Team Singapore played their hearts out the entire week, and will be returning home even more motivated to keep getting better.
Our Putra Cup team had a strong final day to secure 3rd place in the Men’s event (871 total).
Our Lion City team finished 4th (598 total) in the Boys event, with Andre Chong coming in 3rd for the individual event.
Our Santi Cup team finished 7th (618 total) in the Women’s event, whilst our Kartini Cup team came 6th (632 total) in the Girl’s event.
Team Singapore would like to thank everyone for their continued support. We will keep forging on!
Congratulations once again to the winning teams!
: Men (Putra Cup)
- Thailand (847 total)
: Women (Santi Cup)
- Philippines (559 total)
: Boys (Lion City Cup)
- Myanmar (590 total)
: Girls (Kartini Cup)
- Thailand (590 total)
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In day one of the South East Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship, Team Thailand opened their account with a four stroke lead over Team Singapore and the team from the Philippines in the Putra Cup. The Thais combined score total of 215 are still within striking distance by the Singapore team which shot identical score of 219 with the team from the Philippines. Joshua Ho carded a 71 in the first round, two back of leader Leon Philip Dsouza from Hong Kong in the individual category.
In the Santi Cup, the women’s team from the Philippines put up great numbers to push through to the lead. Bianca Isabel Pagdanganan and Lois Kaye Go shot 70, 71 (141) respectively to put them 6 shots ahead of the team from Thailand which opened with a total team score (best 2 out of 3) of 147. Singapore sits in sixth place after shooting an opening combined score of 154.
Meanwhile in the Lion City Cup, the boy’s team from Indonesia sit at the top of the leaderboard with a combined score of 145 (best 2 out of 3) 5 points clear of the team from Myanmar. The Singapore boy’s team currently is at seventh place with 155 points but there is still lots more golf left to be played.
In the Kartini Cup, it is a close battle at the top as the girl’s team from Thailand leads just by a single stroke over their opponents from the Philippines. The Thais opened with a combined score of 148 (best 2 out of 3). Our Singapore girls are 5 places back after opening with a score of 160.
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19 December 2018
The South-East Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship will be held this year from 20 – 23 December at City Golf Course, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
During this championship, teams will be competing for four trophies concurrently; Putra Cup (Men), Santi Cup (Women), Lion City Cup (Boys), Kartini Cup (Girls).
In this year’s championship, Team Golf SG will be represented by a fresh youthful team to compete against players from other South-East Asian countries for all 4 trophies.
The team have been hard at work and is poised to challenge for the big prize in the final event of the year.
Team Golf SG Members Competing
Putra Cup (Men):
- Low Wee Jin (Elite Squad)
- Joshua Ho (Elite Squad)
- Lucius Toh (Elite Squad)
- James Leow (Overseas Squad)
Santi Cup (Women):
- Goh Jen (Development Squad)
- Linette Chua (Overseas Squad)
- Inez Ng (Development Squad)
Lion City Cup (Boys):
- Brandon Han (Development Squad)
- Sean Lee (Development Squad)
- Andre Chong (Development Squad)
Kartini Cup (Girls):
- Angel Lim (Development Squad)
- Shayne Lim (Development Squad)
- Jillian Kuk (Junior Squad)
Brief History of the South-East Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship
The ‘Putra Cup’ was launched in 1961 by the late Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al Haj, an avid golfer and who was then the Prime Minister of Malaya.
The competition was created to help develop closer relations among South-East Asians through the tournament and to help improve the standard of the game in the region.
The ‘Lion City Cup’ was introduced by Singapore in 2004 and was held in Jakarta, Indonesia to provide a junior team event for boys in the ASEAN region. Following the Lion City Cup’s success, Thailand introduced the ‘Santi Cup’ for women in 2009, and Indonesia introduced the ‘Kartini Cup’ for girls in 2013.
The series of Annual Tournaments has fostered camaraderie and understanding, cemented personal friendships and contributed to the development of closer relations among all who have taken part in it.