from left: Donovan Lee, Ryan Wong, 2014 Overall Champion Leonard Tee, Sarah Tan and Erika Layson.

22 SINGAPORE OPEN

The Singapore Open was again not staged this year.

However, on 28 Jan 15, we announced that the Singapore Open will return with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) as the new title sponsor and co-sanctioned by and Organisation (JGTO). It will be staged at the Serapong Course, Sentosa Golf Club, from 28 – 31 Jan 2016.

Press conference on 28 Jan 15 from left: Executive Chairman WSG Seamus O’Brien, President SGA Bob Tan, MD SMBC Masayuki Shimura and Chairman AT .

President SGA Bob Tan and MD SMBC Masayuki Shimura with the Singapore Open trophy. 23 ASEAN GOLF FEDERATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

he AGF AGM was held on 15 Oct 2014 at the Empire Hotel T& Country Club, Brunei. Delegates from Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand attended the AGM chaired by AGF Sec Gen Datuk Mohamed Zain Mohamed Yusuk together with President AGF Pengiran Dato Haji Mustapha. Hon Sec SGA, Yee Woon Yim, represented Singapore at the AGM.

Delegates attending the 2014 ASEAN Golf Federation AGM chaired by President AGF Pengiran Dato Haji Mustapha (left) and AGF Sec Gen Datuk Mohamed Zain.

Outgoing President AGF Pengiran Dato Haji Mustapha presenting the AGF flag to Thailand Golf Association representative.

24 ASIA PACIFIC GOLF CONFEDERATION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

he APGC AGM was held at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club on 22 Oct 2014 Twith delegates from twenty countries attending. Singapore was represented by President SGA, Bob Tan.

APGC Executive Committee, from left, Treasurer Philip Hassal, Vice Chairman Dilip Thomas, Chairman Dr David Cherry, and Members Keisuke Muratsu and Mohammad Ali.

APGC delegates attending the AGM. 25 R&A TEACH THE TEACHERS’ SEMINAR

he R&A conducted a Teach the Teachers’ Seminar at the Mines TResort, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 29 Mar 2015. Delegates from Asean, Australia, Chinese Taipei, India, Japan, Korea and South Africa attended this seminar which was a follow up to the first one held in Thailand in 2012.

SGA was represented by Dennis Tan, Chairman Rules Sub-Committee, Raymond Tan and Peter Teo, General Manager SGA.

Chairman R&A Rules Committee Chris Hilton leading the seminar.

26 SGA/PARENTS’ ANNUAL DIALOGUE

he annual SGA/Parents’ Dialogue was held on 25 Apr 15 at Tthe SICC auditorium. Letters of appointment were presented to members of the 2015 SGA National and Development Squads. Squad members were also presented their attire sponsored by TMaG.

President SGA Bob Tan making his welcome address.

27 Parents and players

Coach Luke Cantelo answering a query from parent Ang Siew Yan.

28 SGA PRESIDENT’S TROPHY

ohnson Poh topped the SGA Order of Merit for 2014. He was Jpresented the SGA President’s Trophy for his outstanding achievements.

Johnson Poh receiving the SGA President’s Trophy.

29 2015 NATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT SQUADS

he SGA 2015 National Squad saw the inclusion of four new Tmembers to their ranks. They are James Leow, Sarah Tan, Jacqueline Young and Wong Yen Ting.

New National Squad members, clockwise from top left: Jacqueline Young, Sarah Tan, Wong Yen Ting and James Leow.

30 A total of nine new members were also inducted to the SGA Development Squad. They are Charles Alliston, Dane Ang, Jeryl Tan, Sanjay Anand, Nicholas Mok, Erika Layson, Vanessa Khoo, Linette Chua and Maisarah Saadon.

New Development Squad members, clockwise from top left: Charles Alliston, Dane Ang, Jeryl Tan, Nicholas Mok and Sanjay Anand.

New Development Squad members, clockwise from top left: Erika Layson, Vanessa Khoo, Maisarah Saadon and Linette Chua.

31 SGA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE

n SGA Community Engagement Committee, headed by SGA Exec Board member and ACaptain Jurong Country Club, Mr Ross Tan, was formed to study how SGA could engage the community to better promote and develop golf.

The CEC actively worked with Ministry of Education to seek ways on how to place golf as a sport to be adopted under the “Sports for Schools” programme. It also worked with various SGA Ordinary Members on how to support this initiative. The initiatives being developed are planned to come on line in FY2016.

SGA CENTRALISED HANDICAPPING SYSTEM

he SGA Centralised Handicapping System project to streamline our current handicap process Twas started this year. This new system will track all golfers who play on any of the golf courses in Singapore. Scores can be posted either by the clubs or individually by golfers through club terminals or via the internet. At the end of each month, the system will compute the data centrally and distribute the relevant handicap scoring data to all SGA Members’ Handicap Committees to enable them to carry out their Handicap Committee’s responsibilities. The system will come on line in FY2016.

SUBSIDIES FOR SGA ORDINARY MEMBERS’ JUNIOR GOLF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

s part of SGA’s effort to encourage the development of junior golf programmes, subsidies Aranging from S$4,000 to S$8,000 were disbursed to our Ordinary Members in FY2014. Higher subsidies were given to those with programmes that are open to non-members to serve as incentives for our Ordinary Members to make their facilities available to non-members.

COMPLIMENTARY FLIGHTS FOR SGA ORDINARY MEMBERS HOSTING SGA events

he practice of offering complimentary flights to SGA Ordinary Members hosting SGA Ttournaments was established in 2006. This privilege allows those who host our tournaments to receive two flights per day from other Ordinary Members for the duration of the event. This practice continued in FY2014 and helped lightened the task of our Members hosting SGA events.

32 28TH SOUTH EAST ASIA GAMES

reparation for the 28th SEA Games golf tournament went full swing Pduring the last quarter of FY 2014. The Golf Organising Committee was formed with Vice President SGA, Goh Hup Chor, as Chairman and SGC General Manager, Andy Johnston, the Tournament Director.

The SGA Training & Selection Sub-Committee shortlisted 11 players (7 men and 4 women) for further training and assessment with the final team selection of 4 men and 3 women players made at the end of March. They were Johnson Poh, Jonathan Woo, Marc Ong, Abdul Hadi, Koh Sock Hwee, Goh Jen and Amanda Tan.

Dr Tan Eng Liang, Chairman of the Special Training Assistance Committee (STAC), 28th SEA Games Chef de Mission Nicholas Fang and STAC members visited our golfers carrying out centralised training at the SICC Millennium Course on 10 Mar 15. Vice President SGA Goh Hup Chor was present to welcome Dr Tan and STAC members.

Dr Tan giving a pep talk to players Koh Sock Hwee, Abdul Hadi, Jerome Ng and Marc Ong

STAC members and players 33 As part of the training programme, renowned golf psychologist Sean Lynch conducted two psychology sessions with our SEA Games players. The first was carried out in Australia and the second was done on 5 May 15 at Sentosa Golf Club.

Sean Lynch going through putting drills with the players.

Players also had dinner with SGA President, Vice President and Hon Treasurer together with Sean Lynch and coach Luke Cantelo.

