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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
SGC President Andrew Lim
Dear Members,
I wish everyone a Happy New Year! Although 2020 was without exception a difficult and challenging year for us, I would like to begin this message with a word of thanks.
Firstly, I would like to thank all of you, the Members, for your encouragement, support and cooperation during 2020. Secondly, I would like to thank each member of our General Committee, our Greens Committee (led by Vernon Khoo), our Ladies’ Committee (led by Lyn Yeo) and all other committees, for your contributions to SGC. Finally, I would like to thank Andy Johnston, and the members of the management and staff of SGC, for their outstanding efforts in ensuring the continued operations of the Club during the year.
2020 2020 has been another significant milestone year for SGC. We are thankful to be given the funds and opportunity by Sentosa Development Corporation to refresh The Serapong and are delighted to reopen our award-winning golf course for members play. The renovations took nine months to complete with just over a one-month delay in these unprecedented times.
Our SGC team were able to keep up with the renovations schedule, mainly because of the exceptional contributions of our staff. Irrespective of seniority, our staff from the agronomy team, the F&B team and the admin team, stepped up and helped with the renovation works, especially during the time when almost all the contractor’s foreign workers were quarantined in the dormitories. Along with The Serapong, the Club also completed the upgrade of the Clubhouse infrastructure, including our IT backbone system and changing room facilities. During the new 2020 era, SGC also:
Became a signatory of the United Nations Sports for Climate Action Initiative – the first golf club in the world to do so
Continued to underline our position as a world-class destination by improving 20 places to rank 59th (out of over 38,000 golf courses worldwide) in Golf Digest’s World’s Top 100 Greatest Golf Courses Rankings
Collected two prestigious awards at the World Golf Awards 2020: World’s Best Eco-Friendly Golf Facility and Singapore’s Best Golf Course
Golf Sponsorship Programme
SGC has renewed its golf sponsorship programme that will see the Club support six local amateur and professional golfers in their development. The six players will have full access to SGC’s practice facilities until the end of 2021. Two new Professional players have been chosen for this programme: rising star Abdul Hadi, 25, and Jesse Yap, 30, the reigning SPGA Order of Merit winner. Both players, along with the other players SGC supports, will benefit tremendously from the world-class training facilities and championship golf courses available at SGC. Please extend our Sentosa welcome when you see them at the Club.
In closing, I would like to thank all members for your continued support, and I wish each and every one of you good health and golf throughout 2021.
