Asia-Pacific Junior Amateur

May 10, 2019

Zubair Mohd Firdaus of Malaysia emerged victorious in the inaugural Asia Pacific Junior Amateur held at Laguna National Golf & Country Club. He with-stood a surge by Thailand’s Denwit Boriboonsub to claim his first win of the year. Zubair who was leading by three strokes of the third round suddenly saw his lead dissipate at the turn and was level with the Denwit after a series of bogeys on the front nine. However, Denwit slipped up and made bogeys on the 16th and 17th hole handing a one-stroke lead to Zubair who made a much needed a par on the last hole to win the tournament. Zubair shot rounds of 74, 69, 73 (216).

In the Girl’s Division, Joo Ri Jeong of the Republic of Korea clinched her victory in a dominant fashion. She shot rounds of 67, 74 69 (210) to finish 7 shots clear of fellow teammate Ahreum Park 76, 70, 71 (217). Thailand’s Natthakritta Vongtaveelap 73, 76, 73 (222) and Philippine’s Eagle Ace Superal 75, 73, 74 (222)are in joint third position.

Singapore’s top local boy performer, Sean Lee, battled hard but his final round of 74 was not enough. Sean fired 76, 72, 74 (222) and was only 6 shots behind of the winner. Inez Ng who is the top local girl performer could not replicate her opening rounds of 73, 73. She shot a final round of 79 to put her in solo 5th position for the tournament.

Results:

Boys Division

1. Zubair Mohd Firdaus (MAS) 74, 69, 73 (216)
2. Denwit Boriboonsub (THA) 73, 73, 71 (217)
3. Sean Jean Ramos (PHI) 77, 73, 71 (221)

Girls Division

1. Joo Ri Jeong (KOR) 67, 74, 69 (210)
2. Ahreum Park (KOR) 76, 70, 71 (217)
3. Natthakritta Vongtaveelap (THA) 73, 76, 73 (222)

Here are Team Golf SG  Final Results:

Boys Results

1. Brandon Han (75, 80, 73, 228)
2. Sean Lee (76, 72, 74, 222)
3. Daryl Low (76, 78, 77, 231)
4. Aidil Nor Amani (93, 91, 81, 265)
5. Ng Wei Jun (76, 79, 83, 238)

Girls Results

1. Inez Ng (73, 73, 79, 225)
2. Yoko Tai (74, 76, 78, 228)
3. Shayne Lim (775, 81, 83, 239)
4. Jaymie Ng (100, 90, 80, 270)
5. Gwen Tan (94, 88, 91, 273)
6. Guo Jun Xi (81, 97, 90, 268)
7. Rachel Sim (83, 91, 87, 261)

For the Final Results CLICK HERE

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May 9, 2019

The inaugural Asia-Pacific Junior Amateur takes place this year at Laguna National Golf & Country Club, Masters Course from the 7 – 10 May. This tournament provides a competitive platform for juniors in the Asia-Pacific region and allow the top golfers to go head to head. It allows top performers from the tournament a trip to the United States (US) where they will represent team Asia-Pacific in an all-expenses paid (less air-fare) team-based tournament against the Southern Californian Golf Association. This team-based tournament is to be played in August 2019 at Riviera Country Club, Los Angeles and players stand a chance to be scouted by coaches from college teams in the US.

The winning boy will get invited to the 53rd Pacific Coast Amateur in Albuquerque from July 23-26 and to the 5th Southern California Junior Amateur in California from Oct 19-20. He will also get to play in two Asian Development Tour tournaments in 2019.

The winning girl will get invited to the CTBC Bank China LPGA (TBC), the CTBC Bank Taiwan LPGA (TBC and the Southern California Junior Amateur.

Team Golf SG sent in a total of 12 players for the Event. They are:

Boys Results

1. Brandon Han (National Squad Member)
2. Sean Lee (National Squad Member)
3. Daryl Low (Development Squad Member)
4. Aidil Nor Amani (Development Squad Member)
5. Ng Wei Jun (Junior Squad Member)

Girls Results

1. Inez Ng (Development Squad Member)
2. Yoko Tai (Development Squad Member)
3. Shayne Lim (Development Squad Member)
4. Jaymie Ng (Junior Squad Member)
5. Gwen Tan (Junior Squad Member)
6. Guo Jun Xi (Junior Squad Member)
7. Rachel Sim (Junior Squad Member)

The start of the first round of the tournament was delayed due to the powerful storm that hit the island. Play started at 2.30pm (Shotgun) but the lack of light saw many flights unable to complete their first round on the 8th of May (Wednesday). The first round continued on the 9th of May and was followed by the second Round after an hour break. Zubair Mohd Firdaus of Malaysia was the clubhouse leader in the Boy’s Division after firing the first two opening rounds of 74 and 69 (143). He led Denwit Boriboonsub 73, 73 (146) by three shots. In the Girl’s Division, Republic of Korea’s Joo Ri Jeong  was in stellar form and and opened with 67, 74 (141) to lead joint second placed players Inez Ng and Ahreum Park by three strokes.

Here are Team Golf SG Results after the Second Round:

Boys Results

1. Brandon Han (75, 80, 155)
2. Sean Lee (76, 72, 148)
3. Daryl Low (76, 78, 154)
4. Aidil Nor Amani (93, 91, 81)
5. Ng Wei Jun (76, 79, 155)

Girls Results

1. Inez Ng (73, 73, 146)
2. Yoko Tai (74, 76, 150)
3. Shayne Lim (775, 81, 156)
4. Jaymie Ng (100, 90, 190)
5. Gwen Tan (94, 88, 182)
6. Guo Jun Xi (81, 97, 178)
7. Rachel Sim (83, 91, 174)