Taiga to the Fore

Taiga Iwasa kept his cool in high temperatures to win the 2014 Mid-Summer Classic, which was played 17 - 18 June, with a round of 73

More than 280 competitors took part in the two-day event HKGA subscribers at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling.

Fifteen-year-old Iwasa, a member of the HKGA’s elite squad, finished on three-over par around the New Course to beat fellow squad member Leon D’Souza, 16, by one shot. Discovery Bay Golf Club member Jay Won finished third, a further stroke back on 75.

Elsewhere, 18-year-old Isabella Leung claimed the Ladies’ Gross Stableford division with 34 points, three ahead of Li Kai-wing, while Lam Ka-kit won the Men’s Gross Stableford with 27 points, one better than David Chung Ping-Yin and Steve Lee Kwok-Wai.

Men’s Gross Stroke Play Results

1 Taiga Iwasa 73
2 Leon D’Souza 74
3 Jay Won 75
4 Terence Chiu 76
5= Frank Leung 77
    Jeffrey Wang 77
    Ryan Clendenny 77
    Todd Hooper 77
    Kane Carpenter 77
10 Bibendum Leung 80

Ladies’ Gross Stableford Results

1 Isabella Leung 34
2 Li Kai-wing 31
3 Colette Szeto 28
4= Estee Vivian Leung 27
     Selina Li 27
6= Chloe Chan 25
     Liu Lok-in 25
8 Helen Cheung 24
9= Leong Kuo-wa 23
     Betty Chan 23

Written by Alex Jenkins

Photography by Daniel Wong

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