The ladies were up next with the early leader and National record holder Cindy Koh Yeen Leng having to wait till the last competitor June Yap to knock her of her perch and take the finals with a final drive of 225.6 yards
The press were out in force also including TV3, NTV7, NST Star ,Par Golf, Golf Digest and Malay Mail to name a few
The pressure of the Grand Finals seemed to affect the Seniors the most. With many of the favourites, including the National record holder Paul Ow Chee Cheoon, failing to hit the fairway. In front of a packed tee with almost no room for any more spectators Zakaria Mohd got onto the tee and crushed the winning shot of 282 yards to great applause.
The Open finals were what everyone was waiting for. The leader board changed consistently. The crowd support was unbelievable, but the pressure of the big stage soon sorted the men from the boys. Justin Wong Jie Hau’s winning drive was so spectacular and powerful that he snapped his driver in half. Favourite Divan Du Piesanie put up a great fight and really got the crowed going with a fired up 6 balls.
Overall the whole event was a great success and the FusionExcel Long Drive Challenge is here to stay.
QUOTES:
“WOW, WOW, WOW”
“So much pressure wow”
“Unbelievable”
“What a Rush”
Fantastic event. Hope we can host it again next year, Thank you Jean (Saujana GCC)
Thank you for introducing Malaysia to the world of long drive. Great job (NST)
Watch news reports from TV3 and NTV7 below or click here
| Place |
Open Division |
Distance |
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| 1st |
Justin Wong Jie Hau |
329.2 |
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| 2nd |
Divan Du Piesanie (Sth Africa) |
327.6 |
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| 3rd |
Ooi Cheong Chee |
316.1 |
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| 4th |
Nicholas Leong |
311.1 |
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| 5th |
Ku Sairy Ku Din |
310.9 |
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| 6th |
Eagle KK Lee |
306.0 |
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| 7th |
Rizam Ali (Pro) |
304.4 |
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| 8th |
Hanafiah Jamil (Pro) |
300.9 |
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| Place |
Seniors Division |
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| 1st |
Zakaria Mohd |
282.0 |
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| 2nd |
AJK Subramanyah (Pro) |
280.8 |
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| 3rd |
Eric Tan Swee Seng (Pro) |
278.7 |
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| Place |
Juniors Division |
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| 1st |
Mohd Azman |
308.7 |
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| 2nd |
Low Kah Heng |
298.8 |
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| 3rd |
Daniel Loh Ming Wei |
297.3 |
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| Place |
Ladies Division |
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| 1st |
June Yap |
225.6 |
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| 2nd |
Irene Teng |
223.0 |
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| 3rd |
Cindy Koh |
222.0 |
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4th & 5th November 2008 - Qualifying - Saujana Golf & Country Club
The final qualifying brought out all the big guns. As the popularity grew and the word spread after the successful first 3 qualifying legs in Penang, Johor Bahru and KGSAAS, we had people lining up even before the event started.
The Amateurs’ finally got to strut their stuff against some of Malaysia’s top professionals including Rizam Ali, Hanafiah Jamil, Mohd Paizal Bee, Mohd Zurie, Mohd Khairul, Nazri B Najid, Zamri Sariff and Mohd Rusli Johari.
But the Amateurs were not intimidated by the Pro’s and soon dominated the leader board.
For the first time we had so many people lining up we had to have 2 people on the tee at once. Even with a 2 hours rain delay no one left. So with record entrance and over 1000 people coming to the event the FusionExcel Long Drive Challenge was really ready for its finals.
With heavy rain first thing in the morning it looked like qualifying may be a non starter. But by 930am the tee box was open and people were lining up to hit. From the start there was 2 people on the tee and the measurers and scorers were put to the test. When registration closed there was still a crowd of people wanting to qualify or just improve their qualifying position.
| Open Division |
Distance |
Juniors Division |
Distance |
| 1st - Hanafiah Jamil (Pro) |
320.4yds |
1st - Jason Voon |
302.5yds |
| 2nd - Fauzi Ishak |
310.4yds |
2nd - Daniel Loh Ming Wei |
301.9yds |
| 3rd - Nicholas Leong |
309.1yds |
3rd - Ilyia Jamil |
301.5yds |
| 4th - Gunasekaran |
308.3yds |
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| 5th - Ku Sairy Ku Din |
305.2yds |
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| Seniors Division |
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Ladies Division |
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| 1st - Loo Keng Yip |
297.7yds |
1st - Michele Ting |
228.0yds |
| 2nd - Hj Mohd Sufian Hashim |
280.8yds |
2nd - June Yap |
222.9yds |
| 3rd - AJK Subramanyah (Pro) |
275.4yds |
3rd - Mavis Saw |
213.6yds |
29th October 2008 - Qualifying - KGSAAS, Shah Alam
The 3rd leg of the FusionExcel Long Drive Challenge was another great success with over 1000 people once again attending the event. As we get closer to the finals the competition is hotting up for those valuable final spots.
