EFG expands scholarship for Singapore's young golfers

Swiss private bank EFG International has awarded scholarships to golfers ranging from 14-year-old juniors to emerging professionals, strengthening its long-term support for Singapore's sporting talent.

EFG International, in partnership with the Singapore Golf Association (SGA), today announced the latest recipients of the EFG-SGA Elite Young Golfers Scholarship Programme. This year's cohort includes 14-year-olds Amelie Blossom Ng and Aamiya Koul, among the youngest scholars the programme has supported, alongside golfers who have claimed their first professional titles in 2026.

The announcement builds on EFG's renewal of its partnership with SGA for a further three years in February 2026, reaffirming the bank's long-term commitment to supporting Singapore's golfing pipeline from junior development through to the professional ranks. The bond-free scholarship, established in 2022, provides athletes with a year of financial support alongside mentorship, technical coaching access and exposure to international competition, helping them navigate the often-difficult transition from amateur to professional golf.

Albert Chiu, executive chairman, Asia Pacific, EFG International: This year's cohort aptly reflects our entrepreneurial DNA. We have scholars as young as 14 standing alongside athletes who have just claimed their first professional titles, and that range is the point. We believe in supporting these athletes from the very start, when a young golfer is still finding their game, not waiting until success is already proven. That is the kind of conviction that builds genuine champions over the long term.

Amelie Blossom Ng, 14, is a member of SGA's junior national squad who has represented Singapore at the Queen Sirikit Cup and the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship. She has won events in Malaysia and Japan and finished runner-up at the Singapore National Women's Amateur. Fellow 14-year-old Aamiya Koul, also on SGA's national squad, took up golf at age four and won the US Kids Golf
Indian Championship in 2023, qualifying her for the 2024 US Kids Golf World Championship.

At the other end of the cohort, Ryan Ang and Nicklaus Chiam have each broken through to professional wins this year. Ang, who turned professional in 2024, claimed victory at the Straits Cup Xiamen Open on the China Golf Tour in May 2026, following a tied-12th finish at the 2026 Singapore Open presented by The Business Times and a tied-third finish at the Chongqing Open. As an amateur, Ang won the
Singapore Open Amateur Championship in 2020 and represented Singapore at the World Amateur Team Championships, the Asian Games and the Nomura Cup.

Nicklaus Chiam, Singapore's highest-ranked player on the Official World Golf Ranking, secured his maiden professional title at the PKNS Selangor Masters in February 2026. A Washington State University graduate who played college golf while majoring in international business, Chiam helped Singapore win the 2019 Putra Cup and a men's team silver at the 2019 SEA Games during his amateur career.

Amelie Blossom Ng: Being one of the youngest to receive this scholarship means a lot to me. I'm really excited, and it makes me want to work even harder to show I deserve it. Golf already takes up a lot of my time with training and travelling for tournaments, so having this support means I can focus more on getting better. I just want to keep improving and one day represent Singapore at an even bigger level.

Between these two ends of the pipeline, this year's scholars also include a strong contingent of junior and collegiate talent. 17-year-old Troy Storm, a member of the SGA squad since 2022, closed out the 2026 Singapore Junior Golf Championship presented by BFG Golf with a nine-under-par 63 to win by eight shots, and made the cut in his first professional event at the 2025 Singapore Open. Brayden Lee, 18, was part of Singapore's World Amateur Team Championships squad that achieved a best-ever tied-18th finish in 2025, and followed it with the individual boys’ title at the Asia Junior Team Championship and a win at Japan's Royal Junior.

Chen Xingtong, 17, became the first Singaporean to reach the final of the US Girls' Junior Championship in 2025, was the youngest-ever winner of the Singapore Open Amateur Championship at 15, and has qualified for her third straight HSBC Women's World Championship in 2026. Valencia Chang, 19, helped the women's WATC team to its best-ever finish alongside Chen and Inez Ng, before going on to SEA Games team silver, and is currently pursuing collegiate golf at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Tan Chong Huat, president, SGA: Each year, we look closely at the strength of the field coming through our junior and national squads, and this year's group is among the most well-rounded we've seen.

There are athletes still in school balancing competition with their studies, others stepping into professional golf for the first time, and several who've already represented Singapore on the world stage. Having a partner in EFG that's committed to supporting all of them, regardless of where they sit in that journey, gives our athletes the confidence to keep pushing forward.

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