FALDO SERIES RETURNS TO CAMBODIA
ANGKOR GOLF RESORT IN SIEM REAP TO HOST 2013 EVENT
10 May 2013: Sir Nick Faldo has announced that
his global golf development programme will return to Angkor Golf Resort in Siem
Reap in 2013. Golfers from across the region
will compete for a spot in the Asia Grand Final when the second Faldo Series
Cambodia Championship tees off on June 29-30.
“We hope to build on the success of our
inaugural event at Angkor Golf Resort and benefit more young golfers from
Cambodia and neighbouring countries,” said Faldo, who designed the course in
Siem Reap and is currently overseeing another 36-hole project in the capital
Phnom Penh. “Holic and his team put on a
great event in 2012 that combined top-class tournament experience for talented
golfers with unique grass-roots activities for kids from the local community.”
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| Kim Dong-Hyun of South Korea, winner of the 2012 Faldo Series Cambodia Championship, in action during the Asia Grand Final at Mission Hills Golf Club in China in March 2013. |
“We enjoy our close relationship with Sir
Nick and we share his passion for growing the game,” added Holic Tandijono,
Executive Director of Angkor Golf Resort.
“Once again we welcome the region’s top players to the historic town of
Siem Reap. We will also continue to
develop our grass-roots programme with local schools.”
International and local golfers alike will challenge
for the 2013 Cambodia Championship, won last year by 17-year-old Kim Dong-Hyun
from South Korea. Boys and girls aged 12
to 21 will compete over 36 holes on the award-winning Faldo Design course, an
Asian Tour venue located close to the world-famous Angkor Wat temples.
With the field divided into age-groups – two
for boys and two for girls – the four winners will qualify for the eighth Faldo
Series Asia Grand Final. This World
Amateur Golf Ranking event will be hosted by the six-time Major Champion at
Mission Hills Golf Club in China next March.
Established in 1996, 40 Faldo Series tournaments
now take place in 30 countries worldwide with more than 7,000 golfers
participating each year. Past winners
include Major Champions Rory McIlroy and Yani Tseng.
In September 2013, Faldo will begin taking
students at a full-time residential academy for education and golf development
in America. The first ever Faldo Series
Academy in Casa Grande, Arizona is also home to the Faldo Series USA and marks
the next significant step in the programme’s history.
The 2013/2014 Faldo Series Asia schedule
features a record 19 tournaments in 15 countries, including four in mainland
China, two in India and others in The Philippines, Chinese Taipei, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Hong Kong, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Brunei, Japan, Pakistan, Indonesia and
Thailand.
The Faldo Series Asia is supported by The
R&A, ISPS Handa and Mission Hills. It
is endorsed by the Asian Tour and the Asia Pacific Golf Federation.Golfers born in 1992 or later wishing to
enter the second Faldo Series Cambodia Championship on June 29-30 can email info@angkor-golf.com or visit www.angkor-golf.com.
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