Jika Maan Nasim mulai mempersiapkan
dirinya untuk berkiprah dalam
persaingan di tingkat senior, itu memang
merupakan hak pribadi-nya sebagai
seorang yang usianya
telah mendekati “kepala lima”.
Namun salah besar apabila karena alasan
usianya tersebut orang menganggap dirinya
akan sulit bersaing dalam kejuaraan di tingkat
middle age, karena buktinya tak seorang pun
pegolf yang mampu menyaingi sepak terjang
pegolf asli Sawangan berusia 47 tahun tersebut
dalam Ancora pro Series I yang digelar dari
tanggal 26 sampai 29 Mei 2009, read more
Asean PGA
Not for
“Second Class”
Players
For the last three years, the
competition of professional golf in
South East Asia becomes famous by
the presence of sanction body, the
Asean Golf Tour, presenting the serial
of
Mecedes-Benz Tour in some Asian countries
like Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam,
Filipina and Thailand. Besides cooperating
with such reputable automotive producer
from Germany, the Asean Golf Tour also
initiated its own tournaments bringing names
of huge companies as its sponsors, such as the
International Championship in Jakarta, ICTSI
Mt. Malarayat in Manila and Singha Pataya
Open in Pataya Thailand. read more
Cheating Does Not Pay
Nilai dasar pertama dari the Nine
Core Values dari First Tee*, berbunyi
sebagai berikut: Honesty - the
quality or state of being truthful; not
deceptive Golf is unique from other
sports
in that players regularly call penalties on
themselves.
Terjemah bebasnya: “Kejujuran adalah kualitas
atau kondisi untuk berada dalam kebenaran,
bukan memperdaya. Golf adalah unik dibanding
jenis sport lain, yaitu ketika seorang pegolf
mengenakan penalti terhadap dirinya sendiri!
Misalnya, manakala bola berpindah tempat
(walau hanya 1 milimeter), read more
LPGA Corning Classic
”You Win,
You Win, Yani !...”
“Saya sungguh tak
menyadari jika Soo-Yun miss
the putt. Sampai semua
orang dipinggir green
berteriak mengingatkan
saya. Sungguh bangga
dapat memenangkan
turnamen yang
telah
berlangsung selama tiga
puluh satu tahun ini”, Yani
Tseng
Dengan penuh ketegangan pegolf
Taiwan Yani Tseng menundukkan
kepalanya tatkala pegolf Korea
Soo-Yun Kang bersiap melakukan
putting untuk par di hole 18
putaran terakhir. Karena Yani tahu benar jarak 4
feet merupakan jarak yang tak sulit bagi Soo-
Yun untuk dapat memaksakan babak play off. read more
W Stands
For Win
"Tiger Woods is always
Tiger Woods. He can't be
100 percent every week,
but I'm sure he answered
a lot of questions today, I
just wish you all would just
quit (ticking) him off ... so
he
has to come back and keep
proving stuff." Jim Furyk
What makes Woods extra special
this week? No, it’s not about
the same shirt he wore that
Sunday in March when he won
Arnold Palmer Invitational and
this Sunday in June at the Memorial. But, yes, it
is about hitting 49 out of 56 fairways and how
he was able to “fix his swing”. read more
Heritage Melaka Classic
The Anticlimax
of Lam Chih Bing
Failing for 5-meter putting to get his
birdie, has made Lam Chih Bing burry
his dreams for the the play off against
his competitor Thaworn Wiratchant
at the Mercedes-Benz Tour
Serial,
Asean PGA, Heritage Melaka Classic on June
12, 2009 at the Tiara Melaka Golf & Country
Club. This directly led Wiratchant who has been
awaiting at the club house to become the new
champion for 2009 Tour Asean PGA.
Not just awaiting for winning, Wiratchant who
was in the flight ahead of Lam Chih Bing,
almost left the 18th green as the Runner Up,
if his 12 meter putting did not strike properly
, read more
Looking Forward To The Next
“Indonesian Golf Idols”
Despite of the fact that Indonesian
golf has only low rate of
international achievement, we
must be proud of competent
golfers and each of them may be
considered the Indonesian Idol in his respective
era. Confirming to have no relevance with the
program of a private television, the “Indonesian
Idol”; it is proved that in
each period of time our
country always has idol golfers, among others:
Gimin Soewirjo and Kasiadi between the 70’s
to 80’s. Next was the era of Maan Nasim, who
was accompanied by junior players such as
Sukamdi, Ilyassyak and Junaidi Ibrahim. They
encountered so much difficulties and obstacles
in making achievement due to monetary crisis
not only occurring in Indonesia but also almost
in all Asian countries during the 1998. read more
The Preview of Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational
Great Enthusiasm
For Prestigious Tournaments
Almost 10 weeks of long holiday
since the organization of GS Caltex
Maekyung Open at the Nam
Seoul Country Club- South Korea
last May, the Sanction body of the
Asian Tour will again present a tournament in
Indonesia entitled the Pertamina Indonesia
President Invitational 2009, to take place at the
Damai Indah Golf- Bumi
Serpong Damai Course
scheduled from July 23-26, 2009.
The total prize money provided is up to US$
400,000, although it is not such a great prize
for a tournament under the Asian Tour class.
However, the absence of tournaments in more
than two months has made golfers long for
competition, and therefore, the event shall
certainly be welcomed by golfers, read more
Heritage Melaka Classic
Wiratchant,
Meraih Gelar Juara Dari Club House
Sepertinya tak ada satupun orang yang
bakal percaya jika tidak melihat dengan
mata kepala sendiri bagaimana
Thaworn Wiratchant berhasil
mempertahankan keunggulan satu
stroke-nya dari pegolf Singapura Lam Chih
Bing dalam turnamen Heritage Melaka Classic,
di hole terakhir Melaka Golf &
Country Club
pada hari Jumat 12 Juni yang lalu.
Bayangan bogey langsung tertanam kedalam
benak masing-masing spectator yang hadir
pada kesempatan tersebut ketika second shot
bintang Thailand tersebut mendarat cukup
jauh di area rough sekitar 15 meter di belakang
pin, read more
Lidya Ivana Jaya
“Lone Star”
Yang Ingin Tampil Menarik Di Lapangan
Cita-cita Lidya Ivana Jaya untuk
menjadi seorang pegolf
profesional wanita telah diraihnya
sejak bulan Desember tahun lalu
setelah sebelumnya berhasil
memasuki zona 30 besar, dalam the LPGA
Sectional Qualifier di bulan Oktober 2008
sebagai pegolf amatir. Walaupun akhirnya
gagal dalam Grand Final LPGA Q-School,
gadis
kelahiran Sidoarjo 12 September 1984
tersebut tetap optimis dan percaya diri
untuk meninggalkan karir amatir-nya, dan
menyandang status baru sebagai pegolf
profesional wanita terbaik di Indonesia
sejak bulan Desember 2008 lalu. Pasalnya
selain merupakan yang pertama, Lidya juga
merupakan ladies pro satu-satunya yang
dimiliki oleh negara kita hingga saat ini. read more
