HKGA | MERCEDES-BENZ CLASSIC
On Top of Their Games Eight winners and runners-up qualify for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong following Classic event at Discovery Bay.
Chris Mun, the men’s winner with 34 points, in action
Setting off
Estee Leung won her division with 34 points
The winners and qualifiers from the men’s division
Photography by Daniel Wong MEN’S GROSS STABLEFORD 1 2 3 4=
Chris Mun Todd Hooper* Dallas Reid* Tse Hing-tong Simon Wong
34 points 32 30 29 29
LADIES’ GROSS STABLEFORD
The new CLA Class on display at DBGC
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imon Wong and Chan Ching-Yee are a step closer to a once-in-alifetime trip to the MercedesTrophy World Final in Germany after winning the men’s and ladies’ divisions in the inaugural HKGA Mercedes-Benz Classic at Discovery Bay Golf Club early last month. Fourteen-handicapper Wong carded 44 points to claim the men’s Nett Stableford prize and qualify for the prestigious MercedesTrophy Hong Kong. Chan Ching-Yee scored 42 points to win the Nett division in the ladies’ event and will return to Discovery Bay with Wong for the national qualifier on 23 May. Teenagers Chris Mun (13) and Estee Leung (14) won the men’s and ladies’ Gross Stableford prizes, both with 34 points. However the Hong Kong Golf Association junior squad members will have to wait until they turn 18 before they are eligible to qualify for the MercedesTrophy. A total of eight winners and runners-up from the inaugural HKGA MercedesBenz Classic – a two-day men’s and ladies’ tournament for HKGA subscribers – qualified for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong. Winners of that event will advance to the MercedesTrophy Asian Final on the Gold Coast in Australia and from there the highest scorer from the SAR will qualify for the MercedesTrophy World Final in Stuttgart, Germany. The annual HKGA Mercedes-Benz Classic was launched in a bid to provide more playing opportunities for golfers in Hong Kong following the recent appointment of Mercedes-Benz as the Exclusive Car Partner of the HKGA.
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1 2 3 4 5
Estee Vivian Leung CarrieAnn Lee Emily Vickie Leung Andrea Au Florence Wong
34 32 31 29 27
MEN’S NETT STABLEFORD 1 2 3=
Simon Wong* David Chung* William Leung* Chris Mun Nick Ho
44 43 41 41 41
The ladies’ qualifiers
Todd Hooper finished second with his 32-point haul
LADIES’ NETT STABLEFORD 1 2= 5
Chan Ching-yee* Florence Wong* Ng Pui-wah Miranda So Estee Vivian Leung
42 41 41 41 40
*qualifies for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong at Discovery Bay Golf Club on 23 May
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