Three Singapore Academy junior golfers have been honoured with deserving promotions after the SGA announced its National Mens and Youth Squads for 2010.
After finishing 2009 in 2nd position on the National Youth Order of Merit, 14yr old Marc Ong (pictured here)has been promoted to the 2010 SGA National Squad, becoming the youngest ever golfer to be selected in the National Men's Squad. It is a terrific achievement for such a young player. Marc has been training with the Singapore Academy Head Instructor, Chris Marriott since he was 11yrs of age and has collected a number of prestigous trophies along the way, including the 2007 National Inter-Primary School Championship, the 2008 HSBC Junior Champion of Champions, the 2009 National Interschool Championship and the 2009 HSBC Youth Golf Challenge. He was runner-up in this years Thailand Junior World Team Championship and also had several great results against the bigger boys in both local and international amateur events. Amateur highlights for Marc in 2009 included reaching the quarter finals of the Singapore National Amateur Championship and a commendable 3rd place at the Warren Amateur Open. Both these performances showing Marc's huge potential.
The SGA also announced that academy juniors Edgar Oh and Nicholas Lim have been promoted into the 2010 SGA National Youth Squad. Both juniors had a terrific year in 2009. Edgar claimed many junior titles during the year but the standout achievements were his victories at the Singapore National Junior Championship and the SICC Junior Invitational. Nicholas has also earnt his selection in the National Youth Squad after some terrific performances in 2009. Winning the NSRCC Junior Open and the HSBC Youth Golf Challenge at SICC were the highlights of his year.
Congratulations to Marc, Edgar and Nicholas!
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