34 The 28th SEA Games golf tournament was held at Sentosa Golf Club Serapong Course from 7 – 12 Jun 15. Thailand won all four gold medals winning the men’s and women’s team and individual events.

Singapore achieved our best SEA Games performance with a podium finish in all four events winning the men’s team and individual silver and women’s team and individual bronze. Indonesia won the women’s team silver and the men’s team bronze.

Men’s teams on the winners’ podium, from left: Team Singapore (Silver), Team Thailand (Gold) and Team Indonesia (Bronze).

Women’s winning teams on the podium, from left: Team Indonesia (Silver), Team Thailand (Gold) and Team Singapore (Bronze). 35 Men’s Individual medallists, Johnson Poh (Silver), Natipong Srithong (Gold) and Tawan Phongphun (Bronze) posing with Vice President SGA Goh Hup Chor and President SGA Bob Tan.

Koh Sock Hwee, Goh Jen and Amanda Tan proudly showing off their medals with President SGA Bob Tan.

Women’s Individual winners on the podium, from left: President SGC Low Teo Ping, Rivani Sihotang (Silver), Suthavee Chanachai (Gold), Koh Sock Hwee (Bronze) and President SLGA Loh Ju Fern.

36 FINANCIAL MATTERS

Sponsorship he SGA Inter Club League continued to enjoy the sponsorship of TAsia Pacific Breweries at all the 13 SGA ICL legs as well as at the prize presentation dinner. However, Daimler SEA Pte Ltd decided to cease sponsorship of this event.

Backdrop at the SGA ICC prize presentation dinner

HSBC continued with its strong support for junior golf development by sponsoring the HSBC Youth Golf Challenge series for 2014 making this their 7th year of sponsorship.

37 TaylorMade-adidas Golf continued its support for SGA as the official apparel sponsor for FY 2014 as well as for the 28th SEA Games. Squad members were presented their TMaG attire at the annual SGA Parents’ Dialogue.

Johnson Poh receiving his TMaG attire from President SGA Bob Tan

28th SEA Games team members in their TMaG attire.

Jaermann & Stubi – The Timepiece of Golf sponsored a Hole-in-One prize of a golf watch from the “Time to Play” Series at two of our tournaments, the 67th Singapore Open Amateur Championship and the 25th Singapore Open Senior Amateur Championship.

38 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.

Yee Woon Yim Honorary Secretary

39 SGA GOVERNING COUNCIL MEMBERS

Chairman Mr James Koh Cher Siang • Chairman SICC

Members Dr Gordon Tay • President CGC Mr Lee Chong Kwee • Chairman JCC Mr Lai Mun Onn • President KepC Mr Peter Kwee • Chairman LNGCC LG Ng Chee Meng • President NSRCC Mr Chong Kee Hiong • President OCC Mr Tan Soo Nan • Chairman RCC Mr Khoo Teng Chye • Chairman SelCC LG Ng Chee Meng • President SemCC Mr Low Teo Ping • President SenGC Mr Ng Kee Choe • Chairman TMCC Mr Patrick Kwek • President WGCC

SGA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS

President • Mr Bob Tan Vice President • Mr Goh Hup Chor Hon Secretary • Mr Yee Woon Yim Hon Treasurer • Ms Loh Ju Fern

Members Mr Kong Choong Soon Ms Marvane E Mr Lee Lian Hong Mr Ross Tan Mr Paul Thomas Mr Phua Hua Seng Mr Tay Liam Wee

Legal Advisor Mr Andrew Lim

40 SGA SUB-COMMITTEES

Training & Selection Tournament Handicap Rules Chairman Goh Hup Chor Yee Woon Yim Kong Choong Soon Dennis Tan Members CGC Vincent Teo Vincent Teo Ong Chew Meng Fardanshah Aziz JCC Ross Tan Albert Ng John Soh Edwin Pereira KepC Kong Choong Soon Kong Choong Soon Mohamed Tahir Ling Kok Pin LNGCC Bradley Leahey Bradley Leahey Goh Joon Lian Chua Leng Heok NSRCC Tan Kah Han David Huang William Chua Brian Tan OCC Oscar Oliverio Tan Ah Ee Tan Ah Ee Stewart Lee RCC Mark Higgs Loh Kum Cheun Yeo Swee Tuan Loh Kum Cheun SelCC Phua Hua Seng David Foo Tan York Peng Tan York Peng SemCC Derric Low Derric Low Andrew Yeo Paul Giovanni SenGC Ben Low Andy Johnston Vernon Khoo Foo Chee Liam SICC Paul Thomas Paul Thomas Dennis Thomas Dennis Thomas TMCC Lee Lian Hong Ken Lye Hia Hui Kim Ken Lye WGCC Oh Kian Beng Ng Kwang Iak Ng Kwang Iak Henry Thang SLGA Loh Ju Fern Loh Ju Fern SLGA Marvane E Meenah Fong Coach Luke Cantelo SGA AUDIT SUB-COMMITTE Chairman Mr Kong Choong Soon

Members Mr Phua Hua Seng Mr Ross Tan

SGA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUB-COMMITTEE Chairman Mr Ross Tan

Members Mr Kong Choong Soon Mr Lee Lian Hong Mr Arthur Loh Mr Raymond Tan 41 DETAILS OF OVERSEAS TOURNAMENTS

112 th Malaysian Amateur Championship 1. SGA sent a contingent of ten players together with newly appointed coach Luke Cantelo and team manager Roko Kho to attend this tournament held at the Royal Perak Golf Club from 22 – 25 May 2014.

2. Cory Crawford of Australia won the tournament with an overall 6-under 282 (71, 71, 66, 74). Marc Ong finished 3 shots behind in second position with 3-under 285 (72, 70, 70, 73). Zihao Chen (72, 71, 75, 68) of China shared third place on 2-under 286 with Jarryd Felton (72, 72, 70, 72) of Australia.

3. The results of our other players were: a. T9th – Gregory Foo 4-over 292 (75, 71, 73, 73) b. T12th – Johnson Poh 5-over 293 (71, 73, 75, 74) c. T17th – Abdul Hadi 8-over 296 (79, 74, 73, 70) d. T33rd – Lucius Toh 17-over 305 (75, 72, 78, 75) e. T41st – Thomas Tan 21-over 309 (75, 73, 82, 79) f. T46th – George Foo 23-over 311 (78, 78, 77, 78) g. 49th – Jerome Ng 25-over 313 (86, 72, 85, 70) h. T52nd – Edgar Oh 27-over 315 (79, 73, 81, 82) i. Missed cut set at 14-over 158: i. Chung Hong Zheng 15-over 159 (81, 78)

27th MPI Saujana Amateur Championship 2014 4. SGA sent 9 National Squad members to participate in this tournament that was held from 27 – 29 May 2014 after they competed in the 112th Malaysian Amateur Open. They were accompanied by National Coach Luke Cantelo and Team Manager Roko Kho. The other Singapore players were students of the Singapore Sports School which sponsored their trip.

5. Thai Danthai Boonma won the tournament shooting 2-over 74 in the final round for a 2-under 214 (69, 71, 74) to beat second round leader Aussie Jarryd Felton by a single stroke. Jarryd Felton finished in second position on 1-under 215 (70, 69, 76). Justin Quiban of the Philippines took third spot with even par 216 (71, 71, 74).

