Hong Kong SAR, China: The Link Hong Kong Open 2025 will scale new heights when the 64th edition of Asia’s most prestigious national Open tees-off at the Hong Kong Golf Club (HKGC) in Fanling this week.

With starts at the 90th Masters Tournament at Augusta National and The 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 2026 awaiting the champion, this year’s tournament is shaping up to be one of the most significant in the history of Hong Kong’s oldest sporting event.

The Link Hong Kong Open 2025 will form part of the elevated International Series on the Asian Tour for the third successive year. As the seventh of nine International Series events for the 2025 season, the tournament will have a huge bearing on which player tops the final rankings and earns a ticket to the lucrative LIV Golf League.

The glittering field includes Major winners, Asian Tour stalwarts, past champions, and rising stars, who will clash over four days of competition at one of Asia’s most celebrated courses for a total purse of US$2 million.

The tournament’s Major pedigree matches its Major incentives in the form of five Major champions – American Patrick Reed (2018 Masters), South Africans Louis Oosthuizen (2010 Open) and Charl Schwartzel (2011 Masters), Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell (2010 US Open) and Germany’s Martin Kaymer (2010 PGA Championship, 2014 US Open).

Defending champion Reed returns to Fanling bolstered by a memorable three-shot victory in 2024, where he shot a stunning 11-under-par 59 in the third round to seize control of the tournament.

“Hong Kong is one of my favourite cities and I obviously have great memories from my victory last year. It would be great if I can put myself in the running again and make it back-to-back wins,” said Reed.

English stalwart Paul Casey may not have a Major title to his name but will certainly be one of the fan favourites. While he has won tournaments in 13 different countries, Casey has not triumphed in Hong Kong but came close in 2024 when he lost in a play-off to Mexico’s Abraham Ancer at LIV Golf Hong Kong.

“I enjoy playing all over the world and have been privileged to win at golf clubs that are steeped in history. Hopefully I can add Hong Kong Golf Club to that list this time around,” said Casey.

Other prominent players include four-time LIV Golf champion Talor Gooch of the United States, and four former Hong Kong Open champions – New Zealander Ben Campbell (2023), two-time winner Wade Ormsby (2017 and 2020) and his fellow-Australians Sam Brazel (2016) and Scott Hend (2014).

The Link Hong Kong Open 2025 is also remarkable for its in-depth strength, with a host of Asian Tour stalwarts adding variety and muscle to the line-up. American John Catlin, the 2024 Asian Tour Order of Merit winner, will be joined by 2022 merit winner and compatriot Sihwan Kim, along with Jazz Janewattananond of Thailand and Shubhankar Sharma of India who topped the season rankings in 2019 and 2018, respectively. Zimbabwean Scott Vincent will be hoping to consolidate his position at the top of both the 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit and The International Series Rankings.

Leading the local challenge is 24-year-old Taichi Kho, who will be looking to build on the memories of his maiden professional victory at the 2023 World City Championship at HKGC. Other players from Hong Kong, China, include its top-ranked amateur Jeffrey Shen and the leading two finishers from September’s local qualifying tournament, Isaac Lam and Leon D’Souza.

China’s Ding Wenyi has added incentive to earn the two Major starts. As the winner of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Japan, he was given exemptions into this year’s Masters and The Open – but forfeited them as he opted to turn professional.

The Hong Kong Open has been played every year since its inception in 1959 at HKGC, making it and the Masters Tournament the only two professional golf events to have been held at the same venue for over half a century. The players will take on the club’s picturesque and challenging Composite Course, a classic, tree-lined track which favours precise play and sound strategy over raw power.

HKGC Captain Andy Kwok said: “With such a strong field, we are looking forward to four days of scintillating golf at our venerable club. The Fanling layout will be set up to provide a worthy challenge for the world-class golfers, and I am sure we will see a deserving champion come Sunday.”

*The Hong Kong Golf Club is a Facility Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.