Peter Senior 2 behind at SAS Championship

Peter Senior is once again amongst the leaders at a Champions Tour event after posting a 1st round score of 5-under par 67 at the SAS Championship. Senior recorded 5 birdies and no bogeys around Prestonwood Country Club to trail Corey Pavin by just two shots.

Academy Junior Youngest in Asian Amateur Field

15yr old Marc Ong was not only the youngest player to qualify for this year's Asian Amateur Championship, but he also had the honor of hitting the opening tee shot of the Championship yesterday.

Marc teed off early yesterday morning at the Singapore Island Country Club's New Course alongside Australia's current no.1 ranked amateur Matt Stieger and Chinese Taipei's Lee Chieh-Po. Marc played a very steady opening round of 72 which included two birdies and two bogeys. It has been a terrific experience so far for the teenager, who yesterday played in front of members of the Augusta National committee including Chairman Mr Bill Payne. Marc also had the pleasure of meeting with former World No.1 and six-time Major winner Sir Nick Faldo who is in Singapore as a tournament guest.

The winner of the 2011 Asian Amateur Championship will receive an invitation to play in the 2012 US Masters, and together with the runner-up, will earn a place in International Final Qualifying for the 2012 Open Championship.

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Senior Edged Out in Playoff

Peter Senior has finished runner-up on the US Champions Tour for the 3rd time this season after losing out in a 4-way playoff at the Songdo IBD Championship in Korea.

Senior stormed his way up the leaderboard and into the playoff with a brilliant bogey-free final round of 8-under par 64! Senior joined Mark O'Meara, John Cook and Jay Don Blake in a sudden-death playoff after all four finished the tournament 13-under par. Senior was edged out of the playoff together with O'Meara on the 3rd hole before Jay Don Blake birdied the 5th extra hole to clinch the title from John Cook.

This continues what has been a very impressive 2011 Champions Tour campaign for Senior, with ten top 10 finishes now placing him 3rd on the Charles Schwab Cup rankings. Senior has now collected US$1,240,429.00 in prizemoney this season.

While disappointing for Pete to once again come so close to a maiden Champions Tour victory...it was another terrific performance and keeps him well in the hunt for the Charles Schwab Cup!

Marc shoots 66 on route to Putra Cup Victory

Marc Ong, Choo Tze Huang, Gregory Foo and Jerome Ng have claimed the 51st Putra Cup for Singapore with a brilliant victory at the South-East Asian Amateur Golf Team Championship. Team Singapore trailed Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia through 2 rounds but then vaulted their way to the top of the leaderboard in round 3 after all four team members posted rounds in the 60's. Singapore's charge to the top was lead by 15yr old Academy student Marc Ong who fired a fantastic 66 around Hong Kong's Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. Singapore managed to hold off Hong Kong and Indonesia in the final round to eventually win the Cup by 5 strokes.

In the overall individual championship, Marc Ong began the final round just 2 shots off the lead and after a shaky start by his rivals, Marc hit the lead early on the front nine. 3-putt bogeys on the 8th and 9th holes plus a disappointing back nine unfortunately dropped him out of the title contention. The individual title went to fellow countryman and former Academy student Choo Tze Huang who despite finding water on the 72nd hole, held on to claim his 2nd victory at this event. Congratulations to the boys on a great achievement!!

Sock Hwee Closes with 69 at Santi Cup

Koh Sock Hwee has fired a terrific closing round of 69 to finish in 10th place in the Ladies division of the South-East Asian Amateur Golf Championship in Hong Kong. Sock Hwee was the leading Singaporean in the Championship, with the Singapore Team finishing in 5th place behind Thailand for the 3rd Santi Cup.

Singapore National Amateur Update

Marc Ong continued his solid play from yesterday with a 2nd round score of 72 to complete the strokeplay section of the National Amateur Championship in 1-under par. Marc qualified through to the matchplay section of the championship in 2nd place behind Gregory Foo.

Other Academy students to perform well and earn themselves a spot in the matchplay were Billie Pay(4th), Princeton Yeo(13th) and 14yr old Lucius Toh who hung in their to take the 15th spot.

In the Ladies division....Koh Sock Hwee shot 76 to climb up and claim the number one qualifying spot after 36 holes of strokeplay. With the Ladies tees pushed well back, the Palm Course proved to be a very difficult challenge for the girls. Phoebe Tan also qualified through to the matchplay after finishing the strokeplay in 5th place.

Marc Leads National Amateur Championship

15yr old Academy student Marc Ong has taken a share of the first round lead after shooting a solid bogey-free round of 1-under par 71 at the 2011 Singapore National Amateur Championship. Marc made the turn at the Raffles Country Club Palm Course in 1-under par before reeling off 9 consecutive pars on the back nine.

The Championship is played over 36 holes of strokeplay with the top 16 players in the Men's division then qualifying for the matchplay section of the tournament, where the championship will be decided.

Marc shares the lead with former Academy student Gregory Foo. During his time training at our Academy, Greg had an outstanding junior record of achievement, winning numerous titles including the Asia-Pacific Junior Championship, Singapore Junior Open Golf Championship as well as a 3rd place finish at the prestigous Callaway Junior World Championships.

The Singapore National Amateur Championship has provided much success to our Academy students over the years, with the likes of Daren Lim, Patrick Tang, Lam Zhi Qun and Quincy Quek hoisting the trophy. In actual fact, 9 of the 11 winners in the National Amateur Championship's history have come through our Academy's training program!

Koh Sock Hwee, having recently just returned from competing at the World University Games, is currently in 4th position amongst the Ladies after her opening round. The National Amateur Championship included a Ladies division for the first time in 2010 and was won by another former Academy student Melissa Loh.