Handa Singapore Classic Reduced to 54-holes

The Singapore Handa Classic has been reduced to 54-holes after inclement weather resulted in long rain delays during the first 3 days of play.

Scott Barr has posted rounds of 67,69 to be 4-under par and 5 shots off the lead heading into the final round. Scott is currently leading the birdie stats on the Asian Tour so hopefully he can put a bunch of birdies together for tomorrow's final round and edge his way up the leaderboard.

Young 16yr old Marc Ong(pic above)made his first appearance as an amateur in an Asian Tour event and did a fine job recording two solid rounds of 71,72. Marc just couldn't quite get the putts to drop and unfortunately came up short of the cut line. It was still a great week and fantastic experience for the teenager who enjoyed sharing his practice rounds with Australian Touring Professionals Gavin Flint, Adam Blyth and 2012 Myanmar Open Champion Kieran Pratt amongst others.

Gavin Flint put some really good work together on his game in the lead-up to this weeks event and although his rounds of 72,69 were not quite enough to survive the cut, he will surely record some good results in the coming months.

RCC "Simply the Best" Corporate Invitational

The Raffles Country Club "Simply the Best" Corporate Invitational 2012 was held on Friday 30th March at RCC's Lake Course with 144 golfers enjoying a fabulous day of golf, food, beverages and entertainment.

Our Academy held a "Beat the Pro" competition in conjunction with this event, giving all participants the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes if they were successful in hitting their tee shot closer to the hole than myself on the par 3 2nd hole. A total of 4 golfers were able to sneak their tee shot closer than mine on the day

The "Grand Prize" of a 3 Day/2 Night golfing holiday to Danang, Vietnam was proudly sponsored by Golf Coast Vietnam, Danang Golf Club, Montgomerie Links and Hyatt Regency Danang. A huge thankyou goes out to our generous sponsors!

Victory for Monica in Thailand

Young 14yr old Academy junior Monica Matsubara has claimed a wire-to-wire victory at the True Visions Singha Junior Golf Championship upon her return to competition. This was Monica's first tournament since being forced out of the game nearly 6 months ago owing to a major surgery on her shoulder. Monica was tied for the lead after the opening round at The Pine Golf & Lodge but then pulled away from the field in her age division with rounds of 75,79 to claim victory by a massive 8 stroke margin.

Great effort Monica!!

Barr Shares early Panasonic Open Lead

Scott Barr shrugged off a bogey-bogey start at the wind-swept Delhi Golf Club to fight his way into a share of the clubhouse lead during the 1st round play of the Panasonic Open India.

Barr reeled off 6 birdies in his 2-under round of 70 to join 5 other players atop the leaderboard after completion of the morning rounds. Joining Scott with scores of 2-under were fellow Australian Adam Groom and Thailand's Prom Meesawat.

Senior Takes Clubhouse Lead

Peter Senior has a share of the clubhouse lead after his opening round of the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic. Senior shot 4-under on the back nine for a total of 5-under par 67. This was good enough to share the lead as play was suspended due to darkness.

Top 10 for Barr in Cambodia

Academy Touring Professional Scott Barr has recorded another solid result on the Asian Tour after finishing on a total of 10-under par and in a tie for 10th place at the Handa Faldo Cambodian Classic.

Barr opened the tournament with a pair of 71's then played some great golf over the weekend, shooting 69,67....dropping just the one shot to par in his last 36 holes.

Scott is now in 11th position on the Asian Tour Order Of Merit after 5 events. He is currently ranked 9th in Driving Distance(300yds)and ranked 2nd in Total Birdies(77). The next event on the Asian Tour schedule will be the Panasonic Open India.

Marc Ong 4th in Faldo Series Grand Final

Academy student Marc Ong stormed up the leaderboard with a terrific closing round of 4-under 68 to finish in 4th place in the Under-16 Division of the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final. Marc reeled off 5 birdies, with just the one dropped shot in his final round coming at the par 4 9th hole. Marc earned his place to represent Singapore at the ivitation-only Grand Final after winning the Faldo Series-Singapore Championship in October last year.

The 6th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final was played over 54 holes at the Mission Hills Golf Club(Faldo Course pictured above)in China. Nick Faldo continues to put in a great effort to promote the game of golf and provide incredible opportunities for junior golfers across Asia.