Charles Ong, CEO, Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad (right) presenting the first prize to Allianz Media Golf 2022 Individual champion to Imran Mohamad Nor from Utusan Malaysia
Allianz Malaysia Berhad held its Allianz Golf with Media tournament at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGCC) after a two-year absence due to the Movement Control Order.
Into its eight edition now, the annual event attracted 47 members of the local media and 11 Allianz Malaysia’s senior management and employees. Participating in this year’s event were senior editors and management from Berita Harian, Harian Metro, New Straits Times, Media Prima, Utusan Malaysia, Kosmo, The Malaysian Reserve, The Star, Malay Mail, The Sun, Astro, Bernama, Business Today, The Edge, TV3, Sinar Harian, RTM, Nanyang Siang Pau, ParGolf Magazine, Utusan TV and Cakap Sukan website.
“If not for the pandemic, we could have achieved maybe our tenth edition this year. Anyway, what is important is that we have welcomed back our media golfers and I am pleased to see regular and also new faces joining the tournament. Based on the results and the players I spoke to, I noticed this year’s tournament has gone up a notch in terms of competitiveness and this augurs well for our media golfer friends,” said Sean Wang, Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Malaysia Berhad.
Charles Ong, CEO, Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad (extreme right) with the Allianz Media Golf 2022 Team champion consisting of (L to R) Raimon Arvindra (Astro), Imran Mohamad Nor (Utusan Malaysia), Rastam Ariffin (Allianz Malaysia) and Ismadi Manap (RTM)
After 18-holes, Imran Mohamad Nor from Utusan Malaysia emerged as the champion with a score of 37 points and took home a Garmin Approach S62 premium GPS golf watch with Raimon Arvindra from Astro finishing in second place with 36 points on countback to walk away with a Taylormade Putter-Spider Ex Plat. Third place went to RTM’s Ismadi Manap (36 points) who earned himself a Taylormade Premium Classic cart. The team event title went to the team consisting of Imran, Raimon, Ismadi and Allianz’s Rastam Ariffin. All the prizes were given away by Charles Ong, Chief Executive Officer of Allianz Life Insurance Malaysia Berhad.