KGSAAS was the venue for the first qualifying in the Klang Valley with people already queuing up by the time we kicked off at 9am. The leaderboard changed numerous time during the course of the day as there were people on the tee right up until close of registration.
The Golf Fair was much larger than Penang and Johor and the special offers from all the exhibitors put smiles on all the buyers faces. The title sponsor FusionExcel was out in full force demonstrating the Quantum Science products.
| Open Division |
Distance |
Juniors Division |
Distance |
| 1st - Dave Wood |
384.2yds |
1st - Mohd Azizul |
346.8yds |
| 2nd - Agus Triono |
364.1yds |
2nd - Ting Guo Yi |
292.7yds |
| 3rd - George Cheah |
356.7yds |
3rd - Abdul Raheem |
289.3yds |
| 4th - Siow Ren Fong |
350.0yds |
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| 5th - Kevin Tan |
349.0yds |
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| Seniors Division |
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Ladies Division |
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| 1st - Paul Ow |
353.2yds |
1st - Cindy Koh |
260.2yds |
| 2nd - Dave Nightingale (Zim) |
346.7yds |
2nd - Norlinda Anis |
245.4yds |
| 3rd - Loo Keng Yip |
340.0yds |
3rd - Joan Lee |
228.4yds |
22nd October 2008 - Palm Resort & Country Club, Johor Bahru.
The second leg of the FE Long Drive Challenge was held at the Palm Resort and Country Club, Johor Bahru, on 22nd October 2008.
Just like Penang, it was another very exciting showdown between 100 over competitors from all over the world, including from South America, Singapore, Australia and South Africa.
We also had our first International qualifiers, one from Korea and one from South Africa, the 21 year old Divan Piesamie who managed to top the leader board at the end of the day and qualify for the Grand Finals on the 5th of November.
The leader board changed consistently throughout the day with many competitors having to re-enter just to stay on the board.
Again there were over 1000 people walking around the golf fair taking advantage of the many great discounts and benefits from the merchants.
| Open Division |
Distance |
Juniors Division |
Distance |
| 1st - Divan Du Piesanie (Sth Africa) |
341.0yds |
1st - Abel Tam |
287.1yds |
| 2nd - Bong Gain Tak |
305.8yds |
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| 3rd - Deric Pang |
305.4yds |
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| 4th - Lee Sang Ik (Korea) |
303.2yds |
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| 5th - Ooi Cheong Chee |
302.5yds |
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| Seniors Division |
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Ladies Division |
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| 1st - Ng Pang Soon |
287.3yds |
1st - Amy Jin |
192.5yds |
| 2nd - Eric Tan Swee Seng |
286.7yds |
2nd - Quek Chio Tee |
183.7yds |
| 3rd - Wong Chin Tong |
264.4yds |
3rd - Joanne Hong |
141.9yds |
18th October 2008 - Qualifying - Penang Golf Resort
The first Qualifying Event at the Penang Golf Resort was a great success. The highlight being the 16 year old Mohd Azman who broke the Malaysian National Record for Juniors. Second place in the Junior division was Abdul Muiz who broke the existing record earlier in the day. Third was Chan Chia Gene who also surpassed the previous Junior record.
The open division was won by Justin Wong. Jason was lying 5th all day and with a last minute entry managed to overtake everyone with his 3rd last ball. There was also a very exciting shoot out for second place between Professional golfer Hanafiah Jamil and Amateur K.Gunalan who both ended the day with the same distance. Hanafiah managed to edge out K Gunalan by only 0.4 of a meter in the 6 ball shootout.
The Senior’s division were at it all day, with the winners having to all enter more that once to claim the final position. In the end Mr Teoh Peng Kheng found his way to the top of the leader board followed by a last ball runner up Mr Peter Lim.
1st place in the ladies division was Ms Lim Kim Joo followed by Ms Shirley Sim. The highlight of the ladies was a third place finish for 13yr old Nur Musfirah.
All the winners have qualified for the grand finals on the 5th of November at Saujana Golf and Country Club.
The Golf Fair was well supported with and estimate of more that 1000 people coming through the gates. The exhibitors had all the latest golf equipment on display and many customers walked away with great bargains.
| Open Division |
Distance |
Juniors Division |
Distance |
| 1st - Justin Wong |
316.8yds |
1st - Mohd Azman |
312.4yds |
| 2nd - Hanafia Jamil (Pro) |
312.4yds |
2nd - Abdul Muiz |
286.0yds |
| 3rd - K Gunalan |
312.4yds |
3rd - Chan Chia Gene |
260.7yds |
| 4th - Gopinathan |
292.6yds |
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| 5th - Edson Tong |
286.0yds |
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| Seniors Division |
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Ladies Division |
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| 1st - Teoh Peng Kheng |
268.4yds |
1st - Lim Kim Joo |
210.1yds |
| 2nd - Peter Lim |
259.6yds |
2nd - Shirley Sim |
196.9yds |
| 3rd - Andy Kee |
258.5yds |
3rd - Nur Musfirah |
182.6yds |
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