MALCOLM AND MIRABEL LEADING THE PGM ROYAL PAHANG CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP.
KUANTAN, PAHANG, 29 JULY 2025 – Malcolm Ting returned six under par (-6) to take one shot lead at the Kelab Golf DiRaja Pahang. Shariffuddin and Jaydon is at five under par (-5).
Malcolm played seven birdies against one bogey at hole 2. Shariffuddin had a bogey free round and added eagle on hole 4. Jaydon made seven birdies against two bogeys.
Local Amateur Fizul Hazmi returned at four under par (-4) and tied fourth with Jeremiah Kim.
On the Ladies Championship, Mirabel Ting took the early lead at five under par (-5). Mirabel scored six birdies against one bogey at hole 17. Aretha is just one stroke away. Geraldine Wong, PGM Order of Merit 2024 winner is at one under par (-1).
The strong wind today gave a test to most of the players who had to play into the wind and expecting the ball to land at their desired spot. Some made it and others landed into penalty areas or off the fairways.
Leading Scores for after round 1:
66 – MALCOLM TING
67 – JAYDON PANG, SHAHRIFFUDDIN ARIFFIN
68 – PIZUL HAZMI (A) , KIM LEUN KWANG
69 – PAUL SAN, KHOR KHENG HWAI, NATEESHVAR GANESH (A), MARCUS LIM, AIRIL RIZMAN, TAN YIH WEI, EDVEN YING, BEN LEONG, BRANDON LAI
70 – NICHOLAS FUNG, SYAHIRAN SYAKIR, FAKHRUL AKMAL, R NACHIMUTHU
71 – DAENG RAHMAN, HUI YONG SHERNG, K RHAASRIKANESH
72 – RUHANRAJ VINAYAGAM, NOR HEIKAL HADI, IKHMAL BASRY
Ladies Championship, Leading Scores for after round 1:
67 – MIRABEL TING
68 – ARETHA PAN
71 – GERALDINE WONG
72 – NG JING XUEN
73 – ZULAIKAH NASSER, LANA ASWADI
MARCUS TOOK THREE STROKES LEAD INTO FINAL ROUND OF THE PGM ROYAL PAHANG CLOSED CHAMPIONSHIP.
KUANTAN, PAHANG, 30 JULY 2025 – Marcus Lim played solid golf by achieving one eagle and seven birdies to return at nine under par. Overall score is twelve under par. Marcus bogey free round raised him up the leaderboard.
Local talent, Edven Ying with Ben Leong, Shahriffuddin and Jeremiah Kim are at nine under par (-9).
Another stroke away is Malcol Ting, the round one leader and Amateur Nateeshvar Ganesh at eight under par (-8).
The challenge for the trophy is still undecisive as most players will attempt to go low scores in the final round tomorrow.
Forty-seven (47) players made the cut line of five over par (+5).
On the Ladies Championship, Mirabel Ting played bogey free round and extended her lead by five strokes over Aretha Pan. Mirabel at twelve under par (-12) whereas Aretha Pan is at seven under par (-7). Geraldine Wong, PGM Order of Merit 2024 winner is at even par.
The weather was sunny and windy from afternoon onwards.
Leading Scores for after round 2:
132 – MARCUS LIM 69 63
135 – EDVEN YING 69 66, BEN LEONG 69 66, SHAHRIFFUDDIN ARIFFIN 67 68, KIM LEUN KWANG 68 67
136 – NATEESHVAR GANESH 69 67, MALCOLM TING 66 70
138 – KHOR KHENG HWAI 69 69
139 – FAKHRUL AKMAL 70 69, NICHOLAS FUNG 70 69
141 – IKHMAL BASRY 72 69, AFIF FATHI 73 68, PAUL SAN 69 72, HILMI RAHMAN 73 68, SYAHIRAN SYAKIR 70 71
142 – R NACHIMUTHU 70 72, DANNY MILLIS 75 67, NOR HEIKAL HADI 72 70, HUI YONG SHERNG 71 71
143 – JAYDON PANG 67 76, WILSON CHOO 74 69, RUHANRAJ VINAYAGAM 72 71, AIRIL RIZMAN 69 74
144 – BRANDON LAI 69 75, K RHAASRIKANESH 71 73, KENNETH DE SILVA 76 68
Ladies Championship, Leading Scores for after round 2:
132 – MIRABEL TING 67 65
137 – ARETHA PAN 68 69
144 – GERALDINE WONG 71 73
145 – ZULAIKAH NASSER 73 72
147 – MICHELLE KOH 75 72, LIYANA DURISIC 75 72, NG JING XUEN 72 75
148 – LANA ASWADI 73 75
149 – AFIFAH RAZIF 74 75, AMALIA SHAHZAN 75 74
Final Round will start from 7.30am, Thursday, 31 July 2025.