Juniors Will Follow In Tseng's Footsteps
June 8, 2012

Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Taipei, the course where Yani Tseng trained as a junior before returning last year to win an LPGA event, will host the seventh Faldo Series Chinese Taipei Championship on June 19-20. The ladies world number one is a past winner of Sir Nick Faldo's global golf development programme.

Yani Tseng and Sir Nick Faldo

Chinese Taipei's golfing stars aged 12 to 21 will line up in the 36-hole Faldo Series event at Sunrise, hoping to secure a place in the seventh Asia Grand Final which Faldo will host at Mission Hills Golf Club in China next March.

With the field divided into five age-groups – three for boys and two for girls – the winners will qualify for the World Amateur Golf Ranking event at Mission Hills, won previously by Tseng as well as female compatriots Hsieh Yu-Ling and Liu Yi-Chen.

Established in 1996, 38 Faldo Series tournaments now take place in 28 countries worldwide with more than 7,000 golfers participating each year. Other past winners include men's world number one, Rory McIlroy.

The 2012/2013 Faldo Series Asia schedule features a record 18 tournaments in 15 countries, including four in mainland China and others in The Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Pakistan, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia and Thailand.

The Faldo Series Asia is supported by major partners ISPS, Mission Hills and The R&A, official golf wear partner UFL and official suppliers TaylorMade and Tricor. It is endorsed by the Asian Tour and the Asia Pacific Golf Federation.

To enter the seventh Faldo Series Chinese Taipei Championship at Sunrise Golf and Country Club in Taipei on June 19-20, email garoc.tw@mas.hinet.net or visit www.garoc.org .

For more information on the Faldo Series visit www.nickfaldo.com . You can also follow the Faldo Series on Facebook at www.facebook.com/faldoseries and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/faldoseries .