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City Links Corporate Golf League: The War on Wyndham Calling all corporate golf warriors. City Links Golf Lounge, the swish indoor golf centre-cum-bar on Wyndham Street in Central, is now accepting entries for Hong Kong's first and only indoor Corporate Golf League. Starting from March 8, eight two-player teams will compete over seven weeks, playing on City Links' state-of-the-art golf simulators, for the War on Wyndham Trophy. The winning team will also earn a golf weekend for two to Thailand and HK$50,000 will be donated to a charity of their choice. Although only two players compete each week, each team may consist of up to eight players, which can be substituted at any time throughout the league. Entry fee per team is HK$15,000 and all players must possess a valid handicap. Visit www.citylinksgolf.com to register.
March Date for 2011 Ageas HKPGA Championship
Charles McLaughlin (Gatto)
This year's Ageas HKPGA Championship, the most prestigious professional event in local golf outside of the Hong Kong Open, sees a new date and a return to its original format. To be played from March 29-31 the event will be headlined once again by Wayne Grady, the 1990 USPGA champion, who made his debut in September last year. The Australian, who narrowly lost out in a play-off to Mark Calcavecchia at the 1989 Open Championship at Royal Troon, finished second to Shenzhen-based American CJ Gatto (pictured) in 2010 and says he's looking forward to returning to Hong Kong. "I really enjoyed last year and will be hoping to go one better this time around," said Grady, who works as a commentator for the BBC and Channel Nine in Australia when he's not competing. "It's a great event and thanks to Ageas' involvement, it has a really bright future." Sponsored for the second successive year by Ageas, one of the largest insurance companies in the world, the 54-hole stroke play tournament will be played over three different courses, which is how the championship started life back in 1976. The first and second rounds will be held over the Old Course at Fanling and Clearwater Bay, while the North Course at The Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Golf Course will host he all-important final round. The Pro-Am will be played on March 28 at the Hong Kong Golf Club. Among the local professionals vying for the title, which boasts a HK$300,000 prize fund, include two-time winner Dominique Boulet, 2001 champion Derek Fung and 2010 Order of Merit winner Wong Woon-man. Stuart Fraser, CEO of Ageas Insurance Company (Asia), said: "It's all set to be an exciting championship with the best Hong Kong professionals going up against players from around the region. We're delighted to welcome back both Wayne Grady and defending champion CJ Gatto and look forward to witnessing three days of first-class championship golf." 48
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Max Claims US Kids Win in Hawaii Congrat ulations to Hong Kong's Max Ting who triumphed in spectacular fashion at the US Kids Golf 2010 Ka'anapali Hawaiian Classic in December. Max, a member at Clearwater Bay, improved on each day, firing rounds of 75, 73 and 72 to claim the Boys' Age 10 Division by a notable 11 strokes. As a result of his win, Max earns a berth at the US Kids World Championship, which will be held at the venerable Pi nehu rst Re sor t i n Nor t h Carolina in August. This is the third consecutive year that Max has qualified for the event, considered one of junior golf's top events. HKGOLFER.COM