FALDO SERIES ASIA GRAND FINAL

Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - MGA Wed Editor

Winners of the FSA Malaysia Final 2008

Rashid Khan of India won the FSA Grand Final

The third Faldo Series Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China will take place on March 25-27, 2009. Leading the Malaysian players at Mission Hills is Akhmal Tarmizee, the recent winner of the KL Amateur Open 2009. He will be accompanied by Nicholas Fung, Victor Jeyakumar and Vivienne Chin, the winners of their age group during the Faldo Series Asia Malaysia Final held at SSG Beringin Golf Club from October 25-26, 2008. Mr Thein Chin Fatt, the KL State Representative will be the Team Manager.

Supported by UBS, Mission Hills and The R&A since its launch in 2006, over 60 of Asia's brightest prospects will compete over 54 holes on the Faldo Course. The field of boys and girls aged 12 to 21 will include qualifiers from 11 Faldo Series Asia championships in nine different countries across the region during 2008/2009, including three in mainland China plus one in each of Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam.

Five leading players from the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final will be invited by Faldo to play in the 2009 Faldo Series Grand Final in Brazil. The boy and girl champion will also be invited to play in a flagship professional event by the Asian Tour and Ladies European Tour respectively.

The team will depart for Shenzhen on March 23 and return on March 28.

We wish them all the best at Mission Hills.

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