Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Park In-bee captured Asia’s first Olympic golf gold medal when she completed a remarkable recovery from injury to underline her status as one of the modern greats of the women’s game. The 28-year-old from Korea recorded her third sublime 66 at Reserva de Marapendi Golf Course in Rio de Janeiro to win […]
Sarawak, Malaysia: South African Mathiam Keyser edged Singapore’s Quincy Quek by one shot to win his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at the PGM MNRB Sarawak Championship. Keyser posted a fourth consecutive two-under-par 70 to win the RM200,000 (about US$46,600) event with an eight-under 280 total at the Kelab Golf Sarawak. Quek, playing three […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: World number one Lydia Ko chose the perfect moment to register the first hole-in-one of her life – and that sweetest of seven-iron shots could potentially lead her to the promised land of Olympic glory. Standing in her way is the indomitable figure of Korean Park In-bee, the most decorated Major […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Asia remained on track for golden glory in the Rio Olympics with Park In-bee taking route 66 all the way to the top of the half-way leaderboard in the women’s golf tournament. Battling back from injury, the Korean fired her second successive five-under-par 66 for a 36-hole aggregate of 132. That […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Ariya Jutanugarn delivered another masterclass in a season overflowing with dominant performances by shooting a six-under-par 65 to grab the lead after the first round of the Olympic women’s golf competition. The talented 20-year-old Thai burst from the pack on a crowded leaderboard to set the standard on the Reserva de […]
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: It took 112 years for golf to find a new Olympic champion, but it was well worth the wait. Great Britain’s Justin Rose followed in the footsteps of the long-departed George Lyon of Canada when he climbed onto the podium to collect the Olympic gold medal in Rio de Janeiro. On a […]
Philadelphia, United States: Seong Eun-jeong can officially introduce Robert Cox to Glenna Collett Vare. For the first time, the long-standing United States Golf Association (USGA) trophies bearing the names of these two individuals will simultaneously be in the possession of one golfer. Sixteen-year-old Korean Seong dramatically holed a 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole […]
Manila, Philippines: Local stalwart Jay Bayron delighted the home crowd when he closed with a two-under-par 70 to win by two shots for his second Aboitiz Invitational title and his fourth Asian Development Tour (ADT) win. Bayron, who won the tournament when it was inaugurated in 2011, fired four birdies against two bogeys to tame […]
Hong Kong: Yannick Artigolle repelled a spirited late charge from defending champion Leon D’Souza to claim victory in the Faldo Series Hong Kong Championship. The 16-year-old Artigolle was a model of consistency as he fired rounds of 71, 70 and 71 at the Jockey Club Kau Sai Chau Public Course in what was the seventh […]
Pattaya, Thailand: Chinese Taipei’s Chan Shih-chang realised his dream of winning a maiden Asian Tour title after a final round three-under-par 67 saw him lift the King’s Cup presented by PTT Group. Having already won five times on the Asian Development Tour (ADT), Chan knew a victory on the Asian Tour was long overdue and […]
New Jersey, United States: Korean Seong Eun-jeong rallied from an early deficit to defeat Andrea Lee, 4 and 2, in the final match to win the 68th US Girls’ Junior Championship. In so doing, she became the first back-to-back champion since Hollis Stacy won her third straight in 1971. “It’s a little bit different feel […]
Siem Reap, Cambodia: Introducing local children to the Royal and Ancient sport of golf will be one of the primary aims during the fifth edition of the Faldo Series Cambodia Championship. The fifth leg of the record-breaking 2016-17 Faldo Series Asia campaign will be played this weekend over the award-winning, Nick Faldo-designed Angkor Golf Resort, […]