Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Hong Kong’s Leon D’Souza displayed nerves of steel as he outlasted Naoki Sekito of Japan in a play-off to triumph at the ninth edition of the Ambank SportExcel International Junior Championships. The 16-year-old rallied from three strokes back, thanks to a brilliant closing effort of one-under 71 to force extra holes at […]
Bangkok, Thailand: The pressure will be off for Putt Sridama when he tees-off the defence of his Faldo Series Thailand Championship trophy this weekend. A three-stroke winner last year, Putt enters the fray secure in the knowledge that however he may fare at Panorama Golf and Country Club he’s already assured a place in the ninth Faldo Series Asia Grand […]
Mumbai, India: Gaurika Bishnoi lists creating music as one of her off-course interests. It was appropriate, therefore, that the talented teenager should call the tune in the Faldo Series India Girls’ Championship. Maintaining her recent outstanding form, the 16-year-old held off the challenge of fast-finishing Ridhima Dilawari to clinch top spot at the 6,121-yard, par-70 […]
Shenzhen, China: World number nine Kim Hyo-joo came out with all guns blazing on the final day of the US$550,000 Hyundai China Ladies Open. And when the smoke cleared as the sun started to set on the Jack Nicklaus-designed World Cup Course at Mission Hills Shenzhen, the 19-year-old Korean sensation was the only one left standing after a […]
Chonburi, Thailand: England’s Lee Westwood claimed a Thailand Golf Championship double when he staged a fabulous fightback with a final round five-under-par 67 to win the US$1 million Asian Tour event. The former world number one won the inaugural edition in 2011 and made it another victory to remember by signing off with a four-day […]
Gold Coast, Australia: Greg Chalmers staged a remarkable comeback to win the Australian PGA Championship after the longest-play-off in the history of the OneAsia Tour. Chalmers capped an astonishing day by defeating defending champion Adam Scott at the seventh extra hole at RACV Royal Pines Resort to claim the Joe Kirkwood Cup and scoop the […]
Kathmandu, Nepal: Arun Tamang overturned a four-stroke overnight deficit to emerge triumphant in the third edition of the Faldo Series Nepal Championship. A member of his country’s national squad, Tamang fired a closing 74 at Gokarana Forest Resort to clinch a notable victory. With a 36-hole total of 151, Tamang finished three shots clear of […]
Jakarta, Indonesia: Irishman Padraig Harrington secured a thrilling victory at the US$750,000 BANK BRI Indonesia Open after defeating a battling Thanyakon Khrongpha of Thailand by two shots. The three-time Major champion held a four-shot lead at the start of the final round but stumbled to the turn in 37 as Thanyakon birdied three of his opening […]
Guangzhou, China: Asia Pacific produced a dominant display in Sunday’s singles to win OneAsia’s Dongfeng Nissan Cup for a third time in four years after completing a record 15-9 victory over defending champions China at a damp Foison Golf Club. Peter Thomson’s Asia Pacific team won eight of the 12 matches on the final day […]
Khon Kaen, Thailand: Thaworn Wiratchant rewrote the record books by winning an 18th Asian Tour title after he closed with a five-under-par 67 to lift the trophy in the US$500,000 King’s Cup. With his second Asian Tour victory this season, the Thai veteran also completed his royal collection having won the Queen’s Cup in 2012 and 2014. Indian Anirban […]
Singapore: National squad member Lucius Toh produced a gutsy comeback to retain his title in the Faldo Series Singapore Championship. Thanks to a closing one-over-par 73 at Jurong Country Club, 17-year-old Toh overturned a three-stroke overnight deficit to secure a return trip to China for next year’s Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, to be hosted […]
Manila, Philippines: Mardan Mamat ended a two-year title drought by romping to a commanding six-shot victory at the US$1 million Resorts World Manila Masters presented by 918.com. The 47-year-old Singaporean completed a stylish wire-to wire victory with a final round of three-under-par 69 at the Manila Southwoods Golf and Country Club. His winning total of 20-under […]