6. Marc Ong was again our best player finishing in 8th position at 4-over 220 (74, 72, 74) followed by Johnson Poh (76, 72, 73) and Gregory Foo (72, 73, 76) who shared the 9th position with two other players at 5-over 221.

42 7. The results of other Singapore players were: a. 13th - Jerome Ng 6-over 222 (71, 81, 70) b. T16th - Abdul Hadi 9-over 225 (76, 73, 76) c. 21st - Chung Hong Zheng 13-over 229 (78, 73, 78) d. 29th - George Foo 18-over 234 (79, 80, 75) e. 32nd - Thomas Tan 20-over 236 (81, 79, 76) f. T35th - Louis Tee 23-over 239 (83, 77, 79) g. T39th - Lucius Toh 25-over 241 (80, 75, 86) h. T43rd - Jordan Tsan 27-over 243 (81, 78, 84) - Tommy Tan 27-over 243 (78, 74, 91) i. T49th - Ryan Wong 30-over 246 (83, 83, 80) j. T53rd - Nicholas Mok 31-over 247 (80, 80, 87)

Negeri Sembilan Amateur Open 8. Abdul Hadi shot a brilliant 7-under 209 (71, 71, 67) to retain his Negri Sembilan Amateur Open title. One shot behind in second position at 6-under 210 (66, 74, 70) was Jerome Ng. Gregory Foo finished in third spot with 1-under 215 (71, 74, 70).

9. The winner of the Ladies’ Division was Malaysian Nur Eliana Ariffin who finished on 2-under 214 (73, 73, 68). Koh Sock Hwee was second with 4-over 220 (74, 74, 72).

10. The 2014 Negri Sembilan Amateur Open was held at the Port Dickson Golf & Country Club from 6 – 8 Jun 14.

2014 Taiwan Amateur Golf Championship 11. The 2014 Taiwan Amateur Golf Championship was held at Sunrise Golf and Country Club from 19 – 22 Aug 14. SGA sent four players together with national coach Luke Cantelo to participate.

12. Wang Wei Lun won the tournament with 8-under 280 (69, 74, 65, 72). In second position was Kao Teng with 3-under 285 (76, 70, 69, 70). Malaysian Chan Tuck Soon shot 6-under 66 on the last day to take the 3rd spot with 2-under 286 (74, 74, 72, 66).

13. Our best performer was Marc Ong (71, 71, 73, 72) who shared the 4th position with Liu Yu Jui (77, 69, 71, 70) with both at 1-under 287. Johnson Poh (80, 77, 70, 68) and Abdul Hadi (70, 81, 72, 72) were tied in 10th position at 7-over 295 whilst Gregory Foo finished in 15th position with three other players at 9-over 297 (74, 71, 76, 76).

43 14. In the Ladies Division, Chen Chih Min (75, 72, 75, 73) won after a play-off with Lee Chia Pei (72, 72, 78, 73) after both finished with 7-over 295.

15. Koh Sock Hwee finished in 5th position with 12-over 300 (79, 71, 74, 76) and Amanda Tan in 10th with 20-over 308 (74, 83, 76, 75).

2014 World Amateur Team Championship 16. The World Amateur Team Championship is a biennial international amateur competition conducted by the International Golf Federation (IGF). The competition, which was held for the 26th time was hosted by the Japan Golf Association.

17. The Men’s teams play for the Eisenhower Trophy whilst the Women’s teams play for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The Espirito Santo Trophy was played from 3 – 6 Sep 14 whilst the Eisenhower Trophy was played from 10 – 13 Sep 14.

18. In the Women’s’ WATC, Australia took the Espirito Santo Trophy with a score of 29 under 547. Canada took the silver medal with 27 under 549 followed by Korea with 26 under 550. Denmark finished fourth at 556, followed by Sweden and the USA tied for fifth at 557, Mexico in seventh at 560, England and host Japan tied for eighth at 562 and the Philippines in 10th at 563.

19. Brooke Henderson topped the individual ranking at 19 under 269 (66, 69, 66, 68) followed by Minjee Lee at 16-under 272 (73, 70, 64, 65) and Alison Lee at 14-under 274 (68, 70, 68, 68).

20. Team Singapore was represented by Koh Sock Hwee, Kok Jo Ee and Amanda Tan. They finished in tied 36th position at 25-over 601. Koh Sock Hwee shot 10-over 298 (75, 68, 75, 80) to finish in tied 78th, followed by Kok Jo Ee at 22-over 310 (75, 78, 78, 79) in T109th and Amanda Tan 23-over 311 (78, 82, 72, 79) in T111th

21. In the Men’s’ World Amateur Team Championship, Team USA won for the 15th time, successfully defending its 2012 title in Turkey, with a record score of 38 under 534. Canada won the silver medal, two strokes behind the USA at 536 and Spain won the bronze medal at 537.

22. Team Singapore, represented by Jonathan Woo, Johnson Poh and Marc Ong finished in a four way tie in 25th position with 14 under 558. This is Team Singapore’s best ever performance in the Eisenhower Trophy tournament making it the 3rd best Asian team behind Chinese Taipei (23 under 549) and Korea (21 under 551).

44 23. Results of other Asian teams were: a. T29th - India - 12 under 560 Japan b. T33rd - Thailand - 9 under 563 c. T35th - Malaysia - 8 under 564 d. 38th - PRC - 7 under 565 e. T39th - Hong Kong - 5 under 567 f. 47th - Philippines - 22 over 594

24. In the Individual Event, Jon Rahm shot 23-under 263 (70, 64, 62, 67) to take the title, beating the previous mark for low individual score for 72 holes held by golf legend Jack Nicklaus who shot 269 in 1960. Three other players shared the second spot at 20-under 266. They were (69, 64, 67, 66), Victor Perez (69, 65, 66, 66) and Alejandro Tosti (68, 67, 64, 67).

25. Jonathan Woo shot 8-under 278 (70, 67, 70, 71) to finish in tied 39th position. Johnson Poh finished in tied 103rd with 3-over 289 (72, 73, 73, 71) and Marc Ong in tied 123rd with 8-over 294 (81, 71, 66, 76).

80th Singha Thailand Amateur Open 26. The 80th Singha Thailand Amateur Open was held at the Panya Indra Golf Club from 9 – 12 Sep 14. We sent a team of 5 players to participate.

27. Sarit Suwannarut of Thailand won the event with a score of 12-under 276 (69, 66, 69, 72). Ye Htet Aung of Myanmar took the second spot with 9-under 279 (73, 68, 69, 69).

28. Abdul Hadi finished in third position just one shot away at 8-under 280 (71, 70, 66, 73) followed by Gregory Foo in fourth at 6-under 282 (71, 72, 69, 70). At 4-under 284 were Jerome Ng (71, 70, 74, 69) and Fadhli Soetarso of Indonesia (73, 69, 72, 70).

29. Thai Kanyalak Preedasuttijit took the Ladies’ title with 8-under 280 (73, 67, 67, 73) followed by fellow Thai Parinda Phokan at 6-under 282 (73, 71, 66, 72) and Filipina Yuka Saso at 3-under 285 (71, 74, 70, 70).

