Singapore: Singaporean hero Mardan Mamat will aim to relive his winning memories at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club when he takes aim at The Championship title next week.<\/p>\n
The 46-year-old veteran, who claimed his biggest victory when he won the 2006 Singapore Masters at the Masters Course at Laguna National, will be among the elite cast in the US$1.5 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.<\/p>\n
Mardan will be joined by Team Asia\u2019s Eurasia Cup heroes Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thongchai Jaidee, Prayad Marksaeng, Siddikur Rahman, Anirban Lahiri and Nicholas Fung in the event which will be staged from May 1 to 4.<\/p>\n
Mardan will be hoping to compensate himself with a solid result at The Championship \u2013 formerly the Ballantine\u2019s Championship \u2013 which was originally scheduled to be played in Korea.<\/p>\n
He had to waive his flight tickets to Korea, which he bought earlier in the year, before tournament organisers moved the tournament to Singapore when staging issues made it clear that the event was not going to be played in Korea.<\/p>\n
\u201cI already made flight and visa arrangements. I lost a lot of money there but it is good that a big event will return to Singapore. I\u2019m excited to play on the Masters Course again and I\u2019m really looking forward to the event,\u201d said Mardan, a three-time Asian Tour winner.<\/p>\n
\u201cI won on the course in 2006 and I\u2019m quite happy we will have another tournament there again,\u201d added the Singaporean, who led from start-to-finish when he won the Singapore Masters nine years ago.<\/p>\n
Mardan will be joined by countrymen Lam Chih Bing, Koh Deng Shan, Quincy Quek, Poh Eng Wah and Lam Zhiqun in the star-studded event.<\/p>\n
Singapore\u2019s Koh, who looks up to Mardan as a mentor due to his success on the Asian Tour, is delighted to represent his country in an international golf tournament on home soil.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s great to have a tournament in Singapore because it has been a while since we last had an Asian Tour event at home. The Masters course at Laguna is really nice and challenging. It\u2019s a great venue to host the event. My game is looking good right now so hopefully I can do well next week,\u201d said the 26-year-old Koh.<\/p>\n
Zhiqun is also relishing the opportunity to shine in front of the home crowd again. \u201cIt is great to have the tournament staged in Singapore as it will definitely boost the golf scene here.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to play on home ground again. It has been quite some time since I last played in front of the home crowds,\u201d said Zhiqun, who enjoyed a decorated amateur golf career before turning professional in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Singapore: Singaporean hero Mardan Mamat will aim to relive his winning memories at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club when he takes aim at The Championship title next week.<\/p>\n
The 46-year-old veteran, who claimed his biggest victory when he won the 2006 Singapore Masters at the Masters Course at Laguna National, will be among the elite cast in the US$1.5 million event sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour.<\/p>\n
Mardan will be joined by Team Asia\u2019s Eurasia Cup heroes Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thongchai Jaidee, Prayad Marksaeng, Siddikur Rahman, Anirban Lahiri and Nicholas Fung in the event which will be staged from May 1 to 4.<\/p>\n
Mardan will be hoping to compensate himself with a solid result at The Championship \u2013 formerly the Ballantine\u2019s Championship \u2013 which was originally scheduled to be played in Korea.<\/p>\n
He had to waive his flight tickets to Korea, which he bought earlier in the year, before tournament organisers moved the tournament to Singapore when staging issues made it clear that the event was not going to be played in Korea.<\/p>\n
\u201cI already made flight and visa arrangements. I lost a lot of money there but it is good that a big event will return to Singapore. I\u2019m excited to play on the Masters Course again and I\u2019m really looking forward to the event,\u201d said Mardan, a three-time Asian Tour winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n