Singapore's young golfing stars will battle for a place in the Faldo Series Asia Grand Final over 36 holes on the Palm Course at Raffles, a par-72 layout which is as picturesque as it is challenging and was a venue for the Asian PGA Championship in 1997 and 1998.
With up to 40 boys and girls aged 12 to 21 taking part, younger children will also be invited to Raffles during the Singapore Championship with a programme of grass-roots activities on offer and the chance to watch the competitors in action.
The 2010/2011 Faldo Series Asia schedule features a record 17 tournaments in 12 different countries including six in mainland China plus others in The Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Bahrain, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Thailand.
The season concludes next March with the fifth Asian Grand Final, an R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking event hosted by six-time Major winner Sir Nick Faldo on the Faldo Course at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China.
Joshua Ho and Joey Poh, both 16, were Singapore’s representatives at the 2009/2010 Grand Final which was won by 14 year-old Masamichi Ito from Japan while Thailand's Thidapa Suwannapura, 17, claimed the girls' title. The two champions have earned starts in a professional tournament on the Asian Tour and Ladies European Tour respectively as well as exemptions into the Faldo Series Europe Grand Final, to be played over the Faldo Course at the Lough Erne Resort in Northern Ireland on September 21-23.
Underwritten by Faldo himself, the Faldo Series Asia is supported by major partners ISPS, Mission Hills and The R&A as well as official golf wear partner Alpine Creations. It is also endorsed by the Asian Tour and the Asia Pacific Golf Federation (APGC).
Further to the success of the Faldo Series Europe, launched in 1996, the Faldo Series Asia was established in 2006 to bring opportunities to young people in Asia and to help develop tomorrow's champions. Over 30 tournaments now take place in more than 25 countries across the UK, Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia and former winners include recent PGA Tour and Ladies European Tour champions Rory McIlroy and Melissa Reid, European Tour winners Nick Dougherty and Marc Warren, India's number one amateur Rashid Khan and Chinese Taipei's two-time LPGA Major winner Yani Tseng.
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