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CADDIES OF THE MONTH Ara and Erna from Rancamaya Golf and Country Club

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FEATURED COURSE REVIEW Padang Golf Halim 1

By Simon Reynolds

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ON TOUR Asian Tour — Queen's Cup Thaworn Claims Unprecedented 17th Career Victory at Queen's Cup

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Editor Simon Reynolds simon@golfindonesia.biz Management Edo Frese edo@golfindonesia.biz Group Editor in Chief Angela Richardson angela@golfindonesia.biz Editorial Assistant Gabriella Panjaitan gabriella@golfindonesia.biz

ADAM TAYLOR Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Adam graduated from the Australian PGA as a full member professional with a Diploma in Golf Instruction in 2005. Having been based at Royale Jakarta Golf Club for the past two years, Adam has devoted his passion and knowledge of the game to improving players of all levels and ages. His instructional techniques have featured in several television golf programs and golf magazines. He looks forward to improving your game through Golf Indonesia Magazine and at Ancora Golf Institute, Royale Jakarta.

Sales & Marketing Betty De Haan betty@golfindonesia.biz Distribution Dian Mardianingsih dian@golfindonesia.biz Graphics Frederick Ng fred@golfindonesia.biz Finance & Admin Lini Verawaty Contributors Anthony Kng Frank V. L. Antony Sutton Paul Prendergast John Rozelle Adam Taylor

ANTONY SUTTON Antony is a freelance writer who has been hanging around Southeast Asia for about 20 years.

Unfortunately he hasn't picked a club in anger since his days in Bangladesh on the Kurmitola course where he benefited greatly from the words and wisdom of Nelson, the one-armed caddy.

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ON TOUR ADT Classy Bayron Triumphs at The ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship

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ON TOUR ADT Amateur Green Savours Record Breaking Win

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GOLF INSIGHT 'German Precision — Kaymer Style'

By Paul Prendergast

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CURIOUS TALES IN GOLF A Succession of Junior Prodigies in the World of Female Golf, and a very Bright Future to Look Forward to!

By Simon Reynolds

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ON TOUR Indonesian Junior's amongst The Winners as Thailand Dominates at the 20th Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship

By Simon Reynolds

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GOLF INSIGHT Jakarta's BWA Golf Day at Matoa National

By Antony Sutton

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ON TOUR George "The Horse" Gandranata Seals Second Victory and Hails PGTI

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INVESTMENT/ FINANCE 10 Tips When Working with a Financial Advisor

By Frank van Lerven

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SOCIETY GOLF Jakarta InterLeague Round 4

By Anthony King

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GOLF FITNESS Building Athleticism through The Kipping Pull-Up

By John Rozelle

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GOLF INSIGHT The Hoylake Record Standing The Test of Time

By Paul Prendergast

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TIPS The 'L' Position

By Adam Taylor

Today, he keeps threatening to head to the local diving range to shake off the cobwebs, but hasn't yet made good with that promise. Instead he contents himself with a few quiet, cold beers once in a while and helping his son become a good Arsenal fan!

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EDITOR'S NOTE ANTHONY KING Anthony is the archetypal expat who started his globe trotting back in the late 70s. Having visited and played golf in all bar one continent he is still trying to find the course that suits a left handed golfer. His company is based in Singapore but he remains a member of JGCC and several of the local golfing societies.

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FRANK VAN LERVEN Frank van Lerven is a psychologist and a financial planner with qualifications in the UK and the US. He is involved in top sport, as a veteran tennis player. Now Europe based, he has advised expatriate investors in SE Asia for the last 27 years. His articles combine elements of his key areas of interest: personal finance, psychology and sport. fvanler@attglobal.net

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JOHN ROZELLE John Rozelle is a native of Los Angeles and one of Indonesia's top CrossFit coaches. As an active athlete his whole life in both competitive team and extreme sports, he has always enjoyed coaching. He is passionate about helping people understand the practical application of fitness science to develop athleticism.

Indonesian Golf professional Rory Hie, enjoying the altitude with the Driver and the fresh air on a recent trip to Mount Bromo National Park in East Java. Photo courtesy of Michael Ronald Weku

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PAUL PRENDERGAST Paul is a freelance golf and leisure writer based on the Gold Coast in Australia. His work and the images of his colleagues at Golfplus Media have appeared in publications in over a dozen countries, including many in the Asian region.

One of the pleasures of golfing in Jakarta — Jabodetabek and elsewhere throughout Indonesia is the sheer diversity of golf courses available to play. Whilst the large majority were built in the economic boom of the 1990s, where course developers had the passion, enthusiasm and funding to have golf courses designed by world famous designers and ex-players like Gary Player, Robert Trent Jones Jr., Jack Nicklaus, Greg Norman, Nick Faldo, playing these courses can really be truly special and it is courses like these which have put golf and golf tourism in Indonesia truly on the map in Asia. Courses of this stature are world-class layouts that come at a cost and it is often rare to see younger or junior golfers playing them, unfortunately.

For too many Indonesians, golf is seen as truly an elitist sport, played by high ranking officials, businessmen, expats and the general well-to-do, and being in a developing country, some may only dream of the chance to play at Pondok Indah on a Saturday morning. What some must remember in other countries is that golf is very much a game enjoyed by people from all walks of life and should not always have to be expensive and 5-star. When we go on holidays abroad there are a wide range of accommodation and airlines, all of which cater

for a different budgets and expectations. One of the reasons why England, the USA and Australia produce so many talented golfers is the diversity of golf courses available to play at every price bracket. Top quality public courses are always available to play there at very affordable prices.

Yes, golf can be expensive, but there are golf courses in Jakarta that are affordable, even on the weekends. This month we feature one of Indonesia’s oldest golf courses, Padang Golf Halim 1, established in 1972, which is located on the air-force base headquarters near Taman Mini. The course is extremely well priced and was designed in the style of the traditional parkland English courses, with tree-lined fairways and smaller greens, which will test the accuracy and skills of all golfers. The greens may be a little slow, but the course is run efficiently and the male dominated caddy shack has many an experienced caddy, who will read a tricky putt and offer your some sound advice on your golf game, having studied the golf swing in action for 30+ years.

A weekend round at Halim 1 or nearby Halim 2 will set you back around US$50, plus your caddy tip, meal and drinks, probably around $80. Not bad for a day out in the sun and walking 18 holes of golf, the traditional way.

How much money do you spend when you go to your local mall?

Halim 1 is a walking course, and for those looking for a pleasant round of golf, the traditional way, Halim 1 will not disappoint you. There are several more affordable golf courses in the Jakarta region, where life slows down a little and golf is played the old fashioned way. I encourage you to go and play them more often.

Simon Reynolds

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CADDIES OF THE MONTH

Ara and Erna from Rancamaya Golf and Country Club

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Located at the end of the Jagorawi Toll road is the prestigious Rancamaya Golf and Country Club in Ciawi, Bogor. In the shadows of Gunung Salak, the Ted Robinson designed course provides all kinds of challenges for golfers of all levels. Rancamaya is famous for its elevated greens, and unique playing conditions, in a somewhat cooler climate than other Jakarta courses. Pretty caddies are plentiful, who will guide you around this magnificent golfing terrain.

Ara and Erna caddied for the editor and his playing partner during recent visit. If you need some added incentive to travel the distance to Ciawi, be assured beauty awaits you under the sleepy gaze of Gunung Salak.

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One of the signature holes at Halim 1: The Par 4, #4 hole, with its tree-lined fairways

Padang Golf Halim 1 COURSE RATING COURSE INFORMATION

PADANG GOLF HALIM 1 Societies Societies welcome. Contact marketing department for arrangements Greens Fees 18 Holes Walking Rates Weekdays (Monday – Thursday): Rp. 301,000 Monday (siang): Rp 270,900 Friday: Rp 312,000 Saturday / Sunday / Public Holidays): Rp. 543,000 Cheaper rates are available for 2nd rounds (27/36 holes thereafter) (All rates inclusive of Green Fee, Caddy Fee and 10% PPN Tax, Golf Carts are available at request for extra charges) Facilities Pro-shop, Driving Range, Putting Green with practice bunkers, Chipping & pitching Area, Massage, Locker Room, Restaurant, Banqueting Rooms Location Jl. Skadron Halim Perdanakusuma Jakarta, 13610 Contact Telephone: 021 8000793 – 8000729 – 8005762 - 8007523 E-mail: Ibu Yuli: halimgolf@gmail.com Website: www.golfhalim.tripod.com Course 18 holes, Par 72 (In metres) Professional: 6,073 Championship: 5,986 Men's: 5,722 Women's: 5,136

Pak Mukri has caddied for 30 years at Halim 1. A fountain of knowledge like most caddies at Halim 1.

Another gem, the Par 4, #13 hole, reminiscent of the very best of traditional parkland courses in the United Kingdom.

