Team Croesus in ‘seventh heaven’ in ST-BT Corporate Golf League
Their lowly position in the standings matters little for they are in the competition to network and have fun, says captain Jeremy Yong
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[SINGAPORE] They remain rooted in seventh position – second-from-bottom, to be precise – but the team of golfers from investment holding company Croesus are still enjoying “seventh-heaven” bliss.
And while they are in the Competitive category of The Straits Times and The Business Times Corporate Golf League, there is hardly any pressure on their shoulders as their players are not focused on winning the title this year.
As team captain Jeremy Yong put it: “I know what the Corporate League is all about, having played for the Citibank team in previous years. We entered a team this time to give my clients and customers an opportunity to network and, at the same time, to reward them for their loyalty to the company.
“Also, we want to cement our friendships further from the competition.”
Yong registered the maximum of 16 players for the tournament’s five legs and he wants each of them to get the opportunity to play at least once.
For the fourth leg that will be played at Orchid Country Club on Apr 23, Yong said he has invited four of his Japanese customers to participate. The captain himself will compete in the final leg at the Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) on May 8.
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Yong, who plays off a 13 handicap, is a member of the SICC. He is the co-founder of Croesus, an investment holding company with interests in asset management and real estate.
At the competition’s third leg at Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong course on Friday (Apr 10), the golfers from Croesus did a decent job of amassing 103 points from their best three finishers in the modified stableford system format of the competition.
After the three legs, Team Croesus have a total of 297 points – just three points behind sixth-placed CLA Global TS and 32 points behind leaders Team Hugo Boss.
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Team Boss, led by their star player William Tay (39 points on gross 79), managed 113 points for a 329 total in the third leg. He was supported by Francis Wan, Andre Huber and Steven Lee, all on 37 points.
But the day’s honours went to defending champions Orchid Country Club, whose team of Allen Gong, Zach Chia, Charissa Goh and Chelsea Chen finished with 114 points to lie second on 322 points.
For the first time in the recent series, Gong (handicap index 8.5) scored 41 points from gross one-over 73 to go beyond the cut-off mark of 40 points. His teammates also played well with Chia gaining 38 points and both Goh and Chen finishing with 36 points each.
The 37-year-old Gong, who is in the real estate business, bagged five birdies in his round and admitted that he was “lucky with some putts”.
“On the par-three 185-metre seventh hole, I sank a near-40-foot putt after finding the green with a six-iron,” said Gong, who also won the Longest Drive contest with 239 metres.
Gong, who plays twice a week, said he wants to work on his long irons and chipping in order to be a more all-rounded golfer.
Singapore Global Trust (lying third), which amassed 111 points for a 319 total, was led by Winson Oh’s 38 points (gross 78) thanks to his five birdies. Joey Chang (37 points) and Charles Tan (36) contributed to their team’s impressive total.
Meanwhile, the team from Mitsubishi Electric scored a double in the Social section with Jonathan Ng winning the individual honours with 36 points. He also helped his colleagues Lim Han Ren, Ke Yam Cheong and Michael Ng to the team title.
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