Au and Chung Qualify for MercedesTrophy Asian Final Nicky Au and David Chung were two of seven Hong Kong golfers to qualify for a trip to Australia at the recent MercedesTrophy Hong Kong 2014. Both had qualified for the prestigious event at Discovery Bay Golf Club via nominated HKGA tournaments. Au qualified for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong via the Hong Kong Seniors Close Amateur Championship at Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club, where he finished runner-up to Doug Williams in May, whilst Chung was there by virtue of his finish in the HKGA Mercedes-Benz Classic at Discovery Bay in March. Au and Chung can now look forward to the MercedesTrophy Asian Final in Australia on August 12-15 where they will be joined by Robert Cheng, Tai Chi-ming, Siu Chak-wai, Lawrence Lee and Yam Wan-fei. Played on the Gold Coast, the highest scorer amongst any of those seven who own a MercedesBenz will represent Hong Kong against amateurs from all over the world in the MercedesTrophy World Final in Germany in September. This was the sixth edition of the MercedesTrophy in Hong Kong and the first since Mercedes-Benz was appointed Exclusive Car Partner of the HKGA
in a bid to create more playing opportunities for amateur golfers in Hong Kong. A total of 144 golfers competed at Discovery Bay and two cars were on display – the ML 250 BlueTEC (the first Mercedes-Benz diesel passenger car) and the CLA 250 on offer for a hole-in-one.
THE QUALIFIERS Division A champion:
Nicky Au
Division A runner-up:
Robert Cheng
Division B champion:
Tai Chi-ming
Division B runner-up:
David Chung
Division C champion:
Siu Chak-wai
Division C runner-up:
Lawrence Lee
Division D champion:
Ms Yam Wan-fei
Courtesy of Mercedes-Benz; Daniel Wong (Mizuno)
Mizuno Solid in Malaysian Amateur Shinichi Mizuno put in a solid display to finish the 112th Malaysian Amateur Open in 16th place late May. The Hong Kong international, who now attends university in Japan, carded a four-round total of 295 (seven-over-par) over the Royal Perak Golf Club course in Ipoh, which was 13 shots behind the champion, Australia’s Cory Crawford. The highlight of Mizuno’s week was a second round 71.
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