Padang Golf Halim 1 was opened to the golfers of Indonesia in 1972. It is located on the Indonesian Air-Force base headquarters adjacent to Halim Airport, close to Taman Mini Indonesia. Halim 1 is among the oldest golf courses in Indonesia, and in the 70s and 80s, golfers stationed at other locations around the Indonesian archipelago would travel to Halim 1 to enjoy a round of golf.

Despite its age, Halim 1 provides a welcome round of golf and an enjoyable escape from our fast-paced 21st century lives.

Course For those who are fans of the traditional English parkland golf courses, Halim 1 will be a real treat. The large oak trees planted in 1972 stand proud alongside each fairway and hole, creating a lovely atmosphere in the true traditional English parkland style, allowing golfers to focus on each hole.

They also provide welcome shade from the tropical sun. Like all naturally vegetated areas in the tropics, Halim 1 has become a haven for local birdlife and a round of golf at Halim 1 will be accompanied by a vast array of Indonesian birds chirping away in birdsong.

Perhaps due to its age, Halim 1 is short on the scorecard, measuring 6,073m from the black tees; hardly long by modern day standards and much shorter than its more illustrious neighbour Royale Jakarta.

Although lacking in length, Halim 1 is fun to play, navigating play amongst the tree-lined fairways and locating the somewhat small greens in regulation. Finding the fairway is just half the challenge at Halim 1; small greens will test the confidence and accuracy of your iron-play.

There are several signature holes that stand out amongst the others. On the front nine, hole #4 (seen in the main picture) is a short par-4, 308m, heavily tree-lined, requiring an accurate tee shot and a short iron to a very small and thin green, well protected by two deep front bunkers. On the back nine, hole #13 is a short dog-leg right par-4, measuring 329m from tee to green. The hole requires a straight drive of 210m before a sharp left-hand turn (almost 90 degrees) to another small postage stamp-like green.

All the 4 Par-3s, are medium to long in length and will test the craftiest of golfer’s

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A multiple bay driving-range located nearby adjacent to Padang Golf Halim 2

hybrid and iron-play.

Greens tend to roll on the slower side, reminiscent of the good old days. Up and downs require more aggression and guile and putts will require some added wrist play to get the ball rolling at the correct speed towards the holes. Although on the slow side, the resident green keeper keeps the greens in true and well kept condition.

Facilities There is a pro-shop with a decent selection of all the golf accessories one requires, both modern and old-fashioned. The pro-shop is a good place to source good condition old fashioned Persimmon or steel drivers from the days before titanium and adjustable heads. Halim 1 is popular amongst Japanese and Korean golfers and the clubhouse restaurant has a wide selection of Indonesian cuisine, as well as Korean and Japanese options and very well priced large bottled beers. For those who are not used to 18 holes walking in tropical heat, there is a massage service to relieve tired legs and sore shoulders. For those interested in holding a golf event or tournament, the first floor has a function room which can accommodate large parties of 100+ golfers.

At Halim 1 there are two short game areas where golfers can get used to the somewhat slower greens and chipping conditions from the elephant grass before heading towards the first tee.

Nearby, adjacent to Halim 2, there is a fully equipped driving range facility with multiple bays and short game practice areas where one can work on all components of

their golf game before or in between their next round. Hitting from the grass is also possible from this driving range, unlike other driving ranges in Jabodetabek.

Caddies The majority of Halim 1 caddies are wise old men who have been caddying the course for over 20 years. My caddy for the day had been a caddy at Halim 1 for 32 years!

Experienced caddies will most definitely benefit your game; yardages will be accurate and they know the greens like the back of their hands. Younger female caddies are available on weekends if you can’t get your head around having a male caddy. Many of the male caddies hold low handicaps and deft short games, so higher handicapped golfers can learn from the swing advice.

Ambience Halim 1 has a very pleasing ambience with none of the fancy frills and luxury of the Bogor bound golf courses built in the 90s.

Golfers come here to golf, enjoy the day out golfing, nothing else. Halim 1 is a tribute to the past. A welcome rest-bite to the pace and hectic nature of 21st century life.

Time slows down here and golf is played the traditional way. Nothing fancy, just pleasant.

Value Halim 1 provides us golfers with a well valued course close to Jakarta’s SCBD. Weekday rounds are very affordable, at less than $30 for 18 holes and weekends are also very well priced for local standards at around $50. Golf here is extremely good value for money and well worth the money.

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ON TOUR

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Scores after round 4 of the Queen's Cup Bangkok Airways — SAT Samui Golf 2014 being played at the par 71, 6,823 Yards Santiburi GC course (a- denotes amateur):

ASIAN TOUR — QUEEN’S CUP

Thaworn Claims Unprecedented 17th Career Victory at Queen’s Cup

Samui, Thailand: Thai veteran star Thaworn Wiratchant came from five shots back to win an unprecedented 17th Asian Tour victory with a classy one-stroke triumph at the Queen’s Cup on Sunday.

The 47-year-old Thaworn holed a five foot birdie putt on the closing hole to pip overnight leader Poom Saksansin with a final round of five-under-par 66 at the Santiburi Samui Country Club to lift the Queen’s Cup for the second time in three years.

Thai rookie Poom, who had led since the opening day, settled for the runner-up spot in the US$300,000 tournament after a closing 72 while Bangladeshi star Siddikur Rahman, who briefly held the lead on the back nine, signed off with a disappointing 72 to share third place with Thailand’s Donlapatchai Niyomchon (68).

“It is so meaningful to me, whether it’s a small or big tournament. At every tournament, I am always trying my best.

There was pressure this morning as I wanted to go out there and play some good golf,” said a delighted Thaworn, whose winner’s cheque of US$54,000 lifted his career earnings on Tour to over US$4 million.

The home hero found the green in two at the par five 18th hole and with Siddikur and Poom both struggling after hitting wayward approach shots, Thaworn duly rolled in a five-foot putt much to the delight of his adoring fans.

“I knew I had to play well on 18. I wasn’t very confident as I made bogey on 17. I aimed for the green and if it didn’t get on the green, I knew it would be around the green which would give me a birdie chance.

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Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) Poom SAKSANSIN (THA) Donlaphatchai NIYOMCHON (THA) Siddikur RAHMAN (BAN) BAEK Seuk-hyun (KOR) CHOO Tze Huang (SIN) Richard T. LEE (CAN) WANG Jeung-hun (KOR) Pariya JUNHASAVASDIKUL (THA) Prom MEESAWAT (THA) Rahil GANGJEE (IND) Antonio LASCUNA (PHI) Chapchai NIRAT (THA) Jazz JANEWATTANANOND (THA) Jyoti RANDHAWA (IND) Rattanon WANNASRICHAN (THA) Miguel TABUENA (PHI)

71-68-67-66 66-67-68-72 68-68-70-68 68-70-64-72 69-66-71-70 67-72-71-68 69-71-69-69 72-69-68-69 77-68-68-66 71-71-69-68 73-70-68-68 69-71-70-69 72-67-69-71 71-74-71-64 71-73-68-68 69-71-70-70 74-68-71-68

I was confident from there onwards,” said Thaworn, who totaled 12-under-par 272 for the week.

down. He was trying to help me but I still couldn’t hit and putt,” said Poom, who earned US$33,000.

“The putt for birdie, I felt I could make it.

It was hard to say where I was in control.

Siddikur played well and Poom was always there. Today, I think I got lucky.”

“On 16 and 17, I managed to get some birdies back (to draw level). But on 18, I got pressured again. It was not easy. I tried to hit a hook shot into the green but hit a duck hook into a bad spot. I nearly chipped it in, just a bit short at the end.”

Leading by one overnight, the 21-year-old Poom struggled with nerves to drop three early bogeys but fought back with brave birdie putts on 16 and 17.

“Although I didn’t win, I am still happy.

There was pressure, I couldn’t control my ball flight. It was like a bird, it was going everywhere. Thaworn told me to try to calm

Korea’s Baek Seuk-hyun was fifth on 276 while Singapore’s Choo Tze Huang grabbed his first top-10 on the Asian Tour with a closing 68 for tied sixth place with Canadian Richard T. Lee and Korea’s Wang Jeung-hun.

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Classy Bayron Triumphs at The ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship

Amateur Green Savours Record Breaking Win

Manila: Rufino Bayron of the Philippines claimed a stylish career breakthrough when he fired a two-under-par 70 to win the ICTSI Orchard Golf Championship by four shots on Saturday.

Bayron posted a winning total of 16-under-par 272, courtesy of a superb second round 62, to overcome the talented field at the US$60,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event.

Tomokazu Yoshinaga of Japan, who was playing on a sponsor’s invitation, settled for runner-up following a 71 while countryman Masaru Takahashi and Australia’s R.J. Caracella finished a further two shots back in tied third at the Orchard Golf and Country Club.

“I’m so happy. This is the first time I’ve ever won after coming close on the local circuit before. I was playing it safe today and that worked out. I didn’t really have to attack but after 13 holes, I said, let’s go for it and the eagle and birdie came,” Bayron smiled.

