PGM TOUR-The fastest growing Golf Tour In The World... Pgm Tour Some Pointers From Tuns Speech on PGM Tour 2015 Calendar Launching Preamble Since PGM’s inception on 5th August 2010, below number of tournaments and individual winners. Year Tournaments Satellite Tour Prize Money 2010 27-30 December RM150,000 Opening Tournament at Impian GCC 2011 16 – RM2.55 million 2012 20 – RM3 million 2013 22 11 Q-Schools RM4.2 million 2014 25 11 Q-Schools RM5.043 million PGM has been classified by the European Tour as the ‘Fastest Growing Tour in the World” and endorsed by the other PGA Tours and golfing organisations. Asian Tour Currently we have 8 PGM players playing the 2014 Asian Tour. Two (2) are fully exempted (Nicholas Fung and Danny Chia) for being within the Top-60 of the Asian Tour Order of Merit. The other six are our best three (3) on the Asian Tour (namely: Iain Steel, Shaaban Hussin, Ben Leong) and three (3) from 2014 PGM OOM (namely: Airil Rizman, Sukree Othman, Khor Kheng Hwai.) Individual tournament winners: a. Asian Tour. Three (3) winners as follows: 1. Danny Chia – Taiwan 2002 2. Airil Rizman – Pakistan 2007 3. Ben Leong – Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters 2008 b. Asian Development Tour (ADT). Six (6) winners as follows: 1. 2011 Malacca - S. Sivachandhran 2. 2012 Sarawak – Kenneth De Silva 3. 2013 & 2014 Glenmarie – Danny Chia (back-to-back wins) 4. 2013 Templer Park – Nicholas Fung 5. 2013 Terengganu – Iain Steel 6. 2014 Vascory Templer Park – Gavin Kyle Green (Am) c. ASEAN PGA. Two (2) winners as follows: 1. 2013 Penang – Shaaban Hussin 2. 2014 Port Dickson – Lim Eng Seng 2014 Order of Merit Looking at the 2014 PGM Tour Order of Merit indicates that within the Top-30 players, 15 of them are below the age of 25, which is a clear indicator that the younger players are now beginning to dominate the Tour. This is largely due to the exposure and regularity the Tour schedule provides. In fact, in any tournament now it’s very difficult to predict who the winner will be because there are several players who may just sprout up and dominate the tournament, as Lim Eng Seng did at the ASEAN PGA tournament in PD recently. The competition is so tight at the top of the Order of Merit that any of the Top-10 could conceivably win this year’s Order of Merit. The PGM Tour Order of Merit is very good qualification for participation in PGA, European and Asian Tour sanctioned events. We hope the higher ranked players will play in more international events to add to their World Ranking Points and gain qualification to the 2016 Olympics. PGM are undertaking studies as to how this can be achieved. World Golf Ranking – Week 46 (Malaysia) Currently 16 Malaysia professionals are listed in the World Golf Ranking as of Week 46, ending 16th November 2014. Highlights in order of placing are: End 2013 This Week a. Nicholas Fung 235 453 b. Arie Irawan 1,158 522 c. Danny Chia 702 543 d. Airil Rizman 823 687 e. Gavin Green (AM) 851 724 f. Shaaban Hussin 780 798 See attached list for detailed breakdown. PGM Tour Calendar 2015 Total of 43 events for Prize Money of RM6,235 million in 2015 compared to 2014 – it is seven (7) tournaments more, a 19.44% increase, and an increase of almost RM2 million in Prize Money equivalent to 23.64%. 43 Tournaments comprise as follows: Events No. Total Prize Money PGM-ADT Tournaments 12 RM2,450,000 PGM ASEAN PGA Tournaments 3 RM540,000 PGM Closed Tournaments 15 RM2,795,000 PGM Tournament of Champions 1 RM250,000 PGM Development Circuit Q-Schools 12 RM200,000 Total: RM6,235 million >> PGM-ADT Tournaments >> PGM-ASEAN PGA Tournaments >> PGM Closed Tournament >> PGM Tournament of Champions >> PGM Development Circuit - Q Schools >> PGM Tour Order of Merit Sponsors & Golf Club We are grateful to the sponsors for their belief in the viability of the Tour and who have committed to increasing their sponsorship contribution year after year. This enables us to plan and execute an effective golfing calendar. We are thankful to the golf clubs and resorts that have hosted our tournaments. Their co-operation and support are invaluable to the success of the PGM Tour. Media We are also thankful to the Media for their coverage on our tournaments. We believe in the media’s continuous support as it is very crucial in promoting the tournaments and the players.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:38:25 +0000
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