News - Asian Tour

India’s Sharma eager to reprise top form in WGC-Mexico Championship

By PGA Tour February 8: India’s Shubhankar Sharma can’t wait to return to the World Golf Championships-Mexico Championship later this month. A year ago, the 22-year-old prospect took the world by storm, grabbing the second- and third-round leads against a star-studded field at Club Golf de Chapultepec before finishing T9. While disappointed he failed to […]

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Upbeat Jazz ready for action again at ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth

Perth, Australia, February 7: Thailand’s Jazz Janewattananond is not about to rest on his laurels as he heads back into action with the ISPS HANDA World Super 6 Perth getting underway next week. Jazz continued to underline his status as one of the rising stars of the game when he defeated a host of world-class […]

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100th New Zealand Open to host Korean golfing legends K.J. Choi and Y.E. Yang

New Zealand, February 5: The two most successful golfers to come out of Korea – KJ Choi and YE Yang – have confirmed they will both play in the 100th New Zealand Open Championship in Queenstown from February 28 to March 3. KJ Choi is one of the top 25 players on the PGA TOUR’s all-time […]

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Best finish for Hend, as Johnson outguns Li for Saudi International title

By V. Krishnaswamy, in Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 3: Seasoned Scott Hend (67) showed he is on his way back with a tied-sixth finish at the Saudi International at the Royal Greens Golf and Country Club in Jeddah on Sunday. The result also equalled his best finish since the runner-up place at the […]

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Hend and Green in line for good finish in Saudi Arabia

By V. Krishnaswamy, in Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 2: Scott Hend and Gavin Green kept themselves in the race for a good finish even as China’s Li Haotong shot a historic four eagles, three of them par-fours, in the third round of the Saudi International at the Royal Greens Golf Club on Saturday. Hend […]

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Hend moves into contention in Saudi Arabia

By V. Krishnaswamy in Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 1: Scott Hend of Australia putted out in near darkness for a superb seven-under 63, which was bettered only by world number three Dustin Johnson at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club at the inaugural Saudi International powered by SBIA on Friday. The best-placed Asian […]

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Harding makes most of a last-minute spot, lies second in Saudi Arabia

By V. Krishnaswamy Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, February 01: South Africa’s Justin Harding made the most of a last-minute spot courtesy of his top-10 finish last week in Dubai, to get off to a flying start with a five-under-par 65 at the inaugural US$ 3.5 million Saudi International powered by SBIA on Thursday The two-time Asian […]

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