30. Goh Jen shared the 9th position with 2 others at 3-over 291 (74, 74, 71, 72) whilst Elizabeth Ang finished in tied 36th at 36-over 324 (83, 80, 79, 82).

2014 Malaysian Junior Open 31. This tournament, held at the Sabah Golf & Country Club from 11 to 13 Sep 14, was won by Park Sang Ho of Korea with a score of 3-under 213 (67, 74, 72). Solomon Emilio Rosidin (78, 73, 70) of Malaysia and Eekarat Leksuwan (73, 74, 74) of Thailand shared the second spot at 5-over 221. 45 32. SGA sent Lucius Toh and Sarah Tan to participate in this tournament. Lucius Toh missed the cut after two rounds of 81and 76 whilst Sarah Tan finished in 10th position in the Girls’ Division with 22-over 238 (80, 78, 80). The Singapore Sports School also participated in this tournament with their students.

33. Results of other Singapore players: g. T5th – Ryan Wong 10-over 226 (73, 75, 78) h. 11th – Louis Tee 18-over 234 (80, 76, 78) i. T13th – Tommy Tan 23-over 239 (81, 79, 79) Jeryl Tan Foo Yew 23-over 239 (78, 76, 85)

Hong Kong Ladies Open Amateur 34. Goh Jen achieved her first international victory when she won the 2014 Hong Kong Ladies Open Amateur, held at the Hong Kong Golf Club from 24 – 26 Sep 14, with 4-over 220 (71, 76, 73).

35. In tied second place were Yin Yuan Ru (76, 73, 74) of China and Vivian Lee (74, 74, 75) of Hong Kong with both at 7-over 223.

17th Asian Games 36. Team Singapore golf team departed on 21 Sep 14 to participate in the 17th Asian Games golf tournament. The tournament was held at Dream Park Country Club from 25 to 28 Sep 14.

37. The team members were Jonathan Woo, Johnson Poh, Marc Ong and Gregory Foo and national coach Luke Cantelo.

38. Chinese Taipei won the gold medal with 45-under 819. Korea took the silver with 38-under 826 and Thailand the bronze with 31-under 833. China and Japan were tied in 4th position at 29-under 835 and followed by India with 25-under 839.

39. Pan Cheng Tsung (TPE) took the gold individual medal with 17-under 271 (66, 69, 65, 71) whilst Kim Namhun (KOR) took silver with 15-under 273 (67, 72, 66, 68) and Yu Chun An (TPE) bronze with 12-under 276 (70, 66, 73, 67).

40. Singapore finished in th7 position at 13-under 851. Individually, Johnson Poh was the best Singapore player finishing in T16th position at 5-under 283 (70, 73, 71, 69) followed by Jonathan Woo (75, 72, 71, 69) and Marc Ong (70, 71, 73, 73) in T26th at 1-under 287 and Gregory Foo at even par 288 (71, 71, 73, 73) in T29th.

46 42nd Selangor Amateur Open 41. Lucius Toh won his first international tournament at the 42nd Selangor Amateur Open with a 1-over 217 (75, 72, 70). Trailing Malaysian Amir Nazrin by 6 shots going into Round 3, he shot a creditable 2-under 70 to win by 1 shot. Amir Nazrin had to settle for second after a 5-over 77 gave him a 2-over 218 (71, 70, 77) final score. Malaysian Galven Green finished in third with 5-over 221 (70, 76, 75).

42. Lucius Toh’s win ensured that the trophy remains in Singapore’s hand after Jerome Ng won it in 2013. The defending champion finished in 8th position.

43. The Ladies Division was won by Malaysian Diane Luke with 12-over 228 (73, 74, 81). Amanda Tan (84, 73, 72) and Koh Sock Hwee (78, 78, 73) finished in tied second place after posting even par 72 and 1-over par 73, respectively, in the final round. Both finished on 13-over 229 just 1 shot behind the winner.

44. SGA sent a contingent of 22 players to participate in the 42nd Selangor Amateur Open led by Team Manager Roko Kho and accompanied by National Coach Luke Cantelo who joined the group on the second day after returning from the 17th Asian Games. The tournament was held at the Kelab Rahman Putra Malaysia from 30 Sep to 2 Oct 14.

45. Results of other Singapore players: Men 4th – Abdul Hadi 6-over 222 (79, 70, 73) 5th – Wong Qi Wen 7-over 223 (78, 75, 70) 6th – Joshua Ho 8-over 224 (83, 72, 69) 8th – Jerome Ng 10-over 226 (76, 76, 74) 9th – Tommy Tan 12-over 228 (76, 81, 71) 10th – Thomas Tan 13-over 229 (77, 79, 73) T11 th – George Foo 14-over 230 (79, 76, 75) 13th – Leonard Tee 15-over 231 (79, 73, 79) 14th – Billie Pay 16-over 232 (79, 79, 74) T15th – Ryan Wong 17-over 233 (78, 80, 75) T20th – Louis Tee 20-over 236 (81, 73, 82) T24th – Edgar Oh 22-over 238 (80, 80, 78) 31st – Nicholas Lim 28-over 244 (86, 78, 80) T32nd – Jordan Tsan 29-over 245 (84, 83, 78)

Missed cut (at 23-over) Tan Yong Jia – 25-over 169 (80, 89)

47 Ladies 6th – Goh Jen 16-over 232 (72, 79, 81) T9th – Jacqueline Young 23-over 239 (78, 76, 85) 15th – Elizabeth Ang 26-over 242 (79, 83, 80) 17th – Sarah Tan 28-over 244 (79, 86, 79)

54th South East Asia Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup) 46. The 54th South East Asia Amateur Golf Team Championship (Putra Cup) was hosted by Brunei at the Empire Hotel & Country Club from 11 - 17 Oct 14. There were four tournaments running concurrently, namely, the 54th Putra Cup, 8th Lion City Cup, 6th Santi Cup and the 2nd Kartini Cup. A total of seven countries participated in these tournaments.

47. Team Thailand won the 54th Putra Cup with a total score of 821. Team Singapore did well to finish in second position with 844. Team Malaysia finished in third position with 857.

48. Team Thailand also won the Lion City Cup and the Kartini Cup. Team Philippines was the only team that prevented Team Thailand from making a clean sweep by taking the Santi Cup.

49. In the Putra Cup Individual event, Thai players Danthai Boonma at 15-under 269 (66, 61, 70, 72), Natipong Srithong at 11-under 273 (69, 71, 67, 66) and Kasidit Lepkurte at 5-under 279 (72, 69, 68, 70) took the top three positions. Johnson Poh finished in 4th spot at 4-under 280 (68, 71, 67, 74) followed by Low Khai Jei of Malaysia at 2-under 282 (69, 71, 70, 72) and Gregory Foo at 1-over 285 (72, 73, 70, 70).

50. Team Singapore (581) also did well to finish in third position in the Santi Cup behind Team Philippines (544) and Team Thailand (557).

51. His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Malik graced the prize presentation ceremony and presented trophies to the winning teams and players. His Royal Highness also met team officials after the prize presentation. Singapore was represented by Honorary Secretary Yee Woon Yim and General Manager Peter Teo.

