Christchurch, New Zealand: Hiroki Miya defied heavy rain and strong winds to fly high in the third Faldo Series New Zealand Championship, presented by the Canterbury Golf Development Trust. The promising 16-year-old from Canterbury made light of the tough conditions to emerge triumphant by three strokes in The R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking event that was […]
Hong Kong: Sam Brazel enjoyed a life-changing victory at the season-ending UBS Hong Kong Open, sinking an eight-foot birdie on the last hole for a dramatic win. The 37-year-old Australian showed nerves of steel under pressure to fire a final round of two-under-par 68 and lift his maiden Asian Tour title by one stroke with […]
Christchurch, New Zealand: Tom Parker will be seeking to deliver a fitting finale to a memorable year in his golfing development when he tees-off in next week’s Faldo Series New Zealand Championship, presented by the Canterbury Golf Development Trust. Having excelled at home and abroad in recent months, the 16-year-old Christchurch Boys’ High student is […]
Hong Kong: With just days to go before the UBS Hong Kong Open tees-off, the tournament’s community outreach programme is already in full swing. With enhanced accessibility to the tournament a priority for the organising partners, the tournament is set to host a wider audience of local community groups than ever before in 2016. Following the […]
Hua Hin, Thailand: Chapchai Nirat mounted a sensational comeback by powering his way to victory with a closing seven-under-par 65 to win the ADT Thongchai Jaidee Foundation. A four-time Asian Tour winner, Chapchai overcame a four-shot overnight deficit to win the four million Baht (about US$115,770) Asian Development Tour (ADT) event by six shots, courtesy of […]
New Delhi, India: Local veteran Mukesh Kumar completed a wire-to-wire victory at the weather-shortened Panasonic Open India to claim his first Asian Tour title by one shot. Kumar, who held a two-stroke advantage heading into the third and final round, closed with a two-under-par 70 for a winning total of 10-under 206 at the US$400,000 […]
Singapore: For the second year in succession, Jonathan Wijono produced a true master-class at Laguna National’s Masters Course. Three weeks before his 16th birthday, the highly-rated Indonesian teenager had cause to celebrate after recording an impressive wire-to-wire victory in the sixth edition of the Mizuno – Laguna National Junior Golf Championship. Over three days on […]
Pune, India: There’s no stopping record-setting teenager Karandeep Kochhar. Still on a high after writing his name into the record books as the youngest golfer and first Indian amateur to win on the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the 17-year-old topped the leaderboard in the Faldo Series India Boys Championship. Three weeks after his […]
Melbourne, Australia: Wu Ashun and Li Haotong delivered China’s best ever finish at the US$8 million ISPS HANDA World Cup of Golf after coming in tied second behind champions Denmark at Kingston Heath Golf Club. The Chinese duo fought superbly in the final day’s fourball session, combining effectively for a seven-under-par 65 and a 16-under […]
Bogor, Indonesia: American John Catlin closed with a second consecutive four-under-par 67 to seal his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) victory at the Combiphar Golf Invitational. The 26-year-old Catlin, who started the day with a two-shot lead, snared four birdies en route to claiming a three-shot triumph with a 16-under 268 total at the Gunung […]
Singapore: Desmond Kim continued his rich vein of recent form with a wire-to-wire victory in the Faldo Series Singapore Championship. Fresh from outstanding performances in the Laguna National Match Play Championship and Singapore National Amateur Championship, Kim proved too strong for his rivals in the 17th leg of the record-breaking 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia season. […]
Singapore: Tommy Tan Xuan Hao will have an old score to settle when he tees-off in this week’s Faldo Series Singapore Championship. For the past two years, the tournament has provoked anguish and disappointment for the Singapore National Development Squad member. In 2014, Tan led the way in the Singapore qualifier at Jurong Country Club […]