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to join his older brother Jay, a threetime ADT champion and the 2012 ADT number one, in the winner’s circle.

“This victory means a lot to me. I played against many good players and I’m happy that I can finally lift this title,” said Bayron, who won US$10,500 and earned six Official World Golf Ranking points.

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Rufino BAYRON (PHI) Tomokazu YOSHINAGA (JPN) R.J. CARACELLA (AUS) Masaru TAKAHASHI (JPN) Orlan SUMCAD (PHI) Cassius CASAS (PHI) Brett MUNSON (USA) Arnold VILLACENCIO (PHI) Jhonnel ABABA (PHI) Clyde MONDILLA (PHI) Ferdinand AUNZO (PHI) Peter RICHARDSON (ENG) Keanu JAHNS (PHI) Mitsuhiko HASHIZUME (JPN) Rene MENOR (PHI) Michael BIBAT (PHI)

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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s top amateur Gavin Kyle Green cemented his name in the record books by becoming the first amateur to win on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) at the PGM Vascory Templer Park Championship on Sunday the 14th, June.

“I didn’t make any mistakes today. I played solid throughout. I stayed patient and gave myself chances. I tried not to think too much about winning and just focused on my game out there,” said Green, who is studying in his final year at the University of New Mexico.

The big-hitting Green, was playing benefit of a sponsors invitation in his very first ADT event, and closed with a flawless 64, to secure a 11 stroke victory over fellow countryman Airil Rizman at the RM250,000 (approx US$80,000 event).

This year, the ADT will reward the top five players on the final Order of Merit with playing cards for the 2015 Asian Tour season.

Green also set a new record winning total during the week, with a commanding four day total of 26-under-par 262 at the Templar Park Country Club.

Defending Champion and reigning ADT Order of Merit winner Nicholas Fung also of Malaysia slippied to a tied-15th finish after a disappointing final round 73.

It is fair to say Gavin Green is the next rising star in the Asian game of golf, and has been playing consistently all year, whilst cruising to his first professional victory at this ADT event.

For more information on the ADT, please visit the website: www. asiandevelopmenttour.com

Leading Final Round Scores 262 Gavin Kyle GREEN (A) (MAS) 273 Airil Rizman ZAHARI (MAS) 276 Kwanchai TANNIN (THA) 278 YE Jian-feng (CHN) KHOR kheng Hwai (MAS) 279 Jack SHEPHERD (ENG) Shaaban HUSSIN (MAS) 280 Mathiam KEYSER (RSA) Jay BAYRON (PHI)

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GOLF INSIGHT

BY PAUL PRENDERGAST

Eric Compton, a survivor of two heart transplants, tees off in the final round of the 2014 US Open (Photo Courtesy of Golfweek)

German Precision — Kaymer-Style Martin Kaymer has climbed to the summit and slid back down again, but a magical week at Pinehurst No. 2 has the German on the ascent again, running roughshod over the field to win the 2014 U.S. Open by eight strokes.

The 29-year-old embraced the restored classic of American golf to set all-time scoring records with opening rounds of 65-65, the first in history to do so at a U.S. Open, and then toyed with the field at the weekend to become the first German, and the fourth European in the last five years to claim the trophy.

“I didn't make many mistakes,” said Kaymer, after his four birdie, three bogey final round of 69 for a 72-hole total of 9-under 271. “The last two wins that I had in America, especially this week, I played very solid the first two days and that gave me a very nice cushion for the weekend.”

"Seemed like people really got around my story.” Compton continued, “And for me to be here and to do this at such a high level is just as good of a feeling as winning a golf tournament. So it's just a great feeling. I can't wait to get back into another major."

“But to shoot only 1 over par at Pinehurst on Saturday and Sunday is good. The way I played I was very happy, the way I kept it together yesterday. And that gave me a good cushion for today.”

He won’t be waiting long, as the 34-year-old’s finish in this, just his second major, will guarantee him a start in at least a few more.

Kaymer’s dominance was proof that his steely performance in May to win The Players Championship to break an 18-month victory slump was the beginning, and not the culmination of something much bigger, much grander.

Kaymer’s eight-stroke romp tied Ryder Cup teammate Rory McIlroy’s victory margin in 2011, when the Northern Irishman lapped the field at Congressional. Behind the pair of them in each year, a ‘helluva second flight’ was contested and the potential storylines in 2014 were plentiful.

Validation for all the hard work he has endured to regain the kind of form that won him the 2010 PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff with Dustin Johnson at Whistling Straits and lift 10 European Tour trophies from 2008 – 2011.

A first major for Fowler, Henrik Stenson, Matt Kuchar, Dustin Johnson; a true feel good story in Compton. Keegan Bradley tweeted on Sunday morning that “Eric Compton winning today would probably be the best story in the history of sports.” He may not be wrong.

This is further validation to any that doubted that he was the genuine article when he topped the world rankings for a period of two months a little over three years ago.

Sadly for them and for the second major in a row, there was nobody who would step up in the early stages on a windless afternoon to have Kaymer question his resolve or even remotely glance into his rear vision mirror.

"This is quite nice proof, to have two major championships under your belt and only 29 years old," said the newly crowned champion, 2012 Ryder Cup hero and the hottest man in golf right now.

Whether he knew it or not, Kaymer also slept on the prospect of a slew of scrapbook entry moments; becoming the first Continental European winner of the U.S. Open; becoming just the fifth player — alongside Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tiger Woods and Raymond Floyd — to win the U.S. Open, PGA Championship and The Players treble; and the only European alongside the great Severiano Ballesteros to have won two majors and held the World No. 1 ranking before turning 30.

Once Sunday dawned, the inevitable became the reality with no player able to inch any closer than four shots of Kaymer and even then, only briefly.

Kaymer capped off his command ball striking and putting performance by completing what is becoming a Pinehurst Open champion’s rite of passage: missing the 18th fairway to the right and pitching out of the sandy rough, just as Payne Stewart (1999) and Michael Campbell (2005) did before him.

Like Stewart in ’99, although with far less pressure, Kaymer holed a lengthy par putt to win by eight over the dogged dual-heart transplant recipient Erik Compton and playing partner Rickie Fowler.

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With the challengers failing to advance, Kaymer held playing partner Fowler at bay and went about obliterating any chance of these headlines making it to print with a performance that reeked of outstanding German precision and engineering.

The injured Tiger Woods was missed, but just like the spectacularly restored Pinehurst No. 2 course, which was a marvel all week, a renewed Martin Kaymer has more than adequately filled the void of a dominant champion with a performance for the ages.

"To sit here with the U.S. Open trophy," Kaymer said, “sitting there with the U.S. Open trophy late on Sunday night is… very, very happy. Very, very nice. Very, very satisfying."

About the only negative for Kaymer will be that his record scoring spree will result in further handicap shortening at the Whisper Rock Golf Club he calls home in Scottsdale, Arizona. The club will be swift to lower his handicap further from +5.9 as it stood at the end of May. Off such an austere mark, there will be plenty of well heeled, well performed members lining up to take their chance at rolling the reigning U.S. Open and Players champion when he’s back in town.

They should bring their money with them. This streak might not be at an end just yet.

“He kind of killed the event in the first two days,” said the vanquished Stenson. “And then it was more a question of if he would keep it under control. He held everyone off and then went out and played a solid round today. So very impressive and a very deserving champion.”

Fowler had the early American crowd support, but as the final round unfolded and it became clear that he was not simply there to make up the numbers, the gallery were quick to share their support with the ‘underdog’ in Compton.

"On every hole, from the tee box to the putting green, people were cheering for me and I definitely felt the love and the support from the crowd," Compton said, who is still in search of his first win on Tour.

Compton got into this championship using the same fighting qualities he showed on Sunday, surviving a fiveway playoff in sectional qualifying. His history as a survivor is well documented and a ‘never give up attitude’ to life and golf gave him a chance — outside as it was — of a Cinderella Story on Sunday.

Golf’s inform player Martin Kaymer is the first German to win the US Open (Photo courtesy of Golfweek)

CURIOUS TALES IN GOLF

BY SIMON REYNOLDS

A Succession of Junior Prodigies in the World of Female Golf, and a Very Bright Future to Look Forward to!

The world of golf was stunned by the news of 11-year-old Lucy Li qualifying and playing in the 69th Women’s US Open at Pinehurst No.2 USA’s Lucy Li qualified and played in this year’s Women’s US Open at Pinehurst No. 2 at 11 years or age, the youngest ever to ‘qualify.’

to public attention aged nine, when she won the UK National Ladies Championship at Turnberry, an event that saw 24,000 other women eliminated through qualifying.

Aged 10 she played alongside Morgan Pressel in the British Open Pro-Am. Hull then won several amateur events in the United States and Great Britain and has ranked in the top-10 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking, reaching a high of number three in the world.

