Perfect gift for Rizal

25/05/2003

RIZAL Amin's (pic) birthday wish came true when he emerged the gross
winner of the Pharmaton-National Press Club Golf Championship at the Nilai
Springs Golf Club in Negri Sembilan yesterday.
Rizal (handicap 3), who turned 20 on Friday, had a gross of 68 to win
the title. Finishing second was Jalaluddin Alias who shot a 74 to pip
Zaiful Nizam on countback.
In the team event, the pair of Asri Madzlan (24) and Jalaluddin Alias
(16) won the title with a score of 96.
"I started playing golf when I was 10-years-old and with good coaching
and encouragement from my father, I have finally landed my biggest title
to date," said a beaming Rizal, who plays his golf at the Kuala Lumpur
Golf and Country Club.
A total of 120 golfers teed off for the championship but none were lucky
enough to land the biggest prize of all - the Nissan Sentra 1.6 worth more
than RM100,000 - which was on offer for a hole-in-one at any of the four
par-three holes.
The prizes were given away by National Press Club president Ahirudin
Attan who thanked the Nilai Springs Golf Club for being such perfect
hosts.
"I would very much like to thank the management of Nilai Springs Golf
Club as not only did they let us utilise their beautiful course but did
not charge us green fees either. I was told that this is a bargain which
is hard to get at any course in Malaysia," said Ahirudin.
Selected scores: - Gross: 68 Rizal Amin (handicap 3); 74 Jalaluddin
Alias (16 - on count back), Zaiful Nizam (12); 76 Safri Ahmad Shaer (12);
77 Jummy Chia (5 - ocb), Bahari Abdullah; 79 Alex Yap (7 - ocb), Lee Yan
Long (10), Abdul Rahman Harun (12); 81 Abdul Jalil (11 - ocb), Datuk Dina
Rizal (12); 82 Haizal Ariffin (12 - ocb), Paul Wong (7); 83 Khairul Annuar
Azizi (9 - ocb), Shamsul Ibrahim (13); 84 Pekan Ramli (10 - ocb), Ang Ting
Kang (11), Mohamed Hanapi Amin (16), Mohamed Shahrum (14) Mazlan Mokhtar
(12).
TEAM: 96 Asri Madzlan (24)-Jalaluddin Alias (16); 84 Zaiful Nizam (12)-
Haizal Ariffin (12); 83 Bahari Abdullah (11)-Abdul Rahman Haron (12); 78
Norazman Ismail (18)-Mohamed Hanapi Amin (16); 77 Datuk Dina Rizal (12)-
Abdul Jalil (11) ocb; Safri Ahmad Shaer (12)-Paul Wong (7); 76 Khoo Boo
Boon (23)-Lau Peng Kai (14); 75 Patrick Choo (20)-K.C. Kang (24) ocb;
Sobri Pariluddin (20)-Abdul Aziz Kasim (23); Mazlan Mokhtar (12)-Shamsul
Ibrahim (13); 73 Leslie Lopez (12)-Lee Yan Long (10); 72 Winston
Jeyaprakash (19)-Mohamed Badri Jaafar (16) ocb; Tina Lim (16)-Peter Hoe
(20); 71 Tan Kok Cheng (18)-Mokhsin Abdullah (24); 70 Lim Ah Wah (18)-
Ganesan Sundram (19); 69 Harris Kudus (16)-Alex Yap (7) ocb; Ang Ting Kang
(11)-Khairul Annuar Azizi (9) ocb, Raymond Yee (22)-C.K. Low (20); 68 Tony
Francis (17) - K.P. Waran (16).
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