EFG Bank Summer Junior Classic

Taiga and Emily reap rewards in top divisions

The Hong Kong Golf Club's Deep Water Bay course was the venue for the third edition of the EFG Bank Summer Junior Classic in early August. Featuring a full field of young golfers, the event, which was open to players up to the age of 14, once again proved to be a great success and was highlighted by a number of fine individual performances. Taiga Iwasa took the honours in the Boys 13-14 age division after carding a 60 over the par-56 layout to win by four strokes from Justin Lok and Jonathan Chow in second place. In the Girls 13-14 age bracket, Emily Vickie Leung (see Local Focus, pages 10-11) was pushed all the way by Claudia Ng but eventually prevailed to win the division by two shots following a 66. Other notable scores included Yannick Nathan Artigolle's fine 63, which won him the Boys 11-12 age bracket, and Max Yiu's nine-hole score of 31 in the Boys 9-10 group. As sponsors of the HKGA's Junior Development Programme, EFG Bank's role in local youth golf is highly significant, with the Summer Junior Classic and the Junior Tour illustrating the increased number of playing opportunities now available to budding young golfers in the city.

Champions

Boys 13-14: Taiga Iwasa
Girls 13-14: Emily Vickie Leung
Boys 11-12: Yannick Nathan Artigolle
Girls 11-12: Yuka Murakami
Boys 9-10: Max Yiu
Girls 9-10: Selina Li
Boys 7-8: Jason Ma
Girls 7-8: Chloe Chan

For a full list of results visit www.hkga.com
 

Written by The Editors

Photography by Daniel Wong

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