https://www.scmp.com/rss/318721/feed The Venetian Macao Open 2015 will be staged from October 15-18 at the Macau Golf and Country Club Macau with prize money of US$1,000,000. The tournament is part of the Asian Tour and was first held in 1998. India's Anirban Lahiri won the 2014 edition with a one-stroke victory. Past winners of the event include Scotland's Colin Montgomerie (2003), Englishman Lee Westwood (1999), China's Zhang Lianwei (2001 and 2002) and Australian Scott Hend (2013). en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Scott Hend knew he held the fate of the US$1 million Venetian Macao Open in his hands as he carried a three-stroke lead into yesterday's final round. So the game plan was simple. "One foot in front of the other, one shot at a time," said Hend. I tried to make the best choices I possibly could and not put any pressure on myself Scott Hend  It worked a treat, too, as the Australian claimed victory - by three strokes - over the Indian pair of Anirban Lahiri and Chiragh Kumar at the Macau Golf and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1869245/scott-hend-holds-indian-duo-clinch-macao-open-triumph?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1869245/scott-hend-holds-indian-duo-clinch-macao-open-triumph?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:45:00 +0000 Scott Hend brushed off a suggestion he might be contemplating a little payback as play turns for home in the US$1 million Venetian Macao Open with the Australian holding a three-stroke lead over rival Anirban Lahiri. The pair have shared the spoils at the past two editions of the event at the Macau Golf and Country Club – Hend winning in 2013, and the Indian lifting the trophy last year. No revenge. There’s plenty of tournaments out there. It’s not about revenge. All it’s about is rewards – a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1868966/deja-vu-scott-hend-and-anirban-lahiri-battle-it-out-macao-open-heads?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1868966/deja-vu-scott-hend-and-anirban-lahiri-battle-it-out-macao-open-heads?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Oct 2015 13:37:59 +0000 Taiwan's Hung Chien-yao said he had silenced his inner demons before coming to the US$1 million Venetian Macao Open and the results were there for all to see as he took a one-stroke lead at the halfway point of the event thanks to a seven-under second round of 64 that left him at 10 under par. "I'd been talking to myself too much and I have just changed my attitude," said Hung, who birdied the par-five 18th to grab the outright lead on a day of high drama at the Macau Golf and Country Club. "The... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1868733/new-attitude-macao-open-pays-relaxed-taiwanese-hung-chien-yao?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1868733/new-attitude-macao-open-pays-relaxed-taiwanese-hung-chien-yao?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:11:33 +0000 There was a quick head scratch and a sigh as Thailand's Thitiphun Chuayprakong contemplated what might have been and looked back over the first round of the US$1 million Venetian Macao Open. A seven-under-par 64 had given the 22-year-old the outright lead, but he had hit the perfect punch wedge for eagle from 91 feet on the last only to see his ball bounce in and then out of the cup. Thitiphun drained the 10-putt for birdie, but that little extra breathing space over the field might have been... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1868202/thitiphun-chuayprakong-leads-venetian-macau-open-one-stroke-and-came?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1868202/thitiphun-chuayprakong-leads-venetian-macau-open-one-stroke-and-came?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:00:15 +0000 India's Anirban Lahiri and Australian Scott Hend have a rivalry that has lit up the US$1 million Venetian Macau Open over the past two years. And it turns out they have developed a close friendship over the same time, too. Hend won by three strokes over the Macau Golf and Country Club course in 2013, with Lahiri finishing outright second, while those placings were reversed last year, with the Indian winning by a stroke from the Aussie, who tied for second with Thailand's Prom Meesawat. "We have... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1867593/friendship-aside-anirban-lahiri-and-scott-hend-continue-rivalry-macau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1867593/friendship-aside-anirban-lahiri-and-scott-hend-continue-rivalry-macau?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Oct 2015 15:48:49 +0000 Asian Tour Order of Merit golf leader Anirban Lahiri says it's a simple case of getting back on the horse - or the course as the case may be - as he moves on from Sunday's final-hole drama at the Presidents Cup in South Korea. The Indian world No 39 was looking at a four-foot putt to tie Chris Kirk on the last but saw the ball lip out as the American won, and the pressure eased on the Americans who went on to beat the Internationals 15.5-14.5. You take it in your stride and you continue to do... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1867278/presidents-cup-behind-me-anirban-lahiri-looks-defend-his-title-macau-golf?