Five golfers representing Vietnam at the WAGC Final included Nguyen Hong Hai (Handicap A), Vu Duc Lan (Handicap B), Nguyen Duc Ninh (Handicap C), Tran Ngoc Trung (Handicap D) and Pham Trung Tuan (Handicap E) (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnamese team was crowned for the first timeat the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) which ended on November 25 inMalaysia.
Five golfers representing Vietnamat the WAGC Final included Nguyen Hong Hai (Handicap A), Vu Duc Lan (HandicapB), Nguyen Duc Ninh (Handicap C), Tran Ngoc Trung (Handicap D) and Pham TrungTuan (Handicap E).
Apart from the worldchampionship, Lan and Tuan ranked third individually in their Handicap B and E,respectively.
WAGC 2017 took place onNovember 18-25 at four golf courses including Sungai Long Golf & CountryClub, The Mines Resort & Golf Club, Templer Park Country Club and KotaPermai Lang Golf & CC.
This year’s event drew theparticipation of 300 golfers from 35 countries and territories, alternatelycompeting on four different courses in four days. The final results are basedon total points after each day of the tournament.
The world final is playedover 72 holes (like professional PGA tournaments) with handicapadjustments between each round.
After the third day of thetournament, Vietnam ranked fifth behind Slovenia, South Africa, Singapore andIndonesia. On the final day, the team put in a great effort and achieved anamazing victory, according to golfer Lan.
“We are so happy and proudwith the result,” he said. “We competed with a strategy prepared beforehand anda determined spirit.”
Dang Le Huy, arepresentative from TPBank, the organiser of WAGC in Vietnam and donor for Vietnam’sgolf team at the world event, said that the bank’s hosting of WAGC in Vietnamfor three consecutive years, from 2015 to 2017, has helped gradually improvenational golf standards, as well as create a chance to bring Vietnamese golfersto the world. Vietnam ranked third and second at the WAGC 2015 and 2016,respectively.
The World Amateur GolfersChampionship (WAGC), founded in 1995, inspires amateur golfers from around theworld to take on the challenge of competing within their own skill levels byreceiving the same status as the professionals and elite do with the proudfeeling of representing their country in a world championship final.-VNA
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