Team Boss redouble efforts as they prepare for next year's BT Golf Corporate League
There was some panic among the event organisers, for the golfers from Team Boss have brought plenty of glamour and colour to the event over the years by recruiting star personalities and celebrities, all of whom have donned attire from the German luxury fashion house.
But Hugo Boss managing director Steven Lam, who played a leading role in helping his team to win the team event at the final leg at Sentosa Golf Club, finally put those rumours to rest.
'We will enter not one, but two teams. We will choose line-ups for the competitive category and the social competition. In fact, with about eight months left for the 2026 event, we have already started preparing and have named the new captain and vice-captain,' said Lam.
Stalwart Andre Huber will take over the captaincy from Marilyn Lum, with John Lim being the vice-captain.
Lam was the highest scorer in his team with 38 points at the fifth leg at Sentosa's Serapong course on May 9. After all the scores were tallied, Team Boss finished just two points behind overall winners Orchid Country Club, and one adrift of second-placed Singapore Global Trust.
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Team Boss held a recent gathering to celebrate their BT Golf League success at their office at Ngee Ann City, when Lam declared that his team would again be a force to be reckoned with.
The Boss team, which once fielded Singapore's Olympic gold-medallist and swimming star Joseph Schooling, is also scouting around to field local celebrities and television personalities.
Said Lam: 'Nearer to the start date, we will organise practice sessions. We are also planning for an overseas trip, probably to Thailand.'
Twenty-strong
Next year's BT Corporate Golf League will see two new teams take part for the first time, with United Overseas Bank and Seagull Marine already confirming their participation.
This takes the total number of participants from 16 this year to 20 for the 2026 competition, which is also likely to retain the five-leg format on the best five courses in Singapore – Sentosa's Serapong, Singapore Island Country Club's New course, Tanah Merah's Tampines, Laguna National's Classic, and Orchid Country Club.
The companies that have pledged their support are Team Boss (two teams), I-Kare, OCBC Bank, Olam Group, UOB, Seagull Marine, OneRHT, Paragon Reit, Takashimaya, Orchid Country Club, Cartimes, CLA Global TS, Gayatri Restaurant, Singapore Global Trust, Simply Golf, Singapore Golf Association, Mitsubishi Electric, SPH Media and Singapore Pools.
Said organising committee chairman S Murali, who's also managing editor of The Straits Times: 'This event is fast gaining traction among many corporations in Singapore after the lull during the Covid-19 period.
'The main two-fold mission of the event – to provide an opportunity for golfers to network and companies to connect partnerships, as well as providing a platform for healthy competition – is proving to be the right approach for luring companies to take part.'
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