https://www.scmp.com/rss/325178/feed Jason Hak Shun-yat is a professional Hong Kong golfer. He turned pro in 2013 and finally ended the long wait for a first win on tour when he claimed a resounding first professional title at CGD Yunnan Championship on the China Tour in August 2017. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP Sport SCMP Sport Hong Kong golfers had a tournament to forget at the Philippine Golf Championship, an Asian Tour event that was won by South Korean Cho Woo-young on Sunday. The highest finisher from the city was Jason Hak Shun-yat at 68, with Taichi Kho and Matthew Cheung failing to even make the cut. The victory at Wack Wack Golf & Country Club in Manila was the first for Cho on the Asian Tour. The Korean held off the challenge of Thailand’s Pavit Tangkamolprasert to win the tournament by four shots. Overnight... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3342830/hong-kong-golfers-struggle-korean-cho-woo-young-wins-philippine-golf-championship?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3342830/hong-kong-golfers-struggle-korean-cho-woo-young-wins-philippine-golf-championship?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:30:08 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Jason Hak Shun-yat overcame a rough start to card a one-under-par 71 in his first round as a full member of the Asian Tour, and said just being at the season-opening Philippine Golf Championship was something of a bonus. The 32-year-old Hongkonger is certainly no stranger to the professional game, but admitted to having to battle nerves as well as a tough Wack Wack Golf and Country Club course on Thursday. Hak’s 71 left him three shots back of leader Sarut Vongchaisit and in a large group tied... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3342558/asian-tour-hong-kongs-jason-hak-battles-nerves-and-rough-start-philippines-opener?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3342558/asian-tour-hong-kongs-jason-hak-battles-nerves-and-rough-start-philippines-opener?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:15:09 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball China’s Lin Yuxin has already had an impressive amateur career, but now he will get the chance to test his game against the region’s golfing elite after winning the Asian Tour Qualifying School event in Thailand. The two-time Asia-Pacific Amateur champion carded a four-under-par 67 in the final round to finish on 16 under, topping the group of 35 players who secured status for the 2026 season. Among them was Hong Kong’s Jason Hak Shun-yat, whose six-under total left him in 21st after five days... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3337322/asian-tour-chinas-lin-yuxin-tops-q-school-hong-kongs-jason-hak-also-through?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3337322/asian-tour-chinas-lin-yuxin-tops-q-school-hong-kongs-jason-hak-also-through?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:30:08 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport No sooner has one of Hong Kong's record-breaking Olympians delivered, than another enters the National Games fray. Cheung Ka-long will on Sunday try to emulate Siobhan Haughey’s feats of recent days when he competes in fencing’s individual foil competition. And he’ll have Ryan Choi Chun-yin for company. Elsewhere, the home team has a chance of glory at Hong Kong Golf Club, while a triathlon quartet and a cycling duo are fancied to challenge, too. Here’s our guide to what could be a chaotic and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332952/national-games-fencers-cheung-and-choi-golf-triathlon-relay-what-watch-day-7?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3332952/national-games-fencers-cheung-and-choi-golf-triathlon-relay-what-watch-day-7?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:00:14 +0000 SCMP Sport SCMP Sport If Wednesday was the hors d’oeuvres, then Thursday is definitely the appetiser. Some appealing little morsels to keep you sated, but not enough to banish the hunger. Day four of the National Games, like smells wafting from a kitchen, promises much, and for Hong Kong, maybe, just maybe, some gold will emerge at the end of it. Rugby, swimming, golf, tennis, climbing, eventing: there’s enough happening to make a sporting gourmand’s mouth water. Here’s what’s coming up. Return of the track Winning... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332548/national-games-day-4-planner-feast-eyes-haughey-rugby-stars-chase-gold?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3332548/national-games-day-4-planner-feast-eyes-haughey-rugby-stars-chase-gold?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:00:12 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The National Games golf tournament gets under way in Hong Kong on Thursday, with Taichi Kho expecting players to face a tougher test than some of the world’s best did two weeks ago. Softer fairways and greens created prime scoring conditions at the Link Hong Kong Open, which Tom McKibbin won with a record total of 27-under-par. And Kho, who will play alongside Matthew Cheung, Jason Hak Shun-yat and Jeffrey Shen Wang-ngai at the Hong Kong Golf Club, said he did not believe there would be a repeat... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3332524/national-games-golfers-face-harder-course-hong-kong-open-field-did-says-taichi-kho?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3332524/national-games-golfers-face-harder-course-hong-kong-open-field-did-says-taichi-kho?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2025 22:00:15 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Tom McKibbin’s seemingly inevitable march to the Link Hong Kong Open title hit an MJ Maguire-sized speed bump on Saturday, and a shoot-out now beckons for the spoils that will go to the victor. Ahead since the start of the tournament, the Northern Irishman’s cushion is down to a shot, after his second successive 65 was more than matched by Maguire’s nine-under-par 61, which moved him to 19 under for the tournament. Peter Uihlein is a stroke further back in third, while the evergreen Scott Hend,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3331181/link-hong-kong-open-mj-maguire-hot-tom-mckibbins-heels-ahead-final-day?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3331181/link-hong-kong-open-mj-maguire-hot-tom-mckibbins-heels-ahead-final-day?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 01 Nov 2025 10:54:19 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Tom McKibbin set the Link Hong Kong Open alight on Thursday, firing a course record 10-under-par 60 on a day of low scores in Fanling. The Northern Irishman’s eight birdies and one eagle left him a shot short of the magical 59 that Patrick Reed produced on his way to winning last year on the Hong Kong Golf Club’s composite course. Jazz Janewattananond carded a 61 to sit alone in second, with Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Louis Oosthuizen and Thomas Pieters tied for third at eight under. Just three shots... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330934/asian-tour-mckibbin-leads-low-scoring-charge-record-round-link-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3330934/asian-tour-mckibbin-leads-low-scoring-charge-record-round-link-hong-kong-open?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:20 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball The reigning Asian Games champion, three-quarters of the Hong Kong men’s team that won bronze in Hangzhou, and home advantage, there are lots of reasons for the city’s golfers to feel optimistic ahead of the National Games next month. Even facing the likes of defending champion Carl Yuan and Li Haotong in the men’s competition, and former world No 1 Yin Ruoning and Lily Muni He in the women’s event, the eight-strong squad will fancy their chances at Hong Kong Golf Club. And it is not as though... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3329228/national-games-home-advantage-gives-citys-golfers-reason-optimism-ding-yin-pose-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3329228/national-games-home-advantage-gives-citys-golfers-reason-optimism-ding-yin-pose-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:09 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Taichi Kho and Ginnie Ding will lead a Hong Kong team of established and rising stars into a National Games challenge that could pit them against some of the best in the world. With the likes of men’s star Li Haotong, who finished in a tie for fourth at the Open Championship last month, and women’s world No 5 Yin Ruoning among their potential opponents, the city has named a strong squad for November’s tournament, which is being played at Hong Kong Golf Club. Asian Tour star Kho will be joined by... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3322402/national-games-kho-ding-lead-hong-kongs-golfers-search-gold-fanling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3322402/national-games-kho-ding-lead-hong-kongs-golfers-search-gold-fanling?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:00:24 +0000 Hong Kong golfer Jason Hak Shun-yat’s second place on the China Tour Order of Merit is the best finish ever by a player from the city, and he is hoping to use it as a springboard to a National Games gold medal. The 27-year-old earned a total of 603,576 points and 502,980 yuan (US$78,900) after 11 Tour events, finishing behind China’s Zhang Huilin, and soaring to a career-best 346 in the world rankings. Hak had a superb 2021, which included winning the penultimate Hengdian Championship by nine... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3162300/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-claims-historic-second-place-china-tour-order?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3162300/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-claims-historic-second-place-china-tour-order?