Choi Yoon Soo confirms participation to defend his title at the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort
The founder members of the Asian Seniors Tour who contested the inaugural 2003 ASM - Singapore and Golfing Legend & Member of the World Golf Hall of Fame Tony Jacklin have done AST the considerable honour by kindly confirming their intention to contest the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort.
The 2005 ASM will be staged at the Palm Resort Golf & Country Club located in Johor the southern most state of Peninsula Malaysia, known also as the Southern Gateway to Malaysia, which is linked to Singapore via two Causeways. Johor is one of the most developed states in Malaysia with a flourishing economy and stable administration and state leadership.
The 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort is an International Senior Professional golf tournament, to be contested from the 11th – 13th Nov 2005 to be preceded by 6 ASM Pro-Am events to be staged over 3 days Tues 8th through Thurs 10th Nov 2005 the senior professional participants must be 50 years and above.
The amateur golfers can be of any gender, at least 12 years olds, and posses a valid handicap.
The Palm Resort compound (located less than 45 minutes drive from down town Singapore and 3 minutes from Senai Johor's airport) in addition to encompassing 3 beautiful 18 hole golf courses, also boasts the 330 room 5-star Sofitel Palm Resort managed by ACCOR Hotels & Resorts ensuring the sterling hospitality standards expected from all ACCOR hotels worldwide.
Korea's Choi Sang-Ho has confirmed his entry to the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort, and his recent victory at the US$500,000 - 2005 Maekyung Open worth US$98,000, made him the oldest winner on the Asian Tour, and were he to be included on the Asian Tours Order of Merit he would be ranked 16th after the recent 2005 Singapore Open! We are honoured to have Korea's top Asian Tour and Asian Seniors Tour representatives contesting both the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort.
ASM tournaments unlike regular tour events are about participation, involving over 800 amateur golfers, makes them the largest Pro-Am events in the world with a RECORD breaking 6 Pro-Ams and 2 Amateur Qualifiers ALL staged on 2 - 18 hole golf courses over 4 days via shotgun starts!
Each of the 6 ASM Pro-Am tournaments, catering to 96 amateur participants is an event in itself, with individual, corporate team and novelty prizes, etc.
For the serious golfers and low markers, the top 9 best gross scoring participants from each Pro-Am secure places in the 2005 ASM Amateur Semi Finals to be staged on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th Nov 2005 which will be played in a 4 ball format comprising 3 Senior Professional & 1 Amateur golfer.
70 amateur golfers will contest the 2005 ASM Amateur Semi Finals held in conjunction with the first 2 days of the 2005 ASM professional event allowing the amateur golfers the opportunity to compete head to head with participating Senior Professional golfers under tournament conditions.
The 70 amateur golfers contesting the Amateur Semi Final are derived from the 54 who qualified via the 6 ASM Pro-Ams along with 16 sponsor's exemptions, who's entries MUST have a handicap of 9 or lower.
The top 3 best gross scoring amateur participants each day from the ASM Semi Finals will contest the ASM Amateur Finals to be staged on Sunday the 13th Nov 2005 T Off will be prior to the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort final day. As with the 2005 ASM Singapore Professional Finals ALL ASM Amateur Semi Final and Amateur Final ties will be decided by a sudden death play off.
The 2005 ASM Pro-Am Tournaments will again feature Social Club and Corporate Team entries competing alongside individual amateur golfers for places in the 2005 ASM Amateur Semi-Finals, and we look forward to welcoming team IndoChine's defense of their title.
Click HERE to view the various affordably priced Corporate & Team Sponsorship packages available.
The 2005 ASM Invitational Pro-Am Qualifier caters to 128 amateur golfers from Singapore and Johor’s Golf and Social Clubs, the various charity, corporate, chambers of commerce the Media and other golf tournaments that the AST and ASM Golf support and are affiliated with who will once again participate in the exciting ASM Invitational Pro-Am Qualifier which will be staged on Tuesday the 8th Nov 2005 from a shotgun T Off at 1.30pm on the Cempaka Course.
The ASM Invitational Pro-Am Qualifier will be played OFF THE STICK and the top 11 "best gross" scoring participants will secure for themselves places in the ASM Pro-Ams, and all participants are invited to attend the ASM Welcome Cocktail Reception to be held that evening.
This year an ASM Open Pro-Am Qualifier will be staged to cater to the region’s amateur golfers, accommodating 128 participants, who can be either individual or 2 person Club or Corporate team entries.
The ASM Open Pro-Am Qualifier will be played OFF THE STICK and the top 9 "best gross" scoring individual participants and the top 2 teams, 13 amateur golfers in all will secure places in the ASM Pro-Ams.
The ASM Open Pro-Am Qualifier will be staged on Tuesday 8th Nov 2005 from a shotgun T Off at 1.30pm on the Allamanda Course. Individual entry fees will be SGD$ 195/- and SGD$ 350 per 2 person team.
