BUILDING BELIEF AHEAD OF SEA GAMES

Women’s golfers to use amateur world team event to gauge level against regional rivals

- Melvyn Teoh

In one of their final tuneups for the Dec 9-20 SEA Games, the Singapore women’s golf team will be vying for the Oct 1-4 Espirito Santo Trophy, as part of the World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) in Singapore.

At a press conference held at the Tanah Merah Country Club on Sept 30, national coach Murray Smit said that his team are “really excited” about the week ahead.

The South African said: “There’s not too many times that you get the opportunity to play in front of your home country in such a phenomenal event.

“It'll be the biggest amateur team event in the world, so I know that all the ladies are already looking forward to that opportunity being in front of their friends and family.

“We've had some really good showings the last two outings, both in Paris (2022) and in Abu Dhabi (2023), where on the men’s side we had a best finish in Paris, and then a best finish for the team in Abu Dhabi on the women’s side, as well as some excellent individual performances.”

The WATC is a biennial event that comprises two competitions — the women’s Espirito Santo Trophy (Oct 1-4) and the men’s Eisenhower Trophy (Oct 8-11).