HÀ NỘI—The Vietnam Senior Championship presented by T99 2022 will open on June 4-5 at Vinpearl Golf Nam Hội An (Quảng Nam Province), the Việt Nam Golf Association (VGA) and the Vietnam Golf Services (VGS), it was announced yesterday.
The organisers said the tournament would be followed by the T99 Vietnam Amateur Series 2022.
Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Dung won VGA's golf champions in 2008 and 2021. Photo by GolfNews
About 100 amateurs aged 45-55 for women and 50-60 for men and higher aged golfers are expected to join the tournament.
The championship started in 2008, with Andrew Hùng Phạm (men) bagging five championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, and 2021.
Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Dung (women) won in 2008 and 2021.
The VGA and VGS signed a strategic cooperation deal with the Technology Finance, namely T99 Group, in which T99 will become the main sponsor of the T99 Vietnam Amateur Series 2022.
Andrew Hùng Phạm bagged five VGA golf championships in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2021. Photo by GolfNews
Nguyễn Ngọc Tuấn, deputy general director of T99, said: "National golf tournaments have been improving over the past years and lured an increasing number of golfers into joining.
"T99 wishes to join the VGA to develop this sport further to attract more golfers, particularly to improve the quality of golf tournaments and bring the country's golf to international tournaments."
The tournament will be broadcast live by VGS Media via GolfNews channels. VNS
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