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Jan 2022 02:15:12 +0000 Hong Kong‘s Jason Hak Shun-yat missed out on a medal at his third China National Games after late drama in a rain delayed final round of the men’s individual golf tournament in Xian. The 27-year-old shot a fine three-under par final 18, including an eagle on the par-four 11th, to finish 15-under for the week at the Xian Qinling International Golf Course where inclement weather saw the golfers held back for almost three hours. It was a damp ending to the week at the feet of Shaanxi’s Qinling... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3150013/hong-kongs-jason-hak-misses-out-national-games-medal-dramatic-rain?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3150013/hong-kongs-jason-hak-misses-out-national-games-medal-dramatic-rain?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:16:47 +0000 Hong Kong’s Jason Hak Shun-yat moved into an early share of second place following the opening round at Xi’an Qinling International in the individual golf event at the National Games on Tuesday. Hak, who has enjoyed a sensational 2021 season finishing in the top five in six of his seven events so far this term on the China Tour, registered a fine six-under-par opening round, which included six birdies and no blemishes. It looked likely the 27-year-old would hold onto the overnight lead before a... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3149572/national-games-hong-kongs-jason-hak-sits-second-after-faultless?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3149572/national-games-hong-kongs-jason-hak-sits-second-after-faultless?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Sep 2021 09:29:19 +0000 Sitting in the comfort of his family home in Orlando, Florida, in early February, Hong Kong golfer Jason Hak Shun-yat was wondering whether he would be able to compete in a tournament for the rest of the year, or even next year. The Covid-19 pandemic had all but closed off entry to China, and infections were rapidly rising in Europe and, worryingly, were increasing in the US. Infectious disease experts were ringing alarm bells but not all governments were taking the threat as seriously as they... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3112392/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-finds-safe-haven-china-and-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/3112392/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-finds-safe-haven-china-and-opportunity?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:18 +0000 Jason Hak Shun-yat often wondered when it was going to be his time to finally make it to the big time on the professional stage after bursting on to the scene as a teenage prodigy. Ever since Hak became the youngest golfer to make the cut on a European Tour event at the Hong Kong Open at just 14 – beating Sergio Garcia’s record by 107 days – the 23-year-old Hong Kong ace knew he had it in him to go on to greater things. He just did not know exactly when. The Florida-based golfer had to endure... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2108301/could-just-be-beginning-says-hong-kongs-jason-hak-after-scorching-10?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2108301/could-just-be-beginning-says-hong-kongs-jason-hak-after-scorching-10?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Aug 2017 04:00:00 +0000 Hong Kong’s Jason Hak Shun-yat landed a sensational first win as a professional on Sunday when he streamed to a 10-shot victory at the CGD Yunnan Championship in Kunming on the China Tour. The landmark win at the 1.35 million yuan (HK$1.58 million) event should see the 23-year-old improve on his current world ranking of 1,115. Prior to this win, his best performance had been a runner-up finish at last September’s Chongqing Jiangnan NewTown KingRun Open. Hak built on an overnight lead of six... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2107525/wait-ends-hong-kongs-jason-hak-he-lands-first-professional-win-cgd?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2107525/wait-ends-hong-kongs-jason-hak-he-lands-first-professional-win-cgd?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 20 Aug 2017 07:15:15 +0000 Jason Hak Shun-yat’s favoured milk tea won’t need any sugar on Sunday night should victory in this week’s historic Clearwater Bay Open mark a sweet first professional win for Hong Kong’s number one. Having departed the city for first Beijing and now Florida - specifically Orlando which is now his base - aged seven Hak only returns home once or twice a year with one of those stops usually for the Hong Kong Open where he made his name as a baby faced amateur in 2008. He still retains some of those... