Siti Salwa and Nurfaezah win Malaysia Day Golf title
By Alex How

The team of Siti Salwa and Nurfaezah whacked their way to top honours in the Malaysia Day Muhibah Golf 2005 held at the Royal Brunei Golf Club, Jerudong Park & Country Club yesterday.

Salwa and Nurfaezah carded a 75 in the Stableford Combined Scores category, to win on a countback over Lt Col (A) Shaifudin and Adam Lesley, who had to be satisfied with second place, while Chris Yong and Ting Siu Sing finished third.

The pair of Lt Col (rtd) Hj Brahim Hj Jumahat and Tony Tan emerged as champions in the Team Muhibah Gross category with their total score of 166. Col. Oh Beng Chih and Hj Hamid Dollah were second while Khalil Arifin and Yong Tet Wee finished in third place.

Meanwhile, Hj Hamid Dollah claimed the individual nett win, with a score of 43. Siti Salwa and Lt Col (A) Shaifudin came in second and third spots respectively. Hazman Abu Hassan carded a 76 to claim the individual gross title, while Lt Col (rtd) Brahim was second and and Dr Ding Pei Kong third.

The highlight of the meet though was the hole-in-one achieved by Hj Md Idris Hj Md Noor when he made the ace at hole number 16 and won himself a cash prize of $5,000 courtesy of S S Ting. Hj Md Idris also won the novelty prize for "nearest to the pin" at hole number 16.

Ismail Hj Chuchu won for "nearest to the pin" at hole number 13; Hj Hamid Dollah won in the same category at hole number 8; while Suhardi Rizal won at hole number 3.

Tan Chung Ken won the bull's eye prize at hole number 16, while Salleh Yussof won a $100 voucher for the worst score of 13 strokes at par-5 hole number 2. Hj Omar Hj Asmat won for "longest drive" at hole number 17, while Dato Hj Wahab Juned won for "nearest to the line" at hole number 4.

94 golfers took part in the tournament, organised by Persatuan Warganegara Malaysia (PWM) Negera Brunei Darussalam in conjunction with the Malaysian National Day celebrations. On hand to present prizes to the winners was the Malaysian High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam, Datuk Ali Abdullah.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin