“The people we invited here are all high-level management people, our VIP customers,” said Antony Yu Xinghua, Siemens (Shanghai) public relations manager. “A golf course is a place they want to come. They don’t want to go to a five-star hotel, they like something like golf that is more casual and suits their style.”

Wu Xugen was someone who wanted to be there as the 3.6 handicap shot a 76 to take the low gross honor. He
also won one of two closest-to-the-pin holes. Lu Wenxu, a single handicap, was runner-up with a four-over 76.

Cai Jinyi, a 28.8 handicap, took the low net prize with a net 71.2. Lin Qingtong was runner-up with a net 72 on a handicap of 36.

“This tournament gave me a chance to test Shanghai Silport’s famous greens,” Wu.said. “Normally I use three putts on the green when I am having bad luck. Today I had one with five putts! I was really happy to feel the difficulty of this famous course.”

At the prize presentation the players had the chance to see Siemens’ latest product, the next generation S57 mobile phone. The state-of-the-art Tri-Band handset incorporates Multi Media Messaging (MMS) with such features as a color display screen and an extended organizer. It can also be hooked up to a Quickpic Camera IQP-500 to display photos and add music.

“This tournament was an important occasion for us make communication with our customers,” said Yue Jia, China Mobile marketing manager. “We wanted an informal setting to get to know the needs of our high-end VIPs and show them the new services we can supply right now in wireless data, MMS, call conferencing and international short messages.”

Shanghai Silport Golf Club has hosted the Volvo China Open for the past four years. The club, located in Kun Shan, Jiang Su, will again host the country’s national Open this year, September 4-7.