Club to host 6 major tournaments in 2018
KUCHING: Damai Golf and Country Club (DGCC) is set to host six major events in 2018 and to offer the best golfing experience to all the participants, including those from overseas. This was disclosed by DGCC general manager, Roslan Mohd Salleh who expressed enthusiasm for the club’s calendar of events for the year 2018 which will attract both the local and international golfers, including those from neighbouring countries such as Indonesia and Brunei.
He said this during the closing and prize presentation ceremony of the recent DGCC Monthly Medal Golf 2018 tournament which received encouraging response from members who had to brave the wet weather and strong winds.
According to him, holding the inaugural Sarawak Junior Amateur Open on March 20–22 will also enable more young golfers to try out the challenging course at DGCC and to encourage them to compete against their counterparts from other countries. “For the year 2018, we will again be hosting the Kuching leg of the PGM-MNRB Sarawak Golf Championship 2018 on Sept 12-15 – which is part of the prestigious Asian Development Tour (ADT),” Roslan added.
He said the club will also be one of the hosting venues for the inaugural International Amateur Inter- Team Golf Championship which will be participated by at least five different countries and the event is tipped to be a signature golf tourism tournament organised locally.
Apart from that, DGCC will become the venue for the annual SGA Cup golf championship 2018 between Sarawak and Sabah which will be held on November 2–4 while the Sarawak Inter-Club golf championship 2018 is on from October 6–7.
Meanwhile, Iskandar Mat Jani bagged his first golf title of the year after he emerged as overall champion in the DGCC Monthly Medal (February) golf tournament with a nett score of one under par 71. He scored an eagle over the club’s Mountain Hole 17 and a birdie to beat Zekaria Hussaini into second placing with a score of 73 on countback (OCB).
The third placing was won by Mohd Fauzi Mohamat while Mohd Kassa Dollah and Anwar Sahabuddin finished fourth and fifth placing respectively.
The gross category title was won by Roslan Mohd Salleh himself with a score of 82 while Yakub Ramli and Haidi Ramelan finished second and third placing respectively. The fourth placing was won by Sulaiman Ganti while Abdul Talip Borhan finished fifth.
