Linde EOX Cup reaches climax this weekend

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KUCHING: The 5th Samarahan Country Club (SCC) Annual Matchplay for the Linde EOX Cup will climax this weekend, with HKH Red taking on J&J on Saturday for the right to play in the final.

Awaiting the winner of that semi-final tie in Sunday’s final are Team Avengers who have remained unbeaten since the competition tee-ed off on May 17.

The tournament attracted 192 golfers from 16 teams, with 128 playing in the Matchplay proper and the rest as reserves. After an 18-hole knock-out round, the teams were separated into two categories – Winner Pool and Loser Pool – to proceed to play another 18 holes to knock out four teams, then to the third round with 12 teams and so on until the final two teams.

“It is to be noted that besides Kelab Golf Sarawak and Samarahan Country Club (SCC), no other club in the country hosts a tournament of such magnitude,” said tournament chairman Terence Chai.

Linde EOX (formerly known as Eastern Oxygen Industries) have been the sponsor since the inauguration of the tournament in 2010.

“We at Linde EOX are very honoured to be in partnership with the upcoming Samarahan Country Club which was recently nominated by ParGolf – a leading golf magazine in Malaysia – in the category of ‘Most Improved Golf Course’ for 2013,” said Linde EOX East Malaysia head Vernon Chew.

The final day will feature four players each from the 14 losing teams and invited guests playing in the VIP section along with the finalists.