It has been a year of new names on the European Tour and the latest one is French. Gregory Bourdy became the 18th first-time winner on the Tour this season when he triumphed at the Mallorca Classic.
The 25-year-old shot a closing round of 67 to finish on 12-under-par 268 for a two-stroke victory over […]
Nick Faldo has been one of Asia’s finest ambassadors over the years, first as a regular visitor to the region for tournaments and lately as someone keen to see the development of Asian golf.
He will be fulfilling both roles at November’s Hong Kong Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling in a city […]
Wildfires don’t care about big names. With brush fires raging out of control in California, no-one in their paths are spared.
Hollywood stars, the rich, the famous and even top golfers. Phil Mickelson’s family were among those forced to evacuate their homes this week because of the fire threat.
Amy and their three children fled their Rancho […]
A friend from Sri Lanka, where I was born, recently asked me to visit him if I was ever there and we could play a round at the Royal Colombo Golf Club.
I shuddered at the thought. My last trip to Colombo was in 1999, when I saw the rules of etiquette casually being abused at […]
There were first-time winners on either side of the pond at the weekend. No longer are the names of George McNeill and Denmark’s Mads Vibe-Hastrup obscure to those who do not have an anorak’s eye-view of the US PGA Tour or the European Tour.
McNeill triumphed at the Frys.com Open in Las Vegas while Vibe-Hastrup claimed […]
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting both Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player – and let me just say, God is not making golf professionals like them anymore. If you watched the recent Presidents Cup, I don’t need to argue the class of these two individuals – but I thought two anecdotes could share my personal […]
In a previous post, I mentioned that it might be time to do away with the Presidents Cup. After all, with the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup, the Americans have a major team event every year. This seems like too much. Especially with the new Fed Ex playoffs, which forces top players to compete every […]
Phil Mickelson has been a notoriously poor traveller over the years, especially when it comes to taking part in tournaments in Asia.
While his contemporaries such as Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh and others have been happy to accommodate Asia when their schedules permit, Mickelson has chosen to stay in the United States with his […]
It was just like old times for former Masters champion Vijay Singh, who made a triumphant return to Asia with victory at the Korean Open at the weekend.
Singh, who won in Korea back in 1995, closed with a two-over-par 73 to hold on for a two-stroke victory over last year’s winner Yang Yong-eun and his […]
Asia is gearing up for a series of three tournaments that promises to bring some of the best golfers in the world to the region.
The action starts in the first week of November with the Singapore Open, followed by the HSBC Champions tournament in China and ends with the Hong Kong Open.
The Singapore Open is […]
The merits of the Presidents Cup, whether it is a viable event or not, has been the topic of lively debate over the past week.
While most observers wish to see it zapped from the international calendar, or at least modified so that it becomes part of a global inter-continental set-up, there is at least one […]