They are calling it the greatest field ever to be assembled in Asia, and that is without Tiger.
This week’s HSBC Champions event, worth $5 million in total prize money, is the richest tournament in Asia and has attracted the likes of Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh, who between them have won nine majors.
With [...]
One of the biggest weeks in Asian professional golf fittingly produced a big-name winner as US Open champion Angel Cabrera, of Argentina, lifted the Singapore Open title on Sunday.
Cabrera, who led from the second round, closed with a one-over-par 72 to put the finishing touches to an eight-under 276 total and edge Fijian Vijay Singh [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
While primarily catering to golfers in the region, Asian Tour officials are delighted when marquee players accept invitations to take part in their events.
It is safe to say that organisers of next week’s Korean Open are over the moon that Fijian star Vijay Singh has signed on to take part in their tournament.
The former US [...]
Organisers of the Fortis International Challenge in Malaysia this month were hoping for a few big names for the qualifying tournament for November’s World Cup.
However, their only hope of a big-name player, New Zealand, opted to go with Stephen Scahill and Richard Lee.
Kiwi former US Open champion Michael Campbell is unable to represent his country, [...]
The Australiasian Tour is stirring with unease. Despite having a long history and enjoying joint sanction on tournaments with the European Tour, the Aussies are struggling to stay on their own.
A footnote in an article in The Age newspaper recently contained strong indications that The Australasian Tour will soon become one with, or at least [...]
Mental strength is often what separates champions from the less successful. Take the case of Australia’s Adam Le Vesconte.
He sat on a four-shot lead after the third round of the Brunei Open on the Asian Tour but surrendered it on the final day, eventually handing victory to Taiwan’s Lin Wen-tang.
Is it complacency? Is it lack [...]
The Johor Open ended on Sunday with Filipino-Japanese Artemio Murakami claiming a maiden Asian Tour title with a one-stroke victory over compatriot Tony Lascuna and Scotland’s Simon Yates.
However, despite being there as a stringer for Reuters, I didn’t write a line about the tournament. My aim was to interview Kyi Hla Han, executive chairman of [...]
The Asian Tour has come to my neck of the woods this week. Well, sort of. It’s a four-hour drive from my home just outside Kuala Lumpur to Johor Bahru for the Iskandar Johor Open.
I thought I’d make the journey so I could cover the tournament for Reuters, for whom I am on a retainer, [...]
Scott Hend is among a host of Australians who are using the Asian Tour as a stepping stone for greater things.
Hend is currently in third place in the Asian Tour’s UBS Order of Merit as he tried to chase down leader Liang Wen-chong, of China, with half of the season still remaining.
Hend has $332,460 in [...]