79 golfers from 17 different countries have arrived at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China for the fifth Faldo Series Asia Grand Final which gets underway on the Faldo Course tomorrow (March 2-4).
The largest ever line-up at a Faldo Series Asia Grand Final includes representatives from 14 Asian countries, including 21 golfers from mainland China, plus others from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and England. Indonesia will be represented by Nadya Rosiana (Bandung, Girls U16), Kevin Roesli (Jakarta, Boys U16), Ian Andrew (Denpasar, Boys U18), Fahmi Reza (Jakarta, Boys U21), and Agnes Sudjasmin (Jakarta, Girls U21).
With live scores available at www.nickfaldo.com throughout the 54-hole R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking event, defending champion Masamichi Ito of Japan will be one of the players to follow. The 15 year-old is bidding to become the first ever player to win three consecutive Faldo Series titles and only the second since India’s Rashid Khan to win the Asian title twice.
Ito followed his win at Mission Hills last year with victory in the Europe Grand Final at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland in September, another Faldo Design course, becoming the first Asian winner of the European title and superseding European Tour star Nick Dougherty as the youngest.
Six-time Major winner Sir Nick Faldo launched the Faldo Series in 1996 to provide opportunities through golf and to help develop tomorrow’s champions. Over 35 Faldo Series tournaments now take place in more than 25 countries worldwide with more than 5,000 golfers per year participating. Former winners include Rory McIlroy, Nick Dougherty, Marc Warren, John Parry, Melissa Reid, Florentyna Parker and Yani Tseng, all winners on Tour.
The field at Mission Hills will be divided into five age-groups (Boys’ Under-21, Boys’ Under-18, Boys’ Under-16, Girls’ Under-21 and Girls’ Under-16) and the player with the lowest gross score after three rounds of stroke-play, regardless of age or gender, will be crowned champion. The five age-group winners will be exempt for the 15th Faldo Series Europe Grand Final at Lough Erne on September 12-14 and the leading boy and girl will be invited to play in a professional Tour event.
The Faldo Series Asia Grand Final is supported by major partners ISPS, Mission Hills and The R&A, together with official golf wear partner UFL and official equipment supplier TaylorMade. It is endorsed by the Asian Tour, the Asia Pacific Golf Federation (APGC) and the Guangdong Golf Association.
For tee times, live scores and results during the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final visit www.nickfaldo.com or follow the Faldo Series on Facebook at www.facebook.com/faldoseries.
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