The Asian Senior Masters Pro-Ams and the ASM Pro-Am Qualifier events are open to both male and female participants who must be at least 12 years of age and posses valid golf handicaps, and all participants are invited to attend the 2005 ASM Welcome Cocktail Reception to be held on Tues 8th Nov 2005 commencing at 7.30pm during which the ASM Pro-Am Qualifier events prize giving will also be held.
At the 2005 ASM we anticipate the participation of over 800 amateur golfers and to cater to the many overseas amateur golfers, who have indicated that they will be accompanying participating senior professional, we have created various ASM Pro-Am and ASM Social Golf Packages.
These 2005 ASM packages available to all interested amateur golfers vary in duration, and include up to 6 nights accommodation and are designed to cater to the amateur golfer wishing to take part in 1 or 2 ASM Pro-Ams and play up to 3 rounds of social golf on some of Johor’s beautiful golf courses.
Please click HERE to view the various affordably priced 2005 ASM Pro-Am and Social Golf packages.
Already 100 senior professionals who will make up the ASM's 105 senior professional field have at this early stage confirmed their participation in the 2005 ASM, this is incredible considering that participation in most professional tournaments is normally confirmed just 21 days prior to an event.
We look forward to welcoming those of you who will be attending an ASM event for the first time, and to seeing past ASM participants, where together we will experience and relive the most enjoyable ASM tournament atmosphere, the excitement of amateur participation, the good-natured competitiveness and rivalry that is enjoyed by the volunteers, spectators, amateur golfers and senior professional golfers alike.
Spectators and competitors witnessed the nail biting sudden death play off on Sunday 9 November 2003 when Choi Yoon Soo from Korea defeated Canadian John Irwin on the first hole of a sudden death play-off, sinking a 3 meter putt for a birdie on the par 5 - 18th hole to clinch the inaugural 2003 ASM – Title.
Tied for third were first round leader Terry Gale from Australia, (then ranked 3rd on the EST 2003 order of merit), second round leader Tienie Britz and John Benda from the USA.
They were followed tied in sixth place at 2 under by Mike Ferguson from Australia, Kuo Chie-Hsiung from ROC Taiwan and Mario Siodina from the Philippines.
Singapore's leading amateur, Choo Tze Huang at the time only 15 years old with a 0 handicap won the IndoChine ASM Amateur Open Championship trophy with a gross score of 72 and Team IndoChine's Mark Lamb came second, and we look forward to their defense of their titles at the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort.
In 2003 thanks to the hard work of the Jurong Country Club's staff and the event volunteers, the hugely successful 2003 ASM - Singapore tournament, managed to accommodate some 662 rounds of amateur golf on 1 golf course, conducted in 6 back to back shotgun starts, quite a feat in itself, however in 2005 the expanded ASM event format involving a staggering 1,583 rounds of golf to be played during the tournament week, now requires the use of 2 golf courses, hence the relocation to Palm Resort.
Click HERE to view photographs on the results page for the 2003 ASM – Singapore.
Click HERE to view the final scores on the leader board for the 2003 ASM - Singapore.
The US$ 100,000 Prize Money for the 2005 Asian Senior Masters @ Palm Resort has been the lodged with Drew & Napier LLC for. Click HERE to view details.
The Asian Seniors Tour was formed at a meeting between the various participating PGA which was held at the inaugural 2003 ASM - Singapore event click HERE for further information.
In 2005 the AST starts in Taiwan, then Korea followed by the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort.
The 2006 Asian Seniors Tour will start in Taiwan, then move on to Korea and will be followed by the ASM Singapore, ASM @ Palm Resort, and the inaugural 2006 ASM @ Blue Canyon
With a bit of luck in 2006 we also hope to stage the inaugural ASM Indonesia and ASM Kuala Lumpur.
The AST is always looking to expand and to stage more Asian Senior Master events in other countries in Asia and further a field, and we would be most interested to meet with golf clubs, event management companies, corporations and individuals who may wish to stage and own an ASM event in their country.
The AST is able to stage an ASM event almost anywhere in the world, all it takes is a modest SGD$ 400,000 corporate investment which will secure Title Sponsorship of an ASM event, and cover the US$ 100,000 Prize Money, securing the golf course, construction of on course VIP hospitality areas and the TV production and coverage on ESPN/StarSports.
Finally we wish to extend our heart felt thanks to the numerous people we do know who you are from all walks of life who have helped in so many different ways, going above and beyond the call of corporate sponsorship commitments and friendship to make the 2005 ASM @ Palm Resort possible.
We remain most grateful to you all and wish to THANK YOU! individually, corporately, and collectively for your kind past and on going support, encouragement, and participation!
Sincerely yours,
Chuan Campbell - Managing Director - to put a face to a name click HERE
Matthew Murray - Tournament Director - to put a face to a name click HERE
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