2014 Asia Pacific Amateur Championship 52. The 2014 Asia Pacific Amateur Championship was held at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club, Australia, from 23 – 26 Oct 14. The six invited Singapore players, Jerome Ng, Jonathan Woo, Johnson Poh, Marc Ong, Gregory Foo and Wong Qi Wen were accompanied by National Coach Luke Cantelo. President SGA Bob Tan,Executive Board Member Tay Liam Wee and GM Peter Teo also attended the tournament.

48 53. Australian Antonio Murdaca was the winner shooting 13-under 275 (69, 68, 67, 71) to win by a clear seven shots. Horikawa Mikumu of Japan took second spot with 6-under 282 (75, 91, 67, 69) whilst another Australian Todd Sinnott finished in third position at 5-under 283 (67, 71, 74, 71).

54. Three Singapore players did well to shoot sub-par in the final round with Jerome Ng shooting 2-under 70 for a 1-under 287 (74, 70, 73, 70) to finish in a 4 way tie in th8 position, Jonathan Woo also shooting 2-under 70 to finish on 2-over 290 (78, 70, 72, 70) in T17th position and Marc Ong 3-under 69 for a 5-over 293 (73, 79, 72, 69) and a T 25th position. Wong Qi Wen finished in T42nd with 13-over 301 (78, 74, 73, 76).

55. Johnson Poh (80, 75) and Gregory Foo (78, 78) both missed the cut after round two set at 10-over 154.

SGA vs MGA Annual Match 2014 56. SGA narrowly beat MGA by 12½ to 11½ points in the SGA vs MGA Annual Match that was hosted by MGA at the Glenmarie Golf & Country Club from 11 to 12 Nov 2014. This is the 4th consecutive win by SGA in the annual match that was started in 1976.

57. SGA took the early lead in the morning Four Ball matches winning 4 points to MGA’s 2 points. However, MGA drew level when it took 4 points from the afternoon Foursomes to SGA’s 2 points. Both teams then started the Singles matches the next day equally matched with 6 points. SGA won 6 matches and halved 1 match to collect the 6½ points for a total of 12 ½ points to win.

58. President MGA, Tan Sri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, hosted President SGA Bob Tan, to a welcome dinner. Also present were Vice Presidents of MGA, Datuk Mohammed Zain Yusof and Low Teck San and Vice President SGA Goh Hup Chor and other senior officials.

59. President MGA presented the MGA SGA Challenge Trophy to SGA at the prize presentation lunch.

49 60. The detailed results are:

Four Ball Match

MATCH SGA POINTS MGA POINTS 1 GOH JEN DIANNE LUKE 0 1 (4 3) JACQUELINE YOUNG ASHLEY LAU & 2 KOH SOCK HWEE NUR DURRIYAH DAMIAN 0 1 (5 4) ELIZABETH ANG WINNIE NG & 3 JOHNSON POH LOW KHAI JEI 1 (2&1) 0 WONG QI WEN GALVEN KENDALL GREEN 4 JEROME NG CHAN TUCK SOON 1 (2 Up) 0 LUCIUS TOH KUHANESH GANESAN 5 ABDUL HADI MUHD WAFIYUDDIN 1 (3&2) 0 JOSHUA HO BRYAN TEOH WIYANG 6 MARC ONG DAENG ABDUL RAHMAN 1 (4&3) 0 EDGAR OH ALVIEN HIEW 4 2

Foursome Match

MATCH SGA POINTS MGA POINTS 1 GOH JEN DIANNE LUKE 1 (2&1) 0 KOH SOCK HWEE NUR DURRIYAH DAMIAN 2 ELIZABETH ANG WINNIE NG 0 1 (5 4) JACQUELINE YOUNG ASHLEY LAU & 3 WONG QI WEN GALVEN KENDALL GREEN 0 1 (5&4) JOHNSON POH LOW KHAI JEI 4 LUCIUS TOH BRYAN TEOH WIYANG 0 1 (1 Up) ABDUL HADI CHAN TUCK SOON

5 JOSHUA HO 0 KUHANESH GANESAN 1 (1 Up) EDGAR OH MUHD WAFIYUDDIN 6 MARC ONG 1 (4 &3) DAENG ABDUL RAHMAN 0 2 4

50 Singles Match

MATCH SGA POINTS MGA POINTS

1 KOH SOCK HWEE 1 (2&1) MWINNIE NG 0 2 GOH JEN ½ (A/S) ASHLEY LAU ½ (A/S)

3 JACQUELINE YOUNG 0 NUR DURRIYAH DAMIAN 1 (2&1) 4 ELIZABETH ANG 0 DIANNE LUKE 1 (7&6) 5 JOHNSON POH 1 (2&1) BRYAN TEOH WIYANG 0 6 JEROME NG 1 (2&1) CHAN TUCK SOON 0 7 EDGAR OH 0 DAENG ABDUL RAHMAN 1 (6&5) 8 MARC ONG 0 LOW KHAI JEI 1 (2&1) 9 JOSHUA HO 0 GALVEN KENDALL GREEN 1 (4&3) 10 ABDUL HADI 1 (3&2) KUHANESH GANESAN 0 11 WONG QI WEN 1 (6&5) ALVIN HIEW 0 12 LUCIUS TOH 1 (1 Up) MUHD WAFIYUDDIN 0 6½ 5½

FULL SGA 12½ MGA 11½ RESULTS

2015 Australian Master of the Amateurs Championship 61. As part of our SEA Games training buildup, six players left for Melbourne with their coach to participate in the 18th edition of the Australian Master of the Amateurs Championship held at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club from 6 – 9 Jan 15.

62. The players were Johnson Poh, Abdul Hadi, Jonathan Woo, Jerome Ng, Gregory Foo and Wong Qi Wen and coach Luke Cantelo.

63. Zach Murray won the tournament with a total score of 12-under 276 (69, 69, 67, 71). In second place was Cory Crawford finishing with 10-under 278 (69, 70, 69, 69) followed by Bryson DeChambeau at 8-under 280 (66, 74, 68, 72).

64. Abdul Hadi finished as the best Singapore player with 2-over 290 (72, 72, 73, 73) followed by Jonathan Woo 4 shots behind at 6-over 294 (76, 69, 72, 77) and Jerome Ng at 10-over 298 (71, 75, 79, 73). Wong Qi Wen was 12-over 300 (78. 74. 76. 72) and at 13-over 301 were Gregory Foo (77, 77, 73, 74) and Johnson Poh (75, 73, 73, 80).

51 2015 Australian Amateur Championship 65. The Australian Amateur Championship was another SEA Games buildup tournament for our players. Johnson Poh and Gregory Foo qualified for the match play after finishing 6-under 138 (70, 68) and 1-over 145 (74, 71), respectively. However, Johnson Poh lost his round 1 match play to Aussie B Collyer who beat him 3 & 2. Gregory Foo won his Round 1 match play 2 & 1 playing against New Zealander W Jeon but went down to Aussie Ryan Ruffels 2 & 1 in round 2.

