Marc 2nd at Selangor Amateur Open

Marc Ong produced another impressive performance for a 15yr old junior golfer after finishing in 2nd place at the 2011 Selangor Amateur Open.

Marc shot an opening round of 2-over par 74, before launching himself into contention with a fantastic 6-under par 66 on day two of the tournament. His 66 around Perangsang Templer Golf Club was the lowest score recorded by any player for the week and included 7 birdies and just the one bogey on his 17th hole. Trailing by 4-shots heading into the final round, Marc posted a very commendable 1-under par round of 71 but could still not make up any ground on the leader as fellow countryman Jerome Ng ran away from the field with a closing 3-under par 69. It was an impressive wire-to-wire victory for Jerome and a terrific result for Singapore golf as members of the 2011 SEA Games team all showed solid form, taking out the top 3 places after Choo Tze Huang secured 3rd place behind Marc with a fine closing round of 68.

Congratulations Marc on yet another great tournament and best of luck to the Singapore team for the upcoming SEA Games in Jakarta!

Marc Bounces Back with Brilliant 68

Marc Ong put together a brilliant 4-under par round of 68 during yesterday's 3rd round of the Asian Amateur Championship at the Singapore Island Country Club. Teeing off the 10th hole, the 15yr old Academy junior strung together 3 birdies on the back nine, before dropping his only shot of the day on the par 4 3rd hole with an unfortunate 3-putt. The teenager then collected another two birdies at the 6th and 8th holes before setting himself up with a very makeable birdie putt on the par 5, 9th....his final hole of the day. The putt for 67 narrowly missed but his 68 was still the lowest 3rd round score posted by a Singaporean and this moved Marc up more than 20 places on the leaderboard into a tie for 35th amongst the best 120 Amateur golfers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Other Singapore golfers who have graduated through our Academies training program with the Singapore Sports School and are also performing very well this week include Lam Zhi Qun 74,66,74....George Foo 73,72,71 and Gregory Foo 74,71,73.

Marc Ong 3rd at rain-shortened Warren Amateur Open

Marc Ong, one of Singapore's promising young junior golfers has finished just 2 shots behind in 3rd place after 2 rounds of 75 at the Warren Amateur Open. It was a great result against much older and more experienced competitors on a very difficult golf course. It was however a disappointing end to the week as the 3rd and final round was cancelled due to bad weather. Marc was drawn to play in the championship group on the final day together with the current National Amateur Champion Jonathan Leong and National squad member Johnson Poh. The Amateur title was awarded to former Gary Edwin Golf Academy student Jonathan Leong after defeating Johnson in a playoff.