THE Ambank Group-SportExcel Malaysian Junior Golf Grand Finals will be held at the Rahman Putra Golf Club on Dec 12-14.
A total of 120 golfers, 90 from Malaysia, and 30 from Thailand, South Korea, England and also for the first time from India will make it an exciting finale.
The tournament will also double up as the International Junior Golf Championship, and the winner will receive the Tan Sri Azman Hashim Trophy, named after the Ambank Group Chairman.
“SportExcel firmly believes that the future of Malaysian sports lies in the sustainable junior development programme and we at AmBank share he same vision a we believe in supporting this tournament for the seventh year,” said Ambank senior Genaral Manager Syed Anuar Syed Ali.
Ambank will contribute RM28,860 for this edition, bringing their total in seven years to RM190,000.
“Our commitment, to date, has benefited 620 youth golfers and it has also come to our attention that in the 2013 Myanmar Sea Games, the bulk of our players will be from the SportExcel alumni.
:It is heartening to note that the programme run by SportExel have produced many sportsmen and sportswomen who went on to win at the world stage,” said Syed Anuar.
SportExcel Chairman Tunku Tan Sri Imran Tuanku Ja’afar threw a challenge for the young golfers to move abroad and ply their trade.
“If you notice the top athletes in Malaysia moved abroad and trained as well as played in many tournaments on their own to become champions.
“And since young Korean, Thai, English and India golfers keen enough to come here and play, Malaysian golfers should also move abroad and play in as many tournaments if they intend to become Olympic as well as world beaters,” said Tunku Imran.
There will be seven categories in the tournament, with the combined Under-9, and Boys and Girls in the Under-12, Under-15 and Under-20.
The 90 Malaysians were selected for the Grand Finals after playing over eight legs in the SportExcel junior circuit.
