Dhaka, Bangladesh: Malcolm Kokocinski closed with a six-under-par 65 to secure his first Asian Tour title at the US$300,000 AB Bank Bangladesh Open. A regular on the Asian Development Tour (ADT), where he leads the current Order of Merit, the Swede overturned a three-shot overnight deficit to post a winning total of 14-under-par 270 at the […]
Phuket, Thailand: Laguna Phuket, the Thailand tourist island’s only fully integrated resort, has laid out its ambitious future plans for the Singha Laguna Phuket Open. Although only in its second iteration this year, the All Thailand Golf Tour event – to be held from May 10-13 – is guaranteed a wide following in Thailand and […]
Changsha, China: American Charlie Saxon won his third PGA Tour Series-China title by securing a two-shot victory over Japan’s Taihei Sato at the Changsha Championship. Saxon carded a 68 to finish with a 10-under total of 278 at the Hunan Dragon Lake International Golf Club, where play was suspended twice on Sunday afternoon due to […]
Seongnam, Korea: Park Sang-hyun renewed his love affair with the GS Caltex Maekyung Open Golf Championship by winning the long-standing event again with a birdie at the third play-off hole. Park, who won the event in 2016, had to go the extra distance to lift his sixth professional title after he carded an even-par-71 in […]
Penang, Malaysia: Nitithorn Thippong won his first Asian Development Tour (ADT) title with a final round three-under-par 69 at the RM225,000 (about US$58,000) PGM Penang Championship. The 21-year-old Thai, who entered the last day of the tournament one shot behind overnight leader Miguel Carballo of Argentina, made four birdies against a lone bogey to close with a winning total […]
Shenzhen, China: Nanako Inagaki became the first Japanese winner of an ANNIKA Invitational tournament with a wire-to-wire victory in the global all-girls event at the Mission Hills Dongguan resort in southern China. The 17-year-old Inagaki carded a closing three-under 69 over the Annika Course to finish on 207, nine-under-par for the 54-hole tournament. However, the […]
Beijing, China: Alexander Björk became the first Swede to lift the Volvo China Open trophy after closing with a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to win by one shot at the Topwin Golf and Country Club. The 27-year-old Björk, who started the round one shot back, rolled in seven birdies for a winning total of 18-under-par 270 […]
Zhangjiagang Island, China: Thai teenager Saranporn Langkulgasettrin survived a late-round wobble to emerge victorious in the Sun Car Zhangjiagang Shuangshan Classic. Saranporn’s one-stroke success was the 18-year-old’s fourth career victory on the China LPGA Tour and her first this season. She won three times last year en route to topping the Order of Merit. Nine-under with […]
Dhaka, Bangladesh: Kazuki Higa claimed his maiden Asian Development Tour (ADT) title at his very first attempt following a final round two-under-par 70 at the inaugural US$60,000 BTI Open. It was a wire-to-wire victory for the 23-year-old Japanese who emerged triumphant with a 17-under-par 271 total at the Kurmitola Golf Club. Bangladeshi Zamal Hossain Mollah […]
Phuket, Thailand: Laguna Golf Phuket was the scene of an historic victory for Bhitchayoot Sima-Aree in the third leg of the inaugural Junior Golf Tour of Asia (JGTA) season. Displaying a steely nerve, Thai Bhitchayoot triumphed at the second hole of a sudden-death play-off against Taiwan’s Chen Yu-yu in the JGTA Phuket Junior Open. Not […]
Osaka, Japan: Rahil Gangjee overcame severe self-doubts to end a 14-year victory drought with a memorable triumph at the Panasonic Open Golf Championship. The 39-year-old Indian closed with a three-under-par 68 at Ibaraki Country Club for a one-shot victory over Koreans Kim Hyung-sung and Hwang Jung-gon. Despite immense pressure, Gangjee struck a bunker shot to […]
Johor Bahru, Malaysia: Singapore’s Johnson Poh broke through on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) in emphatic style, romping to a four-shot victory at the PGM Johor Championship. The 26-year-old fired an accomplished closing seven-under-par 65 for a four-day total of 21-under-par 267 in the RM225,000 (about US$58,000) event at Palm Resort Golf and Country Club. Second […]