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D’Souza Wins Individual Title at U.S. National Junior College Tournament Leon D’Souza, the Top Placed Amateur Trophy winner at the UBS HK Open last December, won the individual title with a total score of 280 (-8) at the NJCA A Division II Championship hosted by the Glen Lakes Golf Club in Alabama. The HK amateur star has committed to play for the University of Nevada on an athletic scholarship. To prepare for his college career, D’Souza is playing for the South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. His teammate Jeffrey M i l ler f i n i she d one st roke b eh i nd to ea rn t he 2nd place. T he SMC C Men’s golf team finished 4th, only lost by four strokes as the top 4 teams were very tight to finish. Leon D’Souza (centre) and the South Mountain Community College Men’s golf team
Discovery-PGA TOUR Create US2 Billion Partnership
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Di scover y a nd t he PG A T OU R to d ay a n nou nced pla ns to form a pioneeri ng strategic alliance to create a new global home for golf, delivering the sport’s most exciting moments, players and championships to passionate fans around the world on every screen and device. The alliance will seek to benefit the game worldwide, helping to drive golf ’s global fan base and grow the sport around the world. The unprecedented 12-year relationship, to begin in 2019, would include global multiplatform live rights, outside the United States, to all PGA TOUR media properties, including the six Tours operating under the PGA TOUR umbrella and more than 140 tournaments annually, including THE PLAYERS Championship, the FedExCup Playoffs, and the Presidents Cup. Besides, to live linear rights in 219 markets and territories, the alliance will include the creation of a dedicated, PGA TOUR-branded, OTT video streaming service, which will capitalise on Discovery’s direct-to-consumer experience as home to the Eurosport Player. Discover y expects to invest more t ha n $2 billion over the course of the alliance, including licensing of the PGA TOUR’s international media rights and building a global OTT platform available outside the 10
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Left to right: David Zaslav, President and CEO of Discovery, Jay Monahan, Commissioner of PGA TOUR United States, with a gradual increase of annual investment during the term. Building on a heritage of world-class coverage, Discovery and the PGA TOUR will work with leading broadcasters and distribution platforms to deliver PGA TOUR content to viewers around the world. Opportunities will also be explored within Discovery’s portfolio of pay-TV and free-toair channels, and digital and short-form platforms, to best utilise the PGA TOUR’s extensive non-live and library rights for all media platforms. HKGOLFER.COM
‘HSBC Insurance Hour’ Offers Free Golf Lessons to the Community
HSBC Insurance teams up with Hong Kong Golf Association to bring the “HSBC Insurance Hour” initiative to local primary schools and the broader community by offering free golf lessons, in support of HSBC’s commitment to promoting and enhancing access to the sport. Sp on sore d a nd orga n i se d by HSBC Insurance in collaboration with HKGA, the five-day ‘HSBC Insurance Hour’ initiative drove into action at Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Primary School with more than 100 students
who are new to the sport of golf. Ms Agnes Chan, Chief Customer Officer Hong Kong of HSBC Insurance and Mr Danny Lai, CEO of HKGA joined the students at the “HSBC Insurance Hour” launch to tee off the initiative with the “HSBC Golf for Schools Week”. Throughout the week, more than 1,000 students from 15 primary schools were given ShortGolf training – a new and unique ‘first touch’ training system which makes it fun and easy to teach and learn golf at school. The HKGA Junior Squad members Isabella Leung, Michelle Cheung, Jonathan Lai and Arianna Lau also joined the launch event to pass on their learnings and experience to the participants. HSBC Golf For Schools initiative is currently active in 28 local primary schools.