(From left) Jeremiah Kim, Kenneth de Silva, Azman Basharudin, Hisyam Abd Majid, Gavin Kyle Green and Chan Tuck Soon will be the amateurs playing in the Maybank Malaysian Open which tees off today. — Picture by Osman AdnanMALAYSIAN amateur Hisyam Abd Majid is looking forward to becoming a professional by making the cut and collecting his dues in the Maybank Malaysian Open which tees off today.
Hisyam, 19, will be among 22 Malaysians, six of whom are amateurs, who will be trying to make the cut for the weekend at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club.
"It is not an impossible target, as I have played the course and it has been kind to me. I hope to play all four rounds, and hopefully, make some money and turn pro," said Hisyam.
Among the other local professional hopefuls are Danny Chia, Iain Steel, Ben Leong, Shaaban Hussin and S. Siva Chandhran.
The Malaysian cast: 1 Danny Chia, 2 Shaaban Hussin, 3 Iain Steel, 4 Ben Leong, 5 Airil Rizman Zahari, 6 M. Sasidaran, 7 S. Sivachandran, 8 A. Sasar, 9 R. Nachimuthu, 10 Rashid Ismail, 11 Hanafiah Jamil, 12 Akmal Tarmizee, 13 Kenneth de Silva (Am), 14 Gavin Kyle Green (Am), 15 Jeremiah Kim (Am), 16 Chan Tuck Soon (Am), 17 Azman Basharudin (Am), 18 Hisyam Abd Majid (Am), 19 Khor Kheng Hwai, 20 Sukree Othman, 21 Nicholas Fung, 22 Shaifubari Muda.
