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Asian Tour stars turn out for youth at First Tee

Stars from the Asian Tour joined forces with the First Tee of Singapore and competed in its Fourth Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday.

The Asian Tour has been a key supporter of The First Tee of Singapore since last year where it focuses on the development of young talents through golf.

The Annual Golf Tournament is the latest of many events and clinics organised in conjunction with the Asian Tour to provide young enthusiasts the opportunity to learn from Asia's top professionals.

A total of 10 junior golfers and 20 amateur players teed off alongside 10 Asian Tour stalwarts at the Singapore Island Country Club.

Gerry Norquist, a five-time winner in Asia and now the Tour's Senior Vice President for Commercial Development, led the field alongside Singaporean duo Mardan Mamat and compatriot Lam Chih Bing

Lam has supported the First Tee of Singapore, a non-profit organization, as he had also participated in the first golf clinic organised by the Asian Tour during the Barclays Singapore Open last year. The clinic had attracted 70 kids from The First Tee of Singapore then.

Other top Asian Tour stalwarts who played with the youngsters included Filipinos Angelo Que and Cookie Lao, Australia's Scott Barr and Unho Park, Danny Chia of Malaysia, Hong Kong’s James Stewart and Myanmar’s Zaw Moe.

Among the lucrative prizes on offer at the First Tee Annual Golf Tournament were a luxury car for a hole-in-one, top of the line watches, business class tickets and golf clubs.

The kids were previously given a rare opportunity to meet the pros during The First Tee’s Annual Mini Golf Tournament last September. The continuing efforts between the Asian Tour and the First Tee of Singapore is a positive development towards the growth of the sport among the young golfers.

March 30, 2007