Her progress over the years could be considered perfect. She didn’t rush into turning pro, and her father who introduced her to the game at two years of age, was adamant that Charley competed in lots and lots of top quality amateur golf before turning pro, highlighted by representing team GB & Ireland in the Curtis Cup in 2012. In 2013, 17-year-old Charley announced her decision to turn professional. The years of playing high standard amateur golf seems to have paid dividends as Hull has not looked back since. Hull represented team Europe in the Solheim Cup, the youngest ever player to do so at 17 years of age, and Hull played a winning part in Team Europe, winning on U.S. Soil, and throughout the event Hull looked at ease and mature beyond her years.

Firstly, congratulations to Michelle Wie, the winner of the 69th Women’s U.S. Open at Pinehurst No.2. Michelle Wie seems to have been around forever, perhaps somewhat due to the fact that she has been in the golfing spotlight, having made the cut at the 2003 Women’s U.S. Open at the tender age of 13. After 11 years of toil and struggle, Wie has landed her first major, with plenty of controversy, whilst adopting an unusually unorthodox putting setup en route to her maiden major success.

The world of women’s golf is full of child prodigies with mind-blowing talent developed at such young ages. Lydia Ko won her first professional event on 29 January 2012 as an amateur at the Bing Lee/ Samsung Women's NSW Open on the ALPG Tour. She was 14 at the time and had placed second in the event the year before. Lydia Ko turned professional in October 2013 and has already won two more professional events - one on the LPGA and one on the Ladies European Tour - since her decision to do so. Lydia Ko finished the 2010 golfing season as a 13-year-old amateur and at 549th in the Ladies Official World Golf rankings. Halfway through the 2014 golfing calendar and after a Top 10 finish at the 2014 Women’s U.S. Open, Lydia Ko is No.3 in the World of Women’s golf, whilst some would say she is still a ‘girl’.

Across the Atlantic, in recent years, English golf has paid close attention to the remarkable feats of Charley Hull. Hull came

won a 36-hole U.S. Women's Open sectional qualifier by seven strokes. For those who thought the qualifying rounds we played on a pitch-and-putt layout, the par-71 Old Course was played at a very adult-like 6,241 yards.

Nor could this be luck. Li, from Redwood Shores, carries a +1.8 handicap and is a product of the Northern California Golf Association's highly successful Youth on Course program. In the end, she missed the cut by shooting a pair of 78s to miss the cut by 6 strokes. To give her some credit, 12 year LPGA veteran Natalie Gulbis and a winner of four professional wins also missed the cut with same aggregate score.

The world of golf can look forward to great things from young Miss Li. After all, Wie was 13 when she made the cut at the U.S. Open, Li has a couple of years to match that feat.

Let’s just hope Li’s parents act wisely in regards to her golf progress and career plans from now. A clever move would be to mirror the route taken by Paula Creamer, Lexi Thompson and Lydia Ko, and in the men’s game, Tiger Woods. Earl Woods, before passing away, was asked by a journalist whether he was tempted to turn

Michelle Wie, the 69th US Women’s Open champion, has been through a rocky early career since making the cut at 13 in 2003 (Photo courtesy of: japantimes.co.jp)

The fine progress continues, and Hull is enjoying a solid year in 2014 on the Ladies European Tour, landing her first professional trophy four days shy of her 18th birthday on 16 March at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. Her progress in golf, under the careful guidance of her father and mentor, proves to all aspiring golfers that with the right guidance, dedication, passion and confidence in your ability, anything is possible.

SMALL PHOTOS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, won her first pro event as an amateur aged 15 back in 2012 (Photo courtesy of: golf.about.com) Charley Hull enjoying life as a pro in 2014, the UK’s very own child prodigy won the UK National Ladies Championship as a 9 year-old (Photo courtesy of: golfweek.com) USA’s Lexi Thompson qualified for the US Open aged 12, and won her first pro event at 16 (Photo courtesy of: washingtonpost.com)

At this year’s 69th U.S. Women’s Open, the world of golf was introduced to the new kid on the block, diminutive U.S. player, Lucy Li. The world of golf was stunned when hearing of her qualification for this major.

Her 74–68 on the Old Course at Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco on May 19, not only topped the field of 78 vying for three spots, but she won by seven strokes. Let us put that into perspective: An 11-year-old

Tiger pro in his teens, rather than playing college golf at Stanford whilst winning the U.S. Amateur's titles in 1994,1995 & 1996.

His response:

"I wasn't going to let him go until I was sure he could play with the big boys. I wasn't going to do anything to hurt his confidence. I wanted him to build up a mindset of domination."

That's exactly what happened. By the time Tiger turned pro at nearly 21, he believed he could beat anyone. And that's exactly what he did.

This could all go wrong for Lucy Li, but it could also be the beginnings of another fascinating story in golf.

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ON TOUR

BY SIMON REYNOLDS

Japan’s winner of the Boy’s individual honours, Ryo Toyoyama alongside Indonesia’s winner of the Girl's individual honours, Rivani Adelia Sihotang

Indonesian Juniors Amongst the Winners as Thailand Dominates at the 20th Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship Junior golfers are the future of the game, and the future of Indonesian golf looks to be in a healthy place, with many talented local juniors playing and competing against the game's most talented players from Asia and overseas during this year’s 20th Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship. This year the event was played at Damai Indah Golf’s BSD course, and the course welcomed passionate junior golfers from as far as The United Kingdom, South Africa and even a player from Guam, amongst a mainly Asian dominated field.

Last year’s event saw Thailand dominate many of the Boys and Girls divisions and this year the local Indonesian contingent was determined to brave up a fight and compete well for titles in all categories.

Class-B division over Princess Mary Superal and Kanyalak from Class-A Girls, who both scored 216 (1 under), and Paphankorn Tavatanakit from Class-B Girls with the score 214 (2 under).

"I am very happy today that I won, because other golfers that I have to face are indeed excellent," said a jubilant Rivani.

"Nonetheless, since the beginning I was confidence that I could win.

I felt the confidence again when playing the last hole, 'I think I will win'. Just like that, I don't know why I felt that all the sudden." The title is the first International title that she has won.

Meanwhile, for Boys Individual honours, a talented golfer from Japan, Ryo Toyoyama, won the "battle" over Thanakorn Torsee (Thailand). They both finished level after four rounds, so the result was settled through an exciting play-off on BSD’s famous Par-5 18th Hole. With both players finding the fairway with long drives, they both went for the green in two with three woods.

Toyoyama, full of adrenaline, ended back of the green whilst Torsee was a little short of the green with a short pitch to a tight pin for his third. Toyoyama made his up and down for a birdie 4 to win the title as Torsee could only

salvage a Par. "I was so nervous when I started today. But when I reached hole 8, I got my confidence back," said Ryo. After making bogey on hole 3, Ryo made bogey on hole 8. After that, his game improved notching up birdies on holes 9, 15, 17 and 18. He admitted that the winning result was due to his good iron play all week and his sheer motivation to win competing in his 2nd Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championships.

Alongside the individual titles, Thailand also secured the combined team title. Thailand’s

Parathakorn Suyasri (Class-B Boys) and Thanakorn Torsee (Class-A Boys) were the winners of team title. Both collecting total score of 577, followed by the Philippines team Kristoffer Arevalo (Class-B Boys) and Rupert Zaragosa (Class-A Boys) with the total score 584, followed by Indonesia, Theodore Rahardja and Kevin Caesario Akbar with the total score 601.

For the Girls Team title, the defending champions, Paphangkorn Tavatanakit (Class-B Girls) and Kanyalak (Class-A Girls) were the winners once again with a total score of 249. The Girls

An Indonesian golfer managed to win one of the major titles, The Individual Title for All Girls' classes during the 20th Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship, supported

by Ciputra Group. Rivani Adelia Sihotang won the title over Kanyalak Preedasuttijit (Thailand), the defending champion from last year.

Rivani competing in the Class-B Girls division (13–14 years old) and played beautifully by scoring 3 under on the last round. Rivani accumulated an impressive score of 5 under (211; 73, 69, 69), whilst at the same time winning her 10 July 2014 golfindonesia.biz

Indonesia’s talented Junior: Rivani Adelai Sihotang posing with her winner’s trophy: Girl's Individual Honors

Indonesia’s champion Rivani Adelai Sihotang tees off on the #1 during her second round

Team representing Indonesia were Ida Ayu Indira Melati (Class-B Girls) and Rivani Adelia Sihotang (Class-A Girls) finishing in 2nd place with the total score of 431, followed by Japan in 3rd place with Nasa Hataoka (Class-B Girls) and Sara Ota (Class-A Girls) posting a combined score of 440.

This year the 20th Enjoy Jakarta World Junior Golf Championship Supported by Ciputra Group awarded a special title named The Ciputra Trophy as appreciation to the founder of the tournament.

The title was awarded to the player with the lowest score from all classes, Boys and Girls (The Very Best of The Best). This time, Thitaporn Saithip from Thailand competing in the Girls D division won the title, with an impresive total score of 208 (67, 71 and 70) or 8 under. Thitaporn is posed to have a very bright future in junior golf.

