Australian golf star Stacey Keating has an interesting playing partner in this week’s Ladies Indonesian Open – Miss Indonesia 2012 Ines Putri Tjiptadi.

The 23-year-old beauty queen from Bali is also a leading amateur golfer, winning the ladies Singapore amateur championship in 2010 and securing gold and silver medals in 2004 in Indonesia’s national championships.

She’s paired in the opening rounds in Jakarta with Keating, fresh from her back-to-back Ladies European Tour wins in the Spanish Open and French Open.

“I am very nervous as I have hardly played for the last five months. I just hope I don’t finish last,” said Tjiptadi in a statement from the event organisers.

“I have had a lot to do since winning Miss Indonesia in April including competing in Miss World. I am just aiming to have fun this week and learn from some of the best players.”

Tjiptadi’s golf career is on hold this year but she plans to focus on it next season.

“There is so much I want to do with golf. I really want to help promote the sport in our country and show that it is not a game only played by wealthy people.

“I also want to get involved in television and host a golf show. However, playing is what I love and I would still like to turn professional in a couple of years,” she said.

The Jakarta Ladies Indonesia Open is the most lucrative women’s national Open in south-east Asia with the winner earning $US30,000 ($A29,000).