Southern golfers reach Amateur Golfers Championship final

Five golfers from the southern region will play in the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship Vietnam 2016 (WAGC) final round, following a qualifying round held in Binh Duong Province.
Southern golfers reach Amateur Golfers Championship final ảnh 1Five golfers from the southern region will play in the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship Vietnam 2016 (WAGC) final round. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Five golfers from the southern region will play in the TP Bank World Amateur Golfers Championship Vietnam 2016 (WAGC) final round, following a qualifying round held in Binh Duong Province.

The qualifying round in the north will take place on August 6 at Long Bien Golf Course, Hanoi.

The winners of the two qualifying rounds will play in the final on October 9 at Sky Lake Golf Course, Hanoi.

WAGC Vietnam is part of the World Amateur Golfers Championship, the league system of international competition for amateur golfers from more than 40 countries.

Following the success of the 2015 TP Bank WAGC, in which players from 49 qualifying countries attended and Vietnam was ranked third, WAGC 2016 commenced, promising to provide impressive games to the audience.

It will especially continue to find new golfers to represent Vietnam on the leaderboard of the world finals in South Africa this October.-VNA

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