THE inaugural XPrienz Entrepreneur Challenge, hosted at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, in partnership with the Entrepreneur Golf Community of Malaysia (EGCM), proved an overwhelming success and gave promise of more to come.
The Challenge is one of the key premium events under Xprienz that has been especially designed to provide members with a variety of opportunities to improve their social activities while potentially growing their businesses and/or advancing their careers through meaningful connections.
The membership includes industry leaders, C-suite executives, decision-makers, senior management, entrepreneurs and business owners.
“In the modern business environment, we believe networking is vital in building, fostering and maintaining strong relationships,” said Tham Lih Chung, founder and group chairman of Eatcosys Sdn Bhd, under whose premium lifestyle experiential platform XPrienz falls.
“The golf course can be a great setting for this to take place and we hold a golf challenge with lucrative prizes on offer, to make it more exciting.” he said.
“We were just thrilled to see that the gathering benefited more than 100 business leaders,” added Tham.
Ivan Yap, chief executive officer of EGCM concurred with those sentiments and added: “Golf works as a positive way of networking because it’s founded upon a sense of good etiquette and fair play.
“We always welcome partners who want to revolutionize the experience like XPrienz.
“This Challenge is ideal for the new generation of golfers who prefer to grow their business through play-network-prosper golfing sessions,” said Yap.
The Challenge had on offer prizes totaling up to RM50,000, including Garmin S60 watches and gift cards for travel.
The tournament was played on a System 36 format, with men and women drawn in the same field.
Non-members, local celebrities and representatives of the media also participated in the Challenge.
Peter Bilitsch of Mobiv Acquisition Corp, Datuk Michael Tang of Mettiz Capital Ltd and Wayne Lim of Malaysia SME were among the notable guests and in the field some 110 golfers on the day.
Sojo Technology, Claritas, Propbuddies, EV City, Crestlink, Garmin, Priority Xplorer and Event, Deemples, 100 Plus, Hurix, Thule and Kitsuzo Izakaya were listed as some of the event partners of the XPrienz Entrepreneur Challenge.
XPrienz membership costs RM5,000 per year or RM500 per month, while the supplementary card costs RM3,000 per year or RM300 per month.
Members are handpicked and invited by the Eatcosys team and/or existing club members based on their values, interests and aspirations. Individuals interested in joining can log onto https://xprienz.asia/
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