LABUAN: The Labuan International Golf Club (LIGC) is fast becoming a favourite playing field for South Korean golfers.
LIGC president Rithuan Ismail said almost 100 Korean golfers, mostly from the Korea Golf Academy, descended on the 18-hole golf course in December last year for a training-and-playing stint which would run until the end of February.
“We must be thankful for the continuous support from Korean golfers, especially from the Korea Golf Academy, who chose LIGC as their preferred training and playing field,” he said on Friday.
He said LIGC had been serving as a training ground for many professional golfers.
“We received a top five women professional Korean golfer, Seon Woo Bae, in 2019, who chose LIGC as her training field in preparation for an international tournament in Japan,” he said.
He said Woo Bae was with a group of young golfers from the Korea Golf Academy who came for the month-long training.
Woo Bae, a member of the Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (KLPGA), is ranked 118th in Women’s World Golf.
Rithuan said the par-72 LIGC golf course, owned by the Labuan Corporation (LC), was designed by renowned Australian designer, Parslow and Winter Golf Course Design.
LIGC, the only 18-hole golf course in Labuan, commenced operations in August 2013 and has hosted major tournaments like the Professional Golf Malaysia (PGM) Labuan Championships 2017.
A total of 42 international golfers from 15 countries, including John Catlin, Josh Salah and Blake Snyder of the United States, Martin Dive (Australia), Nattawat Suvanajanakorn (Thailand) and Oscar Arvidsson (Sweden), competed in the tournament.
LIGC also boasts first-class practice facilities with a 16-bay driving range, practice greens and a bunker.
