Simon Wong and Chan Ching-Yee are a step closer to a once-in-a-lifetime trip to the MercedesTrophy World Final in Germany after winning the men’s and ladies’ divisions in the inaugural HKGA Mercedes-Benz Classic at Discovery Bay Golf Club early last month.
Fourteen-handicapper Wong carded 44 points to claim the men’s Nett Stableford prize and qualify for the prestigious MercedesTrophy Hong Kong. Chan Ching-Yee scored 42 points to win the Nett division in the ladies’ event and will return to Discovery Bay with Wong for the national qualifier on 23 May.
Teenagers Chris Mun (13) and Estee Leung (14) won the men’s and ladies’ Gross Stableford prizes, both with 34 points. However the Hong Kong Golf Association junior squad members will have to wait until they turn 18 before they are eligible to qualify for the MercedesTrophy.
A total of eight winners and runners-up from the inaugural HKGA Mercedes-Benz Classic - a two-day men’s and ladies’ tournament for HKGA subscribers - qualified for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong. Winners of that event will advance to the MercedesTrophy Asian Final on the Gold Coast in Australia and from there the highest scorer from the SAR will qualify for the MercedesTrophy World Final in Stuttgart, Germany.
The annual HKGA Mercedes-Benz Classic was launched in a bid to provide more playing opportunities for golfers in Hong Kong following the recent appointment of Mercedes-Benz as the Exclusive Car Partner of the HKGA.
Men’s Gross Stableford
1 Chris Mun 34 points
2 Todd Hooper* 32
3 Dallas Reid* 30
4= Tse Hing-tong 29
Simon Wong 29
Ladies’ Gross Stableford
1 Estee Vivian Leung 34
2 CarrieAnn Lee 32
3 Emily Vickie Leung 31
4 Andrea Au 29
5 Florence Wong 27
Men’s Nett Stableford
1 Simon Wong* 44
2 David Chung* 43
3= William Leung* 41
Chris Mun 41
Nick Ho 41
Ladies’ Nett Stableford
1 Chan Ching-yee* 42
2= Florence Wong* 41
Ng Pui-wah 41
Miranda So 41
5 Estee Vivian Leung 40
*qualifies for the MercedesTrophy Hong Kong at Discovery Bay Golf Club on 23 May
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