The Asian Tour's Disaster Fund Raising Golf Day for Myanmar and China at Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday was an overwhelming success with over 110,000 Singapore dollars (about 80,300 U.S. dollars) raised for charity.
Asian Tour Executive Chairman Kyi Hla Han said the funds will be channeled to victims of the Myanmar Cyclone Nargis and Sichuan earthquake through the Singapore Red Cross.
Both of these countries have hosted important Asian Tour events
and Asian Tour players contributed to the fund raising efforts.
Asian Tour stalwarts Lam Chih Bing of Singapore, Myanmar's Zaw Moe and Australian Gavin Flint played in the charity golf game in a "Beat the Pro" contest while Singapore national team sensations Quincy Quek, Lam Zhi Qin also participated.
"On behalf of the Asian Tour, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to the people who contributed generously towards the success of our fund raising golf day," said Han.
"Special thanks to Sentosa for its commitment to golf and charity by generously offering the use of its Serapong course on a
Sunday afternoon. This contributed to the success of the day and ensured a sell-out. I would also like to mention the generous contribution of the R&A who donated S$20,000 towards this fundraising effort.
"It was tremendous and heart-warming for us to receive such an outpouring of support from our Asian Tour partners, corporations from across the region, golfers and well-wishers."
"In particular, I would also like to thank our corporate donors, Jurong Engineering, Pseraya Energy, World Sport Group and OAL Builders."
The team of Eric Lynge, Brian Tracey, Ben Woo and C. K. Kum won
the top prize on offer which was a day-cruise worth S$10,000sponsored by Azurea Lifestyle Yachting.
Other donations were made by Entertainment Group Limited, LC Development and Asian Tour player Scott Barr.
Source:Xinhua
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