66. Other Singapore players who participated in the 2015 Australian Amateur Championship, played at the Australian and the Lakes Golf Clubs from 20 – 25 Jan 15, but did not qualify for the match play segment were: • Abdul Hadi – 7-over 151 (75, 76) • Marc Ong – 10-over 154 (80, 74) • Wong Qi Wen – 16-over 160 (81, 79) • Jerome Ng – 17-over 161 (73, 88) • Goh Jen – 12-over 159 • Sarah Tan – 17-over 164 • Amanda Tan – 17-over 164 • Koh Sock Hwee – 20-over 167 • Callista Chen – 20-over 167

Faldo Series Asia Grand Final 67. The Faldo Series Asia Grand Final was held at Mission Hills Faldo Course from 18 – 20 Mar 15.

68. Yuki Kamasu of Japan won the 2015 Faldo Series Asia on the first play-off hole. He carded a total of 9-under 207 (71, 67, 69) to tie with Simon Zach (71, 68, 68) for the play-off. In third place was Zachary Baucho (USA) at 8-under 208 (70, 69, 69).

69. Tommy Tan played well in his first overseas international tournament representing Singapore. He shot 9-over 225 (76, 78, 71) to finish in tied 34th position. Jacqueline Young finished in 67th position with a 27-over 243 (85, 79, 79) whilst Lucius Toh ended in 76th position with 38-over 254 (82, 88, 84).

DETAILS OF LOCAL TOURNAMENTS 3rd Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship 53. The 3rd Singapore National Senior Amateur Championship was held at the Warren Golf & Country Club from 20 – 22 May 2014. A total of 79 competitors took part with 33 participants in Divisions “A” and “B”, 8 in Division “C” and 6 in Division “D”. The oldest participant was 75 years old. 52 54. Douglas Ooi shot 4-over 75 in the final round to win with a total of 14-over 227 (74, 78, 75). Defending champion Francis Chia finished second with 16-over 229 (76, 75, 78). In third position was Ooi Wai Kin who finished on 17-over 230 (76, 77, 77).

55. The prize presentation lunch was graced by Vice President SGA Goh Hup Chor, Captain Warren Golf & Country Club Oh Kian Beng and Hon Secretary Singapore Senior Golfers Society Pang Hee Boon.

Singapore Junior Golf Championship 2014 56. This tournament was hosted by Keppel Club from 4 – 6 Jun 2014. A total of ninety participants took part comprising fifty-nine local and foreign players living in Singapore and thirty-one foreign players from overseas. The largest foreign contingent was from Thailand with twelve players. The others were from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Myanmar, Chinese Taipei and Vietnam.

57. Joint winners were declared after both Thai Sangchai Keawcharoen and James Leow finished on 8-over 224 after round 3 and bad weather prevented a play off. James Leow was also the recipient of the Best Local Boy Trophy.

58. The overall Girl Champion was Thai Budsabakorn Sukapan who finished on 6-over 222 (75, 69, 78). Captain Keppel Club Mr CS Kong presented the winners’ trophies to all.

2014 SLGA Amateur Open 59. Koh Sock Hwee achieved a major breakthrough in her amateur career winning the 2014 SLGA Amateur Open held at the Orchid Country Club. She shot 3-under 70 in round three to win the tournament by 3 shots after finishing with 2-under 217 (75, 72, 70).

60. The 1st Runner Up was Keh Wenyung of New Zealand with 1-over 220 (75, 75, 70) and 2nd Runner Up was Gennai Goodwin of Australia who also finished on 1-over 220 (73, 75, 72).

61. The results of our other players were: a. T8th - Fariza Izanie - 225 (78, 72, 75 b. 12th - Cathleen Wong - 228 (76, 76, 76) c. T16th - Goh Jen - 230 (78, 75, 77) d. T18th - Amanda Tan - 232 (80, 75, 77) e. T22nd - Kok Jo Ee - 233 (74, 77, 82) f. 23rd - Ashley Loh - 235 (79, 77, 79) g. T25th - Rachel Lim - 236 (81, 80, 75) - Callista Chen - 236 (80, 78, 78) h. 28th - Jacqueline Young - 238 (83, 78, 77)

53 62. The 2014 SLGA Amateur Open was held at the Par 73 Vanda/Dendro Course from 2 – 4 Jul 14.

67th Singapore Open Amateur Championship 63. The 67th edition of our premier amateur tournament, the Singapore Open Amateur Championship, was hosted by the Singapore Island Country Club from 14 to 18 Jul 2014. This tournament was again held at the venerable Island Course. The 5,945 metre course was made more challenging when it was reduced to a Par 70 course with both the par 5 Holes, 4th and 11th, converted to par 4.

64. A total of 79 entries comprising 28 top local amateur golfers and 51 foreign players were received. The list of foreign players included top amateurs from Australia, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Chinese Taipei.

65. There was, for the very first time, an offer of a Hole-in-One prize of a golf watch from the “Time to Play” Series sponsored by Jaermann & Stubi – The Timepiece of Golf.

66. Top Thai amateur Danthai Boonma (70, 64, 67, 66) won the tournament after a play-off with compatriot Natipong Srithong (67, 66, 69, 65) on the second play-off hole after both shot 13-under 267.

67. Gregory Foo took the 2nd Runner-Up position with 6-under 274 (72, 67, 66, 69) followed by Jerome Ng in fourth spot with 4-under 276 (72, 68, 68, 68).

68. President SGA Bob Tan was present to give away the winner’s trophy to the champion whilst Tournament Director Dennis Thomas presented trophies to the runners up.

7th Warren Ford Amateur Open 69. Joshua Ho won the 7th Warren Ford Amateur Open, held from 8 – 10 Jul 14, with even par 213 (71, 68, 74). Marc Ong finished in second with 1-over 214 (71, 73, 70) followed by Johnson Poh with 2-over 215 (72, 69, 74).

70. Fariza Izanie Zain took the Ladies title with 13-over 226 (75, 76, 75). Koh Sock Hwee was two shots behind in second position at 15 over 228 (78, 77, 73) and Munchin Ken third with 18-over 231 (80, 78, 73).

15th Singapore National Amateur Championship 71. The 15th SNAC was played at the Sentosa Golf Club, Tanjong Course, from 12 to 15 August 2014. A total of 62 participants, 46 men and 16 women were accepted for the tournament. Open to only Singapore citizens and permanent residents, competitors played two rounds of 18 holes before the top 16 men and top 8 women proceeded to the match play segments. 54 72. Johnson Poh beat James Leow 8 and 7 to emerge the men’s champion of the 15th Singapore National Amateur Championship. This was his second win having won the first time in 2010. Goh Jen was the women’s champion after beating Jacqueline Young 6 and 5. The men’s 2nd runner up was Joshua Shou who beat Nicholas Mok 5 and 4 whilst Koh Sock Hwee took the women’s 2nd runner up position beating Wong Yen Ting 4 and 3.

73. The prize presentation was attended by President SGA Bob Tan, who gave away the winners’ trophies, and members of the SGA Executive Board.

SGA Inter Club League 2014 74. The SGA Inter Club League 2014 completed its last leg on 28 Sep 14 and the prize presentation dinner was held on 2 Oct 14 at the Keppel Club.

75. The Overall Champion was NSRCC which amassed a total of 33 points winning 11 out of the 12 legs to emerge as champion. This is NSRCC’s fourth straight win since the new match play format was introduced in 2011.

