Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia: Thai Chapchai Nirat calmly holed a four-foot par putt to beat Filipino veteran Antonio Lascuna at the first play-off hole in the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters. Big-hitting Chapchai held his nerve at the Seri Selangor Golf Club to secure his fourth Asian Tour victory, ending a five-year title drought in the RM1.3 […]
Hong Kong: Michael Regan Wong became the first local golfer for four years to win the Hong Kong Open Amateur Championship – and with it a start in next month’s Hong Kong Open – thanks to a flawless display at Discovery Bay Golf Club. Wong, 17, fired a bogey-free final-round 69 to finish on a three-day […]
Karuizawa, Japan; Denny McCarthy’s eight-under-par 64 and Bryson DeChambeau’s nine-foot birdie putt on the 18th green for a 71 clinched the Eisenhower Trophy for the USA, which staved off the charge of Canada to win the World Amateur Team Championship (WATC) for the 15th time. “It was very exciting right down to the last putt,” […]
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia: Thai Pavit Tangkamolprasert rounded off a superb week when he fired a three-under-par 69 to claim his third Asian Development Tour (ADT) victory at the PGM MNRB Sarawak Championship. One month after clinching his second ADT title in Malaysia, Pavit mixed his card with one eagle and four birdies against three bogeys […]
Karuizawa, Japan: Yu Chun-an fired a second successive 67 as Chinese Taipei stayed within striking distance of the leaders at the half-way stage of the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship. Heading into Friday’s third round, the Chinese Taipei team is in a share of 11th place on 274 – six shots off the blistering pace being […]
Karuizawa, Japan: Chinese Taipei’s Yu Chun-an fired a 67 and Malaysian Gavin Kyle Green, China’s Dou Zecheng, Indian Udayan Mane and Thai Suradit Yongcharoen-chai signed for 68s on the opening day of the 2014 World Amateur Team Championship. However, despite those impressive individual efforts, no Asian nation featured in the top-nine at Karuizawa 72 Golf East. While Canada, […]
Crans Montana, Switzerland: American David Lipsky became the first player from the Asian Tour to win the €2.3 million (about US$3 million) Omega European Masters when he pipped England’s Graeme Storm to the title at the first play-off hole. With his maiden Tour win in 2012 also coming through a play-off, the 26-year-old Korean-American was […]
Karuizawa, Japan: Brooke Henderson and Brittany Marchand combined for nine-under-par 135 as Canada held off defending champion Republic of Korea and maintained a two-stroke lead through 54 holes at the 2014 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. “We had some super-solid play out there,” said Canadian captain Liz Hoffman. “But, we left a few shots out […]
Karuizawa, Japan: Canada posted a 14-under-par 274 for a two-stroke lead over surging Japan after two rounds of the 2014 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship (WWATC) at Karuizawa 72 Golf East. Fuelled by a 69 from Brooke Henderson and a 70 from Brittany Marchand, Canada registered a second-round total of five-under 139 at the par-72 […]
Manila, Philippines: Antonio Lascuna claimed his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title after closing with a six-under-par 66 for a three-stroke victory at the US$100,000 Aboitiz Invitational. The 43-year-old overnight leader traded one eagle and six birdies against two bogeys for a winning total of 20-under-par 268 at the Riviera Golf and Country Club’s Couples […]
Nanjing, China: Sweden won the Gold Medal after a dramatic play-off victory over Korea following the final round of the Mixed Team event at the Youth Olympics. There was also a play-off for the Bronze Medal with Italy edging out Denmark on the first extra hole at Zhongshan International Golf Club. The Swedish pairing of […]
Nanjing, China: Helped by a hole-in-one, Denmark carded a seven-under-par 65 to take a two-shot lead over Korea after the second round of the Mixed Team event at the 2014 Youth Olympics. John Paul Pultz Pinnerup Axelsen holed his tee shot with an eight-iron at the 163-yard third hole to help his team move to the […]