Singapore: Singapore’s leading amateurs will brush shoulders with the Island Republic’s foremost professional golfers when the second leg of the Singapore Pro Series Invitational presented by FTAG tees-off at Tanah Merah Country Club tomorrow.

Launched this year by the Singapore Golf Association (SGA), the series – consisting of eight legs held across two venues – aims to provide 18 Singapore top professionals and six local national amateurs who aspire to be Tour professionals, the chance to compete during the on-going global pandemic.

Following the inaugural event at Sentosa Golf Club in March, European Tour winner Mardan Mamat spearheads the field for this week’s 36-hole event over the Tampines Course at Tanah Merah. Both Sentosa Golf Club and Tanah Merah Country Club are Facility Members of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.

Joshua Ho, High Performance Manager at the SGA, said: “This series has been extremely beneficial for our national amateurs. They have been able to test their skills and learn from the leading professionals in Singapore.

“We will be rotating our players between each leg to ensure that all National and Development Squad members are able to experience this valuable opportunity.”

Global sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE, a Full Business Member of the AGIF, is event manager for the series.

In total, 16 tournament days, or eight legs, have been scheduled for the inaugural season – where touring professionals, both male and female, and leading national amateurs compete over two days for a S$10,600 prize fund.

Each leg counts towards the ‘Race to FTAG Cup’. The winner of the Order of Merit will receive a bonus of S$10,000.

Originally launched in 1988, Tanah Merah’s Tampines Course was redeveloped by Phil Jacobs in 2017, soft opening in April 2018.