WAITGC 2015 Grand Final Arrives In Selangor

SELANGOR, 17 November 2015 – After five challenging qualifying rounds, the champion of this year’s World Amateur Inter-Team Golf Championship (WAITGC) will be determined at the Sungai Long Golf & Country Club and The Mines Resort & Golf Course.

The 3-day Grand Final kicked off today with a participation of 25 teams (100 players) from Australia (8 teams), Brunei (9 teams), India (1 team), Japan (2 teams), and Malaysia (5 teams).

The 18-hole Sungai Long Golf & Country Club is designed by famous golf master Jack Nicklaus. Dubbed as the “Garden of Eden”, it features a unique, modern yet classy layout that offers a fair challenge for golfers of all levels.

The Mines Resort & Golf Course has won numerous accolades, which includes ‘The Best Golf Course in Malaysia’, with its beautiful 18-hole par 71 course. It maintains the greens immaculately with strict ‘buggy only’ rule.

Tourism Malaysia has invited 11 media from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland, to cover the Grand Final and help promote the 2016 WAITGC in the European market. 

The 22^nd WAITGC attracted a total of 126 teams with 504 players from Australia, Brunei, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. They participated in five qualifying rounds, which were held in Johor, Sabah, Langkawi, Kuala Lumpur, and Melaka, from March to October.

WAITGC is Tourism Malaysia’s initiative to promote the country as a top-of-mind golf destination in the region, attracting more than 500 international amateur golfers and spouses annually. Since its debut in 1994, WAITGC has emerged as a well-regarded tournament and one of the highly anticipated golfing events in the region. WAITGC is managed by the Golf Club Managers Association of Malaysia (GCMAM) and sanctioned by the Malaysian Golf Association (MGA).

To golfers, WAITGC is more than just a gateway for them to compete against golfers from other countries, or to test their talent and skills and conquer some of the best fairways and greens in the country; it is also a perfect holiday package, where they get to visit some of the country’s best tourist attractions.

Golf tourism has been identified as one of the key priority sectors to increase the nation’s tourism contribution to the economy and has been underscored in the country’s Economic Transformation Programme (ETP). Last year, golf tourism receipts amounted to RM312 million.

-Tourism Malaysia.