Thailand dominated almost all classes for Boys and Girls, with Thanakorn winning the Class-A Boys, followed by Rupert Zaragosa (Philippines) with the total score 287 (1 under) and Joeh Se Ik (Korea) with the total score of 288 (par).

The Class-B Boys division was also dominated by Thai golfers.

Kritchayapol Sinchai (Thailand) was the winner with a total score of 287 (1 under), followed by Puwit Anupansuebsai (Thailand) with the total score of 290 (2 over), and Aidric Chan from Philippines in the 3rd place with the total score 293 (5 over).

In Class-A Girls, Princess Mary Superal from the Philippines was the winner. Princess Mary, the winner of two gold medals at the recent SEA Games, concluded another impressive tournament closing with a convincing final round 68 (4 under). Although she collected the same total score as Kanyalak at (215), Superal was the winner using the countback system. Kanyalak scored a disappointing 73 during the last round (1 over), settling for 2nd place. 3rd position was won by Japanese junior Nasa Hataoka with a total score of 218 (2 over).

In the Class-B Girls division, a Thai golfer again took the winner's spot. Paphankorn Tavatanakit, a defending champion from EJWJGC 2013, led the leaderboard after three days and finished with the

Indonesia’s Kevin Akbar (Boys A Division) helped secure Indonesia 3rd place in the Boy's team event

Indonesia’s Theodore Rahardja (Boys B Division) was part of the Boy's Team which secured 3rd place

total score of 214 (2 under), an impressive eight strokes ahead of Sara Ota (Japan) who scored 222, and 11 strokes ahead of Inez Beatrice Wanamarta (Indonesia) who scored 225 in 3rd position.

To view complete scores of the tournament, please visit EJWJGC 2014's website www. jakartaworldjuniorgolf.com and click on Live Scoring and Pairing Info.

Kevin Akbar and Theodore proudly receive their award for 3rd place in the Boy's team event All Photos courtesy of Parlan Photography

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GOLF INSIGHT

BY ANTONY SUTTON

Jakarta’s BWA Golf Day at Matoa National

The British Women’s Association held a friendly golf day at Matoa Nasional in South Jakarta recently. Nearly 50 ladies gathered to try their luck on the gentle course and, of course, sample some of the beverages available from the cocktail cart!

I arrived and was greeted by Elaine with the welcoming words, "Thanks for coming but you would be better off coming in October. That is our big golf day when more than 80 ladies turn up, many dressed in pink, to raise money for breast cancer."

No problem. That sounded fun as well, but here I was at the Matoa, so I was going to make the best of it anyway and in my finest golf writing mode, I got straight down to the nitty gritty.

"Tell me about the cocktail cart."

‘Today is really a low key affair, there are only about 40 of us out. The cocktail cart is just a way to offer refreshments on the course and hopefully raise some money for our charities."

Fair enough, I am always happy to drink for a good cause and I looked forward to sampling some of their wares on what promised to be a hot day.

"We’re not very good," continued Elaine.

"Some of the ladies only started practising a few weeks ago for this event and that was the first time they had picked up a golf club, but we are hoping it will be a good laugh, a good day out, that is the important thing."

The ladies were making their way downstairs and I didn’t want to detain Elaine any longer than necessary, so I asked one last question. Why had they chosen this particular course? It seemed a pretty difficult place to get to, down a few narrow, winding lanes in the nether regions of South Jakarta, beyond the commercial estate.

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"They treat us very well," came the reply.

"They put together a good deal. We are not like the men who don’t mind how much they pay, and we enjoy our visits here."

Ah, the value of good customer service!

With that, Elaine was on her way and the ladies boarded their carts to be taken to their starting holes with me walking behind, taking cover in the bushes and trying to observe course etiquette by keeping a low profile.

It got hot, very hot in fact, and the cocktail cart was kept busy, even selling a few beverages to more regular players, with some gentle persuasion of course.

Pretty soon, the players were scattered all over the course. Silly me thought they would be relatively bunched up, and as I wandered the course, I soon found myself following groups of men, much to their and my surprise! I somehow found my way back to the clubhouse, the heat and the lack of hole numbers was disorientating, and I was grateful to find some solace in a couple of cans of a locally brewed amber nectar.

I soon found I was not alone, as periodically caddie cartloads would stop by and top up for the next couple of holes, while in the background there was the hooping and a hollaring of a successful putt filling the air.

Unfortunately, another appointment saw me leave before the awards, and feed, but I was keen to make a date in my diary for the BWA’s big golf day later in the year!

Dawn Rea, Kathy Hill, Trisna Younger, Kerri Anderson finished first with a Gross 73, Nett 60.4 and they they won beautiful teasers from Turkuas Gallery, Spa Vouchers for Feliz Salon and a team restaurant voucher.

In second place came Linda Wells, Jumida, Hetty Rubin, Rieka with a Gross 72,

Net 62.4 — they took home some home fragrance hampers from Essential Bed & Bath, Kemang and spa vouchers for Rumah Yoga.

3rd place were Faye Forte, Amanda Laverick, Dot Potgeiter and Suzie Dann, Gross 76 Nett 64 — they won home fragrance hampers from Essential Bed & Bath, Kemang and spa vouchers from Feliz Salon.

Nearest to the pin Amanda Laverick, and the longest drive, Monica Engstrom won a Union Jack bag with golf balls and spa and restaurant vouchers.

The BWA are very grateful to all the generous companies that donated the prizes, Jack at Asiaserv for the smoothies and Matoa Nasional for taking such good care of them. Also, a special mention for Kerri who came out on top at her last ever event. She is leaving Jakarta and has played a big part in organising some of their previous tournaments.

Like most golf events, BWA adopts the more the merrier approach to their events.

If you are interested in a great day of golf in October in aid for breast cancer please contact the Jakarta’s British Women’s association, who would be more than happy to see you.

British Women's Association Kemang Pela Mampang Mampang Prapatan Jakarta Selatan DKI Jakarta, 12720, Indonesia Phone: +62 21 719 5283 Website: www.bwajakarta.org E-mail: bwa@bwajakarta.org

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PRESS RELEASE

PRESS RELEASE

2014 Schedule Date: January 26 – 28 Event: PGP Classic Venue: Senayan National Golf Club Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Winner: Ian Andrew

(L- R) Agus Triyono ( General Secretary of PGTI), Feliks Hariyanto (General Manager of Padang Golf & Country Club), Harmony Thomas (OB Golf Event), George Gandranata (The winner of IGT), Rivana Adelia (Best Female Amateur), Daniel Wirawan (Best Male Amateur), Johanes Darmawan (Chairman of PGTI), Y. Ardiansyah (Club Captain of Padang Golf & Country Club). Photo by Adil Anselm/OB Golf Event.

George “The Horse” Gandranata Seals Second Victory and Hails PGTI Tangerang — Order of Merit leader, George Gandranata secured his second victory on the Indonesian Golf Tour after completing the 5th event in the series at Padang Golf Modern with a total of 10 under par.

why don’t they just create their own tournament series instead of trying to claim and disrupt the Indonesian Golf Tour. That way we would have more tournaments to compete in and more chances for us to improve our skill.

28 year old Gandranata fired three birdies and one bogey on the front nine and started his back nine with a birdy on the 10th finishing his final round with 10 under par and a total score of 206. Maan Nasim came in second with a total score of 8 under par, 208.

Rivani Adelia Sihotang come up as the Best Female Amateur with a total score of 10-under-par (206). Fully supported by her parents, 14-year-old Rivani wants to pave her way to professional level and is certainly ensuring she gets there.

George always humble in victory: “I’m so grateful for this circuit (Indonesian Golf Tour) thanks to the Professional Golf Tour of Indonesia (PGTI). PGTI is a player’s tour. It was formed and is owned by and for the professional golf players of Indonesia. Thanks to Mr. Irwan (Johanes Dermawan) and PGTI, who helped establish and conceptualize this tour series. We can already see the improvements made by Indonesian Golf Tour. Look to the leaderboard today, scores are increasing and game quality is improving. I know I speak on behalf of all the Touring Professionals of Indonesia when I say that we have been waiting for a regular series of events for us to compete in and the Indonesian Golf Tour is providing us with this platform”

“Thank God for today. I enjoyed my game and I am happy with the results.

My putting today was not firm enough.

I need to practice. My driver was good although I missed a few fairways today but managed to find a way to get out of it. I can say my family 100% supports me in golf. For me, I don’t want to just stop here, I don’t want to feel satisfied by my game today. I want to keep practising and getting better.” Said Rivani Adelia Sihotang.

“It is so sad to the hard work and success of PGTI in creating and convincing investors to fund and establish the Indonesian Golf Tour for us being tarnished by unfounded claims by other organizations that the Indonesian Golf Tour belongs to them. This is wrong and is also not fair. They had nothing to do with establishing the Indonesian Golf Tour and they know this. You cannot claim something that is not yours to claim. Simple as that. We professionals are not happy with this. If their true intention is to improve golf in Indonesia,

The launch of the Indonesian Golf Tour presented by Linc Group is an ambitious new professional golf circuit aimed at speeding the development of Indonesia’s up and coming golfers.

