0811BoysFromBusan

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Results

Around the Clubs The Hong Kong Golf Club Shanghai Visitors Cup 1 October CS Fraser / I Houstoun won the Shanghai Visitors Cup played over the Old Course with Nett 62. RYC Yang / S Lee were the runnersup with Nett 63. HKJC Centenary Trophy (Gross Section) 7 October K Inge won the HKJC Centenary Trophy Gross Section played over the Eden Course with 32 points. K S K Lam was the runner-up with 30 points. HKJC Centenary Trophy (Nett Section) 7 October K S K Lam wont he HKJC Centenary Trophy Nett Section played over the Eden Course with 41 points. J Collier was the runner-up with 36 points. Lindrick Trophy 11 October K Leung / Miss Y Chi won the Lindrick Trophy played over the New Course with 46 points. B Chong / Miss C Chong were the runnersup with 45 points. Monthly Medal (Gross Section) 18 October R de Lacy Staunton won the Monthly Medal Gross Section played over the New Course with 70. Monthly Medal (Nett Section) 18 October E J Evans won the Monthly Medal Nett Section played over the New Course with Nett 66. International Cup 19 October China won the International Cup played over the New & Eden Courses with 210 points. Japan finished runner-up with 205 points. Baffy Spoon 26 October J Blackwood / D Williams won the above competition played over the New and Eden Courses with +1. B Keung / E J Evans were the runners-up with -1. Gussie White Trophy 26 October J Blackwood / D Williams won the above competition played over the New & Eden Courses with 146. K Inge / A J P Taylor were the runners-up with 152.

Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club Ladies Events

September Medal 3 September Division 1 Gross Winner: Sunny Kang (84) Division 1 Nett Winner: Haj Wilcox (71) Division 1 Nett Runner-up: Joanne McKee (79) Division 2 Gross Winner: Chikako Yabe (98) Division 2 Nett Winner: Kanako Tanaka (78) Division 2 Nett Runner-up: Linda Wang (80)

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October Medal 15 October Division 1 Gross Winner: Division 1 Nett Winner: Division 1 Nett Runner-up: Division 2 Gross Winner: Division 2 Nett Winner: Division 2 Nett Runner-up:

Ashling Geh (86) Callie Botsford (71 C/B) K R Shin (71) Sue Hadaway (92) Fizzy Pavri (72) Peggy Wong (73)

Men’s Events

Captain’s Cup 21 September Gross Winner: Sibo Yan (71) Gross Runner-up: Dugene Pak (75 C/B) Nett Winner: Peter Chan (68) Nett Runner-up: Giles Scott (71) Chairman’s Cup 21 September Winner: Joe Lok (43 points C/B) Runner-up: S K Tse (43 points) Sir Run Run Shaw Trophy 28 September Winners: Tracy Fan & Denis Cheung (61 C/B) First Runners-up: Cindy Cheng & Charles Chan (61) Second Runners-up: Judy Chan & Wilson Chan (62) Captain’s Cup 18 October Gross Winner: Gross Runner-up: Nett Winner: Nett Runner-up:

Stuart Gethin (80) Jackson Chu (83) Rodney Cheung (74) Michael Brown (76)

Chairman’s Cup 18 October Winner: Wilson Chan (37 points) Runner-up: Steven Chan (36 points C/B)

The Boys from

Busan Why Korean male golfers are finally emerging from the shadow of their female counterparts BY HARRY MCCUMBER PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF ASIAN TOUR

Discovery Bay Golf Club Ladies Events

Monthly Medal 28 September Best Gross: Chisako Kubota (75) Division A Winner: T S Uhm (Nett 68 C/B) Division B Winner: Y S Doo (40 points) Anniversary Cup 11-12 October Best Gross: Mari Maeda (56 points C/B) Winner: Mable Mak (Nett 77 points C/B) Runner-up: Candy Lai (Nett 77 points) Monthly Medal 26 October Best Gross: Rungnapa Winchester (76) Division A Winner: Rebecca Ho (Nett 67) Division B Winner: Alice Lau (Nett 45 points)

Men’s Events

Monthly Medal 28 September Best Gross: Shinichi Mizuno (77 C/B) Division A Winner: M Yanai (Nett 71) Division B Winner: Takenori Ino (Nett 66) Division C Winner: Ronald Tong (38 points)

Autumn Cup 10 September Winner: Anita Chu (73) First Runner-up: Diana Ting (74) Second Runner-up: Madoka Murayama (75 C/B)

Men’s Matchplay 7-21 September Winner: Michael Stott Runner-up: Akiyoshi Kubota Semi-finalist: Kimitoshi Hoshiyama Semi-finalist: K S Lee

Autumn Plate 10 September Winner: Cecilia Szeto (36 points) First Runner-up: Peggy Wong (35 points) Second Runner-up: Akiko Harada (34 points C/B)

Anniversary Cup 11-12 October Best Gross: Matajiro Nagatomi (61 points) Winner: Y H Chin (Nett 75 points) Runner-up: William Chung (Nett 74 points)

September Stableford 17 September Division 1 Winner: Elsa Chao (37 points) Division 1 Runner-up: Sunny Kang (30 points) Division 2 Winner: Chikako Yabe (34 points) Division 2 Runner-up: Akiko Harada (33 points C/B)

James Hui Cup 19 October Best Gross: Michael Stott (72) Winner: John Seto (Nett 69) First Runner-up: Kenneth Lam (Nett 70 C/B) Second Runner-up: B W Park (Nett 70)

October Stableford 8 October Division 1 Winner: Lily Lau (31 points) Division 1 Runner-up: Madoka Murayama (30 points) Division 2 Winner: Fizzy Pavri (33 points) Division 2 Runner-up: Cecilia Szeto (30 points C/B)

Monthly Medal 26 October Best Gross: B W Park (74) Division A Winner: Y S Kim (Nett 68) Division B Winner: Ferant Chan (Nett 66) Division C Winner: Edward Lau (Nett 38 points)

HK GOLFER・NOV/DEC 2008

Asians On Tour

WWW.HKGA.COM

D

anny Lee, the highest ranked amateur in the world, is no accident. The 2006 number one, Lee Won-Joon, is no f luke. The Korean Open champion Bae Sang-moon is no surprise. The Asian Tour’s leading rookie is Noh Seung-Yul…well, you get the picture. And then there’s Anthony Kim. Those who saw his demolition of the once-leading pretender to Tiger’s throne, Sergio Garcia, in the Ryder Cup saw something special. It was confirmation that young Koreans, whether born at home or abroad, are the hottest items in golf. There are sound reasons for the rise of Korean men. The Korean golfing market is bigger than the rest of Asia (outside of Japan) combined. The knock-on effect from the women’s success is immense. Facilities for juniors are improving; overseas cells of young golfers are starting to bear fruit (see sidebar) and then there are the intangibles that go with being Korean. The American-born Kim was in Korea for the Hana Bank Kolon 51st Korea Open in October and relished the chance to play at “home”. “I had a great time,” he said. “I obviously felt very welcome here with the Korean fans and they supported me the whole way through.” WWW.HKGA.COM

Bang Sae-moon, Korean Open, 2008

HK GOLFER・NOV/DEC 2008

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