Jakarta, 14 August. Senayan Golf Club is ready to hold the International Long Drive event for the first time in Indonesia. The high enthusiasm and interest in the sport of golf in the country has made the Senayan Golf Club initiate the Indonesia Long Drive Championship activity to enliven the sport tourism and sports entertainment industry in the country, which is being promoted by the government. Long Drive Competition, as we all know, is very commonly competed in America, Europe, and Asia. Indonesia, through the Senayan Golf Club, wants to take part in donating its best athletes to participate in international competitions.
Yakup Hasibuan as CEO of Senayan Golf and Founder of the Indonesia Long Drive Championship
optimistic, Indonesia has the seeds of Long Drive athletes who can compete at national and even international levels. With this event, Indonesia Long Drive will look for potential Long Drive athletes outside of Pro Golfer by qualifying in 3 big cities in Indonesia. Namely Jakarta, Bali, and Surabaya. Qualifications in Jakarta will be held on August 25, Bali will be held on September 7, and Surabaya will be held on September 14. Senayan Golf Club is also collaborating with Bali International Golf and Bukit Darmo Golf Surabaya to hold this qualification. The 1st Men & Ladies winners in each city will depart for Jakarta on October 5, 2024, to compete in the final held at hole 5 of the Senayan Golf Club to win the Indonesia Long Drive Championship trophy and enter the Asia Long Drive level.
Yakup Hasibuan also said that the Asia Long Drive and European Long Drive associations had validated the existence of the Indonesia Long Drive and provided golden tickets for Indonesian champions to compete at the Asian and European levels. This is a concrete manifestation of Senayan Golf’s commitment and cooperation to advance the country’s golf industry so that it can advance at the international level. Apart from that, Senayan Golf, through Indonesia Long Drive, invites several pros and content creators in the world of golf as brand ambassadors or icons from Indonesia Long Drive, namely Alit Jiwandana, Play Golf Yuk, and Leonardus Tanuwijaya, better known as IndoGolfHack. The hope is that with the existence of a brand icon or ambassador, this event will be better known by many parties, both those who already like golf and those who are new to the world of golf.
With the Indonesia Long Drive activity, it is hoped that several surrounding industries will also be uplifted. Apart from that, as the host, Senayan Golf Club is part of Senayan Avenue, where Senayan Avenue itself is Jakarta’s one-stop lifestyle destination, so we want to make this event a one-stop entertainment event. In terms of sportswear, the fashion and culinary industries can also play a role in the golf industry. The fashion industry is currently quite an important player in the world of golf and not just for women. In this case, Petty Hasibuan, as Vice President of Senayan Golf Club, stated that he would also include several fashion and culinary brands that had been curated in order to also support the creative industry. It is hoped that golf fans and the general public can also try to see the new fashion industry. As the largest industry with a high export value contribution, it is hoped that the world of fashion in the world of golf will be more widely accepted by society in general.
Petty Hasibuan is confident that the collaboration between the golf industry and the world of fashion will be accepted by the wider community, and it is hoped that they can collaborate at the national and even international levels. This fashion and culinary event will start early on October 4 at the Senayan Golf Club. Also inviting several local influencers in the Indonesian fashion world to enliven the final event of the Indonesia Long Drive.
For further information, you can see the website www.IndonesiaLongDrive.com.