All 13 events earn ranking points for the participating golf professionals and amateurs, setting the stage for the Road to the Indonesian Golf Championship to be hosted at Rawamangun Golf Club from December 10th – 13th this year.

The top 30 golf professionals and top 10 amateurs will play for the grand prize purse of Rp500,000,000 with all golf professionals guaranteed winnings in the 4-day tournament as well as the three top professional securing themselves a country exemption spot on the Asian Development Tour for the 2015 season.

Leading Scores — All players (INA) unless otherwise stated: 206 George GANDRANATA 71-66-69 208 Maan NASIM 67-71-70 210 Indra HERMAWAN 71-71-68 211 ILYASSAK 72-71-68 212 I Ketut SUGIARTA 70-68-74 214 Bramantio ADI 72-72-70, Benita Y. KASIADI 72-71-71 J. DERMAWAN 72-67-75 215 Abi SAHARI 72-73-70 SUPRAPTO 72-71-72 TOP AMATEUR 223 Daniel WIRAWAN 76-77-70

Date: February 18 – 20 Event: Indonesia Golf Challenge Venue: Palm Hill GC Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Winner: Denny A. Wijaya Date: April 1 – 3 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour — Citra Sembilansatu Classic@ Venue: Emeralda Golf Club Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Winner: Andik Mauludin Date: May 7 – 9 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: Lotus Lake Golf Club Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Winner: George Gandranata Date: June 10 – 12 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: Padang Golf Modern Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Winner: George Gandranata Date: July 1 – 3 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: Jababeka Golf Club Prize: IDR 200,000,000

Date: August 5 – 7 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: Sedana Golf Club Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Date: August 26 – 28 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: JGC Rawamangun Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Date: September 23 – 25 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: Finna Golf Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Date: October 21 – 23 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: Matoa Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Date: November 4 – 6 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: JGC Rawamangun Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Date: November 18 – 20 Event: Indonesian Golf Tour @ Venue: Sentul Highliands/Riverside Prize: IDR 200,000,000 Date: December 10 – 13 Event: Road to Indonesian Golf Championship — Final Venue: JGC Rawamangun Prize: IDR 500,000,000

Order of Merit 2014 after Indonesian Golf Tour presented by Linc Group Players GEORGE GANDRANATA ANDIK MAULUDIN IAN ANDREW MAAN NASIM DENNY A. WIJAYA KURNIA HERISIANDY SANTOSO ILYASSAK JUNAIDI IBRAHIM BENITA Y. KASIADI ASEP SAEFULLOH I KETUT SUGIARTA RORY HIE JORDAN SURYA IRAWAN RINALDI ADIYANDONO BRAMANTIO ADI WILLIAM SJAICHUDIN ADE SEBUL SARMILIH RAMADHAN ALWIE SANUSI J. DERMAWAN HARJITO JAMEL ONDO STEPHEN A. LINDSKOG INDRA HERMAWAN RUDI ANTO FAHMI REZA ASEP CAPRIE HENDRY NASIM FAJAR WINURYANTO NASIN SURACHMAN EFFENDI K. TONY BLACKER ARIA KAMSURI DEDE IDRIS JOSHUA ANDREW WIRAWAN SUPRAPTO DENNI HERMAWAN MAMAN SUHERMAN ANDI SOEYATMO PUTRA ABHINAWA SAHARI SOEWARNO K JOSQUIN TOBING YUDIANSYAH AGUSNAM IRMANSYAH A. SUGANN KIM JUNG HAN HAMZAH RACHMADI SUPRIYATNA

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INVESTMENT/ FINANCE

BY FRANK VAN LERVEN

10 Tips

When Working with a Financial Advisor help you begin your relationship with your advisor on the right footing.

3. Accept reality about advisors Advisors need to earn. Accept it and make sure you understand how. The more transparency there is about fees, the better!

Each advisor has strengths and weaknesses. A willingness to learn (in an advisor) is a plus, defensiveness a minus.

INTRODUCTION Financial institutions have given us plenty of reasons to lose confidence in the financial services industry. The credit crisis of 2008-2009 revealed ‘the dark side’ of financial institutions in no uncertain terms, a ‘dark side’ that remains apparent today - as illustrated by the recent (and extensive) fines imposed on a range of large, international banks for a variety of misconducts.

In addition, at the level of independent financial advisors the picture is not entirely rosy either. The picture wasn’t rosy when I started working in the financial field in 1987 and expats were being duped by fraudulent investment schemes and the picture is still not rosy today, where misselling still rears its ugly head.

It is a reality, though that we do need to work with financial institutions and we do need to work with advisors. The reassuring news is that in Jakarta there are several financial advisors to be found who are truly professional and provide respectable services. The purpose of this article is to strengthen the reader’s capabilities when working with a financial advisor, so as to get the best out of him or her. It will focus on the aspect most central to the investor/ advisor relationship: investment planning.

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Here are 10 pointers: 1. Be realistic about yourself It is good to try to answer a few questions about yourself when working with a financial advisor: • Would you like to work with someone who is involved in your overall financial planning (attending retirement, tax and estate planning, as well as your investments) or with someone who gives you solely advice on your investments?

• How much involvement and control over investments do you want ?

• What is your level of investment knowledge and curiosity to know more?

2. Decide what kind of relationship you want with your advisor Different relationships are possible.

Examples: Purely professional A member on your team Family friend Sounding board for ideas Teacher Provider of information Taker of decisions on your behalf Try to find out what relationship would suit you best. Of course, several characteristics listed here can apply. Knowing this will

It is rare that you will actually meet the person making the vital decisions about your investments (the fund manager, the portfolio manager). If you can, try to check on the person or entity that does make those decisions.

4. Understand various ways advisors can earn Advisors can earn from: • 'administration' charges • bid-offer spreads • sales commissions • front and back-end loads on funds • entry fees • management fees • hourly fees Note 1: most expat firms are not directly paid by the client but are paid by the insurance firm or investment company whose fees are part of the product offered.

5. Have a basic understanding of insurance linked plans As they are the ‘bread and butter’ business of most expat advisory firms, take note of the following regarding insurance-linked savings plans: • These savings plans are good for you when you like/need the discipline of saving; this benefit can then outweigh the substantial costs involved.

• These savings plans are disastrous when you do not meet the agreed term at the start.

• Be wary of a sales push of these plans.

6. Be 'safe' aware Investments are never safe. In addition there is the question of the financial strength of the various entities involved and their possible vulnerabilities. Just to be clear: cash in the bank is not 100% safe either and even if you put cash under your mattress it will slowly lose its value.

When evaluating safety, it is useful to distinguish between: • Who the custodian bank, insurance company or investment company is with an eye on its financial soundness • The actual investment with an eye on the risks involved • Who your advisor is with an eye on reliability & quality of services 7. What to insist on • A feeling of comfort with your advisor and the services offered.

• Clear contact details of both advisor and company he/she represents.

• Qualifications of your advisor.

8. What to watch out for • Promises of returns • Hidden fees • Anything that indicates no fees or low fees or that there are no costs involved 9. When proceeding Make copies of all paperwork.

10. Once the relationship has started • Keep clear files of all correspondence and paperwork • Understand what you have started and verify with your advisor your understanding is correct • Keep in contact with your advisor at least once a year, ideally more often • Review actions taken at least once a year

SOCIETY GOLF

BY ANTHONY KING

Jakarta InterLeague Round 4 This was the first time that the matches were starting in the heat of the day following a morning competition at Jagorawi. The good news was that the InterLeague [JIL] had a shotgun from all tee boxes to ensure completion of a speedy round. The bad news was that the competition golfers [and their caddies] had left the course looking like a war zone with tank track divots / bunkers like homing grounds for foxes / greens as if under WWII bombing raids. This is a real sad state of affairs and an extremely poor reflection on the etiquette and general appreciation by golfers that a course is for the enjoyment of all golfers. Whilst not a problem isolated to Indonesia, it certainly appears to be worse here than in most other countries globally.

Having witnessed a front-to-end win by a European in the US Open, the golfers of Jakarta were wondering if a similar fate was taking place before their own eyes as the Cloggies have been solid in their efforts to reclaim the crown as the best match play team. This month Cloggies were pitted against the oldest of the JIL teams - namely Tee Set. Of course, Tee Set has two of the hottest players in the JIL and knowing that their ‘Past Master of Nearly Everything’ and League Committee member and Captain for the Month wanted to show strength, an expected array of fine players assembled for this match. On the other hand, Cloggies were without their captain and their long-term singles champion so a reworked team and pairings had to take place. The singles were intriguing as ‘Sombrero’ Sam and Simon ‘The Hack’ were up against a couple of ‘lowish’ handicap players in ‘Robot’ Rio and ‘Cigar’ Nic. As things progressed, it became evident that the handicapping was spot on and each match went to the wire with Cloggies victorious in both. In two other matches the 18th was the final deciding hole with Tee Set halving one and losing the other. However, on the bright side for Tee Set we saw Geoff defy his age and shot a magnificent net 65 (which was well below his age!) and with his partner Neil annihilate the Cloggies opposition. Still these glimmers of what might have been only slightly dampened the glee shown by the Cloggies in their 7:3 success.