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2041908/hong-kong-number-one-jason-hak-seeks-home-comforts-pga-tour-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2041908/hong-kong-number-one-jason-hak-seeks-home-comforts-pga-tour-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 01 Nov 2016 04:30:30 +0000 Jason Hak Shun-yat has consigned the dark days to history. “I’ve learned that I have to walk down my own path,” says the 22-year-old. “And I have started getting better and better since I realised that.” The past few months have seen Hak re-emerge into the light, thanks to string of solid performances on the PGA Tour China Series. There’s not been the breakthrough victory he has longed for but the 22-year-old is full of confidence once again after leading for the first three rounds of the Ping... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2022274/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-hopes-hes-consigned-dark-days-history?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2022274/hong-kong-golfer-jason-hak-hopes-hes-consigned-dark-days-history?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 24 Sep 2016 08:00:00 +0000 The Communist Party is relaxing its crackdown on golf – cast out in 2015 after being considered a tool to tempt officials into corruption – and will encourage kids to take up the game, says the US PGA Tour’s leading official in China. Greg Carlson says the vibe is now positive and Feng Shanshan’s performance at the Rio Olympics, where she won a bronze medal, has helped put the sport back in a positive light. “There is a report – that hasn’t been made public yet – that speaks to golf in China and... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/2021314/mood-swing-us-pga-tour-boss-takes-encouragement-new-golf-vibe-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/2021314/mood-swing-us-pga-tour-boss-takes-encouragement-new-golf-vibe-china?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:45:30 +0000 Jason Hak Shun-yat’s wait for a first professional win continued on Sunday after a one-under-final round at the Pingan Bank Open was only good enough for a third consecutive top 10 finish on the PGA Tour China Series. The in-form 22-year-old held one shot leads after the first three rounds at Topwin Golf and Country Club, but Hak was unable to match final round playing partner Charlie Saxon as the American carded a bogey-free six-under-par 66 to secure a one shot victory over China’s Zhang... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2020406/hacked-back-jason-hak-again-falls-short-breakthrough-win-after?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2020406/hacked-back-jason-hak-again-falls-short-breakthrough-win-after?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Sep 2016 08:45:15 +0000 Hong Kong’s Jason Hak Shun-yat is back in the limelight – eight years after making a name for himself as a 14-year-old – as he emerged as joint leader after the second round of the Yulongwan Yunnan Open in China. First-round leader Hak (63-65) finished at 14-under par at the Yulongwan Golf Club in Kunming on Friday in a tie with Paul Imondi (64-64), of the US. The tournament is the seventh event of this year’s Ping An Bank China Tour – PGA Tour China Series. Stark reality of life as professional... https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/2012992/hak-back-former-hong-kong-prodigy-jason-hak-sets-field-alight-pga-tour?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/china/article/2012992/hak-back-former-hong-kong-prodigy-jason-hak-sets-field-alight-pga-tour?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:45:30 +0000 The sometimes stark realities of life as a professional hit home for Jason Hak Shun-yat as he missed the cut at the Hong Kong Open yesterday, but the teenager opted for the philosophical route when dealing with the disappointment. "It's not the last tournament I'm going to play in and it's not the first time I've missed the cut. It happens in golf," shrugged the 19-year-old, whose nine-over par, two-round total put paid to any hopes he'd had of keeping his up-until-now impressive run going at... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1374755/stark-reality-life-professional-hits-home-jason-hak-fanling?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1374755/stark-reality-life-professional-hits-home-jason-hak-fanling?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Dec 2013 13:45:45 +0000 As an amateur, Jason Hak Shun-yat appeared three times at the Hong Kong Open and made the cut every time. The Hong Kong teenager is now looking forward to his first appearance at his home tournament as a professional, and is hoping for a similar result as he looks forward to making some money for the first time in his career. "I have earned a little bit of money since turning professional two months ago but not enough to mention. Hopefully, I can win something big here," said the 19-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1373050/new-professional-jason-hak-out-match-his-amateur-performances?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/1373050/new-professional-jason-hak-out-match-his-amateur-performances?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:00:30 +0000