Farif emerges tops despite shooting a six-over 78

19/12/1997

MOHAMED Farif of the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA) played a steady hand
to claim the SportExcel National Junior Golf Grand Finals trophy at the
Saujana Golf and Country Club yesterday.
Farif, who remained in the shadows in the earlier rounds, returned six-
over 78 to pip overnight leader Airil Rizman of the National Sports
Council by one stroke.
Airil, who shot a 76 in the first round, returned an 80 for the second
place. Mohamed Sahal of the MGA finished third on a three-day total of
240.
In the Under-16 category, Lim Eng Seng of Seremban International Golf
Club (SIGC) returned 82 but it was good enough to win him the title. Izwan
Nordin of SportExcel and Collin Gan of Sapura finished second and third on
a three-day total of 244 and 250 respectively.
Wee Jason of Sapura returned an 83 to win the Under-13 title while
Hanafiah Jamil finished second on a three-day total of 253.
Final rd scores - Boys' Under-20: 234 Mohamed Farif Jalil 79-77-78
(MGA); 235 Airil Rizman 76-79-80 (MSN); 240 Mohamed Sahal 74-89-77 (MGA);
243 Mohamed Paizal Bee 80-83-80 (MGA); 246 Benjamin Tan 85-82-79 (MSN);
249 Shaaban Hussein 81-80-88 (RKC-MSN Ked); 250 Mohamed Rosydi 82-81-87
(RKC-MSN Ked); 253 Faridil Atras 83-92-78 (MGA); 258 S. Sundram 88-86-84
(SGL); 259 Ting Tiew Kai 91-86-82 (Sarawak GC), Ku Shahidan Ku Din 85-88-
86 (RKC-MSNKel).
Under-16: 241 Lin Eng Seng 80-79-82 (SIGC); 244 Izwan Nordin 82-76-86
(SportExcel-KKGC); 250 Collin Gan 80-86-84 (Sapura); 251 Ting Tiew Seng
83-80-88 (KGS); 255 Tengku Nasrul Faiz 83-86-86 (MSN); 257 Wai Haw Chuan
86-86-85 (RSGC); 258 Alidas Sain 90-83-85 (KGS); 261 Mohamed Ridzuan 85-
89-87 (MSN Kel), Lee Sau Joo 87-86-88 (SIGC); 265 Mohamed Edry 85-87-93
(Labuan GC); 266 Fong Yewin 92-85-89 (Sapura-KRTU), Dino Daud 87-90-89
(Labuan GC); 273 Fong Seng Tat 94-88-91 (KRTU); 275 Matthew Ng 94-93-88
(KGSAAS); 278 Victor Sim 91-89-98 (KHGC).
Under-13: 249 Wee Jason 80-86-83 (Sapura-PGCC); 253 Hanafiah Jamil 78-
92-83 (PKGR); 257 Khor Kheng Wai 89-78-90 (Sarawak GC); 268 Azlizan
Zakaria 92-90-86 (MSN Kel); 294 Anslem Chang 104-94-96 (KGS); 298 Mohamed
Hanis 97-100-101 (KGS); 300 Kemarol Baharin 96-97-107 (BKGCC).
Girls' Under-20: 251 Mary Thing 85-84-82 (SGC); 263 Lau Sook Ping 89-90-
84 (KGNS); 271 Delsye Teo 90-92-89 (Sarawak GC); 274 Lee Seok Voon 95-92-
87 (KGNS); 278 Sim Yik Chwin 95-94-89 (Sarawak GC), Rebecca Sia 93-84-101
(SGC); 293 Chooi Yu San 99-94-100 (KGNS); 316 Amelia Lee 103-11-102
(KGNS); 354 Desiree Lee 110-119-125 (KGNS).
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