Hanafiah captures title

05/06/2003

HANAFIAH Jamil had a bad day on the greens but his two-day total of 143
was still good enough to land him the under-18 title in the second leg of
the SportExcel-National Sports Council championships at the Seri Selangor
Golf Club in Petaling Jaya yesterday.
Hanafiah, who fired a 69 in Tuesday's first round, double-bogeyed the
second and 18th yesterday but made up with birdies on the fifth, sixth,
15th and 17th for a two-over 72 which won him the title.
Hanafiah, 16, has set his sights on a bigger slice of the golfing pie.
Playing to a zero handicap, he is determined to land an amateur title
before he turns 17.
"My target right now is to win an amateur tournament before my 17th
birthday. I came close in the Perak Amateur Open where I finished second,"
he said.
At the Perak Amateur Open, played at the Meru Valley on the outskirts of
Ipoh last month, Hanafiah fired a two-round total of 221.
Second in the category was another budding golfer Anis Helmi who had
rounds of 75-73.
In the Girls' under-18, 13-year-old Ainil Johani of Kota Permai GC
lifted the crown with a total of 157.
Best Gross - Blue Tee: 143 Hanafiah Jamil (Rahman Putra) 69-74; Red Tee:
157 Ainil Johani (Kota Permai) 79-78.
Boys' Under-18: 143 Hanafiah Jamil (Rahman Putra) 69-74; 148 Anis Helmi
(KRTU) 75-73; 152 Helmi Abdul Rahman (Kota Permai) 74-78.
Under-15: 146 Park Jun Seok (Bkt Beruntung) 71-75; 157 Ken Wong Pi Hou
(Penang Golf Resort) 79-78; 159 Izwan Izhar (Octville) 77-82.
Boys' and Girls' Under-12: 168 Hisyam Abdul Majid (KGNS) 84-84; 172
Calvin Choo (Seri Selangor) 86-86; 175 Adreas Adler (KLGCC) 85-90.
Girls' Under-18: 157 Ainil Johani (Kota Permai) 79-78; 170 Khairun
Hanisah (SIGC) 90-80, Melanie Tham (MALGA) 87-83.
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