Despite his dismal performance at the Denarau Open last weekend, Sam Lee remains optimistic that he would perform better in the 51st Ba Open at the Rarawai Golf Course, this weekend.

Lee had shot one over par 73 to finish fourth in the Amigo Traders sponsored Denarau Open Pro-am at the Denarau Golf & Racquet Club last Saturday.

He was outwitted by Suva’s Tomasi Tuivuna who shot two under par 70 to claim top pro prize followed by a tie in second spot by Zoheer Ahmad and Arvind Lal who both shot one under 71 in the stroke event.

Lee who recently returned from the United States admitted that it was not his day.

“I didn’t quite have the iron shots on Saturday, It just wasn’t sharp enough and I wasn’t able to score,” Lee said

“I’ll play the following events, Ba Open this weekend, followed by Lautoka event and then the President’s Cup the week after.”

Sponsorship
Ba Golf Club tournament director Rohit Chandra had confirmed that RC Manubhai is sponsoring the 51st Ba Open.

“The professionals will be playing for a sum of $5000 and the amateurs will play for more than $5000 worth of prizes,” Chandra said.

“Like the usual we expect a field of more than 100 players for the two days event.

“This year we will also have the ladies and juniors categories.”

Fiji Golf Club’s Rizwan Mohammed is the Ba Open defending champion. Lautoka’s Roneel Prakash is the professional title defending champion.

Nadi
Meanwhile, the Nadi Airport Golf Club is hosting the 2021 Nadi Open Championship over 18 holes on December 12.

This event is jointly sponsored by Complete Insurance Services, Paradise Beverages and Coca-Cola Amatil.

Entries close 5pm, December 9, 2021.

Entry fee is $40 per person.

Prize categories in the men’s, ladies, seniors and juniors.

The field is limited to 80 starters on a first paid basis.

For further details contact Ravinesh Kumar 9246483 or 9989499.

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