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HKPGA Open Division
Order Of Merit 2013 Leg 4
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HKPGA Vice Chairman - Alex Tang (L) Winner - Tim Tang (R) |
The 4th leg of the Open Division and the 3rd leg of the Ladies Division for the Order of Merit of HKPGA were held at the Jade and Ruby Courses of the Discovery Bay Golf Club on the 19 and 20 of August 2013. Timothy Tang, Tour Player and Miss Pony Leung, being the hot picks, respectively won in their division.
"My Grandpa would be very happy"
Tim finally won again this year after four legs of the Open Division. For the lost in slight margin in the last two legs which Tim was tied at the fifth and the third respectively, winning this time was something special to him. When asked his thoughts towards holding the trophy again, Tim, unexpectedly, said "My grandpa would be very happy!"
With both of his parents live in the US, Tim has been accompanied by his grandpa and grandma in Hong Kong. He said that whenever he brought a trophy home, his grandpa felt the joy more than he did. Although his grandpa was not into golfing and indeed has no knowledge about it, he supported him all along and felt proud of him.
Tim expressed, "I got good chances to win during the last few legs. I was thinking too much of wanting to win. With a few mistake during the course, the chance of winning just slipped away. Gathering the experiences gained from the last two legs, I managed to tune in the competition with a more positive mindset and let go of the pressure. This time I played pretty relaxing and just played what I have been practiced and eventually the win came."
Tim played 67 and 68 for the two rounds with a total of 135 stokes this time. He won out over the winner of last two legs, James Stewart, by two strokes.
With a sudden heavy rain towards the end of day one, the match was announced to be suspended for half an hour after inspecting the course conditions by Ms Betty Ng, tournament official. Yet the course condition remained not favourable for the match to resume after suspending for more than an hour. Players of 6 groups, including Tim Tang, James Stewart, Jimmy Ko, LT Liu, KY Cheng, James Wong, who were playing the leading groups, that had not completed their round were required to continue finishing their round in the early morning the next day. It was fortunate that the two rounds of match were completed at last.
First time winner, Pony Leung
For the Ladies Division, Pony Leung, chose carried her own golf bag and walked, won the leg by a two stroke led. Just completed her HKPGA training in 2011, Pony got her first winning this time. She said, "This course is like my home course. I carried my bags when practicing here; so I used to the walking in the terrain of this course. I played with high concentration this time and winning the leg was a very joyful event to me. Of course, I wished I could get more birdies!"
Pony got a lot of orange color on her this time including her clothes and gears. She indeed loved the orange color much and the color shone on the course!
Pony was among the few local ladies players that have focused on ladies competition. She was determined to join the Ladies China Tour and had joined one event last year. It would be a great meaning to her and to the professional golfing in Hong Kong if she could success in getting a professional world ranking. This year, she had played three Ladies China Tour events and made cut in two events. She was the only one ladies player from local that had made cut in the events. Keep up the good work, Pony!
It would be worth to mention that the results of the 4th leg were outstanding. Other than Tim who had played in the 60's for both rounds, a few other players also finished at under par like James Stewart (69, 68) and James Wong (70, 67) both tied at second place and KY Cheng (67, 74) at the fourth place. Maybe due to the tight competition schedule this year, players played progressively well and played in good form.
Both Jade and Ruby of the Discovery Bay Golf Club are par 71.
Complete Leaderboard
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Ladies Division Winner - Pony Leung |
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Venue: The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course, Hong Kong Golf Club and Clearwater Bay Golf Club
Date: 13th-15th January 2015
POS | PLAYERS | R1 | R2 | R3 | TOTAL | |
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1 |
UNHO PARK | 74 | 68 | 64 | 206 |
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2 |
SCOTT BARR | 75 | 68 | 67 | 210 |
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3 |
CHAN CHUN HUNG | 74 | 68 | 69 | 211 |
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T4 |
C J GATTO | 74 | 73 | 70 | 217 |
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T4 |
TANG TSZ HANG | 75 | 70 | 72 | 217 |
2015 HKPGA Order Of Merit - 1st Leg
(Open Division and Ladies Division)
Venue: The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course
Date: 30th-31st March 2015
1 |
STEWART JAMES |
139 |
2 |
CHAU PUI |
141 |
3 |
BOULET DOMINIQUE |
148 |
T4 |
TANG TSZ HANG |
149 |
T4 |
CHOY WILSON |
149 |
T6 |
LAM ISAAC* |
150 |
T6 |
KU YU |
150 |
8 |
MA KAM FAT |
151 |
9 |
WONG WOON MAN |
152 |
Amateur*
2015 HKPGA Order Of Merit - 1st Leg (Senior Div.)
Venue: Yinli Foreign Investors Golf Club
Date : 2nd-3rd March 2015
1 |
TANG MAN KEE |
154 |
2 |
TANG SHU WING |
156 |
3 |
SUNG SING
|
158 |
4 |
LEE YING TUNG |
162 |
5 |
KAN KING YAU |
163 |
6 |
LIU PING KWONG |
164 |
T7 |
SO SEK MAN |
165 |
T7 |
LEE WING MING |
165 |
T7 |
WONG CHING KWAN
|
165 |
T10 |
YIP ON WAH |
166 |
T10 |
MORALES ALFREDO |
166 |
T10 |
YAU CHI MING |
166 |