Sock Wins Warren Amateur Open

Several Academy students have performed well at this years Warren Amateur Open but it was Koh Sock Hwee who lead the pack, claiming the overall Ladies Title by 3 strokes.

It was extremely tough going for the Ladies in this World Amateur Ranking Event with the tees pushed back, strong gusty winds and punishing pin positions on the last day. Sock Hwee played very solid golf through the first 7 holes of the final round, at one stage stretching her lead to 8. Former Academy student and SLGA National Squad member Kok Jo Ee posted a challenge to Sock, but it was not quite enough to make up the 6-shot overnight deficit. Sock Hwee stumbled late in the day with a double-bogey on her final hole but it was still enough for her to cruise to a 3-stroke victory.

Fellow Academy student, 16yr old junior Phoebe Tan also played nicely in the final round of the championship, moving her way up to claim 5th place.

In the Men's division of the tournament, Singapore Sports School student Marc Ong who started the final day back in a tie for 9th, opened up his final round with back-to-back birdies. Marc continued to fight hard all day and whilst he did let a number of opportunities slide by on the greens, his closing round of 72 was the lowest score on a very difficult day and good enough for outright 2nd place. Marc won the Warren Amateur Open as a 14yr old last year, so this was a great defense of his title!

Other Academy students to perform commendably were Princeton Yeo and Abdul Hadi. Princeton played some very solid golf throughout the tournament and played himself right into contention on the back nine. He finished in 4th position overall. 15yr old Hadi upstaged all the older more experienced players in round 2 after posting the days lowest round of 71 on a day when scoring was very high owing to the severely undulating and challenging Warren greens.

Congratulation to Sock Hwee and well done to all our students who performed well on this difficult golf course.