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CUAA-NUSS-PAUM INAUGUrAL GoLF toUrNAMENt | 6-9 September 2012 | Siam Country Club, Pattaya
Champions at Last
although nUSS Golf Section has boasted some brilliant golfers, it has rarely
triumphed over arch-rival Persatuan alumni Universiti Malaya (PaUM) in more than
25 years of golf competition. Chulalongkorn University alumni association (CUaa)
and nUSS were neck-to-neck during competition so it was something of a miracle
that nUSS claimed the inaugural CUaa-nUSS-PaUM Friendship Golf Classic trophy,
beating the Thais by a single Stableford point.
Friendship and hospitality
were certainly effusively
displayed by the Thai
hosts from the moment
the NUSS team landed
at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok,
on 6 September. Clearly, CUAA
had gone to great lengths to see
to the comfort of their guests. The
excellent reception at the airport, the
comfortable hotel accommodation
and the evening’s glitzy prize-giving
dinner exuded warmth and elegance
typical of Thailand’s acclaimed
hospitality.
The team competition, based
on a single round at Siam Country
Club, was decided by 75 percent
handicap Stableford points of the
best 10 golfers of each team. There
was an individual competition for
the best golfer and
another for the above-
55-year-old category. For
the record, the NUSS
victory, although a team
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effort which included
the supporting cast of
nine golfers whose
scores were rendered
redundant, owed very
much to Ronald Yeo
whose 76 gross alone
contributed four points
to clinch the trophy.
This inaugural
CUAA-NUSS-PAUM
Friendship Golf
Classic went back
many years ago when
some enthusiastic
alumni from
University of Malaya,
National University
of Singapore,
Chulalongkorn
University and Hong
Kong University wanted to promote
interactions among the various
university alumni in the region. In
February 2012, Mr Jirasak Tasnarong
of CUAA announced to NUSS Golf
Convenor, Eddie Lee, that CUAA
would host the first golf game.
According to alphabetical listing,
NUSS will host the tournament
in 2013. It will be a tremendous
challenge to replicate, not to mention
exceed, the standards of Thai
hospitality and efficiency. It would be
even more demanding to retain the
champion trophy jointly donated by
CUAA, NUSS and PAUM.
Contributed by Mr Lim Soo Hwee, Golf Section
member.