Ben Leong and Genevieve Ling emerged as champions at the PGM KGPA Championship 2025, closing the tournament with strong performances to claim the men’s and women’s titles respectively.
Leong carded a final round that included an eagle on the par-5 second, five birdies, and a single bogey on the seventh to finish at 13-under-par and secure the win. The victory earned him a RM31,500 share of the RM180,000 prize purse. Reflecting on the competition, Leong expressed relief and acknowledged the growing challenge posed by Malaysia’s younger crop of professional golfers, noting that he intends to focus more on local tournaments this year.
Nor Heikal Hadi put pressure on Leong with a flawless, bogey-free round featuring five birdies, finishing at 10-under-par to take second place. Edven Ying followed closely behind, firing six birdies against one bogey for a 9-under-par finish, securing third.
In the Ladies Championship, Genevieve Ling edged out Liyana Durisic in a tense final stretch. Ling capitalised on Liyana’s back-nine stumble, where she dropped a double bogey and bogeyed the final hole, missing a putt that could have forced a playoff. Ling took home RM10,000 from the RM30,000 prize pool allocated for the women’s event.
Results
Leading Scores final round:
203 – BEN LEONG 68 69 66
206 – NOR HEIKAL HADI 70 69 67
207 – EDVEN YING 71 69 67
209 – KENNETH DE SILVA 68 72 69
212 – ZIA IZZUDDEEN 70 74 68, RYAN FERNANDEZ 72 70 70, NICHOLAS FUNG 69 72 71
213 – SYAHIRAN SYAKIR 71 73 69, WILSON CHOO 78 66 69, MALCOLM TING 68 71 74
214 – KHOR KHENG HWAI 75 70 69, IRFAN SYAHMI 71 74 69, IKHMAL BASRY 70 72 72
215 – AFIF FATHI 75 67 73, KIM LEUN KWANG 70 72 73, DANNY MILLIS 70 69 76
216 – AFIF RAZIF 74 71 71, HUI YONG SHERNG 72 73 71, R NACHIMUTHU 73 75 68, SUKREE OTHMAN 70 73 73, KENNETH TOBUSE 67 72 77
Result for Ladies Championship:
215 – GENEVIEVE LING 71 71 73
216 – LIYANA DURISIC 69 74 73
220 – GERALDINE WONG 72 74 74
228 – ALLYCIA GAN 77 75 76
232 – AFIFAH RAZIF 75 80 77
238 – PANG HEE JIE 78 77 83
