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Asian golfers join RI tourney
Asia's best golfers, including Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand and Lu Wen-teh of Taiwan, will participate in the second annual Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational tourney next week
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Asia's best golfers, including Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand and Lu Wen-teh of Taiwan, will participate in the second annual Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational tourney next week.
The Asian Tour-sanctioned event, to be held at the Damai Indah Golf and Country Club course in western Jakarta Aug. 28-31, offers US$400,000 in prize money.
Some 112 Asian Tour members and 28 Indonesian golfers are scheduled to join the tourney. Other notable golfers include Jeev Milkha Singh of India and Mark Brown of New Zealand.
Last year's champion Juvic Pagunsan of the Philippines is also coming back.
Asian Tour tournament director David Parkin said the event was a good opportunity for Indonesian golfers to compete against Asian stars.
"Indonesia has developing players such as Maan Nasim and Benny Kasiadi. And it's good for them to contend with, for example, Juvic, who defeated Lee Westwood in last year's event.
"Besides, we are looking for new local talents" Parkin said.
Indonesian Professional Golf Association (PGPI) secretary-general Agus Triyono said 20 local professional golfers and eight amateurs would join the event.
"We hope our players can perform better than last year when three golfers made the cut. At least they can score better," Agus said.
PGPI's top player Agusnam, participating for the first time, said he would play his best.
"I'm not nervous but the strong wind at the 18th hole will challenge me," he said, adding he would aim to score below the cut.
Patrick Young, chief executive of promoter Ancora Sports International, said the event was a highlight on the golf calendar in Indonesia and Asia which aimed to promote Indonesia as a sports, tourism and business destination.
