Leung and Leong Take Road to MercedesTrophy

Derik Leung and Leong Kuo-Wa secured their spots in the prestigious MercedesTrophy Hong Kong 2015 with victory in the HKGA Spring Tournament at Clearwater Bay Golf and Country Club last month

Mr Peter Larko, Head of Marketing, PR and Communications for Mercedes-Benz Hong Kong presents trophies to HKGA Spring Men’s Tournament winners

Leung carded 31 points to beat three challengers by only one point in a tightly contested Men’s Gross Stableford division while Leong clinched the Ladies’ Gross Stableford division with 25 points. Leung and Leong will now line up in the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling on Friday 26 June.

The winners of the Nett Stableford division, Gordon Mak on 45 points and Winnie Yim on 40 also qualify for Fanling where they will be only one step away from advancing to the MercedesTrophy Asian Final on Australia’s Gold Coast in August. From there, the leading Hong Kong player has an opportunity to be invited to October’s MercedesTrophy World Final in Germany.

In total, 39 players from the ever-popular HKGA Spring Tournament at Clearwater Bay qualified for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong at Hong Kong Golf Club on 26 June.

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