JAKARTA, June 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Junior golfers from six countries in the Southeast Asian region are set to take part in the 10th Junior ASEAN Golf Championship which begins on Tuesday at the Damai Indah Golf Course, Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) in Indonesia's Tangerang.

    The six-day championship, officially opened by Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso on Monday afternoon, features 121 players from Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.

    As the host, Indonesia is competing with the bulk of the participants. Malaysia has come with the most players among the visiting teams with seven followed by Thailand (5), the Philippines (3), Singapore (2) and Vietnam (1).

    The tournament, which is being held to coincide with Jakarta's 477th anniversary, will have four age categories respectively for boys and girls, namely class A (age 15-17), class B (age 13-14), class C (age 11-12) and class D (age 10 and below).

    The boys class A and B play 72 holes of stroke-play while the boys C and D and the girls will play 54 holes.

    Among the participants is last year's champion Abhinawa Sahari of Indonesia. The 14-year-old is competing in the boys class A division.

    "I hope I can retain the trophy this year and I will still be using the same strategy like last year's although the weather is abit unpredictable lately,"he was quoted Tuesday by The Jakarta Post as saying. Enditem