07-05-2025
13 companies commit to 2026 edition of BT Corporate Golf League, with more to come
[SINGAPORE] The Business Times Corporate Golf League, presented by Singapore Pools, serves two main purposes.
First, it brings out the competitive element from the participants who have raised the standards this year with many golfers playing better than the cut-off of 40 points on the modified stableford system.
And second, it serves as a platform for networking, as evidenced by the players from the accounting firm CLA Global TS team who pay scant attention to the scores.
Even before this season's fifth and final leg on Friday (May 9), more companies have stepped up to pledge their support to participate in next year's league.
In recognising the benefits of the two main values, three more companies have pledged their support for next year's event.
At a dinner after the fourth leg on Apr 25, KPMG, OCBC Bank and Orchid Country Club confirmed their participation in the 2026 edition, taking the total number of teams to 13.
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The other companies are Singapore Pools, SPH Media, Mitsubishi Electric, Cartimes, CLA Global TS, Gayatri, Singapore Global Trust, Simply Golf, Paragon Reit and UOB.
Several other companies are expected to confirm their participation after the final leg at Sentosa Golf Club's Serapong Course.
Inclement weather reduces fourth-leg action
After the fourth leg, just four teams remain in contention for this season's championship. The action at Orchid Country Club was reduced to nine holes after disruption due to lightning and rain.
Singapore Global Trust stayed on top of the standings with a total of 385 points after a 56-point haul from the trio of Kenneth Oh (20 points), Winson Oh (18) and Jimmy Wong (18).
The team from Orchid Country Club is not far behind as they reduced the gap to two points, thanks to a 59-point total. They were buoyed by Gavin De Luna, the individual champion in the competitive category, and Cheng Keng Hui (both 20 points); as well as Francis Ong (19).
Team Boss, with a 377-point total after taking 51 points from the fourth leg, remain third – six points ahead of Gayatri (54 points for a total of 371) in the nine-team competition.
Solid play and a dose of luck helped De Luna, a 44-year-old financial analyst, claim both the individual and team honours after his two birdies on a course that is very familiar to him as he plays there in the Singapore Golf Association League.
'I played a good round, but I was also lucky that my double-bogey on the 11th hole spared me as it was not counted in the nine-hole event,' said the 10.8-handicapper.
'I started badly with a bogey and double-bogey, three putting both holes. But I bounced back well with a string of birdies and pars, and then had to thank the golfing gods for some luck.'
The best social player was Mitsubishi Electric's Ke Yam Cheong (handicap 12) who amassed 22 points, capped at 20.
Vincent Khua (handicap 2.3), a former national player representing Team Boss, hit the longest drive of the fourth leg with 292 metres on the par-5 452-metre Aranda seventh hole which he birdied.
