https://www.scmp.com/rss/327083/feed Established in 2015, the Hong Kong Ladies Open is played on the Old Course at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling, and is co-sanctioned by the China LPGA and the Ladies Asian Golf Tour. Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching, the first Hongkonger to play on the LPGA Tour, won the event in 2016, while Thailand's Supamas Sangchan took the spoils last year. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com While Hong Kong golf whizz Arianna Lau’s dreams of being the world number one may initially appear far away, the 13-year-old’s trajectory has shown the sky is the limit. In 60 local junior and amateur squad tournaments thus far, Lau has won 57, finishing second in the rest. She has multiple top-three finishes at international events, and already boasts a handicap of four. Lau’s fledgling success is the culmination of her childhood goal of reaching the sport’s pinnacle, the unyielding support of... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147813/thirteen-year-old-golfer-arianna-lau-out-follow-idol-tiffany-chans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3147813/thirteen-year-old-golfer-arianna-lau-out-follow-idol-tiffany-chans?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 Sep 2021 07:00:13 +0000 Thousands of golfers were scrambling to get tee times on Wednesday after the government agreed to reopen nearly all courses following an improvement in the pandemic situation in Hong Kong. The Home Affairs Bureau informed lessees of private recreational leases, under which most golf clubs in Hong Kong operate, they can reopen their sports facilities from next Monday. This also includes the South China Athletic Association which runs multi-sport facilities in Causeway Bay, including a two-floor... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3082099/coronavirus-hong-kong-golfers-scramble-play-again-after-clubs-given?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3082099/coronavirus-hong-kong-golfers-scramble-play-again-after-clubs-given?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2020 07:24:02 +0000 Hong Kong pro Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching spent 14 days alone in her room, unable to see her family despite living together and having food sent to her three times a day. Now that she is out of quarantine, the 26-year-old US LPGA Tour player is doing her best to keep in shape and prepare for when play is expected to resume in mid-June after the circuit shut down in February because of the Covid-19 pandemic. She returned to Hong Kong from her base in Las Vegas and fulfilled the recommended 14 days... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3080522/hong-kong-golfer-tiffany-chan-spends-14-days-alone-her-room-working?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3080522/hong-kong-golfer-tiffany-chan-spends-14-days-alone-her-room-working?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2020 01:42:36 +0000 The outbreak of the coronavirus has forced organisers of the US$150,000 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open to move the tournament to May at the Hong Kong Golf Club. Originally scheduled from February 28 to March 1, organisers have announced that the sixth edition of the annual showpiece event will be played instead from May 8-10. The decision to postpone the tournament, to be played at the Old Course, was made by the Hong Kong Golf Club in consultation with the event’s stakeholders. LPGA Tour pro Tiffany... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3048735/hong-kong-ladies-open-moved-may-because-coronavirus-outbreak-say?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3048735/hong-kong-ladies-open-moved-may-because-coronavirus-outbreak-say?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:10:47 +0000 Hong Kong golden girl Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching may be rubbing shoulders with the world’s best on the LPGA Tour at famous venues but it is her home course in Fanling that is closest to her heart. Chan is looking forward to once again competing on home ground at the EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open at the Hong Kong Golf Club from February 28 to March 1, hoping to repeat her victory as an amateur in 2016. “It’s always a thrill to play in the EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open, which is a tournament that has given me... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3047223/lpga-tour-pro-tiffany-chan-cherishes-playing-home-she-eyes-second?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/3047223/lpga-tour-pro-tiffany-chan-cherishes-playing-home-she-eyes-second?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:00:11 +0000 As a new wave of Chinese golfers emerged at the EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open on Sunday, the long-term future of the fledgling tournament was at the mercy of the Hong Kong government’s next move on housing. China teenager Du Mohan blew a five-shot lead to lose to compatriot Liu Yan for the HK$175,000 first prize, but Liu and Du were horrified to learn that the famous Old Course at Hong Kong Golf Club would be sacrificed for housing. The government announced in February it would be taking back eight... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3009914/hong-kong-ladies-open-winner-liu-yan-horrified-learn-golf-course-will-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3009914/hong-kong-ladies-open-winner-liu-yan-horrified-learn-golf-course-will-be?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 May 2019 11:18:50 +0000 A teen prodigy one day, a teen phenom the next. That’s China’s Du Mohan, who announced herself on the Asian golf scene on Saturday when she cruised to a five-shot lead at the US$150,000 EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open. The 17-year-old Beijing native showed her first-round five-under-par 67 was no fluke by matching that score and turning heads at Hong Kong Golf Club. Seasoned male pros had already earmarked Du as one to watch and she lived up to expectations, overshadowing some of the best players in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3009844/china-teen-phenon-du-mohan-turns-heads-and-screws-hong-kong-ladies-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3009844/china-teen-phenon-du-mohan-turns-heads-and-screws-hong-kong-ladies-open?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 May 2019 10:20:16 +0000 Hong Kong favourite Tiffany Chan Tsz-ching brushed off the disappointment of three missed cuts on the LPGA Tour as she prepared to take centre stage at the EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open, starting at Hong Kong Golf Club on Friday. An early exit from the Mediheal Championship in San Francisco last weekend turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it allowed her to get in a practice round for the US Open qualifying in Hawaii on Monday, where she blew the field away by five shots. Chan, 25, then made... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3009557/hong-kong-star-tiffany-chan-hoping-be-cut-above-her-rivals-after-lpga?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3009557/hong-kong-star-tiffany-chan-hoping-be-cut-above-her-rivals-after-lpga?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 May 2019 09:43:56 +0000 In a city that has long put study above all else for students and where sporting prodigies are scarce, 10-year-old Hongkonger Arianna Lau is turning heads on the golf course with play well beyond her years. After winning the FCG International Junior World Golf Championship as a six-year-old in California in 2014, Lau won her age group again last year and has no doubt where she is headed. “My dream is to be the world’s best professional golfer, I want to be world number one,” she said. “Also, in... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2151504/meet-10-year-old-hong-kong-prodigy-already-beating-americans-who?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2151504/meet-10-year-old-hong-kong-prodigy-already-beating-americans-who?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:34:17 +0000 Ariya Jutanugarn parred the fourth play-off hole to beat South Korea’s Kim Hyo-joo for the 2018 US Women’s Open title on Sunday. The 22-year-old Ariya became the first player from Thailand to lift the trophy as she parred all four play-off holes at the Shoal Creek, Alabama course. She finished with a 72-hole total of 11-under 277 and got into the play-off with Kim despite a monumental back nine collapse that saw her seven-stroke lead evaporate on Sunday afternoon. https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/2149082/ariya-jutanugarn-edges-kim-hyo-joo-play-win-us-womens-open?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/2149082/ariya-jutanugarn-edges-kim-hyo-joo-play-win-us-womens-open?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Jun 2018 02:05:40 +0000 She turned to golf to help her out of a “slump”, found herself in the EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open within months and now Stephanie Ho Ngan-si is itching to reignite the career that made her so famous. For the Canto-pop star, picking up her clubs again after an eight-year absence from serious golf was just what she needed after her professional life became stale in 2017. “I was having a slump in my career after eight years so I wanted to find something that would make me feel confident again,” said... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2145729/stephanie-ho-reignites-acting-career-new-tvb-jade-show-after-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2145729/stephanie-ho-reignites-acting-career-new-tvb-jade-show-after-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 May 2018 08:20:23 +0000 Golf in Brazil “became a sport all of sudden” after the 2016 Rio Olympics and young gun Luiza Altmann hopes to be at the forefront of capitalising on its change in fortunes, starting in Hong Kong this week. Altmann, who is in confident mood ahead of the EFG Hong Kong Ladies Open, is only 20 and in her first season as a professional, but already she senses an opportunity to make her mark in a country that had to build a course specifically for the Games. Golf has long been considered an elitist... https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2145540/golf-still-elitist-china-and-hong-kong-young-star-says-it-became?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/2145540/golf-still-elitist-china-and-hong-kong-young-star-says-it-became?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 May 2018 08:21:10 +0000