76. The Overall Champion 1st Runner Up was SICC with 30 points and 2nd Runner Up was TMCC with 27 points.

77. The winners of the various divisions are as follows: a. “Senior” Division i. Champion - Singapore Island Country Club ii. Runner Up - Tanah Merah Country Club b. “B” Division i. Champion - National Service Resort & Country Club ii. Runner Up - Singapore Island Country Club c. “A” Division i. Champion - Singapore Island Country Club ii. Runner Up - Jurong Country Club d. “Premier” Division i. Champion - Seletar Country Club ii. Runner Up - Tanah Merah Country Club e. “Ladies” Division i. Champion - National Service Resort & Country Club ii. Runner Up - Warren Golf & Country Club 1. “A” Division - Keppel Club 2. “B” Division - Warren Golf & Country Club

2014 SGA Inter-Associate Members’ League 78. Five legs were organized for the 2014 SGA Inter Associate Members’ League. Each leg was hosted by an Associate Member at various venues in Singapore.

55 79. The overall winners of the various divisions are: • “A” Division Champion – Acers Bon Club • “B” Division Champion - Society of Singapore Golfers • “C” Division Champion - Society of Singapore Golfers • “D” Division Champion - Society of Singapore Golfers • “Ladies” Division Champion – Acers Bon Club

25th Singapore Open Senior Amateur Championship 80. The 25th edition of the Singapore Open Senior Amateur Championship was hosted by Sembawang Country Club from 7 – 10 Oct 2014. Participants of our premier senior amateur event included local and overseas senior golfers. Jaermann & Stubi sponsored a Hole-in- One prize of a golf watch from the “Time to Play” Series.

81. The winner was David Foo who shot 14-over 230 (78, 76, 76) to win by a comfortable margin. He drew level with second round leader Ng Cheng Hoe at the turn and raced ahead to finish 5 shots ahead of the field. It was sweet victory for Foo who was runner up last year.

82. Ralph Aeria (83, 73, 79) took the runner up position on count back followed by Yan Heng Chok (76, 79, 80) and Ng Cheng Hoe (73, 80, 82) who all finished on 19-over 235.

83. Honorary Secretary SGA, Yee Woon Yim, and Exec Board member, CS Kong, attended the prize presentation lunch and later presented trophies to the winners.

2014 Faldo Series Singapore Championship 84. The 2014 Faldo Series Singapore Championship was hosted by Jurong Country Club from 18 – 21 Nov 14.

85. Lucius Toh carded a total of 7-over 223 (78, 72, 73) to win the tournament by 2 shots. This was his second win in this tournament, having won it last year in 2013.

86. Jacqueline Young finished in overall second position and took the Girls’ Division title with 9-over 225 (76, 74, 75). Second round leader, Tommy Tan, stumbled at the 10th hole with a quadruple bogey to finish third and winning the Boys’ Division title with 10-over 226 (76, 71, 79).

87. All three winners will get to participate in the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final to be held in Mission Hills from 9 – 13 Mar 2015. Hon Secretary SGA, Yee Woon Yim, presented trophies to the winners. Executive Board members, Captain JCC, Ross Tan, and Captain KepClub, CS Kong, were also present to grace the occasion.

56 4th Mizuno Laguna National Junior Golf Championship 88. SGA Development Squad member, Desmond Kim, won the 4th Mizuno Laguna National Junior Golf Championship with a score of 1-over 211 (68, 72, 71) at the shortened par 70 LNGCC Masters Course. Fellow DS member Louis Tee was second with 3-over 213 (72, 68, 73) whilst Kim Min Seok took third place with 7-over 217 (75, 74, 68).

89. Kaho Matsubara won the Girls Division with 4-over 214 (73, 72, 69) followed by Chloe Wong (70, 77, 68) and SGA DS members, Sarah Tan (73, 73, 69) and Wong Yen Ting (68, 73, 74), with all tied at 5-over 215.

90. The Mizuno Laguna National Junior Golf Championship, held from 24 to 26 Nov 14, was open to all junior golfers aged 12 to 17.

HSBC Youth Golf Challenge 91. Four HSBC Youth Golf Challenge legs were successfully held and the details are shown in the table below:

Legs date Venue “A” Boys “B” Boys “A” Girls “B” Girls 1st Leg 18 – 20 Mar 14 SELCC James Leow Charles Alliston Sarah Tan Erika Layson 2nd Leg 17 – 19 Jun 14 TMCC James Leow Louis Tee Deanna Ngo Jacqueline Tan 3rd Leg 1 – 3 Dec 14 NSRCC Kranji Leonard Tee Donovan Lee Jacqueline Young Erika Layson 4th Leg 18 – 20 Mar 15 SELCC Ryan Wong Donovan Lee Sarah Tan Erika Layson

National Ranking Games 92. 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 22 – 24 Apr 14 CGC Johnson Poh Amanda Tan 3rd NRG 24 – 26 Jun 14 NSRCC Johnson Poh Amanda Tan 4th NRG 1 – 3 Sep 14 RCC Johnson Poh Goh Jen 5th NRG 4 – 6 Nov 14 LNGCC Johnson Poh Koh Sock Hwee 6th NRG 10 – 12 Feb 15 CGC Tommy Tan Jacqueline Young

28th South East Asian Games 93. The 28th SEA Games was held at the Sentosa Golf Club Serapong Course from 7 – 12 Jun 15. A total of 56 top golfers from ten countries participated. Eight men’s teams and seven women’s teams competed for the two team gold medals whilst the thirty-four men and twenty-two women making up these teams vied for the two gold individual medals.

57 94. Team Singapore were represented by Jonathan Woo, Johnson Poh, Marc Ong, Abdul Hadi, Koh Sock Hwee, Goh Jen and Amanda Tan.

95. Team Thailand won the Men’s and Women’s team gold medals. Team Singapore won the Men’s silver medal and the Women’s bronze medal whilst Team Indonesia took the Men’s bronze medal and the Women’s silver medal.

96. The full team results are shown in the table below: 28th SEA Games – Men’s Team Results Rank countries R1 R2 R3 R4 Total 1 Thailand 214 212 216 217 859 2 Singapore 215 217 221 214 867 3 Indonesia 233 216 217 217 883 4 Philippines 222 222 222 220 886 5 Malaysia 225 222 222 223 892 6 Myanmar 237 236 223 226 922 7 Laos 230 228 228 236 922 8 Cambodia 275 262 245 264 1046

28th SEA Games – Women’s Team Results Rank countries R1 R2 R3 Total 1 Thailand 143 140 149 426 2 Indonesia 143 154 149 446 3 Singapore 146 150 156 452 4 Malaysia 151 153 149 453 5 Philippines 155 147 152 454 6 Vietnam 159 156 153 468 7 Myanmar 161 155 160 476

97. In the Men’s individual event, Thai Natipong Srithong won the gold medal at the first playoff hole. He finished on 1-under 287 (70, 73, 73, 71) to tie with Johnson Poh (72, 73, 74, 68) who took the silver. Fellow Thai Tawan Phongphun took the bronze medal with even par 288 (69, 75, 73, 71). In tied fourth position at 2-over 290 were Jonathan Woo (73, 71, 74, 72) and Thai Sarit Suwannarut (78, 66, 71, 75).

