Thai teenager Pornanong Phatlum will be hoping to emulate American Michelle Wie by trying to qualify for the weekend during next week’s Bangkok Airways Open.
Wie became the first female player to play all four rounds of an Asian Tour event when she took part in the SK Telecom Open in Korea in 2006.
Now, 18-year-old Pornanong […]
Annika Sorenstam is the veteran past-master who many believe has already passed the torch to her younger rivals. Adam Scott is the rising youngster who many believe cannot rise any higher.
Both players proved over the weekend that they are neither willing to go away nor set a limit to high they can go with thrilling […]
In an era before Tiger Woods, there was Greg Norman. Sure, he didn’t win as many majors – two British Open titles to be exact – but that never stopped the Great White Shark from being one of the golfing world’s best drawcards.
That was more than a decade ago, though, and the former world number […]
Discounting Tiger Woods’ Thai heritage and Vijay Singh’s Fijian-ness, no Asian has ever won a major tournament.
However, there are at least three golfers from different parts of the continent in the field for this week’s US Masters in Augusta hoping to break that duck.
From the sub-continent, we have Jeev Milkha Singh, son of former Indian […]
Malaysian pro Danny Chia earned his second shot at the British Open when he won the International Fina Qualifying – Asia earlier this week.
Asia may have their own tour but it is the dream of all players to match themselves against the world’s best players. And what better arena than the British Open, which this […]
The countdown to the British Open, from an Asian standpoint at least, starts next week when 67 regional pros tee off at the International Final Qualifying.
The 36-hole event is being held at Singapore’s Sentosa Golf Club, which is on the island of the same name that houses the headquarters of the Asian Tour.
There are four […]
“Is it not sickening that Woods keeps on winning? Nobody deserves to be that good.” This was the email that greeted me on Monday morning, just hours after Tiger Woods won the Arnold Palmer Invitational by one shot.
It was from a good friend of mine, a fellow journalist and a Scot from Edinburgh. This same […]
India’s Arjun Atwal won the Malaysian Open for the second time in his career after he beat Sweden’s defending champion Peter Hedblom in a play-off.
But before going into Atwal’s victory, I’d like to comment a bit about the BBC website’s treatment of this piece of news.
If the BBC consider themselves a parochial news outlet that […]
Tiger Woods achieved another milestone, surpassing Arnold Palmer in tournament victories after winning his fourth straight title at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship.
World number one Woods beat Stewart Cink eight and seven in the 36-hole final for his third Match Play title and earned sole fourth place on the career list with 63 […]
Shivshankar Chowrasia added his name to an elite band of Indian golfers who have triumphed on the European Tour when he lifted the Indian Masters title at the Delhi Golf Club on Sunday.
The son of a greenkeeper, 29-year-old Chowrasia delighted the crowd, who had hoped to see a local winner in this inaugural tournament.
He did […]
South African star Ernie Els has said something that the Asian Tour better be wary about.
While taking part in the inaugural Indian Masters in Delhi, Els said in an AFP article that India has the advantage over their fellow massively populated and hence lucratively poised rivals China when it comes to golf.
Asian Tour chief Kyi […]
British Open champion Padraig Harrington, Scottish star Colin Montgomerie and homegrown KJ Choi will be among the leading names at the European Tour’s inaugural tournament in Korea from March 13-16.
The furore surrounding the nearly $3 million tournament has finally settled down after receiving joint sanction from the Asian Tour.
The Europeans ruffled the feathers of Asian […]
The Asian Tour and regional media are enjoying what often amounts to a comical, naïve and blindly jovial relationship.
I must admit, as a journalist, I’ve also been guilty of this.
The Asian Tour is worth supporting. There are people at the top who genuinely care. There are players who have worked hard and have been given […]
It has been a momentous past few days for Asian golf in a variety of ways. There were celebrations for the continent’s new number one, China’s Liang Wen-chong, while Asia’s women were on a high after victory over the Rest of the World in the Lexus Cup.
Meanwhile, Frenchman Jean Van De Velde, who came within […]
There are times when you do things in a huff. When something makes you angry, you should really wait a few minutes, take a few deep breaths and consider the consequences of what you might do.
I didn’t follow my own advice today when I saw an article in Bloomberg about the Asian Tour’s stance on […]