Second placed Sandbaggers took on Mad Dogs (our Team of the Month) with both teams showing multiple changes from the previous month. The Singles saw one of the highlights (well, depending on which side of the fence you sit!) as there was a mini ‘World Football Cup’ match with an Italian playing a Netherlander — who also happened to be a female golfer. The result of this was a dent to the male ego and the cause of considerable ribbing afterwards, however, the Italian did put his dentures back only after the match!

Our resident club tester (the Sandbaggers Captain who adores trying new equipment in order to get below handicap 5) returned to his winning ways with a reasonably comfortable victory. Mad Dogs dropped points in only one of the pairings but despite them gambling with a family partnership — historically this hs been proven not to be a good move - Mad Dogs collected maximum points from the other two matches.

This created a rather humbling result in Sandbaggers going down 6:4 and losing a little ground on the leaders.

Having moved into the final half of the season it was time to see if any of the Mid-Table teams could make inroads on the leaders. Tin Cups were playing Pocksia but were without many of their star players and also their captain. Even worse, one player cried off just one hour before the shot gun. Tin Cup’s Deputy Captain played two wild cards; firstly he put out one of Indonesia’s rising lady players against two men (later to be called gentlemen) and himself as a singles player (bearing in mind that his reputation is a notorious banker for the opposition). The solid singles play of Joseph was somewhat of a calming influence, although he was heard to say of his captain that a few grey cells had gone ‘walk about’ with his shot decision making, still both singles came home victorious. In the pairs, only one of Tin Cups pulled off the win and the valiant Tika played her socks off but finally the combined play of her opponents was just too much and she lost 2&1. Interestingly, in speaking with her later she said how pleased she was with her game and that being a single against a pair made her dig deep and concentrate on every shot and every aspect of her game; further it toughened the mental side of her game. Tin Cups came through 6:4.

The final matches saw the bottom team (Sentul) against a resurgent team (JLI) who had held that position in the previous season. Once again, several players from both teams were away , including both Captains and so it was interesting to see how the tactics would come into play from the deputy captains. Things seem to have been well planned as, except for the one drubbing handed out by Howard (7:5), all of the other matches were relatively close even if the final results indicate that the winners to be 3:something up at the end. It was interesting to see that the late start meant recovery from late Saturday night in the Sentul bars had allowed the ‘SourMash’ father/son duo to put in a rare appearance and even to pull off a famous win. In the end other matches were shared and the resurgence of JLI continued with a 6:4 success.

Continuing with our brief history of the teams we move onto a team that this season underwent a name change; namely Mad Dogs.

This team originally was called ISCI and was formed in the early 1980s as a sports section of the Old ISCI (International Sporting Club of Indonesia), which itself was founded 60 years ago with great facilities for squash, tennis, swimming, rugby, sailing, etc. However, there was no golf club affiliation; so the golf fanatics broke away and membership of ISCI ceased to be a priority compared to playing golf around Jakarta (of course back in those days there were considerably fewer courses available). ISCI was one of the founding groups of the JIL and its membership rose to around 120 with over 80 playing weekend fixtures, numerous annual golfing tournaments and different formats were contested. The playing membership gradually decreased as players retired / moved away / etc. and

This month’s featured inter-society Team of the Month: Mad Dogs, aptly named after a well-known restaurant/ bar in Cilandak Industrial Estate.

Tika representing Tin Cups played out a thrilling match-play ‘solo’ against a team of gentlemen from Pocksia.

Tee Set’s “Sombrero Sam” took some pride despite a narrow defeat in matchplay taking longest drive with a drive just short of 300m.

so the remaining stalwarts, being a typical group of guys and ladies who just love golf, found a new liaison with Mad Dogs.

thriving social golf groups in Jakarta. As a group, they play weekly social events and anyone wishing to join should contact Geoff at geofft@cbn.net.id. Handicaps are strictly maintained so as to ensure fair competition when meeting other teams on the circuit.

Mad Dogs is the well-known restaurant/ bar in Cilandak Industrial Estate and its golfing section is growing into one of the

Team

Cloggies Sandbaggers Tin Cups JLI Mad Dogs Tee Set Pocksia Sentul Swingers

Months 1

2

8 5 8 5 6 4 2 2

10 8 4 5 6 5 2 0

Cumulative 3 7 7 4 6 3 6 4 3

4 7 4 6 6 6 3 4 4

5

6

7 32 24 22 22 21 18 12 9

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GOLF FITNESS

BY JOHN ROZELLE

Building Athleticism through The Kipping Pull-Up The pull-up is built into our DNA, just watch any 5-year old placed in front of a great climbing tree.

While it may seem unattainable as an adult I’m here to tell you, in all but the most extreme cases, it won’t take you longer than 2 months of dedication.

The benefits are worth the effort. You will see improved strength in your arms, shoulders, neck, back, core and grip. You will see improved mobility in your shoulders, neck and spine. You will also see a reduction in many common back problems due to the traction provided while hanging from the bar, and likely see an improvement in your posture.

Lastly, by focusing on a gymnastic style 'kipping' pull-up versus a strict pull-up you will also improve your coordination and ability to generate power through the hips.

First, what is a kipping pull-up? Kipping is the coordination through the hips and torso of a swinging motion that assists you in generating upward momentum. Here’s the key, your pivot point for the swing is not your hands it is your hips.

Imagine you have a rubber band stretched between your thumb and index finger. With the other hand you pull at the middle of the rubber band and release.

That’s the energy we are harnessing. Grab a friend.

Have them hold one hand in front of your belly and one hand behind you, each about 40cm away from you, while hanging from the pull-up bar. Bend at the hips, arching your back, to push your belly forward towards the hand. At the apex of your movement, switch to pushing your back towards the other hand.

Continue alternating as you build momentum until you are touching each hand. You’re doing it right if you are in control of the swing, in other words, your friend should be able to say “STOP” at any point and you can bring yourself to a halt in the middle between the hands.

You should practice building this skill each day until you can swing rhythmically like a child at play. You will get to a point where you are pushing your head through your arms as your belly moves forward, and your legs will swing back behind you. Remember our rubber band? You too should have a nice bowed arch.

Before we talk about how this converts into a pullup, I want to insert very important injury prevention instructions. Until you can do three strict pull-ups, I want you to be very careful with how hard you come 'down' from your pull-ups, whether kipping or strict. That’s the one danger point in a pull-up, because there’s the potential to tear small muscles, tendons and ligaments in the arm, shoulder or even neck if you allow your full body weight to repeatedly jerk down at the bottom of your movement. Stay in control. If you’re getting really tired it’s ok to drop off the bar at the top even, so you remove that sharp stop at the bottom.

So, how do we build our strict pull-up? (NOTE: If you can do more than seven strict pull-ups in a row, follow the 'scale-up' instructions.) First, we will work jumping pull-ups. Use a bar that allows you to hold on while standing flat on the ground with your elbow at a 45-65 degree angle. Start with three sets of 12 and add a set each week. To scale up, complete 4 sets of max rep strict pull-ups — so four times do as many strict pull-ups as you can. Second, grab something to stand on so you can place your chin over the bar in the 'finished' position. Remove your feet from the support and lower yourself down to a count of five, so you come to a dead hang with your feet off the ground at five. These are called 'negative pull-ups'. Do five sets of five, and once you can actually complete each negative at a count of five add

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a set each week. To scale-up, do five sets of 12. If you aren’t scaling up, when you are done with both of these exercises, complete three sets of max rep strict pull-ups. Your max reps could start out as halfway up once. That’s ok. Someday it won’t be.

Converting the kip into a pull-up involves a motion much like the old break-dancing move, 'the worm'.

You’ll start your kip, pushing your chest forward, then as you swing back you will raise your knees and push down on the pull-up bar so as to bring it more in front of you than over your head. From that position you will snap your hips forward and up while pulling the bar to your collar bone. We’ve included a picture that has exaggerated this hip snap forward. It is a very explosive movement. This will transfer your side to side momentum into an upward force. At the top you will push away from the bar so your chest moves back and is ready for you to then engage your kipping motion again by pushing

your chest forward. You may have to try this and reread this paragraph and try it again a few times as it’s difficult to explain. I encourage you to jump on YouTube where there is a good number of videos that will show you what we’ve described. I think this is one of the better ones http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=4ZJMblG5apg.

Make sure you warm up with some arm circles and gentle shoulder stretches both before and after doing pull-ups. The soreness from extensive pull-ups can make it somewhat painful to straighten your arms – we call this T-Rex arms. A little bit is ok, and it might last a few days. But you don’t want to be terribly sore every time. This is an indicator you’re coming down too hard. So make sure you’re stretching and stay in control, and you are sure to notice improvements in your posture, back comfort and, of course, your golf swing within 4-6 weeks.