98. The Women’s individual gold medal was won by Thai Suthavee Chanachai with 7-under 209 (71, 69, 69). The silver and bronze medals were contested by three players who all finished on 4-over 220, in a playoff. Indonesian Rivani Sihotang (70, 77, 73) took the silver medal at the fourth playoff hole whilst Koh Sock Hwee (69, 74, 77) took the bronze medal. Thai Pajaree Anannrukarn (72, 74, 74) finished in fourth position. 58 SGA Men’s Order of Merit 2014 (as at Mar 15)

Rank Player Age Squad club Total Total Stroke divisors Points Average 1 Johnson Poh 23 NS SEL 63 874 71.80 2 Jonathan Woo 24 SS SICC 62 837 72.98 3 Abdul Hadi 20 NS NSRCC 65 823 72.23 4 Marc Ong Chong Ching 19 NS NSRCC 56 769 72.82 5 Wong Qi Wen 19 NS TMCC 52 760 73.63 6 Gregory Foo 21 NS TMCC 61 759 72.72 7 Jerome Ng 25 NS TMCC 60 754 73.45 8 Joshua Ho 20 NS NSRCC 27 746 73.07 9 James Leow Kwong Aik 18 DS SelCC 30 590 75.36 10 Joshua Shou 25 SS SICC 28 507 74.00 11 Lucius Toh 18 NS SEL 63 465 76.63 12 George Foo 24 TMCC 42 448 77.05 13 Thomas Tan Wei Hao 19 NS OCC 35 409 77.66 14 Leonard Tee Zhi Xian 17 DS NSRCC 37 380 77.24 15 Louis Tee Jun Jie 15 DS SEL 58 378 77.26 16 Tommy Tan Xuan Hao 14 DS OCC 57 366 77.61 17 Ryan Wong Wey Ren 15 DS NSRCC 44 327 78.50 18 Jesse Yap 22 KepC 12 307 72.42 19 Desmond Kim Young Jee 15 DS KepC 31 290 78.03 20 Nicholas Mok Chee Yong 17 KepC 46 265 78.71 21 Edgar Oh Jie Qi 19 NS NSRCC 43 256 78.95 22 Jeryl Tan Foo Yew 15 WGCC 27 250 79.63 23 Charles Benjamin Alliston 14 SELCC 44 191 79.84 24 Jordan Tsan Ming Kang 16 DS CGC 50 170 80.48 25 Nicholas Lim Jian Chao 21 DS NSRCC 13 161 76.92 26 Sanjay Anand 16 SICC 14 150 78.93 27 Dane Ang Tuan Juin 17 29 148 80.86 28 Chung Hong Zheng 21 TMCC 11 146 76.64 29 Nicklaus Chiam Yew Chun 19 NS KepC 8 125 76.25 30 Tan Yong Jia 20 DS MGK 23 104 80.35 31 Billie Pay Kian Heng 20 NSRCC 9 96 78.33 32 Joshua Foo Shang Dong 20 SICC 9 86 77.22 33 Marc Tan Boon Hao 15 NSRCC 12 50 81.00 34 Teng Shao Xuan 14 KepC 22 39 83.86 35 Princeton Yeo 20 DS WGCC 3 18 75.67 36 Darren Wong Hao Jie 17 WGCC 3 18 83.86 37 Brendan Chan Weixuan 20 OCC 5 14 82.80 38 Melvin Chew 21 NS SICC 3 0 80.33 59 SGA Women’s Order of Merit 2014 (as at Mar 15)

Rank Player Age Squad club Total Total Stroke divisors Points Average 1 Koh Sock Hwee 25 NS OCC 55 824 75.14 2 Goh Jen 19 NS NSRCC 51 591 77.02 3 Amanda Tan 16 NS SenGC 40 545 77.75 4 Sarah Tan Wei 17 DS SICC 35 521 77.23 5 Kok Jo Ee 21 SS NSRCC 44 516 78.00 6 Jacqueline Young 16 DS WGCC 50 503 79.23 7 Wong Yen Ting 17 DS KepC 30 433 78.72 8 Fariza Izanie 23 SS WGCC 16 366 77.31 bte Mohammed Zain 9 Linette Chua Wen Ting 17 NSRCC 24 329 80.38 10 Erika Layson 14 NSRCC 23 286 80.87 11 Phoebe Nicole Tan 20 NSRCC 23 271 80.13 12 Ashley Leanne Loh 16 NS SELCC 18 246 78.78 13 Maisarah bte Saadon 18 RCC 26 207 83.54 14 Elizabeth Ang Tsin Yi 19 NS NSRCC 18 200 80.22 15 Callista Chen Wan Qing 16 DS KepC 20 196 82.80 16 Cathleen Wong Su Yin 21 OCC 9 168 78.78 17 Vanessa Khoo 13 SelCC 32 128 84.84 18 Rachel Lim Rui Jia 19 WGCC 13 100 81.00 19 Nicole Mok Shue Yin 14 KEP 26 96 87.35 20 Nadhra Aqilah 21 NSRCC 10 82 84.20 Bte Mohd Saiful 21 Lim Jia Yi 19 OCC 9 68 82.22 22 Low Si Xuan 24 SICC 6 57 81.83 23 Denise Wong 15 WGCC 6 43 87.00 24 Ariel Lee Zhi Zhen 19 KepC 3 36 78.67 25 Sabrina Chau Shu Ning 16 OCC 27 36 89.15 26 Dion Lim Jia Yi 19 TMCC 3 18 80.67 27 Joey Poh 21 SelCC 3 18 82.67 28 Deanna Ngo Wei Qi 16 NSRCC 18 14 88.28 29 Rachel Cheang Ling Lin 17 LNGCC 6 11 88.33 30 Ng Jin Wen 14 RCC 18 7 89.11

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S/No Name Age Remarks 1 Johnson Poh 23 2 Abdul Hadi 20 3 Marc Ong 19 4 Wong Qi Wen 19 5 Gregory Foo 21 6 Joshua Ho 20 7 Lucius Toh 18 8 Thomas Tan 19 9 Edgar Oh 19 10 Nicklaus Chiam 19 11 Melvin Chew 21 12 James Leow 18 New 13 Koh Sock Hwee 25 14 Goh Jen 19 15 Amanda Tan 16 16 Ashley Loh 16 17 Elizabeth Ang 19 18 Sarah Tan 17 New 19 Jacqueline Young 16 New 20 Wong Yen Ting 17 New

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S/No Name Age Remarks 1 Leonard Tee Zhi Xian 17 2 Louis Tee Jun Jie 15 3 Tommy Tan Xuan Hao 14 4 Ryan Wong Wey Ren 15 5 Desmond Kim Young Jee 15 6 Jordan Tsan Ming Kang 16 7 Nicholas Lim 21 8 Tan Yong Jia 20 9 Princeton Yeo 20 10 Low Wee Jin 21 11 Giam Jia Hao 20 12 Nicholas Mok Chee Yong 17 New 13 Jeryl Tan Foo Yew 16 New 14 Charles Benjamin Alliston 15 New 15 Sanjay Anand 16 New 16 Dane Ang Tuan Juin 17 New 17 Callista Chen Wan Qing 17 18 Linette Chua Wen Ting 17 New 19 Erika Layson 14 New 20 Maisarah bte Saadon 18 New 21 Vanessa Khoo 14 New

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