122 Golfers Will Compete For IDR 1.65 Billion At Golfpreneur Tournament ADT 2022, These Are The Hosts

Indonesian Golfer, Naraajie Emerald Ramadhan Putra. (Photo: Doc ADT)

JAKARTA - The 2022 Asian Development Tour Golfpreneur Tournament will start today, Wednesday 24 August. Indonesian golfers will compete with international athletes.

The tournament, which will be held at Damai Indah Golf, BSD Course, Banten, will be held until August 27.

A total of 122 golfers will compete in the BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament ADT 2022. They will compete for the largest total prize in Indonesia, which is US$110,000 or around IDR 1.65 billion.

ADT's order of merit rank one, Chonlatit Chuenboonngam, took part in this tournament. This golfer from Thailand is the seed because he just won the ADT Gunung Geulis Invitational tournament.

In addition, Chuenboonngam is ranked one in the ADT order of merit.

However, Indonesian golfers are expected to have a lot to say in this tournament. Chairman of PGA Tour Indonesia, Agus Triyono, hopes that there will be host golfers who can follow in the footsteps of Naarajie Emerald Ramadhan Putra who won the ADT OB Golf Invitational tournament last June.

"I hope that Indonesian professional golfers can become champions at BNI Ciputra Golfpreneur. Although opponents who come from abroad are not easy to beat, I hope our players can focus on their respective games," said Agus Triyono.

"Technical ability must be balanced with mental strength. I hope our golfers can play stable and continue to improve their achievements," he continued.

Naraajie, who this year officially became a professional golfer, was ranked seventh in ADT's order of merit, clearly being the host's mainstay. However, there is also the name of Jonathan Wijono who is also championed.

Indonesia as the host through the PGA Tour Indonesia gets an allocation of 40 golfers who can play in this tournament. However, only 32 players registered.

Golfers who performed included Benita Kasiadi, George Gandranata, Syukrizal, and Rinaldi Adiyandono.

In addition, seven Indonesian amateur golfers also received invitations, namely Luke Evan Moore, Mikail Jaydra, I Nyoman Pasek, Almay Rayhan Yagutah, Naabil Almanaaf, Markus Maximus Soenarjo, and Matthew Lumbantoruan.