GOLF INSIGHT

BY PAUL PRENDERGAST

The Hoylake Record Standing the Test of Time Peter Thomson aged 81, the winner of three consecutive Open Championships. Photo courtesy of Mark Wilson, www.golfplusmedia.com.au, taken at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in June 2011

“I earned £750 pounds as I recall. They were not the astronomical prizes that they win today, they were pretty miserable in comparison, but I was very happy with it at the time.”

A single major championship win would suffice for national celebrations back home in Australia these days but what about the combination of three consecutive British Opens, tying the all-time record and a local Melbournian returning home victorious to the host city in an Olympic year? Surely, this was a tickertape parade material?

“It didn’t create great waves of interest back home,” Thomson mused. ”The golf world was rather smaller in those times.”

“It’s interesting to recall that one man, the Secretary of the Royal and Ancient Brigadier (Eric) Brickman, he ran The Open by himself. He had no other assistance, no committee at the time. It was the duty of the Secretary to put on The Open Championship.”

Peter Thomson’s Three Consecutive Open Championship Wins Australian Peter Thomson will continue to hold a hallowed place in the annals of Open Championship history no matter what happens or who plays in this year’s Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club (‘Hoylake’) this July.

Just 26 years old at the time, Thomson joined 19th century winners Jamie Anderson and Bob Ferguson as owners of three-consecutive Open Championship victories with his triumph at the 1956 Open Championship at Royal Liverpool — and was the only man to achieve the feat in the 20th century.

Now 84 and of course, a five-time Open champion by career’s end, Thomson revelled in the opportunity to talk about the win (“It warms my heart to serve some purpose!”), his memories of Royal Liverpool and the championship itself at the time.

“It’s a long time ago and the course has been changed since that time, cosmetically. I’d call it ‘conveniently flat’ or ‘admirably flat’, but it’s a formidable golf course,” Thomson said.

“I don’t know how many bunkers they have there (82 for the 2014 Open) but they all have straight faces, which is the R&A style. If you get caught, you can’t go at the green.

You have to hit it out backwards.”

Thomson remembers he wasn’t necessarily included among the favourites by pundits leading into the ’56 Championship, despite being the dual-defending champion.

“I think they looked at me the other way: ‘He’s had his luck up till now and he can’t go without the luck'. And it’s true because always in the British Open, you get a weather factor. It’s favourable at some parts of the day and not favourable at other times.”

The final two rounds of The Open were played over 36 holes in those times and while Thomson lead the field after two rounds, Argentines Roberto De Vicenzo and Enrique Bertolino (who is still alive at age 101) were lurking just a stroke adrift.

“At the same time across the Atlantic, Joe Dey who was the Secretary of the USGA, he also ran the US Open and managed the whole thing himself. It was his obligation.

I’ve told people about this and they can’t believe it.”

Royal Liverpool Golf Club (Hoylake) the venue of the 2014 Open Championship: 13th – 20th July, photo courtesy of: www.intherough.co.uk

“I earned £750 pounds as I recall.

They were not the astronomical prizes that they win today, they were pretty miserable in comparison, but I was very happy with it at the time.”

However, rounds of 79 and 76 respectively severely dented their chances while Thomson’s 72 extended his lead to three strokes over Belgium’s Flory Van Donck with a round to play.

Thomson held on to win despite a closing 74, by three over Van Donck with De Vicenzo, who would return to win the Championship at Hoylake in 1967, recovering for 3rd place ahead of a youthful Gary Player in his first major championship appearance.

“De Vicenzo was the one who was always touted as the favourite, and indeed he was a favourite too with a lot of people.” Thomson said. “[If] he had a weakness, it’s that he didn’t win everything that he should have won, but I was happy with that!”

“The record wasn’t playing on my mind as I didn’t know I was going to win until the last few holes.”

“It [the scale of the event] started to change right at the end of that decade. They gave the whole thing a big shake up, got the prize money up and the TV coverage up and it was something more important in the world.”

Arnold Palmer’s emergence and his record in the Open from 1960 – 62, where he ran second to Thomson’s lifelong pal Kel Nagle and won the following two years, is credited for raising the profile and status of the British Open amongst Americans, if not the rest of the world. Thomson agrees but noted there had always been an American presence up to that point.

“In the previous year in ’55, Cary Middlecoff played at St Andrews as the US Open champion. George Fazio, Ed Furgol played, Hogan, Byron Nelson played one year.

There was always some American flavour but very few of them got the hang of it.”

Weather conditions in the months leading up to the 2014 Championship suggests the golf course is likely to be a little softer for players than the last occasion the championship was staged on the banks of the Dee Estuary eight years ago.

Thomson was in attendance at the championship in 2006 and witnessed Tiger Woods’ exercise in control over a bone dry but windless week at Royal Liverpool.

“Woods hit a lot of 3-irons off the tee but mind you, he hits them as far as most people hit their driver. The other guys in the field will have learned something from that and they’ll probably all be using irons from tees.”

Whether Woods will make it back from injury in time to continue a run at history is anyone’s guess at this point, but regardless, the Australian’s remarkable record born 60 years ago with the first of his victories in 1954, is safe for at least a little while longer.

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TIPS

BY ADAM TAYLOR

The 'L' Position In 2014 editions of Golf Indonesia, l have outlined the 5 key principles to a sound golf swing. Starting with the grip position, then progressing through to body setup and alignment, takeaway, the letter ‘L’ position, and the most difficult being the impact and early follow through. In the previous edition, l focused on performing chipping shots as a great way to start improving your overall technique.

In this final edition of this series, l will focus on how to apply the positions of the chipping swings to perform the letter L swings, as this is great way to improve your full swing.

The ‘L’ position is a great check point in the backswing.

Being able to achieve this position or get closer to it helps to build up power and accuracy, and helps to improve the most difficult and important next step - the impact position. If you practised improving your chipping swings from the previous issue, achieving the L will be a lot easier.

As the chipping swing will form the base of your L swing and full swing.

The goal is when your left shoulder and your left hand are level with the ground, your club is at a 90 degree angle forming the look of a letter L. This is made possible by having a sound grip position, with the key position being the right side of the left hand placed on the front of the grip, not on the side, as this gives the left hand the freedom of movement it needs to create the L. Also the left arm does not have to be perfectly straight, as many players naturally will not be able to achieve this, as the wrist break is the key here. For many players, they keep the left arm and club too straight at this point. This leads to problems such as reverse pivoting (upper body angles back towards the target), loss of the spine angle from the address position, and probably most of all flipping the club at impact causing poor contact.

The final part of the L swing is to form a reverse L in the follow through. This position depends greatly on the impact position. Flipping at impact causes the hands to stay very close to the body and the arms bend causing the ‘chicken wing’ look in the follow through. If you improved your follow through first by practising your chipping swing by having your hands and arms extended further from your body, this will start to happen automatically in your L swing. One final key is being able to keep your balance in the follow through. This helps to control the speed and coordination of your swing.

Practising your chipping and L swings more on the range also helps to develop a better short game and a better full swing. The positions from the takeaway, impact and early follow through remain basically the same no matter what swing length you perform. And you can practise these positions with all your clubs.

If you were able to improve your contact with your chipping, that means your hands are getting in front of your club face at impact. Once again the same position applies for the L swings. The wrist break helps to keep the hands in front at impact so you can hit the base of the ball first, which is the key to playing good golf.

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Phone +62 21 8087 2222 ext. 310-311 Email: royale.lesson@ancorasports.com Web: www. ancorasports.com

AGENDA — JULY 2014

JULY 01 – JULY 03 Indonesian Golf Tour @ Jababeka Golf Club, Cikarang, Indonesia JULY 15 – JULY 18 Jakarta Classic Asian Development Tour, Imperial Golf Club, Karawaci, Indonesia JULY 17 – JULY 20 Singha Hua Hin Open ASEAN PGA, Royal Hua Hin Golf Club, Hua Hin, Thailand JULY 17 – JULY 20 The Open Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, England

JULY 20 Jakarta Inter-Society Match-play League Round 5 Jagorawi New Course (anthonygwking@yahoo.co.uk for details) JULY 24 – JULY 27 Taifong Open Asian Development Tour, Taifong Golf Club, Chang Hwa, Chinese-Taipei JULY 27 Tee Set Monthly Medal Senayan National, Jakarta (keith.steuart.miller@gmail.com for details)

AUGUST 05 – AUGUST 07 Indonesian Golf Tour @ Sedana Golf Club, Karawang Barat, Indonesia AUGUST 07 – AUGUST 10 PGA Championship Valhalla Golf Club, USA AUGUST 14 – AUGUST 17 Fiji International OneAsia Tour, Natadola Bay Championship Golf Course, Fiji

JULY 31 – AUGUST 03 Ballantine’s Taipei Championship Asian Development Tour, Ta Kang Shan Golf Course, Kaoshsiung, Chinese-Taipei

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