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1867278/presidents-cup-behind-me-anirban-lahiri-looks-defend-his-title-macau-golf?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:29:49 +0000 Seventeen-year-old sensation Jin Cheng admits his feet have hardly touched the ground since he won his way into the field for next year's Masters thanks to his victory at last week's Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship. But China's top-ranked amateur said a week at home in Beijing with his family had helped him keep things real, as had the advice he had been receiving from a close friend as he turns his attention to this week's US$1 million Venetian Macau Open. Zhang Lianwei won there two times so... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1866361/chinese-teenager-jin-cheng-turns-his-focus-macau-open-after-masters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1866361/chinese-teenager-jin-cheng-turns-his-focus-macau-open-after-masters?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Oct 2015 14:45:30 +0000 China’s two most decorated stars, Zhang Lianwei and Liang Wenchong, will return to the US$1 million Venetian Macao Open on October 15-18 and attempt to bring the coveted trophy back to China for the first time in more than a decade. Zhang, the only player to have won the tournament twice in its 16-year history, was the last champion from China when the Zhuhai native triumphed over Zimbabwe’s Nick Price in a dramatic five-hole play-off in 2002. There is something about the tournament, the course... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1861273/china-trailblazer-zhang-lianwei-continue-love-affair-macau?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1861273/china-trailblazer-zhang-lianwei-continue-love-affair-macau?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Sep 2015 02:15:00 +0000 Having quickly made a name for himself on the Canadian tour, Taiwan’s Pan Cheng-tsung will test himself against the best in Asia at the US$1 million Venetian Macao Open next month. Pan beat highly rated Swede Robert Karlsson by two shots in the Players Cup on the PGA Tour Canada in July, only a month after turning pro. Being among the world-class field in Macau is exactly what I need to keep improving Pan Cheng-tsung The 23-year-old, who spent eight weeks in 2013 as the world’s top-ranked... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1856941/rising-taiwan-golf-star-pan-cheng-tsung-heads-macau-after-taking-canada?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1856941/rising-taiwan-golf-star-pan-cheng-tsung-heads-macau-after-taking-canada?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Sep 2015 07:30:30 +0000 My concentration was wavering a little bit. When I hit the putt, I thought I'd holed it, but it lipped out. But it was a pretty big week for me Scott Hend  The memory is still fresh for Scott Hend, and so is the pain. For one fleeting second on the final hole of last year's Venetian Macao Open, the Australian thought his putt was going to fall for a par, thereby forcing a play-off with Indian Anirban Lahiri, and that his dream of a repeat win in the event would remain alive. But fate - and the... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1850904/scott-hend-seeks-erase-pain-finishing-second-last-years-macao-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/1850904/scott-hend-seeks-erase-pain-finishing-second-last-years-macao-open?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Aug 2015 15:30:45 +0000 Anirban Lahiri notched up India’s best-ever result at a major championship by finishing tied fifth at the PGA Championship on Sunday, leaving him in no doubt he belonged at golf’s top table with the game’s current crop of rising stars. The 28-year-old closed with an assured final round of four-under-par 68 and a 13-under total on the notoriously tricky Whistling Straits track, seven shots back of winner Jason Day of Australia who held off double major winner Jordan Spieth. 'Ding dong the witch... https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1850155/indias-anirban-lahiri-does-asia-proud-fifth-place-finish-pga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/article/1850155/indias-anirban-lahiri-does-asia-proud-fifth-place-finish-pga-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Aug 2015 06:45:30 +0000 Asian Tour Order of Merit leader Anirban Lahiri will be back to defend his Venetian Macao Open title in October, after last year’s win sparked a remarkable surge in his game. Fresh from the British Open, where he finished six under par in a tie for 30th after four solid rounds, the Indian said he was looking forward to returning to Macau Country Club. “ I have the fondest memories of my professional career when I first came to Macau, I played well and got a good run and really enjoyed playing on... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1843004/form-anirban-lahiri-confirms-hell-defend-macau-open-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1843004/form-anirban-lahiri-confirms-hell-defend-macau-open-title?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Jul 2015 03:45:15 +0000