Pharmaton Senior Open

05/06/2002

THE Pharmaton-Saujana Senior Malaysian Open will tee off on June 18-20 at
the Saujana Golf and Country Club.
Entering its fourth year, the Senior Open is set to go places as entries
have been invited from Japan, Thailand and Taiwan.
"We see a bright future in the Senior Malaysian Open and right now,
Saujana is working to make it as one of the qualifying rounds for the US
Senior Tour. But we still have a long way to go, and as a first step, we
have invited seniors from neighbouring countries to take part this year,"
said Abu Bakar Mohamed Nor, director of Saujana Resort.
Last year, the winner in the professional category was V. Nellan, 53,
the amatuer (gross) winner was Johnny Tan and the nett winner was Harry
Ng.
Veteran Nellan won the Senior Malaysian Open by 10 strokes for the most
one-sided victory in the tournament's three year history.
Nellan, who led the pack after the first and second round by one and
seven strokes respectively, ended his campaign with a three-over 75 for a
three-day total of 10 over 226.
"And to make the Senior Open more exciting, we have doubled the prize
money to RM20,000 this year and are working to add another RM10,000 in the
fifth edition next year," said Abu Bakar.
The fourth edition will be held at the Bunga Raya course which has
undergone extensive renovation to make it more challenging.
"Much has been done to the Bunga Raya Course to make it as one of the
most challenging courses in the country - on par with Saujana's Palm
Course.
"The Senior Open participants will face a new tough 10th hole, which
plays dog-leg to a small and fast green set next to the water's edge.
Also, more bunkers have been added and many tee boxes extended," said Abu
Bakar.
Saujana GCC will also be organising the Pharmaton-Saujana Endurance Golf
on July 6.
"The demand for playing spots in the Endurance tournament has far
exceeded our original expectations. Last year, there were more than 230
golfers who took up the challenge and this year we expect the same
number," said Abu Bakar.
The men's Endurance winner last year was Y.C. Liew while the women's
event was won by Roziana Harun.
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