Lahore, Pakistan: A new name will be inscribed on the Faldo Series Pakistan Championship trophy this week. Since the tournament’s inauguration in 2011, only two players have achieved victory. Mubariz Ahmad won on each of the first three occasions before Nadeem Aslam stamped his mark with triumphs in 2014 and 2015. But with their junior […]
Bangkok, Thailand: A host of high-profile industry experts shared their knowledge at last week’s Business Management Institute [BMI] Course. Staged at Bangkok’s Thana City Golf and Sports Club, the five-day course was presented by the Asian Golf Industry Federation [AGIF] and the Club Managers Association of America [CMAA]. It was the second course to be […]
Phuket, Thailand: Napat Paramacharoenroj recovered brilliantly from a nightmare start to claim victory in the inaugural Faldo Series Thailand Championship (South). One of the pre-tournament favourites, Napat, a 15-year-old two-handicapper, ran up a triple-bogey seven on the opening hole followed by a bogey-four at the short second in the first round at Laguna Golf Phuket, […]
Kathmandu, Nepal: The search to unearth local golfing heroes will gather pace with the staging of the fifth edition of the Faldo Series Nepal Championship. The 10th leg of the record-breaking 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia season, the Nepal event will showcase the brightest young golfing talent from the South Asian nation that is located in the […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Swede Oskar Arvidsson fired a third consecutive four-under-par 67 to claim a two-stroke victory at the PGM MIDF TPC Kuala Lumpur Championship. It was a maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) title and a first professional win for the 25-year-old in the RM200,000 (about US$46,600) event at the TPC Kuala Lumpur, a Golf […]
Siem Reap, Cambodia: Angkor Golf Resort will play host to a new qualifying event for the Ladies European Tour (LET). To be held from October 19-22, it will act as one of four pre-qualifying tournaments for the LET’s Lalla Aicha Tour School, which culminates with the Final Stage in Marrakech, Morocco, in December. “We are […]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Gavin Green will be aiming to strike gold at the TPC Kuala Lumpur this week. Green is back on familiar ground as he attempts to win his fourth Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the PGM MIDF TPC Kuala Lumpur Championship. The highly-rated Malaysian, who made his Olympic debut last month, hopes […]
Phuket, Thailand: New ground will be broken this week when the inaugural Faldo Series Thailand Championship (South) tees-off at Laguna Golf Phuket. A staunch supporter of the Faldo Series Asia since its inception in 2006, Thailand is, for the first time, hosting two qualifiers. In May, Putt Sridama continued his remarkable sequence of Faldo Series […]
Crans Montana, Switzerland: Alex Noren snared a 30-foot birdie putt on the first play-off hole to defeat Scott Hend and win the Omega European Masters for the second time in his career. Swede Noren, who won the Swiss showpiece in 2009, returned a closing five-under-par 65 to end his campaign tied on 17-under 263 alongside […]
Taipei, Taiwan: Teresa Lu lived up to her billing as the top-ranked player in the field as she eked out a two-stroke victory in the weather-hit CTBC Ladies Open. After waiting 4½ hours to play nine holes at Orient (Taipei) Golf and Country Club, Lu, the world number 29, quickly wiped out the four-shot deficit […]
Jakarta, Indonesia: Sweden’s Oscar Zetterwall enjoyed the victorious feeling for the second time in four months when he pipped American Johannes Veerman in a play-off to win the US$100,000 Ciputra Golfpreneur Tournament presented by Panasonic. Zetterwall shrugged off Veerman’s challenge by sinking a birdie putt at the first extra hole to win his second Asian […]
Hong Kong: National team player Kho Tai-chi clinched Hong Kong’s national Junior Open on the third hole of a sudden-death play-off, capping a dramatic final day at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. As the leading local player, Kho will experience the World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions in Shanghai later this year, courtesy of the […]