E lana ana ka manaʻo o Brunei Faiz Damit e hoʻomaka i kāna ʻoihana ʻoihana i kahi hoʻomaka lele ke hoʻomaka ka Brunei Open 2009 ma ka Empire Golf and Country Club mai Iulai 30 a ʻAukake 2.
Ua huli ʻo 23 makahiki i ka ʻoihana i Ianuali o kēia makahiki a e hahai ana ʻo ia i nā wāwae o ka hoa aloha ʻo Pengiran Hassanal nāna i komo i ka papa pāʻani no ka uku ma 2007.
ʻO ka Brunei Open 2009 ka lua o ka manawa e hōʻike ʻia ai ʻo Faiz i ka hanana US $300,000 full field Asian Tour. Ua pāʻani mua ʻo ia i ka paʻi 2008 ma ke ʻano he amateur kahi āna i hoʻopuka ai i nā pōʻai o 79 a me 76 e haʻalele i ka ʻoki hopena pule.
"Ua hoʻokuʻu wau iaʻu i koʻu pāʻani mua ʻana i ka Brunei Open i ka makahiki i hala ma ke ʻano he [n] amateur. Manaʻo wau e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a hiki i ka hopena pule i kēia makahiki, "wahi a Faiz.
Ua hui pū ʻo Faiz me Pengiran i ka Fortis International Challenge i ka makahiki 2008. ʻO ka huina o nā lā ʻehā o ka duo he 13-over-par 301, akā naʻe, ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻopaʻa i kekahi o nā tiketi ʻekolu no Brunei no ka Omega Mission Hills World Cup.
ʻO ka Bruneian, ka mea i hiki i ka pae hope o ke kula ʻo Asian Tour Qualifying School ma mua o kēia makahiki, e hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e kiʻi hou i ka hanohano ma o ka hoʻokūkū kūʻē ʻana i ka mea maikaʻi loa ma ka huakaʻi ʻAsia.
ʻO ke kahua hōkū mai ka huakaʻi ʻAsia e poʻomanaʻo ana i ka hanana e komo pū ana me ka ʻekolu Pilipino o Frankie Minoza, Juvic Pagunsan, a me Artemio Murakami; ʻO Lu Wen-teh o Kina Taipei; ʻO Thaworn Wiratchant o Thailand; ʻO Mo Joong-kyung o Korea; a me ka poʻe Australia ʻo David Gleeson, Scott Hend, a me ka poʻokela pale ʻo Rick Kulacz.
“ʻO koʻu manaʻolana ʻo ka hoʻokūkū mau ma ka huakaʻi ʻAsia a loaʻa ka ʻike e like me kaʻu e hiki ai ma ka huakaʻi. ʻO ka hope loa, ʻo koʻu makemake e lanakila i kahi hanana huakaʻi ʻAsia, "wahi a Faiz.
"He mea hou ke kolepa ʻoihana ma Brunei a ʻo ka hoʻokumu ʻana i [kahi] lanakila ma ka huakaʻi ʻAsia he huakaʻi lōʻihi paha akā hiki i kekahi mea ke hana i ke kolepa i nā lā ʻehā, a ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike, hiki koke mai kahi lanakila mai Brunei ma ka huakaʻi," i hoʻohui ʻia ka Bruneian.
ʻO Brunei Shell Petroleum ke poʻo inoa i ka Brunei Open, aʻo nā hoa ʻē aʻe e komo pū me Brunei Tourism, ma lalo o ke Keʻena ʻOihana a me nā kumuwaiwai kumu; ʻO ka Empire Hotel and Country Club; ke Kuhina o ka Moʻomeheu, ʻOpio, a me nā Haʻuki; Hui Kolepa ʻo Brunei Darussalam; Cross Creek; a me Srixon.
